by Scott Sacry
The volleyball teams from Hamilton, Stevensville, and Corvallis travel to East Helena for the Western A Divisional tournament on November 3rd-5th. Hamilton is the Southwest’s #1 seed and plays Ronan on Thursday, November 3rd at 12 noon. Stevensville is the Southwest’s #3 seed and plays Columbia Falls on Thursday, November 3rd at 10 a.m. If Hamilton and Stevensville both win, they will meet in the second round. Corvallis is the Southwest’s #4 seed and plays Polson on Thursday, November 3rd at 4 p.m.
Corvallis earned the #4 seed by winning two play-in games. First, they played Frenchtown on Thursday, October 27th and won 3-0 (25-15, 25-22, 25-22). Emmy Jessop had 4 aces and 9 assists, Tylin Sorensen had 9 kills, Jessica Saturday had 16 digs, and Olivia Lewis had 6 blocks and 3 aces. This win sent them to Butte Central on Saturday, October 29th to play the Maroons with a ticket to Divisionals on the line. Corvallis lost the first set 25-27, then won three straight (25-23, 25-22, 25-22) to win 3-1.
The Florence girls traveled to Anaconda for the 6B district tournament on Saturday, October 29th. In their first round game they lost to Deer Lodge 1-3 (16-25, 25-19, 24-26, 19-25). Maddie Potter had 4 aces and 19 digs, Elise Schneiter had 10 kills, Olivia Coulter had 13 assists. In the consolation game, they defeated Arlee 3-1 (25-18, 25-19, 12-25, 25-19). Maddie Potter had 14 digs and 7 aces, Quinn Skaggs had 9 kills, and Maggie Schneiter and Olivia Coulter each had 10 assists.
Florence hosts the Western B Divisionals on November 3rd-5th. As the #3 seed, Florence plays Thompson Falls on Thursday, November 3rd at 11:45 a.m.
Darby and Victor played in the District 13C tournament in Missoula. Darby played Valley Christian on Thursday, October 27th and lost 0-3 (19-25, 11-25, 8-25). Then on Friday they played Philipsburg and lost 1-3 (13-25, 25-22, 18-25, 23-25).
Victor played Philipsburg on Thursday, October 27th and lost 0-3 (12-25, 10-25, 22-25). Then on Friday they played Seeley Swan and lost 0-3 (18-25, 14-25, 19-25).