Hi-Line Volleyball Roundup: Beeters reign over the 6C East goes on

The Chinook Sugarbeeters have already put together a District 6C East volleyball dynasty. What they did this past week merely added to it.

On Friday, on their home floor, the Beeters captured their fourth straight 6C East championship by beating the North Star Knights in the 6C East championship match. The win not only gave Chinook yet another district championship, but, it capped a second straight season in which the Beeters didn’t lose a single match to a district opponent.

Chinook started its run through the tournament Thursday afternoon when the Beeters handled upstart Box Elder by scores of 25-21, 25-20 and 25-11. In the win, Kourtney Hanson had seven kills and six blocks for Chinook, while Tia Russell had 16 assists and two blocks.

Then, in Friday morning’s semifinal, the Beeters faced another upset-minded squad in rival Chester-Joplin-Inverness. Yet, the story was the same as Chinook won by scores of 25-19, 25-7 and 25-17, with Kourtney Hanson, Taylor Neibauer and Kelsey Mathon all tallying six kills each. Kimberli Ghekiere and Kylee Vinson each had three kills for the Hawks.

The win over CJI pushed Chinook into the championship match Friday, and while the Beeters faced another big rival, the North Star Knights, they weren’t going to be denied another title. The Knights put up a good fight, but Chinook still won in a sweep, by scores of 25-18, 25-23 and 26-24. In the title match, Kelsey Mathon had nine kills, nine assists, two aces and 25 digs, while Carrie Hofer added two aces. North Star got six kills from Paij Peterson and nine assists from Katelyn Hanson.

North Star showed heart throughout the tournament as the Knights had to rebound from a quarterfinal loss to CJI Thursday. In that match, the Hawks won in five sets, by scores of 26-24, 9-25, 19-25, 25-21 and 15-8. Kimberli Ghekiere had 12 kills and Gabby Mangold had 15 digs for the Hawks, while Lily Pedersen had 11 kills and Peyton King had five blocks for the Knights.

After the loss, North Star stayed alive by eliminating Big Sandy Saturday night. The Knights won that match by scores of 25-12, 27-25 and 25-16, with Sheridan Spicher totaling 11 kills and 11 digs. Big Sandy was led by Jenna Leader with four aces, six digs and two blocks.

Still alive, but the Knights were still two wins away from getting back to the title match. First, they beat Box Elder in four tough sets Friday morning, by scores of 21-25, 25-11, 25-18 and 25-21, with Lily Pedersen earning 11 kills and Katelyn Hansen totaling 24 assists. In Box Elder’s last match of the season, Lillian Gopher had eight kills and four aces.

The win set North Star up with a rematch against CJI in the third-place match, and this time, the Knights rolled. They beat their rivals by scores of 25-22, 25-15 and 27-25. Sheridan Pena had a big defensive match for the Knights, with 28 digs, while Lily Pedersen had seven kills. The Hawks got eight kills from Khloe Kamerzell, while Peyton Hawks had 15 assists and two aces.

The tournament got underway Thursday morning with Box Elder beating Big Sandy by scores of 25-21, 25-21, 19-25 and 25-14. The Bears, who had a good season overall, got three kills each from Lillian Gopher and Maddie Wolf Chief, while Jaylyn Cline had eight kills and three aces.

In the other first-round match, CJI blasted Hays-Lodge Pole by scores of 25-9, 25-5 and 25-12, with Khloe Kammerzell tallying 13 kills. HLP would go on to be eliminated by Box Elder, by scores of 25-15, 25-23 and 25-7 in the second loser-out match on Thursday.

Now, with the 6C East tourney in the books, Chinook and North Star will move on to this week’s Northern C Divisional, which runs Thursday through Saturday in Conrad.

This past weekend also saw Rocky Boy eliminated from the District 1B tourney in two matches, while Harlem suffered the same fate at the District 2B tournament.

