Volleyball is in full swing in Lake County, with local teams starting to see how they match up with their conferences. Last week, both undefeated teams in the county, Arlee and Charlo, lost their first matches. Ronan and Mission both struggled, and Polson had their first home game of the season.

Arlee 

The Arlee Scarlets went into the week undefeated, and remained that way until Saturday. They traveled to St. Regis on Thursday and beat the Tigers in three. Carly Hergett had a stellar game, with 13 kills, seven blocks, and four digs. Becca Whitesell had 10 assists, and Megan Reed had six aces.

On Saturday, the Scarlets faced a tough Plains team. Plains dropped down into the 10C conference this year. The average height of the team is roughly 5’ 9”, and it showed on Saturday. Plains had 21 kills compared to Arlee’s 13. The Scarlet’s gained momentum in the second game but couldn’t quite finish it off, losing by two, 26-24. They wouldn’t get any closer than that in the third game, and suffered their first loss of the season. On a positive note for the Scarlets, they had 11 aces compared to Plains’ 9, and they had eight blocks compared to Plains’ two. They will face each other again at the end of October. With the amount of talent on the Arlee team, it is unlikely the score will be so lopsided again. Bryndle Goyins had three blocks and six digs for Arlee, Hergett had five aces, and Ashley Revis had four kills. 

Arlee def. St. Regis 25-16, 26-24, 25-17

Kills- (20) Carly Hergett 13. Blocks- (11) Carly Hergett, 7. Assists- (17) Becca Whitesell, 10. Digs- (12) Carly Hergett, 4. Aces- (18) Megan Reed, 6.

Plains def. Arlee 13-25, 18-25, 22-25

Kills- (13) Ashley Revis, 4. Blocks- (9) Bryndle Goyins, 3. Assists- (11) Becca Whitesell, 8. Digs- (16) Bryndle Goyins, 6. Aces- (11) Carly Hergett, 5.

 Charlo

The Charlo girls had a long week of competition, with three home games in a row. In the most exciting game of the week, they defeated a much taller Plains team in four games. In the first two games, Charlo looked very tough, but needed an extra point to win the second. In the third, Charlo lost momentum and Plains took advantage, beating them 25-6. Charlo bounced back in the fourth and took care of business, defeating Plains 25-22. After the game, Charlo first year coach Cammie Evenson was proud of the girls. She said they didn’t have a specific game plan coming in, even though Plains had a huge height advantage. “We don’t work on a specific game plan during the week. We just practice hard and then make adjustments during the game,” she said. She also praised the team for coming back in the fourth after a tough third game.

Cheyenne Nagy had nine kills for Charlo and four others had at least one. Mikaylan Roylance had 20 assists, and freshman Allie Delaney had eight digs.

On Friday, Charlo handled Noxon, winning by four in the first game and holding them to 12 points in the next two. Nagy had 17 kills for the Vikings, and Ashley Tryon added 10. Nagy also had 14 digs, a block and an ace. Brooklyn Foust had three blocks and nine assists. Allie Delaney added 12 digs. Roylance led the assists with 13.

On Saturday, Charlo struggled, perhaps from playing their third match of the weekend. The undefeated Vikings would lose their first contest to Seeley-Swan in four games. Seeley had 36 kills to Charlo’s 31, which included 13 by Cheyenne Nagy. Allie Delaney led the defense with 17 digs and Ashley Tryon had seven blocks. Kaitlin Cox had five aces.

Charlo has their homecoming this week, with games on Thursday against Two Eagle and on Saturday against Hot Springs.

Charlo def. Plains 25-21, 26-24, 6-25, 25-22

Charlo- Mikaylan Roylance (3 kills, 4 digs, 20 assists) Kaitlin Cox (4 kills, 5 digs, 2 aces) Ashley Tryon (5 kills, 5 digs, 2 blocks, 3 aces) Cheyenne Nagy (9 kills, 3 digs. 3 aces) Allie Delaney (8 digs) Jaycee Anderson (1 kill, 2 digs 1 ace) Teaira Truman (2 digs, 3 aces) Brooklyn Foust (2 blocks, 3 digs) Brooke Doty (1 dig, 1 ace)

Plains- Aces (17) Hailey Coe-7 Kills (34) Hailey Coe-11 Digs (22) Kristen Josephson 6 Blocks (10) Leah Thompson 6 Assists (28) Kristen Josephson 18

