by Scott Sacry
The Florence girls volleyball team steamrolled through the District 6B tournament on Saturday, November 2 in Deer Lodge, winning all 6 sets they played.
In the opening game on Saturday morning they defeated Deer Lodge 3-0 (25-9, 25-14, 25-22). Then in the championship game on Saturday afternoon they played Missoula Loyola and won 3-0 (25-12, 25-23, 25-8).
For Florence in the Loyola game, Ava Philbrick had 12 kills, Taylor Pyette had 2 aces, Maggie Schneiter had 22 assists and 2 blocks, Elise Schneiter had 2 blocks, and Ella Goeltz had 10 digs.
For Florence in the Deer Lodge game, Elise Schneiter had 4 aces and 11 kills, Maggie Schneiter had 23 assists, Taylor Pyette had 11 digs, and Ava Philbrick had 3 blocks.
Florence advances to the Western B Divisionals in Anaconda this week where they play St. Ignatius in the first round on Thursday, Nov. 7 at 10 a.m. (the two teams played on Oct. 24 and Florence won 3-0). The winner plays the winner of the Anaconda/Eureka game on Thursday at 5 p.m. A potential Florence/Eureka matchup is worth keeping an eye on, as Eureka is one of the few teams who has beaten Florence this season.
The Darby volleyball team played a District 6B play-in game against Deer Lodge at Deer Lodge on Tuesday, Oct. 29 and lost 0-3 (25-19, 25-16, 25-9) This loss ended their season.
The Victor volleyball team played a District 13C Play-in game at Noxon on Wednesday, Oct. 30 and lost 0-3. This loss ended their season.