Thursday

6C East at Chinook

Box Elder def. Big Sandy

25-21, 25-21, 19-25, 25-14

Box Elder (individual stats not available) – Kills 6 (Lillian Gopher, Eve The Boy, Maddie Wolf Chief), Assists 24, Aces 4 (Tesla Belcourt), Digs 33 (The Boy, Wolf Chief), Blocks NA. (Tia Russell).

Big Sandy – Kills 16 (Jaylyn Cline 8), Assists 21 (Jasmine Genereux 12), Aces 4 (Cline 3), Digs 20 (Cline 8), Blocks 3 (Jenna Leader 1, Georgia Workman 1).

CJI def. Hays-Lodge Pole

25-9, 25-5, 25-12

CJI – Kills 29 (Khloe Kammerzell 13), Assists 24 (Peyton Hawks 23), Aces 25 (Samantha May 12), Digs 28 (Jeraca Tempel 8), Blocks 0.

HLP – no stats reported.

Chinook def. Box Elder

25-21, 25-20, 25-11

Chinook – Kills 27 (Kourtney Hanson 7), Assists 16 (Kelsey Mathon 9), Aces 6 (Taylor Neibauer 2, Mathon 2), Digs 65 (Neibauer 18), Blocks 11 (Hanson 6).

Box Elder – Kills 16 (Eve The Boy 6), Assists 16 (Tia Russell 16), Aces 4 (Maddie Wolf Chief 1, Lillian Gopher 1), Digs 135 (Nikayla Anderson 30), Blocks 3 (Russell 2).

CJI def. North Star

26-24, 9-25, 19-25, 25-21, 15-8

CJI – Kills 28 (Kimberli Ghekiere 12), Assists 21 (Peyton Hawks 19), Aces 15 (Khloe Kammerzell 6), Digs 41 (Gabby Mangold 15, Blocks 0.

North Star – Kills 44 (Lily Pedersen 11), Assists 39 (Paij Peterson 20), Aces 11 (Mustic Farinas 4), Digs 107 (Sheridan Pena 31), Blocks 9 (Peyton King 5).

Box Elder def. Hays-Lodge Pole

25-15, 25-23, 25-7 (lo)

Box Elder – Kills 25 (Tia Russell 5, Joelnell Momberg 5), Assists 47 (Russell 19), Aces 6 (Eve The Boy 2), Digs 80 (Maddie Wolf Chief 16), Blocks 1 (Russell).

HLP – Kills 3, Assists 2 (Taliah Werk 2), Aces 6 (Kiara Shambo 3), Digs 16 (Trinity Plain Feather 6), Blocks 1 (Rayleigh Kirkaldie 1).

North Star def. Big Sandy

25-12, 27-25, 25-16 (lo)

North Star – Kills 31 (Sheridan Spicher 11), Assists 26 (Katelyn Hanson 21), Aces 8 *Sheridan Pena 3), Digs 43 (Spicher 11), Blocks 10 (Peyton King 4).

Big Sandy – Kills 11 (Jaylyn Cline 4), Assists 9 (Jasmine Genereux 7), Aces 4 (Jenna Leader 4), Digs 20 (Leader 6), Blocks 5 (Leader 2)

Friday

6C East at Chinook

Chinook def. CJI

25-19, 25-7, 25-17 (sf)

Chinook leaders – Kills 27 (T. Neibauer 6, K. Hanson 6, K. Mathon 6); assists 18 (K. Mathon 14); aces 10 (S. Swank 3, K. Mathon 3); digs 46 (C. Hofer 15); blocks 3 (T. Neibauer 2).

CJI leaders – Kills 11 (K. Ghekiere 3, K. Vinson 3); assists 8 (P. Hawks 7); aces 3 (G. Mangold 2); digs 16 (J. Tempel 9); blocks 1 (K. Kammerzell 1).

