By Ryan Divish/Havre Daily News Sports Editor/rdivish@havredailynews.com
The Big Sandy Pioneers continue to prove that they are a contender in the District 6C volleyball race.
The Pioneers capped a weekend sweep of Box Elder and Rocky Boy to vault themselves near the top of the conference standings.
Big Sandy defeated Box Elder 25-22, 25-17, 25-20 on Thursday in Box Elder as Shalayna Pearson led the way with five kills and two blocks. The Pioneers also got four kills and 10 digs from Jessica Amsbaugh in the win. Box Elder got five kills and 11 assists from Ashley Parisian and five kills and 13 digs from Codi Raining Bird in the loss.
The Pioneers picked up their second win of the weekend with a 25-16, 25-17, 24-26, 25-18 decision over Rocky Boy in Big Sandy. Raynee Pearson banged out 10 kills and had 10 digs to lead the Pioneers. Kacy Herron added four kills and 11 assists, while Mikki Hammons had 10 assists, six aces and six digs. Big Sandy served up 25 aces in the match, led by Naomi Williams' seven.
Rocky Boy was led by Loni Belcourt, who had six kills and 14 digs. Rainbow Stump added 16 assists in the win.
Also on Thursday, KG defeated Rocky Boy 25-9, 25-18, 26-24 behind 29 service aces by the KouGars. Kendra Donoven led KG with nine aces, while Tasha Dyrland ripped 13 kills. Whitney Hanson added 21 assists and Kate Vosen picked up 20 digs in the match.
Belcourt paced Rocky Boy with eight kills and five digs.
Box Elder rebounded from the loss to Big Sandy to score a 25-4, 25-17, 25-16 win over KG on Friday in Box Elder.
Tasha Parisian had eight kills and two blocks, while Ashley Parisian added 10 assists.
Blue Sky/J-I continued to stay near the top of 6C with a 25-21, 25-14, 25-14 win over Sunburst in Rudyard. The Eagles got six kills and six blocks from Katie O'Neil in the win. Sunburst was led by Cherry Tomsheck's nine kills and two blocks.
District 6C co-leader Chester was defeated 25-19, 15-25, 25-17, 25-14 by Fort Benton in a tough nonconference match. Shawnee Norick had 10 kills and Brianne Wolfe had eight blocks in the loss for Chester.
Also on Friday the Harlem Wildcats troubles continued as Wolf Point downed the Wildcats 25-21, 25-18, 25-16 in Harlem.
Marty Rae Stiffarm led Harlem with seven kills and three blocks. Melinda Cochran added eight assists.
The Chinook Sugarbeeters suffered back-to-back losses for the first time this season. After falling in three games to Havre on Thursday, the Beeters were upended by Glasgow 25-23, 25-21, 25-15 on Saturday in Glasgow. Kelly Hagfildt had 12 kills to lead the Scotties. Chinook got seven kills and four blocks from Whitney Lybeck. Monica Thackeray had a match-high 19 digs.
Elsewhere on Saturday, the KG KouGars outlasted Hobson 15-25, 25-20, 25-17, 25-20 in the their third match of the weekend. Tasha Dyrland had a season-high 21 kills to lead KG. Jodi Norman racked up 30 digs while Whitney Hanson dished out 17 assists in the match.
In Hays, the Stanford junior varsity squad downed Hays-Lodge Pole 25-11, 25-7, 25-21. Sheena Shambo had two aces, two assists and three digs to lead the T-Birds.
Thursday
Big Sandy def. Box Elder
25-22, 25-17, 25-20
Big Sandy - Kills 20 (Shalayna Pearson 5, Jessica Amsbaugh 4); Assists 17 (Mikki Hammons 8, Kacy Herron 7); Digs 28 (Amsbaugh 10, Herron 5); Aces 11 (Naomi Wilson 4); Blocks 2 (Pearson 2).
Box Elder - Kills 17 (Ashley Parisian 5, Codi Raining Bird 5, Rokki Parker 5); Assists 16 (Parisian 11); Aces 11 (Raining Bird 5); Digs 38 (Raining Bird 13, Tasha Parisian 7); Blocks 0 (none).
KG def. Rocky Boy
25-9, 25-18, 26-24
KG - Kills 13 (Tasha Dyrland 13); Assists 23 (Whitney Hanson 21); Aces 29 (Kendra Donoven 9); Digs 51 (Kate Vosen 20); Blocks 2 (Dyrland 1).
Rocky Boy - Kills 12 (Loni Belcourt 8); Assists 12 (Rainbow Stump 10); Aces 18 (Belcourt 5); Digs 12 (Frances Eagleman); Blocks 2 (Tori Belcourt).
