Hi-Line Volleyball Roundup: Knights keep their own crown

Week two of high school volleyball on the Hi-Line brought a pair of local invitational tournaments to the scene.

Friday-Saturday, Chinook and North Star hosted tournaments, with the Chinook Invitational and the North Star Showcase.

The North Star Showcase, held in both Rudyard and Gildford, featured pool play Friday before bracket play was held Saturday.

In the championship bracket in Rudyard, North Star knocked out Cascade to advance to the championship match, where the Knights then defeated Fort Benton by scores of 25-16 and 25-19 to finish an undefeated weekend. The Longhorns were also strong, defeating Dutton-Brady and their JV team in bracket play. In the third-place match, Cascade beat the Fort Benton JV while Augusta beat Dutton-Brady in the fifth-place match.

In the consolation bracket in Gildford, Big Sandy fell to the Cut Bank JV in the seventh-place match, while the North Star JV beat Sunburst in the ninth-place match.

After pool play wrapped up, the Chinook Invite moved to bracket play Saturday, and in a wild three-set match, Chester-Joplin-Inverness defeated Chinook. The Beeters rebounded to win one match in the consolation bracket, while CJI would fall to Cut Bank in the semifinals.

The Chinook tourney was dominated by the Class B schools as Glasgow beat Malta and Shelby beat CJI in the semifinals, while Glasgow took out Shelby in the championship match and Cut Bank defeated Malta in the consolation final.

In other action over the weekend, Great Falls Central beat CJI by scores of 25-21, 25-21 and 25-18, while North Country beat Harlem in four sets, by scores of 25-27, 25-19, 25-21 and 25-11.

No other local scores reported by press time. The Havre Daily News would like to remind local coaches and athletic directors that all scores must be reported via e-mail to [email protected] or fax at 406-265-6798 by the Sunday night prior to the next Hi-Line Volleyball Roundup.

Thursday

Great Falls Central def. CJI

25-21, 25-21, 25-18

Central: Kills: 35 (Bryn Anderson 12), Digs 40 (Sydney Hill 13), Aces 13 (Sara Tarum 3, Sydney Hill 3), Blocks 9 (Bryn Anderson 5), Assists 33 (Grace Magill 23)

CJI: Aces 8 (Kendahl Knapton 4), Assists: 20 (Peyton Hawks 19), Kills 22 (Gabby Mangold 7, Kim Ghekiere 7), Digs 10 (Kayona Fraser 5, Gabby Mangold 3).

Friday

North Country d. Harlem

25-27, 25-19, 25-21, 25-11

North Country – Kills 23 (Jada Sudbrack 9), Assists 19 (Cassidy Boucher 17), Aces 29 (McKayla Johnson 7), Digs 2 (Sydney Zeller), Blocks 3 (Zeller 2).

Harlem – Kills 14 (Eleesha Bel 5), Assists 14 (Taeshon Schaeffer 7, Taylor Stiffarm 7), Aces 17 (Aria Owens 6), Digs 23 (Stiffarm 5, Schaeffer 5), Blocks 2 (Bell)

Saturday

North Star Showcase

Consolation Bracket

in Gildford

Cut Bank JV defeats North Star JV 28-26 24-26 15-11

Big Sandy defeats Sunburst 25-17 25-21

Ninth place – North Star JV defeats Sunburst 25-17 24-26 17-15 

Seventh place – Cut Bank JV defeats Big Sandy 27-25 25-7

Championship Bracket

In Rudyard

Cascade d. Augusta 25-7 25-12 

Fort Benton d. Dutton-Brady 25-8 25-19 

Fort Benton d. Fort Benton JV 21-25 26-24 15-7 

North Star d. Cascade 25-22 25-16 

Fifth place – Augusta d. Dutton-Brady 23-25 25-21 15-8 

Third place – Cascade d. Fort Benton JV 25-12 25-18 

Championship – North Star d. Fort Benton 25-16 25-19

Chinook Invitational

First round: Conrad def. Highwood-Geraldine 17-25, 25-17, 7-6; Simms def. Valier 25-18, 25-16

Quarterfinals: Malta def. Cut Bank 17-25, 25-17, 8-4; Chester-Joplin-Inverness def. Chinook 22-25, 25-15, 15-8; Shelby def. Simms 25-22, 18-25, 10-9; Glasgow def. Conrad 25-11, 25-15.

Loser out: Conrad def. Valier 24-25, 25-19, 10-8; Simms def. Highwood-Geraldine 25-8, 24-25, 15-7; Cut Bank def. Conrad 25-22, 25-19; Chinook def. Simms 25-21, 25-23.

Semifinals: Glasgow def. Malta 25-11, 25-20; Shelby def. CJI 25-20, 25-24.

Loser out: Cut Bank def. CJI 25-23, 25-24; Malta def. Chinook 25-21, 25-24

Championship: Glasgow def. Shelby 18-25, 25-16, 14-13.

Consolation championship: Cut Bank def. Malta 25-22, 17-25, 8-7