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Hi-Line Volleyball Roundup
North Star's Kate Hansen, middle, sets a pass during a District 6C East tournament match against Box Elder last Thursday in Chester. The Knights won the 6C East championship, beating Chester-Joplin-Inverness in the title match Friday night.
Chester-Joplin-Inverness' Khloe Kamerzell, left, goes for a kill during a 6C East tournament match last Thursday against Chinook. The Hawks advanced to the championship match, while the Sugarbeeters finished third. Both teams moved on to this week's Northern C Divisional in Chinook.
CJI's Peyton Hawks goes for a save during the 6C East Tournament in Chester.
CJI's Gabby Mangold passes the ball during the 6C East Tournament in Chester.
Chinook's Megan Molyneaux passes during the 6C East Tournament in Chester.
North Star's Paij Peterson sets a pass during the 6C East Tournament in Chester.
North Star's Lily Pedersen goes for a kill during the 6C East Tournament in Chester.
Box Elder's Tallen Oats goes for a block during the 6C East Tournament in Chester.
Chinook's Sierra Swank makes a pass during the 6C East Tournament in Chester.
For the first time in five seasons, the District 6C East volleyball championship trophy didn't make its way back to Chinook. Instead, the North Star Knights took it home with them.
Friday night in Chester, North Star took down the Chester-Joplin-Inverness Hawks by scores of 25-27, 25-10, 25-22 and 25-17 to win the 2017 6C East title. North Star went undefeated in the tournament, and got 11 kills from Peytan King, as well as 18 assists, four blocks and three aces from Paij Peterson in the championship match. CJI, which made a great run on its home floor over the two-day tournament, was led by Khloe Kammerzell's nine kills and three blocks, while Kendahl Knapton had 19 digs and two aces.
"Winning the championship was such a great feeling for us coaches and our girls," North Star head coach McKenzie Jenkins said. "It has been quite a few years since it has been done for North Star. I think every girl on our team bought into believing in themselves and their ability to win the tournament. The girls played for each other and it showed on the court."
The Hawks and Knights met earlier in the day as well, playing a five-set thriller in the unbeaten semifinal match. In that match, North Star won by scores of 16-25, 25-20, 19-25, 25-8 and 15-10 in what was a back-and-forth battle that launched North Star into the championship match. King had 14 kills and an ace, while Grace Farinas had four blocks for the Knights. The Hawks got 20 kills and a block from Kammerzell, while Peyton Hawks had 39 assists.
"We had a great district tournament. The girls were really excited and ready to play going into the tournament on Thursday," Jenkins noted. "We were certainly pushed by Box Elder and CJI, but I was happy with the way the girls responded when we faced some adversity. I thought we were much more aggressive during the tournament than we have been the past couple of weeks and our defense showed great improvement as well."
The loss to the Knights dropped CJI into Friday afternoon's third-place match, where the Hawks beat Chinook for a second time. In that match, CJI swept by scores of 25-13, 34-32 and 25-21. Kim Ghekiere had 21 kills from CJI, while Megan Molyneaux had eight kills, three aces and 16 digs for the Sugarbeeters.
Chinook stayed alive Friday by beating upstart Box Elder in the fourth-place match. The Beeters won by scores of 25-10, 25-18 and 25-21, with Kourtney Hanson totaling eight kills and six blocks. Box Elder, which was eliminated with the loss, had 24 kills, with Lilly Gopher tallying nine.
The tournament got underway Thursday morning with the Bears sweeping Big Sandy by scores of 25-13, 25-6 and 25-17. In the win, Gopher had 11 kills and Tallen Oats served three aces. Jaylyn Cline led the Pioneers with three kills. In the other first-round match, CJI swept Hays-Lodge Pole by scores of 25-7, 25-11 and 25-13, with Ghekiere and Knapton combining for 17 kills.
In the second round Thursday, CJI showed its prowess by upsetting Chinook 9-25, 25-17, 25-19 and 25-20. Ghekiere and Kamerzell combined for 16 kills, while Peyton Hawks had 28 assists and five aces. Erin Pula led Chinook with eight kills and three blocks, while Sierra Swank finished with 19 assists, two aces and 18 digs.
