Wildkats spill Polson in 3 sets

COLUMBIA FALLS — Kiara Burlage tallied 13 of Columbia Falls’ 35 kills to lead the Wildkats to a three-game sweep of the Polson Lady Pirates in Northwest A volleyball action on Thursday night.

The Wildkats won 25-17, 25-19 and 25-20.

“We kinda came out a little slow,” Columbia falls coach Josie Brown said.  “We made some errors out there and Polson stuck with it and were coming at us. They played some good defense tonight.”

Cydney Finberg had 28 assists for Columbia Falls, and Shay Fishel finished with a match-high four aces. The Wildkats had 10 aces total in the match.

Carla Nicosia had six kills and three blocks for Columbia Falls.

Polson’s Jaiden Toth had all 19 assists for the Lady Pirates, connecting with Haley Faint who finished the night with a team-high 10 kills.

Libby Clay and Lydia Dupuis each had 10 digs for Polson.

Polson will look to rebound when they host Dillon at 4 p.m. on Saturday.

Columbia Falls def. Polson

 25-17 25-19 25-20

    Kills — Polson 27 (Haley Faint 10) Columbia Falls 35 (Kiara Burlage 13, Carla Nicosia 6). Assists — Polson 19 (Jaiden Toth 19) Columbia Falls 32 (Cydney Finberg 28). Digs — Polson 49 (Libby Clay 10, Lydia Dupuis 10) Columbia Falls 42 (Shay Fishel 12, Cydney Finberg 9). Blocks — Polson 3 (no leader), Columbia Falls 7 (Winter Kemppainen 4, Nicosia 3). Aces — Polson 4 (Sarah Rausch 2), Columbia Falls 10 (Fishel 4, Ciera Finberg 3).

Bigfork 3, Plains 0

PLAINS — Bigfork improved to 5-2 in District 7B play with a 25-14, 25-21, 25-19 victory over Plains.

Bigfork (9-7 overall) past at 7B foe Troy on Saturday.

Bigfork def. Plains, 25-14, 25-21, 25-19.

    Kills — Plains 12 (Hailey Phillips 6). Blocks - Plains 5 (Phillips 3). Digs - Plains 10 (Rebecca Barnard 3). Assists - Plains 12 (Kimmy Earhart). Aces - Plains 5 (Phillips 2).

Statistics for Bigfork were not available.

Anaconda 3, Whitefish 1

WHITEFISH — Whitefish pulled out a win in the second set and pushed Anaconda in the other three of the Class A nonconference matchup.

Myndi Holbrook led Whitefish in kills with 13 and shared the lead with Rachael Seymour in blocks with three each.

Seymour had a team-high 15 digs.

“The two teams were evenly matched,” Whitefish coach Sarah Scott said.

“I saw our team play some offensive volleyball that I’m happy with. Hopefully that will help us break into the next level in the weeks ahead.”

Scott said the Bulldogs also turned in a strong blocking game.

Anaconda def. Whitefish

25-22, 15-25, 25-17, 25-23

    Kills — Whitefish 32 (Myndi Holbrook 13); Blocks — Whitefish 7 (Holbrook 3, Rachael Seymour 3); Digs — Whitefish 79 (Seymour 15); Assists — Whitefish 27 (Allie Schulz 14); Aces — Whitefish 10 (Ellie Dewan 4).

Anaconda stats not available