Chinook repeats as 2B tourney champs

The Chinook Sugarbeeters had a tough road to the District 2B volleyball championship this past weekend in Glasgow. But the Beeters were up to the task and they met all challenges, capturing the district title for the second straight year.

The Beeters defeated the host Glasgow Scotties for the second time in as many days to keep the district title in Chinook.

In Saturday night's championship match, the Beeters fell behind two games to none before rallying to capture three straight games by scores of 25-22, 25-17 and 15-11. Kelsey Crampton led the way for the Beeters in the championship match with 11 kills, and Whitney Lybeck added three blocks.

The Beeters had also downed the Scotties on Friday in the semifinals in four tightly contested games. The Scotties then rebounded to knock off Malta on Saturday afternoon to get a rematch with Chinook for the title .

"We started off pretty slow in the last match," said Chinook head coach Jay Eslick. "Glasgow was just coming off two straight huge wins over Malta and they were really playing well. So that caught us off guard a little bit.

"But the girls did a great job of staying focused and I was real pleased that we could come back from a 2-0 deficit and win the match."

Including the two wins over the Scotties, Chinook also grabbed a quarterfinals victory over Wolf Point on Thursday night. The Beeters downed the Wolves by scores of 25-23, 26-24 and 25-8. Whitney Lybeck led the way with 10 kills and three aces, and Shaylan Haugen added 10 kills.

"Overall we played well and executed our game plan in every single match," Eslick said. "Our girls up front, like Whitney Lybeck, Georgia Barber, Kelsey Crampton and Kayla Erskine, were all just dominant at the net. We also served really well as a team, so I am very happy with the way the team played throughout the weekend."

Chinook, Glasgow, Malta and Wolf Point will move on to Thursday's Northeast B divisional tournament in Malta. The Beeters will open up divisional play with a match against Fairfield on Thursday afternoon.

THURSDAY

Wolf Point def. Plentywood

23-25, 25-18, 25-22, 25-27, 15-11

Plentywood - Kills 48 (Renzi Henderson 20), Blocks 10 (Shalice Tommerup 4), Aces 9 (three with 2), Digs 67 (Henderson 15, Kristen Steiner 15), Assists 31 (Kristen Anderson 15, Steiner 15)

Wolf Point - Kills 36 (Holly Fobness 14), Blocks 11 (three with 4), Aces 1 (Andrea Hoversland), Digs 94 (Hoversland 18), Assists 32 (Stephanie Neubauer 26)

Malta def. Poplar

25-9, 25-14, 25-14

Malta - Kills 31 (Jolene Fuzesy 13), Blocks 3 (Fuzesy 2), Aces 8 (Jill King 3), Digs 61 (Fuzesy 18), Assists 20 (Ashley Henry 19)

Poplar - Kills 13 (Ashley Azure 5), Blocks; 1 (Rena Belton), Aces 3 (Azure 2), Digs 43 (Samantha Nygard 16), Assists 12 (Ivanna Holte 10)

Glasgow def. Harlem

25-16, 25-11, 25-6

Glasgow - Kills 23 (Lacey Garten 7, Tiffany Waters 7), Blocks 7 (Waters 3), Aces 17 (Tarin Ball 6), Digs 11 (Alexa Etschart 6, Mary Mcintyre 6), Assists 21 (Chelsie Pattison 19)

Harlem - Kills 10 (Megan Walls 5), Blocks 0, Aces 4 (Alicia Shields 4), Digs 23 (Rhawnee Gilham 6), Assists 10 (Gilham 3, Terra Fuzesy 3)

Chinook def. Wolf Point

25-23, 26-24, 25-8

Chinook - Kills 35 (Whitney Lybeck 10, Shaylan Haugen 10), Blocks 7 (Lybeck 3), Aces 4 (four with 1), Digs 54 (Monica Thackeray 17), Assists 28 (Andrea Eslick 14, Tiffany Cuerth 14)

Wolf Point - Kills 21 (Holly Forsness 9), Blocks 5 (Forsness 4), Aces 1 (Rebekah Zilkoski), Digs 38 (Zilkoski 10), Assists 21 (Stephanie Neubauer 20)

Glasgow def. Malta

25-21, 25-19, 22-25, 29-27

Malta - Kills 34 (Jolene Fuzesy 15), Blocks 8 (Fuzesy 4), Aces 8 (Jill King 4), Digs 104 (Fuzesy 29), Assists 29 (Ashley Henry 29),