Charlo def. Noxon- 25-21, 25-12, 25-12

Charlo- Kills- Ashley Tryon, 10 Mikaylan Roylance, 2 Cheyenne Nagy, 17 Kaitlin Cox, 9 Teaira Truman, 3 Jaycee Anderson, 3 Brooklyn Foust, 3. Digs- Ashley Tryon, 2 Mikaylan Roylance, 8 Cheyenne Nagy, 14 Kaitlin Cox, 3 Teaira Truman, 8 Allie Delaney, 12 Brooklyn Foust, 1. Blocks- Ashley Tryon, 1 Mikaylan Roylance 1 Cheyenne Nagy, 1 Brooklyn Foust, 3. Aces- Ashley Tryon, 5 Cheyenne Nagy, 1 Kaitlin Cox, 4 Teaira Truman, 2 Jaycee Anderson, 1. Assists- Mikaylan Roylance, 13 Brooklyn Foust, 9

Seeley def. Charlo 17-25, 28-26, 25-22, 25-16

Charlo- Aces- (10) Kaitlin Cox, 5. Kills- (31) Cheyenne Nagy, 13. Assists- (22) Mikaylan Roylance, 16. Digs- (60) Allie Delaney, 17. Blocks- (14) Ashley Tryon, 7.

 Mission

St. Ignatius continued to struggle last week, with losses to Troy and Anaconda on Saturday in a triangular at Mission. Against Troy, Sydney Castor led the attack with nine kills. Jordyn Eichert had nine digs and 11 assists, and Afton Brander recorded the only block.

Against Anaconda, Castor once again led with five kills. Eichert had 14 of Mission’s 45 digs and added 11 assists.

Mission takes on Bigfork at home on Thursday and travels to Libby on Saturday.

Troy def. Mission 25-15, 25-17, 25-14

MISSION- Aces- (3) Ran’dee Charlo, 1 Nalani Linsebigler, 1 Sydney Castor, 1. Kills – (20) Sydney Castor, 9. Assists- (14) Jordyn Eichert, 11. Digs – (32) Jordyn Eichert, 9. Blocks- (1) Afton Brander, 1

Anaconda def. Mission 25-14, 25-17, 25-20

Aces – (7) Nalani Linsebigler, 4. Kills – (13) Sydney Castor, 5. Assists – (10) Jordyn Eichert, 9. Digs – (45) Jordyn Eichert, 14. Blocks – (3) Leila Marsh, 1 Sydney Castor, 1 Jordyn Eichert, 1

Polson

By John Heglie

Special for the Leader

At Frenchtown on Thursday, the visiting Lady Pirates rallied from a two set deficit to tie the match. Forcing a decisive fifth set, the Lady Broncs were barely able to hold on to emerge with the match. Chadelle Smith led the Lady Pirates with 15 spikes, supplemented by another baker’s dozen from the collaborations of Kaelyn Smith and Lauren Lefthand. Erin Sampson served up a half dozen aces, which Kaelyn Smith and Hannah Fryberger delving out another ten. The defense was spearheaded by Lydia Dupuis and Marlee Congdon, who combined for multiple dozens to keep their team in the hunt.

At Polson on Saturday, the Pirates continued on the upward ascent on the ladder of incremental improvement, sweeping the visiting Yellowjackets in straight sets. Stevensville had dominated Polson at their Tip-Off tournament encounter two weeks prior 25-21, 25-15, but the Lady Pirates flipped the script this time around. Chadelle Smith and Lauren Lefthand combined for 18 kills, while Haley Fyant and Lydia Dupuis collaborated on 10 aces. Dupuis threaded back-to-back service aces at the close of the second set, walking the tightrope of the sideline for a pair of momentum swingers.

Polson (0-1, 1-2) hosts the visiting 7B Lady Bluehawks from Thompson Falls on Tuesday, then travel to Columbia Falls on Thursday for a conference clash with the Kats.

