Chinook continues to roll , Blue Sky outlasts KouGars

The Chinook High School volleyball team continues to roll through opponents. The Sugarbeeters remained undefeated as they swept a pair of District 2B matches over Poplar and Plentywood this past weekend.

Middle hitter Kayla Erskine had 12 kills and a pair of aces in the two matches while Chinook also got solid performances from Tiffany Cuerth, Monica Thackeray and Kelsey Crampton.

Chinook will travel to 2B rival Glasgow on Friday and head to Havre to take on the Ponies on Saturday.

The Blue Sky Eagles also continue to roll through District 6C. The Eagles picked up a key conference win this weekend, but the win didn't come easy. The Eagles needed five games to defeat a scrappy KG KouGar squad Friday night in Rudyard. KG took the first two hard-fought games 26-24 and 25-22, but Blue Sky rallied, winning three straight to take the match.

The senior duo of Kaila Warren and Lindsay Anderson continued their solid play for Blue Sky. Warren had 15 kills and four aces while Anderson had six kills, five aces and eight digs in the win.

J-I also had a solid weekend, picking up a pair of wins in a triangular match at Box Elder. The Rams swept the Bears and Rocky Boy in three games each.

Hannah Pimley had 17 kills and three blocks in the two matches while Megan Herdina added 27 assists in the win.

Rocky Boy got seven kills, three digs and three blocks from Marty Rae Stiffarm and a five assists from Alli Sunchild in the loss. Box Elder was led by Ventura Campbell with five kills and two aces.

In another triangular in Box Elder on Saturday, Rocky Boy knocked off defending champ Sunburst in four games while the Refiners beat up on the host Bears.

The Morning Stars got 15 kills from Stiffarm and 11 assists and five aces from Sunchild in the win. Box Elder was led by Tori Belcourt with three kills and two aces in the loss.

The Harlem Wildcats also picked up a key split in District 2B action. Harlem bounced back from Friday night's loss to Plentywood to defeat Poplar, 25-23, 25-20, 26-24, in a hard-fought match.

According to head coach Kim Faulkinberry, her team rallied from a 24-20 deficit in game three to close out the game as Terra Fuzesy served five straight points to pick up the win.

The Wildcats were led by sophomore Megan Walls, who picked up 11 kills and three blocks. Rhawnee Gilham and Fuzesy each had eight assists apiece while Gilham added three assists. Alicia Shields added a game-high 21 in the win.

Chester def. Big Sandy

25-9, 25-16, 25-9

Big Sandy - Stats not reported.

Chester - Kills 23 (Shawnee Norick 9), Assists 22 (Joanna Lasorte 8), Aces 16 (Mary DeVries 6), Digs (Not available) Blocks 2 (DeVries 2).

Joplin-Inverness def. Rocky Boy

25-20, 25-14, 27-25

Rocky Boy - Kills 18 (Marty Stiffarm 7), Assists 8 (Allie 5), Digs 6 (Stiffarm 3), Blocks 6 (Stiffarm 3), Aces 6 (CeCe Corcoran 4).

J-I - Aces 15 (Amanda Miller 4), Blocks 3, Kills 23 (Hannah Pimley 8), Assists 41 (Megan Herdina 22), Saves 36 (Moss 9).

J-I def. Box Elder

25-13, 25-20, 25-11

J-I - Kills 9 (Hannah Pimley 9), Assists 8 (Megan Herdina 5), Aces 10 (Amanda Moss 3), Digs 25 (Katie Bangs 10), Blocks 2 (Herdina, Pimley).

Box Elder - Kills 17 (Ventura Campbell 5, Loni Belcourt 4), Assists 14 (Connie Menard 7, Ashley Parisian 6), Aces 4 (Campbell 2, L. Belcourt 3), Digs 26 (Codi Rainingbird 6, Tori Belcourt 5), Blocks 2 (T. Belcourt, Campbell).

Blue Sky def. KG

24-26, 22-25, 25-17, 25-17, 15-6

Blue Sky - Kills 33 (Kaila Warren 15, Lindsay Anderson 6), Assists 19 (Holly Haas 9, Megan Warren 8), Aces 21 (Anderson 5, K. Warren 4), Digs 15 (Anderson 8), Blocks 2 (Kim Patrick 1, Anderson 1).

KG - Kills 12 (Cady Arifin 6, Casie Toner 5), Assists 53 (Janine Jorgenson 24, Heidi Donoven 21), Aces 11 (Donoven 6, Arifin 3), Digs 50 (Arifin 12, Donoven 11, Whitney Hanson 10), Blocks 9 (Arifin 9).

Rocky Boy def. Sunburst

19-25, 26-24, 25-18, 25-19

Rocky Boy - Kills 37 (Stiffarm 15), Assists 19 (Sunchild 11), Aces 25 (Sunchild 5), Digs 22 (Ronnie Jo Lamere 6).

Sunburst - Kills 16 (Cherry Tomscheck 6), Assists 15 (Hovland 7), Aces 16 (Kleinert 5), Digs 7 (Jomerville 3), Blocks 4 (Tomscheck 3).

Sunburst def. Box Elder

25-10, 25-19, 25-15

Sunburst - Kills 27 (Gillund 9), Assists 19 (Nagy 3), Aces 12 (Gillund 3), Digs 10 (Jomerville 3), Blocks 2 (Tomscheck 2).

Box Elder - Kills 10 (T. Belcourt 3), Assists 7 (Parisian 5), Aces 7 (Rainingbird 4), Digs 27 (Parisian 7, Lamere 7), Blocks 3 (T. Belcourt 2).

Plentywood def. Harlem

25-16, 25-9, 25-10

Harlem - Kills 8 (Megan Walls 4), Assists 7 (Terra Fuzesy 5), Aces 6 (Alicia Shields 2), Digs 30 (Carly Haluszka 8), Blocks 1 (Shields).

Plentywood - Kills 18 (Shalice Tommerup 6), Assists 13 (Kristen Anderson 8), Aces 19 (Renzi Henderson 4, Jamie Hendrickson 4, Anderson 4), Digs 24 (Kristen Steiner 6), Blocks 12 (Tommerup 5).

Harlem def. Poplar

25-23, 25-20, 26-24

Harlem - Kills 24 (Walls 11), Blocks 3 (Walls 3), Digs 70 Shields 21), Aces 7 (Rhawnee Gilham 3), Assists 20 (Gilham 8, Fuzesy 8).

Poplar - Kills 20 (Rena Belton 8), Blocks 1, Digs 52 (Samantha Nygard 15), Aces 10 (Amber Crowley 3), Assists 15 (Ivanna Holte 8).

Chinook def. Poplar

25-23, 25-13, 25-19

Chinook - Kills 29 (Kayla Erskine 7), Blocks 3, Digs 85 (Whitney Lybeck 17), Aces 4 (Erskine 2), Assists 17 (Eslick 9).

Poplar - Kills 8 (Ashley Azure 4), Blocks 1 (Tommy Escarcega 1), Aces 9 (Angela Juarez 6), Assists 8 (Holt 5), Digs 42 (Crowley 11).

Chinook def. Plentywood

25-20, 25-9, 25-11

Chinook - Kills 18 (Erskine 5, Kelsey Crampton 5), Blocks 9 (Crampton 3), Aces 12 (Tiffany Cuerth 5), Digs 56 (Monica Thackeray 17), Assists 13 (Cuerth 9).

Plentywood - Kills 26 (Carly Lawson 8), Blocks 3 (Tommerup 3), Aces 7 (Henderson 2, Crystal Garrick 2), Digs 30 (Kristen Steiner 6), Assists 13 (Anderson 7).