Blue Ponies look to stay undefeated in conference play

The Havre High volleyball team is off to an undefeated start in the Northeast A this season and it will look to continue that this Friday when it hosts Miles City at Havre High Gymnasium. With a conference rival coming to town, HHS head coach Cassie Krueger hopes the Blue Ponies use the match to continue improving as a team.

"This Friday we're going to be fine tuning a little bit of our offense," Krueger said. "And I want to see the girls come together and play as a united front."

Miles City will be a familiar opponent for the Ponies in the Northeast A this season. Earlier this season in a non-conference match at the tip-off tournament, the Ponies beat Miles City in two sets (20-19, 20-15).

Though the Ponies have already defeated Miles City this season, Krueger knows a conference rival can always give them a battle if they are not prepared.

"They do have a good offense and they're a bigger team," Krueger said. "They're also very scrappy so we cannot underestimate them on any side of their game."

The Ponies enter the weekend with a 5-1 record this season. Just this past weekend in a pair of conference matches, the Ponies defeated both Lewistown and Sidney. As the Ponies look to stay hot this Friday, Krueger hopes to carry over what they did well in those matches.

"Our serve-receive was a lot better," Krueger said. "I hope that we carry that over, and we're starting to get a little bolder with our offense and figuring out our blocks as well so I would love to carry that over."

Most importantly for the Ponies, they are already off to a 3-0 start in Northeast A competition this fall. As the Ponies look to finish at the top of the conference standings this season, a win against Miles City this Friday would go a long way toward that goal.

"That would mean everything to us," Krueger said about a potential win over Miles City. "Our goal for conference is to be undefeated so a win would be on track for us."

The HHS volleyball team will play Miles City at HHS Gymnasium Friday night at 7 p.m.