VOLLEYBALL: C-Falls' Finberg leads list of all-state honorees
Columbia Falls led all teams in Class A in honors, with Finberg joining fellow seniors Morgan Stenger, Kiara Burlage and Kaitlyn Casazza as all-state and first team all-conference recepients. Finberg, a setter who has committed to play collegiately at the University of Great Falls, was the engine of a Wildkat team that only dropped a handful of sets on the way to an undefeated season and a second straight state championship.
Whitefish senior Kate Doorn and junior Serena Hemmingson were also named all-state and first team all-Northwest.
Columbia Falls seniors Anna Nicosia and Keavyn Baker were on the second team all-conference along with Polson’s Haley Fyant, Whitefish’s Cailyn Ross and Frenchtown’s Emilie Hinrichs and Alivia Williams.
Glacier senior outside hitter Nikki Krueger was the only Western AA player to be named to the all-state team from outside of state champion Missoula Sentinel’s roster.
Krueger, who helped the Wolfpack to a third place finish at last weekend’s state tournament, was named second team all-state.
Missoula Sentinel had four of the six players named first team all-state and another on the second team. Billings Senior and Billings Skyview each had two players on the all-state teams.
Sentinel junior Kylie Frolich was named the Western conference player of the year as Glacier’s Abi Fiske, Kali Gulick and Ashley Montini earned second team all-conference honors. Flathead’s Tiana Johnson also earned second team honors and Glacier libero Brietta Russell was honorable mention.
Libby middle hitters Brooklyn Rainer and Mehki Sykes were named all-state in Class B with Bigfork hitters Abbie Fraley and Abby Ellison.
Libby’s Jayden Winslow and Eureka’s Kaylee Kronsperger joined those four as first team all-7B conference. Eureka’s Kassie Peterson, Rylee Morgan and Liz Pacella were second team all-conference with Libby’s Emma Gruber and a pair of Thompson Falls seniors.
State Volleyball Honors
Class AA
All-State
1st Team
Chelsea Bone, S, 12, Sentinel
Kylie Frolich, MB, 11, Sentinel
Elsa Godwin, OH, 11, Sentinel
Allie Lynch, S, 12, Bozeman
Sarina Moreno, L, 11, Sentinel
Raegan Steiner, RS, 11, Senior
2nd Team
Danielle Devlin, RS/S, 11, G-Falls
Tyler Fleury, LB, 12, Skyview
Jordan Gilcrist, LB, 11, Senior
Nikki Krueger, OH, 12, Glacier
Jacey Reiter, MB, 12, Skyview
Jordyn Schweyen, RS, 11, Sentinel
All-Conference
Western Conference
POY: Kylie Frolich, MB, 11, Sentinel
1st Team
Chelsea Bone, S, 12, Sentinel
Kylie Frolich, MB, 11, Sentinel
Elsa Godwin, OH, 11, Sentinel
Nikki Krueger, OH, 12, Glacier
Sarina Moreno, L, 11, Sentinel
Jordyn Schweyen, RS, 11, Sentinel
2nd Team
Abi Fiske, MB, 12, Glacier
Kali Gulick, MB, 10, Glacier
Tiana Johnson, MB, 12, Flathead
Taelyr Krantz, OH, 11, Helena
Ashley Montini, S, 11, Glacier
Jaime Pickens, MB, 10, Helena
Shelby Schweyen, OH, 10, Sentinel
Kendra Woodland, L, 12, Helena
Honorable Mention
Brietta Russell, L, 12, Glacier
Celina Sanchez, S, 11, Capital
Eastern Conference
POY: Allie Lynch, S, 12 Bozeman
1st Team
Danielle Devlin, RS/S, 11, G-Falls
Tyler Fleury, L, 12, Skyview
Jordan Gilcrist, L, 11, Senior
Allie Lynch, S, 12, Bozeman
Jacey Reiter, MB, 12, Skyview
Raegan Steiner, RS, 11, Senior
2nd Team
Courtney Bad Bear, S, 11, Senior
Madison Bergthold, MB, 12, West
April Cross, MB, 12, Senior
Ashley Jones, S, 12, Skyview
Darra Perdaems, L, 12, Bozeman
Molly Watkins, MB, 12, Bozeman
Honorable Mention
Kola Bad Bear, MB, 10, Senior
Trisha Carlson, OH, 12, CMR
Sarah Dutro, MB, 12, Great Falls
Oakley Strickler, MB, 12, Bozeman
Class A
Northwestern Conference
All-State/1st Team All-Conference
MVP: Cydney Finberg, S, 12, Columbia Falls
Morgan Stenger, MB, 12, Columbia Falls
Kate Doorn, MH, 12, Whitefish
Kiara Burlage, MH, 12, Columbia Falls
Kaitlyn Casazza, OH, 12, Columbia Falls
Serena Hemmingson, DS, 11, Whitefish
2nd Team All-Conference
Haley Fyant, OH, 12, Polson
Anna Nicosia, L, 12, Columbia Falls
Emilie Hinrichs, 11, Frenchtown
Alivia Williams, 11, Frenchtown
Cailyn Ross, MB, 11, Whitefish
Keavyn Baker, OPP, 12, Columbia Falls
Class B
District 7B
All-State
Brooklyn Rainer, MH, 11, Libby
Mehki Sykes, MH, 10, Libby
Abbie Fraley, OH, 12, Bigfork
Abby Ellison, OH, 12, Bigfork
1st team All-Conference
Brooklyn Rainer, MH, 11, Libby
Mehki Sykes, MH, 10, Libby
Abbie Fraley, OH, 12, Bigfork
Abby Ellison, OH, 12, Bigfork
Madison Wheeler, OH, 12, Thompson Falls
Jayden Winslow, OH, 10, Libby
Kaylee Kronsperger, OH, 12, Eureka
2nd Team All-Conference
Kassie Peterson, OH/MH, 11, Eureka
Sierra Sorlie, OH, 12, Thompson Falls
Emma Gruber, L, 10, Libby
Rylee Morgan, L, 11, Eureka
Elizabeth Pacella, S, 11, Eureka
Megan McKenzie, L, 12, Thompson Falls
Kalia Wicklund, S, 12, Bigfork