North Star def. Box Elder

21-25, 25-11, 25-18, 25-21

North Star leaders – Kills 44 (Lily Pedersen 12); assists 41(Katelyn Hansen 24); aces 9 (Sheridan Spicher 4); digs 84 (Sheridan Spicher 25); blocks 11 (Peytan King 5).

Box Elder leaders – Kills 21 (Lillian Gopher 8); assists 21 (Tia Russell 21); aces 4 (Lillian Gopher 4); digs 175 (Maddie Wolf Chief 43); blocks 1 (Eve The Boy 1).

North Star def. CJI

25-22, 25-15, 27-25 (3rd)

North Star leaders – Kills 23 (Lily Pedersen 7); assists 19 (Paij Peterson 12); aces 8 (Sheridan Spicher 4); digs 71 (Sheridan Pena 28); blocks 2 (Sheridan Spicher 1, Peytan King 1).

CJI leaders – Kills 18 (Khloe Kammerzell 8); assists 16 (Peytan Hawks 15); aces 3 (Peytan Hawks 2); digs 43 (Jeraca Tempel 12); blocks 1 (Kimberli Ghekiere 1).

Chinook def. North Star

25-18, 25-23, 26-24 (1st)

Chinook leaders – Kills 25 (Kelsey Mathon 9); assists 15 (Kelsey Mathon 9); aces 7 (K. Mathon 2, C. Hofer 2); digs 91 (Kelsey Mathon 25); blocks 8 (Kourtney Hanson 6).

North Star leaders – Kills 22 (Paij Peterson 6); assists 16 (Katelyn Hanson 9); aces 0; digs 63 (Mystic Farinas 13); blocks 14 (Sheridan Spicher 5).

Shelby def. Rocky Boy

25-17, 25-16, 25-18

Shelby leaders – Kills 29 (Brittany Brusven 11); assists 20 (Brittany Brusven 10); aces 15 (Skyler Martin 7); digs 21 (Allisa Buck 7); blocks 1 (Brittany Brusven 1).

Rocky Boy leaders – Kills 6 (Tessa Big Knife & Jaynah); assists 7 (Kristie & Jaynah); aces 8 (Tessa Big Knife & Jaylynn); digs 1 (Tessa Big Knife 1); blocks 6 (Jaylynn & Rochelle).

Cut Bank def. Rocky Boy

25-22, 25-19, 25-17

Cut Bank: Kills 25 (M. Seifert 6, B. Finstad 4), Blocks 2 (Seifert 1, M. VandenBos 1), Digs 18 (VandenBos 7, R. Bird 6), Assists 21 (Vandenbos 10), Aces 8 (VandenBos 3)

Rocky Boy: Aces 8 (Tessa Big Knife 4), Blocks 2, Kills 17 (Big Knife 4), Assists 16 (J. Gopher 8), Digs 3

Malta def. Harlem

25-9, 25-10, 25-23

Harlem leaders – Kills 19 (Eleesha Bell 7); assists 14 (Autumn Eagleman 9); aces 1 (Aria Owens 1); digs 32 (Heaven Boushie 11); block 2 (Kinsey Cornell 1, Eleesha Bell 1).

Malta leaders – Kills 21 (Ella Schye 9); assists 20 (Sam Mitchell 12); aces 13 (Sam Mitchell 4); digs 47 (Ella Schye 8, Kyleigh Schipman 8); blocks 3 (Julia Meisdalen 2).

Poplar def. Harlem

25-19, 25-15, 24-26, 25-20

Harlem leaders – Kills 13 (Autumn Eagleman 5); assists 9 (Taeshon Scheaffer 3, Autumn Eagleman 3); aces 12 (Autumn Eagleman 5); digs 27 (Jazzamyn Benson 10); blocks 1 (Kinsey Cornel 1).

Poplar leaders – Kills 24 (Jessa Shields 8); assists 26 (Kylee Stump 17); aces 18 (Jessa Shields 7); digs 20 (Emily Hagadon 17); blocks 1 (Kylee Stump 1).