Hi-Line Volleyball Roundup: North Star wins three in 6C East action

October is crunch time in high school volleyball. And with another week of volleyball on the Hi-Line now in the books, crunch time has arrived.

Last week’s action on the Hi-Line got started with the Chinook Sugarbeeters remaining unbeaten in the District 6C East. On Friday night, the Beeters took down Box Elder by scores of 25-6, 25-7 and 25-18.

In a dominant performance, the Beeters were balanced, getting three kills each from Abigail Ellison and Taylor Neibauer. Ellison also had six digs, while Neibauer had two blocks. Eve The Boy had two kills for the Bears, while Lillian Gopher had one block and one dig.

Friday night also saw the North Star Knights roll to two wins over Hays-Lodge Pole. In the first home match, the Knights swept the Thunderbirds by scores of 25-10, 25-5 and 25-11 as Sheridan O’Neil had seven kills, Jewel Wicks had nine digs and Chelsea Donaldson had a whopping 17 service aces for the Knights.

In the second match, the Knights were equally as good in another sweep. North Star won by scores of 25-4, 25-14 and 25-7, and again, serving was the key as O’Neil served up 14 aces, while Lily Pedersen had six kills and Graysen Spicher tallied 14 assists.

The Chester/J-I Hawks kept pace in the 6C East with a sweep of Big Sandy Friday night, followed by a sweep of the Box Elder Bears Saturday night.

In Saturday night’s match, the Hawks rolled over the Bears by scores of 25-10, 25-15 and 25-18. Allix Goldhahn had eight kills and five aces for C/J-I, while Jeraca Tempel had seven assists. The Bears got three kills from Eve The Boy, while she and Tia Russell each had four digs on defense.

North Star continued its winning ways with a third conference victory on the weekend. On Saturday night, the Knights swept the Big Sandy Pioneers by scores of 25-12, 25-12 and 25-20. Big Sandy played tough, but in the end, the talented Knights were too much, as Sheridan O’Neil belted 12 kills and five aces, while Graysen Spicher totaled 25 assists.

Saturday night was also a quick one for Chinook, as the Beeters swept HLP in three games to remain undefeated in the 6C East.

Things didn’t go as well this weekend for Rocky Boy, however. The Morning Stars lost a pair of District 1B matches, including a home loss to Fairfield Friday night. On Saturday night, the Morning Stars were dropped by Conrad by scores of 25-18, 25-7 and 25-12.

In the loss, Jurnee LaForge paced the Morning Stars with four kills and two aces, while Sean Henry had nine of Rocky Boy’s 23 digs.

Friday

Chinook def. Box Elder

25-6, 25-7, 25-18

Chinook: Kills 6 (The Boy 2), Aces 4 (Tesla Belcourt 2), Digs 3 (Lillian Gopher 1), Blocks 1 (Gopher), Assists 4 (N. Anderson 2, Belcourt 2).

Box Elder: Kills 9 (Taylor Neibauer 3), Aces 14 (Sierra Swank 4), Digs 21 (Abby Ellison 6), Blocks 2 (Taylor Neibauer), Assists 9 (Kelsey Mathon 6).

North Star def. Hays-Lodge Pole

25-10, 25-5, 25-11

North Star – Kills 20 (Sheridan O'Neil 7), Assists 17 (Graysen Spicher 13), Digs 20 (Jewel Wicks 9), Aces 32 (Chelsea Donaldson 17).

North Star def. Hays-Lodge Pole

25-4, 25-14, 25-7

North Star – Kills 17 (Lily Pedersen 6), Assists 16 (Graysen Spicher 14), Digs 20 (Jewel Wikcs 6), Aces 31 (Sheridan O'Neil 14), Blocks 1 (O'Neil 1).

Saturday

Conrad def. Rocky Boy

25-18, 25-7, 25-12

Conrad: Aces 24 (Andrea Russell 6), Kills 16 (Kyleigh Salois 5, Gabby Bender 5), Assists 12 (Dalayne Van Dyke 8), Blocks 1 (leader not reported), Digs 18 (Andrea Russell, total not reported).

Rocky Boy: Aces 4 (Jurnee LaForge 2), Kills 9 (Jurnee LaForge 4), Assists 7 (Juanaya Gamble 7), Blocks 0, Digs 23 (Sean Henry 9).

Chester/J-I def. Box Elder

25-10, 25-15, 25-18

C/J-I: Kills 21 (Allix Goldhahn 8), Assists 13 (Jeraca Tempel 7), Aces 15 (Erin Wolfe 5, Goldhahn 5), Digs 16 (Madeline Woods 4), Blocks 2 (Woods 1).

Box Elder: Kills 9 (Eve The Boy 3), Assists 7 (Nikayla Anderson 5), Aces 4 (Lillian Gopher 3), Digs 19 (Eve The Boy 4, Gopher 4, Tai Russell 4), Blocks 0.

North Star def. Big Sandy

25-12, 25-12, 25-20

North Star: Kills 26 (Sheridan O'Neil 12), Assists 25 (Graysen Spicher 25), Aces 17 (Sheridan O'Neil 5), Digs 30 (Jewel Wicks 15), Blocks 5 (Peytan King 2).