by Scott Sacry, Sports Editor
Corvallis boys golf wins at Old Works
The Hamilton and Corvallis golf teams were in Anaconda at the Old Works Golf Club for a tournament on Monday, August 25 and Tuesday, August 26.
Individually for the boys, Corvallis’s Brady Powell (69, 69) and Polson’s Max Milton (67, 71) tied for 1st place at six under par. Corvallis’s Dylan Wirt (71, 81) and Tag Jessop (73, 79) tied for 5th, and Corvallis’s Coby Powell (78, 81) took 8th.
Individually for the girls, Hamilton’s Cameron Burnett (43, 84) tied for 2nd. Hamilton’s Bryn Cianflone (46, 97) took 9th and Corvallis’s Kristen Race (42, 102) tied for 10th.
In the team standings, the Corvallis boys (Brady Powell, Tag Jessop, Dylan Wirt, and Cody Powell) won, and the Hamilton boys took 6th. The Hamilton girls (Cameron Burnett, Bryn Cianflone, Hayley Weber, Rhain Hollingsworth) took 2nd, and the Corvallis girls took 6th.
Cross country in Ronan
The boys and girls cross country teams from Corvallis, Stevensville, and Hamilton began their seasons at the Canal Run in Ronan on Friday, August 29.
In the team standings, the Corvallis boys and girls both took 1st place. The Hamilton boys took 2nd, and the Stevensville boys took 5th.
Individually for the girls, Hamilton’s Aleigha Child won with a time of 21:00.61. Hamilton’s Reecelyn Walthall took 3rd (22:01.29). Corvallis’s Jillian Huls took 4th (22:10.20). Corvallis’s Ella Varner took 5th (22:27.37). Hamilton’s Mazie Torres took 6th (22:38.28). Corvallis’s Cheyenne Herbert took 7th (22:50.17).
Individually for the boys, Hamilton’s Taylor Doleac won with a time of 16:52.00. Corvallis’s Carter Koerner took 2nd (17:17.53). Corvallis’s Marrek Jessop took 4th (17:55.13). Corvallis’s Jeremy Davidson took 5th (18:14.41). Hamilton’s Benjamin Beare took 6th (18:16.82).
Volleyball Tip-off Tourney in Polson
The volleyball teams from Florence, Corvallis, Hamilton and Stevensville were at the NW/SW Tip-Off Tournament in Polson on Friday, August 29, and Saturday, August 30.
The tournament pitted teams from seven northwest Montana schools against teams from seven southwest Montana schools – all the Bitterroot Valley schools were on the southwest side. On Friday and Saturday the teams had pool play games to decide their standings from seed one to seed seven. Then in the final game on Saturday, the #1 seed from the NW played the #1 seed from the SW, and so on from the #2 seeds to the #7 seeds.
Corvallis went 2-5 in pool play and was the SW’s #6 seed. In their final game they defeated the NW’s #6 seed Libby 19-25, 25-17, 15-10.
Florence was the only Class B team in the field as all the other schools were Class A. This didn’t phase the Falcons as they went 7-0 in pool play and got the SW’s #3 seed (tiebreakers were based on point differential). In their final match they defeated the NW’s #3 seed Whitefish 25-18, 25-21.
Hamilton went 7-0 in pool play and got the SW’s #2 seed (tiebreakers were based on point differential). In their final match they defeated the NW’s #2 seed Bigfork 25-19, 22-25, 15-9.
Stevensville went 3-4 in pool play to earn the SW’s #5 seed. In their final match they lost to the NW’s #5 seed Ronan 27-28, 25-14, 12-15.