C-Falls spikers win Tip-Off event, Flathead splits in Great Falls

by The Daily Inter Lake
| August 31, 2019 12:16 AM

BUTTE — Columbia Falls captured the title at the Northwest A/Southwest A Tip-Off Tournament on Saturday at the Butte Civic Center with a dramatic 25-23, 24-26, 15-14 volleyball victory over Corvallis.

Columbia Falls was the winner of pool play in Northwest A. Corvallis was the Southwest A winner.

Libby finished third by downing Butte Central 25-17, 22-25, 15-9.

Saturday

At the Butte Civic Center

Championship

Columbia Falls def. Corvallis 25-23, 24-26, 15-14

Third Place

Libby def. Butte Central 25-17, 22-25, 15-9

Fifth Place

Dillon def. Polson 23-25, 25-17, 15-14

Seventh Place

Stevensville def. Ronan 25-15, 25-22

Ninth Place

Frenchtown def. Whitefish 20-25, 25-20, 15-14

11th Place

Hamilton def. Browning 25-9, 25-15

Pool Play Matches

Butte Central def. Libby 26-24, 25-18

Dillon def. Browning 25-12, 25-21

Polson def. Frenchtown 25-20, 26-24

Stevensville split with Ronan 24-26, 25-21

Columbia Falls def. Hamilton 25-11, 25-14

Corvallis def. Whitefish 25-20, 25-19

Butte Central def. Browning 25-11, 25-22

Dillon def. Polson 25-19, 25-16

Ronan def. Frenchtown 25-19, 25-23

Columbia Falls split with Stevensville 27-28, 25-18

Whitefish split with Hamilton 25-16, 21-25

Corvallis def. Libby 25-9, 25-5

Class AA

GREAT FALLS — The Flathead Bravettes kicked off their season with a 25-20, 25-23, 25-17 win over Great Falls High School.

“We had a good first match,” Flathead coach Nicole Fairclough said. “We served really tough and pressured Great Falls, which allowed us to run our offense well. Our defense also did a fantastic job of keeping the ball in play.”

Kills — Flathead 31 (Julia Burden 12, Kaitlyn Kalenga 10); Assists — Flathead 26 (Mayson Moore 24); Blocks — Flathead 4, (Maddi Chavez 2, Kalenga 2); Digs — Flathead 50 (Maddie Lindbom 19, Burden 11; Aces — Flathead 8 (Burden 3, Moore 2).

Statistics for Great Falls were not available.

C.M. Russell 3, Flathead 1

GREAT FALLS — Flathead (1-1) lost its second match of the day to C.M. Russell, 25-17, 25-22, 25-21, 25-17.

“We had good moments throughout the match, but got down too often,” Fairclough said.

“We played great defense but struggled a bit blocking at the net. By the end of the match our block was better but we definitely have some things to continue to work on. Overall it was a good day for the Bravettes.”

Kills — Flathead 36 (Maddi Chavez 10, Julia Burden 10), CMR 46, (Allie Olsen 17, Anna Broquist 11); Assists — Flathead 34 (Mayson Moore 30), CMR 33 (Tenni Hiller 32); Blocks — Flathead 7 (Kaitlyn Kalenga 6, Kenna Johnson 2), CMR 2; Digs — Flathead 56 (Burden 14, Maddie Lindbom 14), CMR 28 (Lauren Lindseth 13); Aces — Flathead 6 (Alayna Creekmore 5), CMR 10 (Allie Olsen 3, Lindseth 3).

Glacier vs. CMR, Great Falls

GREAT FALLS — No match results were available.

Stillwater 3, Troy 0

Stillwater Christian School defeated Troy on Friday 25-22, 25-23, 25-21 in nonconference play.

Kills — Stillwater 20 (Selah Neumann 6), Troy 15 (Montana Rice 6); Blocks — Stillwater 5 (Abigail Hudson 2) Troy 3 (Ella Pierce 2); Assists — Stillwater N/A, Troy 8 (Leah Clay 5); Digs — Stillwater 30 (Sydney McKerrow 11), Troy 9 (Mazzy Hermes 5).