George Ferguson
Havre Daily News Sports
gferguson@havredailynews.com
The high school volleyball season has entered its third and final month before postseason play begins. Let's take a look at the past week in volleyball across the Hi-Line.
In District 6C action, the Chinook Sugarbeeters and Chester/J-I Hawks both went undefeated for the week.
The Beeters downed Big Sandy on Friday night and Sunburst on Saturday.
Meanwhile, 6C leader Chester/J-I earned a pair of easy victories on Saturday at home. The Hawks downed both Rocky Boy and Box Elder to remain undefeated in district play.
In District 2B action on Friday night, the Harlem Wildcats were routed in three straight games by the Malta M-Ettes in Malta. The M-Ettes defeated Harlem by scores of 25-8, 25-10 and 25-12.
Rocky Boy also earned a victory this week, defeating Hays-Lodge Pole on Thursday night, while North Star High School lost a heartbreaking five-game thriller to Valier on Saturday in Gildford.
Thursday
At Rocky Boy
Rocky Boy def. Hays-Lodge Pole
25-19, 25-14, 23-25, 25-17
Hays-LodgePole - No Statistics reported.
Rocky Boy - Kills 29 (Tori Belcourt 11, Francis Eagleman 8); Assists 16 (Rainbow Stump 14); Aces 21 (Stump 6, Courtney St.Pierre 6); Digs 29 (St. Pierre 9, Loni Belcourt 7); Blocks 4 (L. Belcourt 2).
Friday
At Malta
Malta def. Harlem
25-8, 25-10, 25-12
Harlem leaders - Assists 3 (Danielle Dirden 2); Kills 3 (Dirden, Leandra Thomas, Brooke Filesteel); Digs 23 (Thomas 6), Aces 4 (Danielle Kinsey 2); Blocks 9 (Kinsey 4)
Malta leaders - Aces 9 (Brittney Allen 3, Zotherswith 2); Kills 21 (Megan Skiff 6, Zotherswith 4); Blocks 4 (Four with one); Digs 48 (Shild Lundstrom 11, Zotherswith 7); Assists 18 (Sarah Long 18)
At Chinook
Chinook defs. Big Sandy
25-21, 25-15, 25-13
Big Sandy leaders - Kills 22 (Shalanna Pearson 11); Aces 3 (Pearson 2); Digs 38 (Sarah Virsa 10); Blocks 3 (Shersteen Cline 1); Assists 13 (Kacy Herron 12)
Chinook leaders - Kills 30 (Georgia Barber 10); Aces 4 (Gen Burkhartsmeyer 1); Digs 41 (Staci Butcher 9); Blocks 14 (Georgia Barber 8); Assists 24 (Crystal Roseberry 18)
Saturday
At Gildford
Valier def. North Star,
25-16, 22-25, 22-25, 29-27, 15-7.
Valier - Kills 51 (Aisha Snyder 30, Ashley Breding 7); Assists 44 (Maranda Laverdue 30, Snyder 7); Blocks 13 (Snyder 5, Brooke Holden 3); Digs 40 (Snyder 15, Holden 12); Aces 15 (Laverdue, Breding 2).
North Star - Kills 41 (Natasha Dyrland 23, Jourdan Han 13); Assists 33 (Megan Warren 30); Blocks 6 (Han 3, Dyrland 3); Digs 40 (Han 14, Courtney Wendland 7, Warren 7); Aces 15 (Allison Grant 5,Wendland 3).
Doubleheader at Chester
Match 1: C-J-I def. Rocky Boy
25-12, 25-14, 25-8
Rocky Boy - Kills 4 (Loni Belcourt 1), Assists 1 (Francis Eagleman 1), Aces 7 (L. Belcourt 5), Digs 15 (Lanaya Eagleman 7), Blocks 3 (Tori Belcourt 3).
C/J-I- Kills 30 (Keyla Briese 8), Assists 26 (Amanda Violett 13), Aces 14 (Briese 5), Digs 6 (Violett 2, Briese 2), Blocks 4 (Briese 2, Brianne Wolfe 2).
Match 2: C-J-I def. Box Elder
25-11, 25-13, 25-10
Box Elder (no individual leaders) - Kills 3, Assists 5, Aces 2, Digs 5, Blocks 4.
C-/J-I - Kills 29 (Ashley Martin 8), Assists 26 (Briese 17), Aces 21 (Briese 8), Digs 6 (Heather Pimley 2), Blocks 3 (leader not available
At Chinook
Chinook def. Sunburst
25-14, 25-11, 25-23
Sunburst - Kills 19 (Ronni Whitt 4, Darcey Johannsen 4), Assists 15 (Kendra Hovland 11), Aces 4 (Rachel Schulze 2), Digs 10 (Johannsen 2), Blocks 4 (Hovland 2).
Chinook - Kills 29 (Morgan Obie 8), Assists 26 (Crystal Roseberry 24), Aces 12 (Erin Eslick 4, Dawn Kellam 4), Digs 27 (Gen Burkhartsmeyer 7), Blocks 9 (Georgia Barber 5).
