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Fort Benton's Emerson Giese tips a ball during last week's Northern C tournament in Fort Benton. The Longhorns beat Chinook for the championship on Friday night.
Chester-Joplin-Inverness' Tatum Hull smashes a shot during a Northern C match last week in Fort Benton. For more photos, go to www.havredailynews.com.
Chinook's Ginger Hauer passes a ball during a Northern C volleyball match last week in Fort Benton. The Sugarbeeters lost a five-set heartbreaker to Simms in the second-place match on Saturday night. For more photos, go to www.havredailynews.com.
Chinook's Jayden Miller hits during a Northern C match in Fort Benton.
CJI's Haddie Woods hits during a Northern C match in Fort Benton.
Aspen Giesie hits during a Northern C match in Fort Benton.
The Fort Benton Longhorns are going back to the state volleyball tournament. And to get there, they didn't even have to leave their own gym.
Last week, the Longhorns captured their second straight Northern C championship by winning three matches on their floor at the 2020 Northern C Divisional in Fort Benton.
To get to state, Fort Benton beat 7C rival Chinook in the championship match Friday night, as the Longhorns won by scores of 25-20, 23-25, 25-20 and 25-23. Abby Clark had 12 kills and Maci Molinario had 16 assists for the Longhorns, who also defeated Simms by scores of 25-19, 25-23 and 25-9 in the first round Wednesday, as well as Geraldine-Highwood, by scores of 25-20, 25-11 and 25-18 in Thursday's semifinal.
Chinook meanwhile, came up one set shy of getting back to state. The Beeters opened the Northern C with a sweep of Belt, by scores of 25-20, 25-16 and 25-20. Then, in Thursday's semifinals, Chinook outlasted Augusta by scores of 25-21, 25-22, 23-25 and 25-15 to make it to the chipper. In the loss to Fort Benton, Chinook 14 kills from Delaney Kellam and 18 digs by Lily Surber. The loss meant Chinook would have to beat Simms in the second-third place match Saturday night to advance to state, but the Tigers prevailed by scores of 18-25, 25-23, 18-25, 25-22 and 15-6. The win by the Tigers sent them to state.
The Chester-Joplin-Inverness Hawks also saw their strong postseason run come to an end in Fort Benton. The Hawks lost a five-set heartbreaker to Augusta in the first round Wednesday. In that match, Tatum Hull had 13 kills and 26 digs. Thursday, Belt beat the Hawks 3-1 to end CJI's season. In the loss to the Huskies, Molly Nelson had 23 digs.
Fort Benton and Simms will now play in the Class C State Tournament, which runs Thursday through Saturday in Malta.
Northern C
WEDNESDAY
Fort Benton def. Simms
25-19, 25-23, 25-9
Fort Benton - Kills Abby Clark 9, Aces Clark 6, Blocks Clark 4, Assists Maci Molinario 15.
Simms - N/A.
Chinook def. Belt
25-20, 25-16, 25-20
Augusta def. CJI
25-23, 25-20, 17-25, 23-25, 15-12
CJI - Kills Tatum Hull 13, Digs Hull 26, Blocks Hull 3, Aces Emma Wickum 4, Assists Abby Fraser 19.
Augusta - N/A,
THURSDAY
Chinook def. Augusta, SF
25-21, 25-22, 23-25, 25-15
Chinook - Kills Delaney Kellam 11, Assists Crystal Hofer 15, Ginger Hauer, Digs Hailey Bell 18, Blocks Bree Swanson 4.
Augusta - N/A,
Fort Benton def. Rivals, SF
25-20, 25-11, 25-18
Fort Benton - Kills Abby Clark 13, Assists Maci Molinario 17, Aces Emerson Giese 2, Digs Jasmine Wilson 8, Blocks Clark 2.
G/H - N/A.
Belt def. CJI, LO
17-25, 25-19, 25-17, 25-19
CJI - Kills Tatum Hull 11, Digs Molly Nelson 23, Assists Abby Fraser 19, Aces Fraser 4.
Belt - N/A.
FRIDAY
Fort Benton def. Chinook, 1st
25-20, 23-25, 25-20, 25-23
Fort Benton - Kills Abby Clark 12, Assists Maci Molinario 16, Aces Clark 3, Digs Jasmine Wilson 12, Blocks Samantha Vielluex 3.
Chinook - Kills Delaney Kellam 14, assists Ginger Hauer 21, Aces Lily Surber 3, Digs Jayden Miller 18, Blocks Kellam 6.
SATURDAY
Simms def. Chinook, 2nd
18-25, 25-23, 18-25, 25-22 15-6
Simms - N/A.
Chinook - N/A.
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