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Chinook captures Conrad Invitational

It may seem a little early, but the first weekend of high school volleyball has come and passed with all area teams taking the floor for the first time this season.

As a whole there were mixed results throughout with several 6C teams starting off slow at the Belt preseason tournament. However, the Blue Sky Eagles and the Chinook Sugarbeeters picked up some wins over the weekend.

Chinook, picked to be one of the top teams in District 2B, captured the Conrad Invitational tournament with a 25-17, 25-14 win over the Class A Browning Indians.

Chinook got to the championship with by defeating perennial 6C power Sunburst 25-16, 25-14. No individual statistics from the tournament were available.

Blue Sky finished with a 2-1 record at the Geraldine preseason invitational. The Eagles cruised past Great Falls Central 30-19, 20-17 and then slipped past Denton 30-28, 30-27. Blue Sky's only loss came to Highwood, 26-30, 30-26, 15-11, in a match where several members of the Eagle JV squad played.

The Harlem Wildcats suffered their first loss of the season to Glasgow Friday night and finished 1-2 at the Malta Invitational on Saturday. Harlem's lone win came in a 25-21, 25-24 over the Choteau JV squad. Harlem lost a tough match to Cut Bank and fell to 2B foe Malta.

District 6C had a tough day at the Belt preseason tournament on Saturday.

The J-I Rams were the only 6C team in the tournament to record a win with a 25-15, 22-25, 25-20 win over Power. J-I dropped three matches to Valier, Belt and Centerville respectively. The Rams won games in each of those matches.

The KG KouGars finished the tournament with a 0-4 record, losing matches to Valier, Power, Belt and Dutton-Brady. The Big Sandy Pioneers also finished the tournament winless, dropping matches to Belt, Centerville, Dutton-Brady and heartbreaker to Valier.

Glasgow def. Harlem 25-13, 23-25, 25-17, 25-23

Glasgow - Aces 12 (Millie McIntyre), Kills 35 (Tiffany Waters 14), Blocks 17 (Waters 6), Digs 96 (Kelly Hagfelt 31), Assists 33 (Chelsie Pattison 30).

Harlem - Aces 12 (Megan Walls 3), Kills 18 (Carly Haluzka, Megan Walls, Kelly Talks Different 5), Blocks 4 (four with 1), Digs 68 (Alicia Shields 13), Assists 17 (Tera Fuzesy 8).

BELT PRESEASON TOURNAMENT

Belt def. Big Sandy 25-5, 25-11, 25-14

Big Sandy - Aces 2 (Mikki Hammons 2), Kills 8 (Raynee Pearson 5), Blocks 3 (R. Pearson 2), Digs 9 (R. Pearson 4), Assists 9 (Hammons 8).

Valier def. KG 22-25, 25-33, 25-19, 3-3

KG - Aces 15 (Cady Arifin 4, Casie Toner 4), Kills 10 (Arifin 5), Blocks 7 (Whitney Hanson 4), Digs 27 (Arifin 9), Assists 38 (Janine Jorgenson 17).

Belt def. J-I 25-19, 24-26, 25-14

J-I - Aces 2 (Hannah Pimley 2), Kills 12 (Amanda Moss 5), Blocks 13 (Ha. Pimley 5), Digs 18 (Moss 6), Assists 8 (Amanda Miller 6).

Centerville def. Big Sandy 25-22, 25-22, 25-23

Big Sandy - Aces 9 (Shinead Field 4), Kills 12 (R. Pearson 4, Shaylana Pearson 4), Digs 7 (R. Pearson 5), Assists 19 (Hammons 9).

Power def. KG 11-25, 25-17, 25-19, 4-4

KG - Aces 14 (Toner 6), Kills 18 (Arifin 7), Digs 30 (Arifin 11), Assists 55 (Jorgenson 17).

J-I def. Power 25-15, 22-25, 25-20

J-I - Aces 14 (Ha. Pimley 6), Kills 23 (Katie Bangs 7), Blocks 1 (Katie O'Neil), Digs 15 (Megan Herdina 7), Assists 14 (Miller 8)

Dutton-Brady def. Big Sandy 25-15, 25-14, 25-8.

Big Sandy - Aces 3 (Hammons 3), Kills 3 (R. Pearson 3), Blocks 2 (Francine Egge 1, Naomi Williams 1), Digs 7 (R. Pearson 2, Egge 2), Assists 3 (Hammons 3)

Centerville def. J-I 25-14, 14-25, 15-10,

J-I - Aces 9 (O'Neil 3), Kills 7 (Moss 3), Blocks 4 (O'Neil 2), Digs 17 (Herdina 5), Assists 5 (Herdina 2, Miller 2).

Belt def. KG 25-15, 25-16, 25-11

KG - Aces 3 (Arifin 2), Kills 8 (Arifin 3, Toner 3), Blocks 5 (Toner 3), Digs 26 (Arifin 9), Assists 26 (Heidi Donoven 16).

Valier def. Big Sandy 25-23, 25-13, 16-25, 4-3

Big Sandy - Aces 8 (R. Pearson 3), Kills 12 (R. Pearson 9), Blocks 3 (R. Pearson 2), Digs 9 (R. Pearson 3, Field 3), Assists 13 (Hammons 7).

Dutton-Brady def. KG 25-7, 25-22, 25-17

KG - Aces 2 (Arifin 2), Kills 10 (Arifin 5), Blocks 13 (Hanson 5), Digs 8 (Arifin 2, Hanson 2, Shea Haugen 2), Assists 22 (Donoven 9).

Valier def. J-I 25-17, 15-25, 25-17

J-I - Aces 4 (Herdina 2), Kills 18 (O'Neil 7), Blocks 8 (O'Neil 4), Digs 16 (Herdina 4, Bangs 4), Assists 8 (Miller 4).

 

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