Eureka kicks off volleyball season by beating Anaconda

EUREKA — Kassi Peterson led in kills (15), blocks (two) and aces (four) as Eureka opened its Class B volleyball season on Friday with a 25-17, 25-13, 25-22 triumph over Anaconda.

Erynn Their totaled 11 blocks for Eureka.

“For the first game, we came out aggressive, confident and played some really good volleyball,” Eureka coach Charli Chapman said. “If this is our starting point, I’m excited where we will go from here.”

Eureka hosts Deer Lodge today at 12:30 p.m.

Kills — Eureka 32 (Kassi Peterson 15, Erynn Their 11); Blocks — Eureka 3 (Peterson 2); Digs — Eureka 25 (Rylee Morgan 15); Assists — Eureka 30 (Liz Pacella 26); Aces — Eureka 13 (Peterson 4).

No stats for Anaconda

Deer Lodge 3, Troy 0

TROY — Aurora Becquart dominated the statistics for Troy, but it wasn’t enough as Deer Lodge collected a 25-12, 25-19, 25-8 victory over the Trojans.

Becquart had eight of the team’s 14 kills, three of the six blocks, four digs and one ace.

Troy hosts Anaconda today at 2:30 p.m.

Kills — Deer Lodge 31 (Kerstin Cooper 10), Troy 14 (Aurora Becquart 8); Blocks — Deer Lodge 3 (Sophia Carton 2), Troy 6 (Becquart 3); Digs — Deer Lodge NA, Troy 11 (Allie Coldwell 4, Becquart 4); Assists — Deer Lodge 22 (Kamryn Scully 16), Troy 14 (Annie Day 12); Aces — Deer Lodge 12 (Darcy Walker 5), Troy 2 (Becquart 1, Mazzy Hermes 1).

Libby 3, Whitefish 0

WHITEFISH — Libby took care of business by defeating Whitefish 25-20, 25-19, 25-16 in a Class A matchup.

Brooklyn Rainer had 15 of Libby’s 42 kills and Emily Mossburg totaled nine blocks. Cailyn Ross had 13 kills for Whitefish and Marlee Bender blocked five shots.

Kills — 42 (Brooklyn Rainer 15), Whitefish 30 (Cailyn Ross 13); Blocks — Libby 15 (Emily Mossburg 9), Whitefish 7 (Marlee Bender 5); Assists — Libby 41 (Alli Collins 39), Whitefish 28 (Becca Catina 19); Digs — Libby 65 (Emma Gruber 15), Whitefish 65 (Serena Hemmingson 27); Aces — Libby 5 (Jessika Jones 2, Collins 2), Whitefish 4 (Lauren Schulz 2, Ross 2).