North Star had its hands full with Box Elder in the second round as well, but the Knights prevailed by scores of 21-25, 25-18, 25-16 and 25-23. King and Peterson combined for 20 kills, while Lily Pedersen and Chelsea Donaldson combined for 32 digs. Gopher had 19 kills and 15 assists, as well as three aces for Box Elder. The Bears would advance later Thursday with a sweep of HLP, by scores of 25-22, 25-23 and 25-8. Eve The Boy had seven kills for the Bears in the loser-out win.
Chinook also kept its hopes of reaching the Northern C alive Thursday night with a sweep of Big Sandy. The Beeters won by scores of 25-19, 25-18 and 25-16. Sierra Swank had 10 assists, an ace and 11 digs in the win. Cline finished with five kills and Dakota Terry had three blocks in what was Big Sandy's final match of the year.
Now, North Star, CJI and Chinook will all move on to the Northern C Divisional, Thursday through Saturday in Chinook. The top two teams from the Northern C will advance to the Class C state tournament next weekend in Bozeman.
District 6C East
Thursday
Box Elder def. Big Sandy
25-13, 25-6, 25-17
Box Elder: Kills: 32 (Lillian Gopher 11). Assists: 27 (Eve The Boy 10). Aces: 11 (Tallen Oats 3). Digs: 54 (Eve The Boy 11). Blocks: 6 (Maddie Wolfshief 2).
Big Sandy: Kills: 9 (Jaylyn Cline 3). Assists: 8 (Lainey Gregory 5). Aces: 2 (Gregory 2). Digs: 7 (Georgia Wortman 3). Blocks: 2 (Stacey Allderdice 1).
CJI def. Hays-Lodge Pole
25-7, 25-11, 25-13
Chester-Joplin-Inverness: Kills: 32 (Kim Ghekiere 11, Kendahl Knapton 6). Assists: 25 (Peyton Hawks 21). Aces: 24 (Knapton 7). Digs: 12 (Knapton 4). Blocks: 0.
Hays-Lodge Pole: No statistics provided.
North Star def. Box Elder
21-25, 25-18, 25-16, 25-23
North Star: Kills: 39 (Peytan King 12, Paij Peterson 8). Assists: 35 (Peterson 23). Aces: 4 (Chelsea Donaldson 3). Digs: 80 (Jewel Wicks 40), Lily Pedersen 17, Donaldson 15). Blocks: 6 (Peterson 3).
Box Elder: Kills: 50 (Lilly Gopher 19). Assists: 35 (Gopher 15, Eve The Boy 12). Aces: 9 (Gopher 3). Digs: 135 (Triston Abieta 43). Blocks: 9 (M. Henderson 7).
CJI def. Chinook
9-25, 25-17, 25-19, 25-20
Chester-Joplin-Inverness: Kills: 37 (Kim Ghekiere 15, Khloe Kammerzell 11). Assists: 31 (Peyton Hawks 28). Aces: 8 (Hawks 5). Digs: 35 (Gabby Mangold 9, Kendahl Knapton 9). Blocks: 6 (Kammerzell 5).
Chinook: Kills: 29 (Erin Pula 8). Assists: 26 (Sierra Swank 19). Aces: 2 (Swank 2). Digs: 77 (Swank 18). Blocks: Kourtney Hanson 3, Pula 3).
Box Elder def. Hays-Lodge Pole, lo
25-22, 25-23, 25-8
Hays-Lodgepole: No statistics provided.
Box Elder: Kills: 28 (Eve The Boy 7). Assists: 22 (The Boy 5, Lilly Gopher 5). Aces: 23 (Maddie Wolf Chief 6). Digs: 59 (Joelnell Mamberg 13, Maddie Wolf Chief 12). Blocks:2 (Tallen Oats 1, Maia Henderson 1).
Chinook def. Big Sandy, lo
25-19, 25-18, 25-16
Chinook: Kills: 20 (Kourtney Hanson 4). Assists: 16 (Sierra Swank 10). Aces: 7 (Swank, Megan M. 2). Digs: 52 (Swank, Johnson 11). Blocks: 8 (Hanson 4).
Big Sandy: Kills: 19 (Jaylyn Cline 5). Assists: 19 (Lainey Gregory 17). Aces: 8 (Georgia Wortman 3). Digs: 15 (Jessica Roth 4). Blocks: 6 (Dakota Terry 3).
