Stillwater spikers MCAA state champs
The Stillwater Cougars won the MCAA state volleyball championship on Saturday defeating Yellowstone County Home School.
“It was a great afternoon of volleyball,” Stillwater coach Katie Guthrie said. “The girls worked hard during the first game but didn’t pull out the win. But they never gave up. Their desire to win was only ignited more. They fought hard every point, and it paid off. We walked away with the championship trophy.”
Sophia Sulzbacher, Kayla Oyler, Abby Hudson, Sydney McKerrow, and Selah Neumann received all-tournament all-star awards and Selah Neumann was named tournament MVP.
Stillwater lost the first championship match and played again since it was its first loss of the tournament.
MCAA State Tournament Championship
October 26 at Stillwater Christian School
Yellowstone County Home School def. Stillwater Cougars
25-23, 25-21, 25-12, 25-21
SCS— Aces 12 (Abby Hudson 4, Selah Neumann 3); Kills 32 (Abby Hudson 12, Kayla Oyler 8); Blocks 7 (Abby Hudson 4, Anna Hudson 3); Assists 29 (Sophia Sulzbacher 27); Digs 47 (Neumann 18, Sulzbacher 9)
Stillwater Cougars def. Yellowstone County Home School
25-16, 25-23, 26-24, 25-16
SCS — Aces 21 (Abby Hudson 5, Selah Neumann 5); Kills 39 (Neumann 14, Hudson 10); Blocks 3 (Anna Hudson 2, Kayla Oyler 1); Assists 35 (Sophia Sulzbacher 34); Digs 33 (Neumann 9, Sydney McKerrow 9)
Butte 3, Flathead 1
BUTTE — Flathead dropped in four sets to Butte on Saturday.
“We battled today in Butte but came up short,” Flathead coach Nicole Fairclough said. “We played great defense all match but made too many errors on our side.”
Scores were 25-17, 25-22, 19-25, 25-16.
Kaitlyn Kalenga had 10 kills, three service aces and three blocks for Flathead, who is 4-8 in conference and 8-12 overall.
Kills — Flathead 39 (Kaitlyn Kalenga 10, Julia Burden 10), Butte 47 (Mackenzie Tutty 11, Brooke McGrath 11); Assists — Flathead 31 (Mayson Moore 28), Butte 38 (Grace McGrath 18, Sydney Doyle 18); Blocks — Flathead 4 (Kalenga 3), Butte 9 (Emma Field 3), Digs — Flathead 59 (Maddie Lindbom 23, Butte 60 (Trisha Erickson 22); Aces — Flathead 6 (Kalenga 3), Butte 6 (B. McGrath 6).