Friday
Box Elder def. KG
25-4, 25-17, 25-16
KG - Kills 11 (Jodi Norman 3); Assists 5 (Whitney Hanson 4); Aces 13 (Kendra Donoven 3); Digs 38 (Shea Haugen 10); Blocks 0 (none).
Box Elder - Kills 19 (Tasha Parisian 8); Assists 15 (Ashley Parisian 10); Aces 14 (Toni Lamere 4); Digs 30 (Codi Raining Bird 9); Blocks 4 (T. Parisian 2).
Fort Benton def. Chester
25-19, 15-25, 25-17, 25-14
Chester - Kills 24 (Shawnee Norick 10); Assists 28 (Keyla Wendland 13); Aces 8 (Jackie Alisch 4); Digs 57 (Kinzie Fraser 19); Blocks 15 (Brianne Wolfe 8).
Fort Benton - Kills 33 (Julie Jordan 11); Assists 28 (Angie Young 24); Aces 15 (Bobbi Smith 5); Digs 65 (Jordan 20); Blocks 20 (Mattie Onstad 7).
Blue Sky/J-I def. Sunburst
25-21, 25-14, 25-14
Sunburst - Kills 21 (Cherry Tomsheck 9); Assists 12 (Rachel Schulze 9); Aces 5 (Kendra Hovland 3); Digs 19 (Ronni Whitt 9); Blocks 4 (Tomsheck 2).
Blue Sky/J-I - Kills 21 (Katie O'Neil 6, Hannah Pimley 6); Assists 19 (Jourdon Han 8); Aces 15 (Megan Warren 5); Digs 22 (Kaila Warren 5); Blocks 21 (Kim Patrick 6, O'Neil 6).
Wolf Point def. Harlem
25-21, 25-18, 25-16
Wolf Point - Kills 9 (Erin Kearst 3, Rebecca Zilkoski 3); Assists 8 (Kelcie Mortin 6); Aces 2 (Kearst 1, Jaclyn Sansaver 1); Digs 20 (Kearst 6); Blocks 2 (Sansaver).
Harlem - Kills 14 (Marty Rae Stiffarm 7); Assists 11 (Melinda Cochran 8); Aces 8 (Diana First Raised 3); Digs 8 (Chelsie McCann 3); Blocks 3 (Stiffarm 3).
Saturday
Glasgow def. Chinook
25-23, 25-21, 25-15
Glasgow - Kills 28 (Kelly Hagfildt 12); Assists 24 (Cristen Etchart 24); Aces 4 (Denise Enebo 2); Digs 50 (Mary McIntegre 11); Blocks 11 (Tiffany Waters 5).
Chinook - Kills 20 (Whitney Lybeck 7); Assists 13 (Crystal Roseberry 7); Aces 7 (Morgan Obie 3); Digs 68 (Monica Thackeray 19); Blocks 4 (Lybeck 4).
Big Sandy def. Rocky Boy
25-16, 25-17, 24-26, 25-18
Rocky Boy - Kills 25 (Loni Belcourt 6); Assists 20 (Rainbow Stump 16); Aces 14 (Frances Eagleman 7); Digs 26 (Loni Belcourt 14); Blocks 5 (Tori Belcourt 2).
Big Sandy - Kills 25 (Raynee Pearson 10, Kacy Herron 4); Assists 22 (Kacy Herron 11, Mikki Hammons 10); Aces 25 (Naomi Williams 7, Mikki Hammons 6, Jessica Amsbaugh 5); Digs 30 (Pearson 10, Hammons 6); Blocks n/a.
Stanford JV def. Hays-Lodge Pole
25-11, 25-7, 25-21
Stanford - Kills (Kari Taylor 1, Chelsi Polzin 1); Aces (Kylene Caquelin 9); Digs (Caquelin 2)
Hays-Lodge Pole - Kills 9 (Angel Denny 5); Assists 2 (Sheena Shambo 2); Aces 5 (Shambo 2); Digs 9 (Shambo 3); Blocks 2 (Colette Hawley 1, Shambo 1).
KG def. Hobson
15-25, 25-20, 25-17, 25-20
KG - Kills 49 (Tasha Dyrland 21). Assists 32 (Whitney Hanson 17). Aces 17 (Britta Umbach 4). Digs 81 (Jodi Norman 30). Blocks 8 (Kendra Donoven 3).
Hobson - Kills 36 (Megan Majerius 7, Tia Best 7). Assists 26 (Kaleigh Mikkelsen 14). Aces 7 (Cassie Abel 2, Mikkelsen 2). Digs 12 (Laura Hauser 3, Michelle Key 3, Majerius 3). Blocks 4 (Majerius 2).