Frenchtown def. Polson 3-2 25-22, 25-22, 24-26, 12-25, 15-13

KILLS – Polson 38 (Chadelle Smith 15, Kaelyn Smith 7, Lauren Lefthand 6, Haley Fyant 3, Nicole Lake 3, Hannah Fryberger 3, Erin Sampson, ), Frenchtown 22 (Laci Willet 12). ACES – Polson 18 (Erin Sampson 6, K.Smith 5, Fryberger 5, Lydia Dupuis), Frenchtown 10 (Lexi Statelen). ASSISTS – Polson 33 (Erin Sampson 28, Kyler Lundeen 5), Frenchtown 20 (Kylie Willet 13). BLOCKS – Polson 5 (Nicole Lake 2BS+2BA, Fryberger 1BS, C.Smith 1BA, Fyant 1BA), Frenchtown 6 (Aliva William 6). DIG/REC – Polson 113 (Dupuis *36, Marlee Congdon *28, Shawna Lenz *10, Sampson *9, C.Smith *8, Lundeen *8, K.Smith 6, Fryberger 3, Fyant 2, Lake, Lefthand, Julia Sanderson), Frenchtown 63 (Maddy Boller 35).

Frenchtown total attacks 85, attack errors 10.

Polson total attacks 147, attack errors 19.

Polson def. Stevensville 25-10, 25-14, 25-22

KILLS – Stevi 23 (Mariah Hinson 8, Victoria Scothorn 5), Polson 33 (Chadelle Smith 10, Lauren Lefthand 8, Haley Fyant 5, Nicole Lake 3, Erin Sampson 3, Kaelyn Smith 3, Hannah Fryberger). ACES – Stevi 1 (Quinn Larson), Polson 14 (Fyant 6, Lydia Dupuis 4, Sampson 2, Marlee Congdon, Hannah Fry Berger 2). ASSISTS – Stevi 23 (Rylee McCoy 22), Polson 33 (Sampson 30, Lundeen 3). BLOCKS – Stevi 5 (Deanna Blair 1), Polson 8 (Lefthand 2BS+2BA, Lake BS+BA, Julia Sanderson 2BA, Sampson BA, C.Smith BA, K.Smith BA, Fyant BA, Fryberger ½). Stevi total attacks 90, attack errors 11. Polson total attacks 92, attack errors 8.

Ronan

The Ronan Maidens hosted their second quad in a row on Saturday. Libby, Bigfork and Deer Lodge attended. Ronan lost to both Libby and Bigfork, but were missing a few notable names, including Ashley Peterson and Jordyn Clairmont. Both losses were in straight sets, first to Bigfork, where Ronan only tallied 12 kills, including four by both Siliye Pete and Alicia Camel.

Against Libby, Pete had three kills, Ally Buhr had two, Alex Dennis had two and Shaina Snyder had one. Sadie Wirz led the defensive effort with 22 digs.

Ronan takes on Thompson Falls on Thursday in an away contest, and then has the weekend off before playing against Mission on Tuesday at home.

Bigfork def. Ronan 25-22, 25-5, 25-21

RONAN- Kills- (12) Silye Pete 4, Alicia Camel 4, Lee Camel 2, Ally Buhr 2. Digs- (27) Sadie Wirz, 8 Siliye Pete, 5 Shaina Snyder, 4 Alex Dennis, 4 Bri Harris, 3 Alicia Camel, 3. Aces- (5) Pete, 2 L. Camel, 1. Blocks- (5) L. Camel, 4 Ally Buhr, 1.

Libby def. Ronan 25-18, 25-22, 25-20

RONAN- Kills (8) Pete, 3 Buhr, 2, Dennis, 2, Snyder, 1. Digs- (38) Wirz, 22 Dennis, 5 Snyder, 5 Pete, 2 Harris, 2. Aces- (4) Dennis, Pete, Camel, Wirz. Blocks- (5) Lee Camel, 5. Assists- (7) Snyder, 7

Two Eagle

No information was received about games played by Two Eagle River. However, they did travel to Superior and lost in three.

Superior def. Two Eagle River, 26-24, 25-14, 25-17

Kills – TER 19 (Misty Mendoza 6, Tyra Michel 6), Superior 13 (Emma Dubois 6). Blocks – TER 6 (Michel 4), Superior 5 (Marissa Koke 4). Digs – TER 42 (Three tied 8), Superior 5 (Kaylee Ray 4). Assists – TER 19 (Casadi Wunderlich 10), Superior 13 (Morgan Sharp 13). Aces – TER 9 (Naomi Stevens 4) Superior 17 (Sharp 8).