Cats, Dogs lead at NW Volleyball Tourney
The Daily Inter Lake
DILLON — Columbia Falls and Whitefish finished as the top seeds for the Northwest at the Northwest/Southwest Tip-Off volleyball tournament on Saturday.
Columbia Falls cruised to an 8-2 mark in pool play, which tied it with Butte Central and Corvallis from the Southwest for the best overall record at the two-day event.
Whitefish was second with a 4-6 mark.
In seed play, Corvallis defeated Columbia Falls 16-25, 25-23, 15-8 in a matchup of top seeds.
In the battle of No. 2 seeds, Butte Central stopped Whitefish 25-18, 25-20.
“Butte Central beat us in two, tight, hard-fought games,” Whitefish coach Jackie Fuller said.
“Overall it was a good weekend for the Bulldogs. As a team we grew stronger together. I saw some really nice play from my defensive specialist and I felt my setters did a nice job running the offense.”
Northwest/Southwest
Tip-Off Tournament
Saturday
At Dillon
Final Standings
Northwest
W L
Columbia Falls 8 2
Whitefish 4 6
Polson 3 7
Frenchtown 3 7
Browning 0 10
Southwest
Butte Central 8 2
Corvallis 8 2
Stevensville 6 4
Hamilton 5 5
Dillon 5 5
Saturday Results
Seeds Play
Fifth
Hamilton def. Browning 25-23, 25-15
Fourth
Polson def. Dillon 25-23, 26-24
Third
Stevensville def. Frenchtown 25-15, 25-16
Second
Butte Central def. Whitefish 25-18, 25-20
First
Corvallis def. Columbia Falls 16-25, 25-23, 15-8
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Saturday Pool Play
Polson splits with Corvallis 27-25, 14-25
Columbia Falls splits with Butte Central 25-20, 14-25
Whitefish def. Dillon 25-13, 25-19
Hamilton def. Browning 25-17, 25-16
Corvallis def. Frenchtown 28-26, 25-14
Polson splits with Butte Central 10-25, 25-10
Columbia Falls def. Dillon 25-14, 25-18
Whitefish splits with Hamilton 19-25, 25-15
Stevensville def. Browning 25-16, 25-18
Flathead 3, Great Falls 0
Flathead 3, CMR 0
GREAT FALLS — Flathead opened the Class AA season with a strong showing.
The Bravettes defeated Great Falls High 25-8, 25-5, 25-16 and C.M. Russell 25-21, 26-16, 25-7 in nonconference play.
Tiana Johnson led FHS in kills — six —versus Great Falls and totaled 10 against CMR.
Abbie O’Brien had four aces and seven digs against Great Falls.
Lizzie Sherwood had 23 digs in the CMR match.
Flathead’s next action is Sept. 10 against Billings West at CMR.
Flathead def. Great Falls High
25-8, 25-5, 25-16
Flathead leaders – Kills 26 (Tiana Johnson 6); assists 17 (Xio Lopp 17); aces 11 (Abbie O’Brien 4); digs 28 (O’Brien 7); blocks 10.5 (Alyssa Wisher 4).
GFH leaders – Kills 11 (Brooke Ortiz 3, Danielle Devlin 3); assists 10 (Ortiz 6); aces 3 (Devlin 2); digs 19 (Devlin, Hailey Little 5); blocks 1 (Devlin).
Flathead def. CMR 25-21, 26-16, 25-7
Flathead leaders – Kills 33 (Tiana Johnson 10); assists 23 (Xio Lopp 21); aces 6 (Jourdon Schultz 5); digs 74 (Lizzie Sherwood 23); blocks 6 (Tiana Johnson 2, Alyssa Wisher 2).
CMR leaders – Kills 20 (Michelotti 5); assists 16 (Zuzu Rudio 8); aces 5 (Gia Fischer 2); digs 38; blocks 8 (Trisha Carlson 2, Kaylee Beer 2, Michelotti 2, Hagen 2).
Glacier 3, Great Falls 1
Glacier 3, CMR 0
GREAT FALLS — Glacier took care of business in impressive fashion to open the Class AA season.
The Wolfpack stopped Great Falls High 25-16, 18-25, 25-20, 25-16 and then dumped C.M. Russell 25-10, 25-13, 25-15.
Both outings were nonconference.
Abigail Friske had 19 of Glacier’s 35 kills versus Great Falls High.
Hailee Bennett led in aces, five, and digs, 25, for the Wolfpack.
Nikke Krueger had 13 kills and three blocks in the victory over CMR.
Glacier is back in action Thursday in Idaho, facing Sandpoint and Post Falls at Post Falls.
On Saturday the Wolfpack open Western AA play at Missoula Hellgate.
Glacier def. Great Falls High
25-16, 18-25, 25-20, 25-16
Glacier leaders – Kills 35 (Abigail Friske 19); assists 34 (Abby Schrade 34); aces 14 (Hailee Bennett 5); digs 56 (Bennett 25); blocks 9 (Nikki Krueger 5).
GFH leaders – Kills 29 (Danielle Devlin 7); assists 21 (Brooke Ortiz 8); aces 9 (Ortiz 4); digs 55 (Jourdyn Schmidt 13); blocks 7 (Devlin 4).
Glacier def. CMR 25-10, 25-13, 25-15
Glacier leaders – Kills 39 (Nikki Krueger 13); assists 32 (Abby Schrade 29); aces 7 (Brietta Russell 3); digs 32 (Hailee Bennett); blocks 6 (Nikki Krueger 3).
CMR leaders – Kills 12 (Katie Michelotti 5); assists 7 (Lindsey Anderson 6); aces 1 (Madi Skawinski 1); digs 38 (Lindsey Anderson 7, Kierstin Evenson 7); blocks 3 (Myla Robbins 2, Gabriella Hagen 2).