Glasgow - Kills 42 (Lacey Garten 18), Blocks 20 (Tiffany Waters 7), Aces 11 (Tarin Ball 4), Digs 83 (Garten 15, Kelly Hagfeldt 15), Assists 43 (Chelsie Pattison 40),

FRIDAY

Poplar def. Harlem

25-21, 25-18, 25-23 (loser-out)

Harlem - Kills 17 (Megan Walls 6), Assists 16 (Tara Fuzesy 8), Aces 5 (Fuzesy 2), Digs 78 (Carly Haluszka 22), Blocks 3 (Kelly Talks Different 2)

Poplar - Kills 21 (Rena Belton 7), Assists 16 (Svanna Halti 7), Aces 5 (Adriann Buckles 5), Digs 75 (Samantha Nygard 17), Blocks 3 (Belton 1, Aure 1, Juarry 1)

Malta def. Plentywood

25-19, 25-14, 25-21 (loser-out)

Malta - Kills 39 (Jolene Fuzesy 16), Assists 31 (Ashley Henry 27), Aces 12 (Henry 7), Digs 69 (Megan Ereaux 17), Blocks 3 (Whitney Jones 1, Megan Stiff 1, Fuzesy 1)

Plentywood - Kills 21 (Shalice Tommerup 9), Assists 18 (Kristen Anderson 10), Aces 4 (Jamie Hendrickson 4), Digs 44 (Renzi Henderson 11), Blocks 5 (Tommerup 3)

Wolf Point def. Poplar

25-19, 25-12, 25-17 (loser-out)

Wolf Point - Kills 22 (Holly Forsness 7), Assists 19 (Stephanie Neubauer 19), Aces 1 (Tawnie Braaten 1), Digs 76 (Neubauer 18), Blocks 6 (Forsness 3)

Poplar - Kills 17 (Ashley Azure 5), Assists 13 (Ivonna Holte 9), Aces 1 (Nygard 1), Digs 65 (Nygard 16), Blocks 0

Chinook def. Glasgow

27-25, 25-17, 20-25, 25-20 (winner's bracket)

Chinook - Kills 41 (Kayla Erskine 13), Assists 33 (Tiffany Cuerth 24), Aces 6 (Cuerth 3), Digs 100 (Monica Thackeray 24), Blocks 5 (Whitney Lybeck 2)

Glasgow - Kills 34 (Denise Enebo 11), Assists 33 (Chelsie Pattison 31), Aces 12 (Tarin Ball 5), Digs 69 (Alexa Etchart 16), Blocks 6 (Tiffany Waters 4)

Malta def. Wolf Point

25-19, 20-25, 25-19, 25-19 (loser-out)

Malta - Kills 44 (Jolene Fuzesy 10), Assists 31 (Ashley Henry 30), Aces 12 (Heather O'Neil 4, Henry 4), Digs 68 (Fuzesy 27), Blocks 3 (Whitney Jones 3),

Wolf Point - Kills 38 (Holly Forsness 7), Assists 37 (Stephanie Neubauer 35), Aces 3 (Andrea Hoversland 2), Digs 92 (Rebekah Zilkoski 20), Blocks 7 (Forsness 4),

SATURDAY

Glasgow def. Malta

25-15, 25-19, 25-13

Glasgow - Kills 36 (Lacey Garten 15), Aces 10 (Tarin Ball 4), Assists 30 (Chelsie Pattison 30), Blocks 9 (Tiffany Waters 4), Digs 58 (Garten 13)

Malta - Kills 21 (Jolene Fuzesy 10), Aces 4 (Jill King 2), Assists 16 (Ashley Henry 16), Blocks 0, Digs 62 (Jolene Fuzesy 16)

Chinook def. Glasgow

20-25, 16-25, 25-22, 25-17, 15-11

Chinook - Kills 38 (Kelsey Crampton 11), Aces 9 (Tiffany Cuerth, Andrea Eslick 3), Assists 35 (Cuerth 16), Blocks 9 (Whitney Lybeck 3), Digs 104 (Janice Wass 24)

Glasgow - Kills 53 (Lacey Garten 20), Aces 14 (Chelsie Pattison 4), Assists 48 (Pattison 47), Blocks