Friday
North Star def. CJI, sf
16-25, 25-20, 19-25, 25-8, 15-10
North Star: Kills: 39 (Peytan King 14). Assists: (Paij Peterson 22). Aces: 6 (King, Lily Pedersen 2). Digs: 69 (Jewel Wicks 31). Blocks: 8 (Grace Farinas 4).
CJI: Kills: 52 (Khloe Kammerzell 20). Assists: 43 (Peyton Hawks 39). Aces: 3 (Three with 1). Digs: 56 (Kendahl Knapton 15). Blocks: 6 (Kammerzell, Kim Ghekiere 3).
Chinook def. Box Elder, lo
25-10, 25-18, 25-21
Chinook: Kills: 28 (Kourtney Hanson 8). Assists: 22 (Sierra Swank 16). Aces: 13 (Carrie Hofer 5). Digs: 78 (Swank 24). Blocks: 12 (Hanson 6).
Box Elder: Kills: 24 Assists: 14. Aces: 4. Digs: 84. Blocks: 5.
CJI def. Chinook, 3rd
25-13, 34-32, 25-21
CJI: Kills 53 (Kim Ghekiere 21). Blocks 1 (Khloe Kammerzell 1). Aces 8 (Kendahl Knapton 3, Peyton Hawks 3). Digs 68 (Knapton 19). Assists 44 (Hawks 41).
Chinook: Kills 27 (Megan Molyneaux 8). Blocks 21 (Kourtney Hanson 12). Aces 7 (Molyneaux 3). Digs 66 (Molyneaux 16). Assists 12 (Sierra Swank 12).
North Star def. CJI, 1st
25-27, 25-10, 25-22, 25-17
CJI: Kills 29 (Peytan King 11). Blocks 12 (Paij Peterson 4). Aces 10 (Peterson 3, Lily Pedersen 3). Digs 93 (Jewel Wicks 29). Assists 27 (Peterson 18).
North Star: Kills 34 (Khloe Kammerzell 9). Blocks 6 (Kammerzell 3, Kim Ghekiere 3). Aces 4 (Kendahl Knapton 2). Digs 90 (Knapton 19, Gabby Mangold 19). Assists 32 (Peyton Hawks 28).
Friday
District 1B
Fairfield def. Rocky Boy
25-21, 25-22, 25-8
Rocky Boy – Aces 6 (Tessa Big Knife 3); Blocks 4 (Jaylynn Mitchell 3); Assists 4 (Jaynah); Digs 2 (Sasha Coffee 2); Kills 10 (Big Knife 3).
Fairfield – Aces 16 (McWilliams 4); Blocks 10 (Rogers 6); Assists 22 (Clotfelter 10); Digs 35 (Pitcher 9); Kills 23 (Rogers 6).
Cut Bank def. Rocky Boy, lo
25-14, 25-23, 25-17
Cut Bank – Aces 17 (Barrett 6, Spotted Bear 6); Blocks 0; Assists 16 (Bunce 5); Digs 24 (Larson 9); Kills 18 (Black 4, Finstad 4).
Rocky Boy – Aces 4 (Jaynah Gopher 2, Jaylynn Mitchell 2); Blocks 5 (Mitchell 2, Tessa Big Knife 2); Kills 23 (Big Knife 13); Assists 16 (Gopher 16); Digs 2 (Sasha Coffee).
District 2B
Harlem def. Poplar
25-21, 25-17, 18-25, 25-23
Poplar – Kills 17 (Mia Fredrick 4); Assists 16 (Aniston Sampson 10); Aces 19 (Lily Taflan 6); Blocks 1 (Keally Genia); Digs 1 (Fredrick).
Harlem – Kills 28 (Emily Ramone 8); Assists 19 (Taishon Scheaffer 10); Aces 21 (Scheaffer 6, Aria Owens 6); Blocks 4 (Eleesha Bell 2, Skylee Dirden 2); Digs 54 (Scheaffer 11, Raegan Conlan 11).
Malta def. Harlem
25-14, 25-18, 25-4 (lo)
Harlem – Kills 3 (Skylee Dirden 2); Assists 3 (Taeshon Scheaffer 2); Aces 4 (Scheaffer 2); Blocks 2 (Dirden, Eleesha Bell); Digs 34 (Rylee Conlan 9).
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