Volleyball Libby stays perfect, belts Browning

LIBBY — The Libby Loggers stayed perfect on the volleyball season with a 25-7, 25-10, 25-11 win over Browning in Northwest A Conference play on Saturday.

Libby is 12-0 overall and 9-0 in conference.

“That’s what happens when you have a class of six seniors and underclassmen that are pretty good, too,” Libby coach Cindy Ostrem-Johnston said.

“We won our match Tuesday in Columbia Falls and finshed off with a win against Browning. I was proud of them for staying focused as well as they did with all the (homecoming) activities going on this week.”

Jayden Winslow posted 11 kills and 18 digs, Emma Gruber had 11 digs and two service aces and Alli Collins had 38 set assists.

For Browning, Dulci Skunkcap had three kills, three blocks and a service ace. Payton Crossguns had 13 digs and Hayley Bullshoe had seven set assists.

Assists – Browning 7 (Hailey Bullshoe 7), Libby 40 (Alli Collins 38); Kills – Browning 8 (Tamika Guardipee 3, Dulci Skunkcap 3), Libby 43 (Jayden Winslow 11, Mekhi Sykes 11, Jessika Jones 10); Digs – Browning 46 (Payton Crossguns 13), Libby 48 (Winslow 18, Emma Gruber 11, Ashlyn Manigold 6, Linsey Walker 6); Blocks – Browning 3 (Skunkcap 3), Libby 6 (Sykes 5, Jones 1); Aces – Browning 2 (Skunkcap 1, Caelin Guardipee 1), Libby – 10 (Kylee Quinn 4, Gruber 3)

Glacier 3,

Missoula Big Sky 0

MISSOULA – Glacier swept Big Sky in straight sets 25-19, 25-18, 25-20 in Western Class AA play.

Glacier improves to 7-13 overall, 2-6 conference.

The Wolfpack’s Kaylee Fritz recorded all 30 set assists, while Kali Gulick had 11 kills, four blocks and five service aces.

For Big Sky, Shelby Lenox had 11 digs and Elizabeth Clauson had six kills.

Assists – Glacier 30 (Kaylee Fritz 30), Big Sky 16 (Mia Sandou 9); Kills – Glacier 33 (Kali Gulick 11, Aubrie Rademacher 10), Big Sky 19 (Elizabeth Clauson 6); Digs – Glacier 37 (Kacey Hill 10), Big Sky 34 (Shelby Lenox 11); Blocks – Glacier 6 (K. Gulick 4), Big Sky 9 (Bethanie Hicks 5); Aces – Glacier 9 (K. Gulick 5), Big Sky 4 (Annie Bridges 2)

Eureka 3, Bigfork 0

EUREKA – In District 7B play, Eureka knocked off Bigfork 25-9, 25-12, 25-17.

Avory Escobar recorded 38 set assists and three service aces, while Sienna Utter had nine kills and nine digs.

For the Valkyries, Aubrey Halverson had one block and 12 set assists and Jaclyn Saunders had two service aces and five digs.

Assists – Bigfork 13 (Aubrey Halverson 12, Brooke Fraley 1), Eureka 39 (Avory Escobar 38, Katie Schmidt 1); Kills – Bigfork 13 (Fraley 7, Jessica Frey 3), Eureka 39 (Karley Bozarth 10, Sienna Utter 9); Digs – Bigfork 17 (Jaclyn Saunders 5), Eureka 29 (Utter 9, Maggie Graves 7); Blocks – Bigfork 1 (Halverson 1), Eureka 5 (Schmidt 2); Aces – Bigfork 3 (Saunders 2), Eureka 8 (Escobar 3, Graves 2, Rhianna Hawkins 2)

Stillwater 3, Flathead

Valley Homeschool 0

Stillwater Christian defeated Flathead Valley Homeschool 25-16, 25-11, 25-13 in Montana Christian Athletic Association West Conference play.

Stillwater improves to 15-4 overall, 8-0 conference.

“We have been working hard at pushing hard once we hit the 20s,” Stillwater coach Diane Smith said of set scores.

“Tonight the girls did a great job finishing strong.”

Aces — Stillwater 22 (Ramey Metzger 4, Selah Neumann 4, Abby Hudson 4; FVHS NA; Kills — Stiillwater 24 (Helen Hashley 12), FVHS NA; Assists — Stillwater 24 (Metzger 24), FVHS NA; Blocks — Stillwater 6 (Hashley 4), FVHS NA; Digs — Stillwater 19 (Sophia Sulzbacher 7), FVHS NA.

Polson 4, Ronan 1

POLSON — Polson defeated rival Ronan 24-26, 25-20, 25-20, 25-18 in Northwest A Conference play.

Paige Noyes led Polson in digs with 15 and aces with eight. Maggie Todd had 16 of the Pirates’ 43 kills.

Tiana Ulutoa was Ronan’s leader in assists (25) and she shared the ace lead with Kiana King, both with two.

Madison Clairmont had 12 of Ronan’s 36 kills.

Kills — Ronan 36 (Madison Clairmont 12), Polson 43 (Maggie Todd 16, Misty Tenas 10); Blocks — Ronan 10.5 (Madeline McCrea 5.5), Polson 6 (Mikaela DuCharme 3, Tenas 2); Assists — Ronan 29 (Tiana Ulutoa 25); Polson 32 (Shea McGuinness 27); Digs — Ronan 58 (Rylie Lindquist 14), Polson 86 (Paige Noyes 15, Kaylana Desjarlais 14, Grace Quinones 14); Aces — Ronan 6 (Ulutoa 2, Kiana King 2). Polson 15 (Noyes 8).