The volleyball weekend started with a bang on the Hi-Line as a wild year of District 6C-East action continued Thursday night in Chinook.
The top team in the 6C East has changed three times in the last three weeks, but after a dramatic comeback Thursday night in Chinook, North Star is assuming command of the district.
The Knights stormed back from a 2-0 deficit to beat Chinook by scores of 21-25, 21-25, 25-10, 25-19 and 15-5. Once North Star got rolling, there seemed to be little the Sugarbeeters could do to stop the Knights.
Lisa Carlon racked up 15 kills, eight aces and seven assists for the Knights in the amazing win. Melissa Pester also had a big match with six digs and four blocks for North Star. Chinook got a huge night from Makhayla Farmer, who had 13 kills, eight blocks and four aces.
The Beeters did manage to rebound on Saturday night with a straight-set win over Sunburst in a nonconference match.
Chinook defeated the Refiners by scores of 25-18, 25-5 and 25-19 and the Beeters did it in dominant fashion. Farmer led the way with 11 kills, six blocks and two aces, while Hannah Weber 18 assists and two aces and Paige Moxley had eight digs and a pair of aces.
North kept on rolling too, as the Knights beat the Valier Panthers in four sets in Gildford on Saturday night. The Knights won by scores of 21-25, 25-11, 25-12 and 25-18, again coming from behind.
Lisa Carlon had 10 kills and Bettie Carlon had 10 assists for the Knights, while Tylynn Rettig served up six aces.
The weekend was up and down for the Chester/J-I Hawks. The Hawks crushed the Hays-Lodge Pole Thunderbirds on Friday night, but fell to the Dutton-Brady Diamondbacks on Saturday.
Dutton-Brady defeated the Hawks by scores of 25-22, 25-12, 19-25 and 25-11.
Kate Graff paced the Hawks with nine kills and four aces, while Brittnee Theel also had four aces and two blocks, and Jimi Sangwin added 15 assists and two aces in the nonconference loss.
At the Class B level, Rocky Boy dropped a pair of 1B matches over the weekend.
On Friday night, the Morning Stars lost to Conrad by scores of 25-16, 25-14 and 25-22, as Leigha Onco had kills, two aces and three blocks.
Then, on Saturday night, Rocky Boy was downed by the powerful Choteau Bulldogs by scores of 25-10, 25-15 and 25-6. The Morning Stars got three kills and three blocks from Tisha Big Knife in the losing effort.
Thursday
North Star def. Chinook
21-25, 21-25, 25-10, 25-19, 15-5
NS – Kills 30 (Lisa Carlon 15), Aces 21 (L. Carlon 8, Bettie Carlon 6, Tylynn Rettig 5), Assists 20 (B. Carlon 11), Digs 16 (Mackenzie Hansen 6, Melissa Pester 6), Blocks 5 (Pester 4).
Chinook – Kills 28 (Makhayla Farmer 13), Aces 12 (Paige Moxley 4, Farmer 4), Assists 22 (Hannah Weber 18), Digs 41 (Brooke Nicholson 9), Blocks 12 (Farmer 8).
Friday
Conrad def. Rocky Boy
25-16, 25-14, 25-22
Rocky Boy – Kills 12 (Leigha Onco 8), Assists 10 (Tyann Watson 8), Aces 5 (Onco 2, Watson 2), Digs 34 (Leah Gopher 15), Blocks 6 (Onco 3).
Conrad – Kills 31 (Taylor Judisch 8), Assists 14, Aces 7 (Moranda Breutonson 2), Digs 57 (Judisch 16), Blocks 2.
Saturday
Chinook def. Sunburst
25-18, 25-5, 25-19
Chinook -- Kills: 30 (Makhayla Farmer 11). Blocks: 11 (Farmer 6). Aces: 7 (Paige Moxley 2, Farmer 2, Hannah Weber 2). Digs: 34 (Moxley 8). Assists: 23 (Weber 18).
Sunburst -- Kills: 10 (Brooke Lindskog 5). Blocks; 2 (Krista Hauschulz, Lindskog). Aces: 6. Digs: 41 (Lindskog 16). Assists: 17 (Lindskog 16).
North Star def. Valier
21-25, 25-11, 25-12, 25-18
Valier -- Kills: 19 (Abbie Boumans 10). Blocks: 8 (Stephanie Bullchild 5). Aces: 11 (Chelsea VanenBos 7). Digs; 36 (Boumans 8). Assists: 18 (VandenBos 17).
North Star -- Kills: 29 (Lisa Carlon 10). Blocks: 3 (Melissa Restor 2). Aces: 15(Tylynn Rettig 6). Assists: 19 (Bettie Carlson 10).
Dutton-Brady def. Chester/J-I
25-22, 25-12, 19-25, 25-11
C/J-I – Kills 27 (Kate Graff 9), Assists 22 (Jimi Sangwin 15), Aces 15 (Graff 4, Sangwin 4), Digs 67 (Graff 16), Blocks (Brittnee Theel 2).
Dutton-Brady – Kills 32 (lacey Jones 10), Assists 26 (Shannon Habel 10), Aces 8 (Savannah Timmerman 8), Digs 47 (Habel 10), Blocks 6 (Jones 4).
Choteau def. Rocky Boy
25-10, 25-15, 25-6
Choteau – Kills 36 (Alisha Breen 10), Assists 26 (Mikayla Rentiria 18), Aces 4 (Lexie Sullivan 3), Digs 24 (Sarah Stringfellow 8), Blocks 2 (Breen 2).
Rocky Boy – Kills 6 (Tisha Big Knife 3), Assists 5 (Tyann Watson 5), Aces 5 (Tyra Gopher 2), Digs 50 (Leah Gopher 19), Blocks 6 (Big Knife 3).
No other scores reported
