by Scott Sacry
Western A Divisionals
The Corvallis, Hamilton, and Stevensville volleyball teams are all in the Southwest A Conference. The top three teams in the conference regular season standings (Dillon, Frenchtown, and Hamilton) all get byes into the Western A Divisional tournament, which takes place in Hamilton on Nov. 5-7.
The bottom three teams in the conference played play-in games last week to determine the conference’s fourth seed for divisionals. In the final conference standings, Stevensville was sixth, Butte Central was fifth, and Corvallis was fourth.
Divisionals play-in games
In the first play-in game on Thursday, Oct. 29, fifth-seed Butte Central hosted sixth-seed Stevensville. The two teams were evenly matched, but Stevensville lost a tough five-set match 2-3 (25-18, 9-25, 24-26, 25-17, 11-15).
This sent Butte Central to face fourth-seed Corvallis in the second divisional play-in game in Corvallis on Saturday, Oct. 31. Corvallis took care of business and won 3-0 (25-15, 25-23, 25-21). With the win, Corvallis advanced to divisionals as the Southwest’s fourth seed.
Divisionals games in Hamilton
The Western A Divisional volleyball tournament will be held in Hamilton from Thursday, Nov. 5, to Saturday, Nov. 7. It pits the top four seeds from the Southwest Conference against the top four seeds from the Northwest Conference.
The Hamilton girls are the third seed from the Southwest and play the second seed from the Northwest, Polson, on Thursday, Nov. 5, at 2 p.m.
Corvallis is the fourth seed from the Southwest and plays the top seed from the Northwest, Bigfork, on Thursday, Nov. 5, at 12 p.m.
See the Western A Divisional bracket here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/131qw3DjLTWo0vCfCbBLxpiIQRMkaRQ0M9oCvXWJD0P8/edit?gid=0#gid=0
Western B Divisionals in Florence
The Western B Divisional volleyball tournament will be held in Florence on Nov. 5-7. The Western B Divisional is a battle between the 7B and 6B conferences, with only the top two teams from Divisionals qualifying for the state tournament.
The fourth, fifth, and sixth place teams from each conference will compete in divisional play-in games on Wednesday, Nov. 4.
Florence won the 6B Conference, earning the 6B’s top seed at Divisionals, and will play its first game on Thursday afternoon. Darby was the 6B’s sixth seed and played in the divisional play-in games on Wednesday.
See the Western B Divisional bracket here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10MQEn7S6C1IH2MNPbZJSTTdcMgtw2VJKzf8uzwIyuKY/edit?gid=0#gid=0
Victor volleyball ends season at district tournament
The Victor volleyball team ended their season in Missoula on Thursday, Oct. 28, as they lost a district play-in game to Superior 0-3 (5-25, 4-25, 19-25). With the season finished, Victor hopes to regroup in the offseason and come back stronger next season.
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