Hi-Line Volleyball Roundup

The high school volleyball season is heading towards an important point in the season. It's the time when teams are jockeying to get the best seed possible at their respective postseason tournaments, some of which are just two weeks away.

Harlem's Audena Wing digs up a ball during a District 1B volleyball match between the Wildcats and Wolf Point Wolves Saturday in Harlem.

And this weekend saw plenty of heated action on the Hi-Line.

The Chester/J-I hawks opened the weekend with a three-game sweep of rival Sunburst on the road Thursday night. The hawks, who are in first place in the new District 6C East, beat the Refiners by scores of 27-25, 25-18 and 25-22.

Jenni Ghekiere, Megan Han and Kate Graff recorded five kills each for the Hawks, while Nikole Wolfe had 11 assists and seven aces.

Things didn't go as well for the Hawks on Friday night however. Against another rival on the road, the Hawks fell to the Simms Tigers in five sets by scores of 18-25, 25-17, 17-25, 27-25 and 15-10. C/J-I had chances to put the Tigers away in the fourth game but it was not to be.

Ghekiere racked up 11 kills and five blocks in the loss. Sadie Brown had 16 assists and a team-high 10 digs, while Wolfe also had 16 assists.

Meanwhile, in a huge 6C East showdown Friday night, the Big Sandy Pioneers upset the Chinook Sugarbeeters in a five-set thriller in Big Sandy. The Sugarbeeters rallied from begin down 1-0 and 2-1, but the Pioneers were up to the task in the fifth set. Big Sandy won by scores of 25-19, 33-35, 25-17, 18-25 and 15-5.

Brooke Leader had nine kills and Molly Herron had six blocks for the Pioneers. Shaylee Cook added 16 digs and four service aces. Chinook was led by Kayla Hanson's 14 kills, while Makhayla Farmer had four blocks. Taryn Norby added 16 digs.

Friday night also saw Rocky Boy lose to Fairfield in a three-game sweep by scores of 25-11, 25-8 and 25-13. Leigha Onco had 19 digs in the District 1B loss for the Morning Stars.

Friday night was also tough on the North Stars Knights. North Star lost a nonconference title to Power by scores of 18-25, 25-14, 25-20 and 25-14.

Shelby Lipp totaled 10 kills and a remarkable nine blocks for the Knights. Whitney Wendland had a pair of digs as well.

But the Knights managed to bounce back on Saturday.

North Star took care of Dutton-Brady by scores of 25-11, 25-22 and 25-12 on the road.

Lipp was again a catalyst, totaling 12 kills, three digs and one block. Bettie Carlon had 12 assists and Lisa Carlon had six aces.

Meanwhile, Harlem dropped a District 2B match to Wolf Point at home on Saturday. The Wildcats lost to the Wolves by scores of 25-8, 25-17 and 25-8.

Laci Snider led Harlem with two kills and two blocks and Sevrie Green had nine digs and two aces.

There were plenty of matches on the slate Monday and more on Tuesday as team's then take the break for the weekend. See next Tuesday's Havre Daily News for more results.

Thursday

Chester/J-I def. Sunburst

27-25, 25-18, 25-22

C/J-I — Aces 14 (Nikole Wolfe 7); Assists 20 (Wolfe 11, Sadie Brown 9); Kills 24 (Jenni Ghekiere 5, Megan Han 5, Kate Graff 5); Blocks 10 (Ghekiere 3.5); Digs 36 (Brittnee Theel 9, Ghekiere 8).

Sunburst — Aces 2 (Hali Miller 1, Kelsey Burley 1); Kills 26 (Alex Watterud 12, Brooke Lindskog 6, Rachel Ehlers 6); Blocks 8 (Miller 3.5); Digs 38 (Watterud 9, Ehlers 8, Miller 7); Assists 26 (Miller 24).

Friday

Big Sandy def. Chinook

25-19, 33-35, 25-17, 18-25, 15-5

Chinook leaders — Kills 36 (Kayla Hanson 14); assists 33 (Haley Swank 16, Katie Diemert 16); aces 7 (Paige Moxley 2); digs 44 (Taryn Norby 16); blocks 7 (Makhayla Farmer 4).

Big Sandy leaders — Kills 26 (Brooke Leader 9); assists 22 (Katie Owen 10); aces 11 (Shaylee Cook 4); digs 37 (Shaylee Cook 16); blocks 11 (Molly Herron 6).

Fairfield def. Rocky Boy

25-11, 25-8, 25-13

Rocky Boy leaders — Kills 2 (Tennae Singer 1, Leah Gopher 1); assists 2 (Sabrina Laforge 2); aces 3 (Tyann Watson 2); digs 43 (Leigha Onco 19); blocks 1 (Teshia Big Knife 1).

Fairfield leaders — Kills 34 (Cassidy Coverdell 8, Jill Barta 8); assists 33 (Jordyn Johnson 27); aces 9 (Allie Paddock 4); digs 30 (Linnea Zier 7); blocks 12 (Cassidy Coverdell 6)

Power def. North Star

18-25, 25-14, 25-20, 25-14

North Star leaders — Kills 25 (Shelby Lipp 10); assists 17 (Bettie Carlon 9); aces 9 (Lisa Carlon 6); digs 14 (Whitney Wendland 2); blocks 14 (Shelby Lipp 9).

Power leaders — Kills 25 (Kelley Holbrook 6); assists 23 (Alex Perry 11); aces 14 (Andi Zylk 10); digs 32 (Kennedy Miller 11); blocks 21 (Rachel Pederson 6).

Simms def. Chester/J-I

18-25, 25-17, 17-25, 27-25, 15-10

C/J-I leaders — Kills 39 (Jenni Ghekiere 11); assists 33 (Sadie Brown 16, Nikole Wolfe 16); aces 15 (Kate Graff 5); digs 67 (Sadie Brown 19); blocks 5 (Jenni Ghekiere 5).

Simms leaders — Kills 46 (Bailee Lapke 18); assists 43 (Katie Lapke 41); aces 12 (Bailee Lapke 2); digs 78 (Cheyenne Lapke 24); blocks 15 (Cheyenne Lapke 8).

Saturday

North Star def. Dutton-Brady

25-11, 25-22, 25-12

North Star – Kills 29 (Shelby Lipp 12), Assists 24 (Bettie Carlon 12), Aces 14 (Lisa Carlon 6), Digs 10 (Lipp 3), Blocks 5 (Three with one ach).

Dutton-Brady – Kills 12 (Shannon Habel 7), Assists 10 (Kaity Miller 5), Aces 3, Digs 37 (Habel 9), Blocks 0.

Wolf Point def. Harlem

25-8, 25-17, 25-8

Wolf Point – Aces 11 (Ashley Parsley 4), Assists 12 (Alissa Hoversland 12), Kills 19 (Katie Smith 5), Digs 33 (Taylor Carey 14), Blocks 3 (P' Elle Evans 2).

Harlem – Aces 4 (Sevrie Green 2, Sapphire Longknife 2), Assists 5 (Tanise Pronto 5), Kills 7 (Lacie Snider 2, Hillary Stiffarm 2), Digs 31 (Green 9), Blocks 5 (Snider 2, Erin LaMere 2).