Columbia Falls spikers drop Whitefish

COLUMBIA FALLS – The Columbia Falls Wildkats downed the Whitefish Bulldogs 25-17, 25-16, 25-7 in Northwest Class A volleyball play on Tuesday.

“Our girls showed up to play tonight,” Columbia Falls coach Jolandie Brooks said. “They played a very clean game. Mady Hoerner had 10 aces. Ryley Kehr and Stella Bistodeau and Mady Hoerner lead our offense and found ways to put the ball on the floor. Angellica Street set us up for success with her serve receive passing. And Hannah Schweikert ran our offense according to our game plan.”

Street and Hoerner led Columbia Falls with 10 digs apiece.

Whitefish’s Marlee Bender had four kills and Kennedy Grove recorded seven digs and one service ace.

Kills — Whitefish 15 (Marlee Bender 4), Columbia Falls 35 (Ryley Kehr 10, Stella Bistodeau 9, Mady Hoerner 8); Blocks — Whitefish 6 (Lauren Schulz 3), Columbia Falls 6 (Kehr 2, Lauren Faulkner 1, Kiera Brown 1); Assists — Whitefish 9 (Mikenna Ells 3), Columbia Falls 32 (Hannah Schweikert NA); Digs — Whitefish 29 (Jasmine Matern 7, Kennedy Grove 7, Schulz 7), Columbia Falls 40 (Angellica Street 10, Hoerner 10); Aces — Whitefish 1 (Grove), Columbia Falls 10 (Hoerner 10).

Flathead 3, Hellgate 1

The Bravettes improved to 9-8 overall with a 25-17, 28-26, 24-26, 25-22 over visting Missoula Hellgate (1-5 conference, 2-11 overall) in Class AA conference play. Flathead is 3-2 in conference play.

“It’s a really good conference win for us,” Flathead coach Nicole Fairclough said. “We started off the match strong and then kind of let up in a few areas. We got the win tonight, but we still have to keep working on our consistency as a team.”

At the net, Flathead’s Madde Boles had 12 kills. Boles had 11 digs and Maddie Lindbom 12.

Kills — Hellgate 40 (Hannah Worden 14), Flathead 36 (Madde Boles 12, Julia Burden 10); Blocks — Hellgate 8 (Kylie Lunday 7), Flathead 14 (Jaylyn Fitch 6, Taylor Henley 6); Assists — Hellgate 36 (Liza Littig 22), Flathead 29 (Sierra Wilhelm 23); Digs — Hellgate 49 (Maiti Anderson 20), Flathead 49 (Maddie Lindbom 12, Boles 11); Aces — Hellgate 13 (Littig 5); Flathead 7 (Wilhelm 3).

Sentinel 3, Glacier 1

Missoula Sentinel defeated Glacier 25-21, 26-24, 17-25, 25-23 without without injured senior leader Shelby Schweyen in Western AA play.

For Glacier, Kali Gulick had 12 blocks and 15 kills.

Kills – Sentinel 36 (Sheridan Schweyen 15), Glacier 33 (Kali Gulick 15); Assists – Sentinel 31 (Paige Sawyer 13), Glacier 28 (Kaylee Fritz 27); Digs – Sentinel 33 (Olivia Cady NA), Glacier 35 (Kacey Hill 10); Blocks – Sentinel 5 (Sierra Dennison 3), Glacier 17 (Gulick 12); Aces – Sentinel 15 (Schweyen 6), Glacier 10 (Kynzie Mohl 7)

Class AA Coaches Poll

Here are the results of the weekly AA Montana Volleyball Coaches Poll. The ratings are based upon 5 points for each first place vote, 4 points for second place vote, etc. First place votes as of Sept. 24th are in parentheses, followed by the total points.

1. Helena Capital (7) 42

2. Helena High 36

3. Billings Senior (2) 24

4. Billings West 19

5. Flathead 12

Also receiving votes, in order: Missoula Sentinel, Bozeman, CMR

Libby 3, Eureka 0

LIBBY – Undefeated Libby tuned up Eureka 25-20, 25-11, 25-11 in the “Battle of the Kootenai” nonconference match. Libby is now 9-0 overall and 6-0 in Class A conference play.

“This was a good win tonight,” Libby coach Cindy Ostrem-Johnston said. “We got off to a slow start and then tuned them up a bit. Credit to Eureka, they battled hard especially in that first set.”

Libby’s Mehki Sykes was a force at the net with 25 kills, while Jayden Winslow had six kills and 13 digs.

For Eureka, Maggie Graves had two service aces and 11 kills. Avory Escobar notched 20 assists.

Kills – Eureka 24 (Graves 11), Libby 32 (Mehki Sykes 15, Jayden Winslow 6, Jessika Jones 6); Assists – Eureka 24 (Avory Escobar 20), Libby 31 (Alli Collins 30); Blocks – Eureka 4 (Karley Bozarth 2), Libby 6 (Kenzie Proffitt 3, Jones 3); Digs – Eureka 16 (Rhianna Hawkins 4), Libby 45 (Winslow 13, Gruber 12); Aces – Eureka 3 (Maggie Graves 2), Libby 12 (Emma Gruber 8)

Bigfork 3, Stillwater 2

Bigfork dropped the Stillwater Christian 25-21, 16-25, 26-28, 25-18, 5-15 to improve to 5-3 overall in a nonconference match at Stillwater Christian School.

Stillwater is 8-4 overall.

“Senior Helen Hashley continues to be a strong force for the Lady Cougars,” Stillwater coach Diane Smith said. “Pushing to the end, despite some serving and passing struggles.”

Hashley had two service aces, 17 kills and 11 blocks for Stillwater.

Bigfork’s Brook Fraley had eight aces, 15 kills.

Kills – Bigfork 26 (Fraley 15), Stillwater 36 (Hashley 17); Assists – Bigfork 22 (Aubrey Halverson 22), Stillwater 31 (Ramey Metzger 30); Blocks – Bigfork 1 (Juniper Johnson 1), Stillwater 16 (Hashley 11); Digs – Bigfork 66 (Jocelyn Saunders 19), Stillwater 48 (Sophia Sulzbacher 10); Aces – Bigfork 19 (Brook Fraley 8), Stillwater 6 (Helen Hashley 2, Cora Boll 2)