Bravettes edge Helena High
The Bravettes won three straight sets Friday to defeat Western AA foe Helena High.
Helena won the first set but Flathead surged to victory by winning the next three.
Out of 19 Flathead service aces, Sienna Sterck recorded seven and also had five digs.
Savannah Sterck led the defense with 15 kills and eight digs.
Helena was held to 29 kills, but led in digs 26-24.
Flathead def. Helena High
23-25, 25-21, 25-17, 25-19
Aces — Capital 6 (Lauren Heuiser 2), Flathead 19 (Sienna Sterck 7, Akilah Kubi 5). Kills — Capital 29 (Heuiser 10, Sydney Mattieldt 6), Flathead 48 (Savanna Sterck 15, Alliyah Stevens 12). Assists — Capital 22 (Katelyn Danforth 13, Kim Feller 9), Flathead 44 (Kennedy Moore 23, Kylie Munsinger 17). Blocks — Capital 5 (Natalie Sebum 3, Heuiser 2), Flathead 3 (Maddy Moy 2). Digs — Capital 26 (Annika Nehring 7, Feller 5) Flathead 24 (Savanna Sterck 8, Sienna Sterck 5).
Stillwater 3, Helena Christian 0
Stillwater Christian won its first conference game in three sets against Helena Christian 27-25, 25-14, 25-18.
The Cougars had 18 aces, and Bailey Prewitt and Grace Anderson served four each. Zoe Linn recorded all 22 team assists.
Sophia Sulzbacher led defensively with 12 kills and also had five digs.
Stillwater is 4-2 overall and 1-0 in conference.
Stillwater Christian def. Helena Christian
27-25, 25-14, 25-18
Aces — Stillwater 18 (Bailey Prewitt 4, Grace Anderson 4). Kills — Stillwater 30 (Sophia Sulzbacher 12, Prewitt 7). Blocks — Stillwater 3. Assists — Stillwater 22 (Zoe Linn 22). Digs — Stillwater 21 (Sulzbacher 5, Kelsey Keersemaker 5).
Statistics for Helena Christian not available.
Late Thursday
Stillwater Christian 3, Whitefish 1
Whitefish fell to Stillwater Thursday in four sets in a non-conference game, which bumped the Bulldogs to 0-4.
“It was a high energy, fun game,” Stillwater coach Katie Guthrie said. “The girls constantly pushed to build momentum.”
Whitefish was held to 23 kills to Stillwater’s 39, including Sophia Sulzbacher’s 13.
Stillwater Christian def. Whitefish
25-23, 25-18, 24-26, 25-20
Aces — Whitefish 8 (Emma Trieweiler 2, Kaydence Blackwell 2), Stillwater 17 (Sophia Sulzbacher 6, Grace Anderson 3, Anna Hudson 3). Kills — Whitefish 23 (Brooke Zetooney 10, Trieweiler 4), Stillwater 39 (Sulzbacher 13, Delaney Stirm 12). Blocks — Whitefish 8 (Zetooney 3, Myli Ridgeway 2), Stillwater 4 (Stirm 3, Hudson 1). Assists — Whitefish 17 (Ainsley Scott 8, Blackwell 4), Stillwater 39 (Zoe Linn 39). Digs — Whitefish 57 (Maci Walburn 14, Trieweiler 10), Stillwater 57 (Sulzbacher 17, Taylor Gray 11).
Polson 3, Ronan 2
RONAN — Polson edged Ronan in a Northwest A conference game that went to five sets.
Both teams posted an impressive number of digs: Polson 144 and Ronan 89. Camilla Foresti had 33 digs, 10 kills and four aces for the Pirates. Clara Todd also had 33 digs as well as seven aces and two blocks.
Olivia Clairmont was Ronan’s defensive leader with 21 kills and 4.5 blocks.
Polson def. Ronan
23-25, 27-25, 25-23, 15-25, 15-11
Kills — Ronan 34 (Olivia Clairmont 21), Polson 33 (Camilla Foresti 10, Clara Todd 7, Liz Tolley 7, McKenna Hanson 7). Blocks — Ronan 8.5 (Clairmont 4.5), Polson 7 (Tolley 4, Todd 2). Digs — Ronan 89 (Rylie Lindquist 25), Polson 144 (Foresti 33, Tolley 33, Hanson 25 ). Aces — Ronan 6 (Reina Cordova 4), Polson 16 (Kamdyn Burrough 7, Foresti 4). Assists — Ronan 32 (Leina Ulutoa 24), Polson 30 (Avery Starr 18, Grace Simonich 8).