Volleyball teams in Lake County are just about half way through their seasons, and are working to move to the top of their conferences.

Arlee

The Arlee Scarlets bounced back from a tough loss against Plains to beat a tough Philipsburg team last Tuesday. It took five games, but Arlee stuck with it to pull out the win. Carly Hergett led the offensive attack with 13 kills out of the team’s 33, Becca Whitesell had 21 assists, and Megan Reed had six aces. Bryndle Goyins had five digs and two blocks for Arlee.

On Thursday, Arlee defeated Hot Springs in straight sets, with Hergett once again leading the attack with 10 kills. She also had four out of the team’s 10 aces. Whitesell had 19 of Arlee’s 22 assists.

On Saturday, Arlee needed four games to beat Noxon at home. Arlee won the first, lost the second, then won the next two. Goyins had 10 kills and four aces for the Scarlets, and Hergett had 10 digs, 10 kills, and four aces.

The Scarlets are now 6-1 overall, and take on Seeley on Thursday.

Arlee def. Granite 25-13, 22-25, 25-18, 22-25, 15-10

ARLEE- Digs: (14) Bryndle Goyins 5 Blocks: (6) Bryndle Goyins 2 and Carly Hergett 2 Assists: (28) Becca Whitesell 21 Kills: (33) Carly Hergett 13 Aces: (22) Megan Reed 6

Arlee def. Hot Springs 25-8, 25-23, 25-17

Kills – Arlee 23 (Carly Hergett 10), Hot Springs 6 (Lexi DeTienne 3). Blocks – Arlee 5 (five with one), Hot Springs 1 (Stacy Gray). Digs – Arlee 4 (four with one), Hot Springs 45 (Makenzi Skellenger 16). Assists – Arlee 22 (Becca Whitesell 19), Hot Springs 3 (Karly Lawson 3). Aces – Arlee 10 (Hergett 4), Hot Springs 7 (Sophie Jeffries 3).

Arlee def. Noxon 25-21, 21-25, 25-14, 25-19

ARLEE- Digs: (30) - Carly Hergett 10 Assists: (30) - Becca Whitesell 20 Kills: (34) Bryndle Goyins 10 Carly Hergett 10 Blocks: (4) Megan Shick 4 Carly Hergett 4 Aces: (9) Goyins 4

Charlo

Charlo also bounced back from a tough loss last week, defeating Two Eagle and Hot Springs for the homecoming week. On Thursday, the Vikings took on Two Eagle, who was missing one of their better players in Casadi Wunderlich. Charlo piled up 28 aces on the Eagles, including 15 from senior Mikaylan Roylance. Ashley Tryon and Kaitlin Cox both had six kills for Charlo.

Two Eagle was led by Tyra Michel’s three kills, three digs, and seven assists. Naomi Stevens had three aces.

On Saturday, Charlo hosted Hot Springs, where they won in straight sets, not allowing them more than 13 points in any game. Kaitlin Cox had four aces for Charlo, Ashley Tryon and Cheyenne Nagy both had five kills, Mikaylan Roylance had 12 assists, and Allie Delaney had eight digs for the Vikings.

Charlo, who is now 6-1, ended a five game home stand, and traveled to St. Regis on Tuesday. On Saturday, they head to Arlee for a tournament.

Charlo def. Two Eagle River 25-6, 25-13, 25-8

CHARLO- Kills (21) Ashley Tryon 6, Kaitlin Cox, 6 Blocks (3) Sakoya Gausted, 2 Digs (13) Cheyenne Nagy, 4, Mikaylan Roylance, 4 Assists (17) Mikaylan Roylance, 13 Aces (28) Mikaylan Roylance, 15

TWO EAGLE- Kills (5) Tyra Michel, 3 Blocks (4) Tyra Michel, 3 Digs (11) Kaci Ducharme, 4 Assists (15) Tyra Michel, 7 Aces (6) Naomi Stevens, 3

Charlo def. Hot Springs 25-10, 25-13, 25-10

CHARLO- Aces- (17) Kaitlin Cox, 4 Kills- (20) Ashley Tryon/ Cheyenne Nagy, 5 Blocks- (5) Ashley Tryon, 3 Assists- (15) Mikaylan Roylance, 12 Digs- (22) Allie Delaney 8

Mission

 St. Ignatius hosted Bigfork on Thursday, where they lost in straight sets to a much taller Bigfork team. Jordyn Eichert had two kills and 10 assists for Mission, and Sydney Castor had seven of the team’s 14 kills. She also had one block.

The Bulldogs traveled to Libby on Thursday, where they struggled again. Castor had five kills, Afton Brander had two blocks and Ran’dee Charlo had 11 digs for the team.

Mission took on Ronan on Tuesday and hosts Florence on Thursday.

Bigfork def. Mission 10-25, 8-25, 19-25

MISSION- Aces: (5) Jordyn Eichert – 2 Kills: (14) Sydney Castor – 7 Assists: (11) Jordyn Eichert – 9 Digs: (36) Jordyn Eichert – 10 Daisie Vandenbos – 10 Blocks: (1) Sydney Castor – 1

Libby def. St. Ignatius, 25-19, 25-10, 25-10.

Kills – Mission 15 (Sydney Castor 5), Libby 27 (Mehki Sykes 10). Blocks – Mission 2 (Afton Brander 2), Libby (Leader). Digs – Mission 37 (Ran’dee Charlo 11), Libby 30 (Bailie Rosling 10). Assists – Mission 13 (Jordyn Eichert 10), Libby 28 Ashley Walker 14). Aces – Mission 3 (Nalani Linsebigler 2), Libby 15 (India Croucher 4).

By JOHN HEGLIE

Special to the Leader

POLSON

At Polson last Tuesday, the host Lady Pirates eluded the sharp talons of the visiting 7B Lady Bluehawks to capture the contest.  Ordinarily spearheaded by a pair of athletic multi-sport decorated six-footers, the front row of the visitors was somewhat depleted with All-Conference second team sophomore Autrey Hannum sidelined on account of an ankle injury.

The Lady Pirates countered these towering talls with a double figure tally on service aces along with their own tenacious threesome of Lauren Lefthand, Haley Fyant and Chadelle Smith, who collaborated on over two dozen kills. 

At Columbia Falls last Thursday, the visiting Lady Pirates were able to hang with the host WildKats through the first set, but struggled thereafter to tally among the teens.  In a game that favors inches, the Kat roster towers with talls that include a trio of six-footers along with another pair just inches shy of that ceiling.  

Haley Fyant and Lauren Lefthand led the team in spikes by collaborating on 11 kills, while Erin Sampson and Lydia Dupuis led the defenders by excavating out 11 digs.

Polson (0-2, 2-3) hosts the Whitefish Lady Bulldogs for Homecoming this Thursday, September 24, then travel to the Bitterroot to engage the Hamilton Lady Broncs on Saturday, September 26.   

Polson def. Thompson Falls 25-22, 23-25, 25-23, 25-22

KILLS –  TF 30 (Sierra Sorlie 11, Madison Wheeler 9), Polson 33 (Lauren Lefthand 10, Haley Fyant 9, Chadelle Smith 6, Nicole Lake 5, Kaelyn Smith 2, Julia Sanderson).   ACES – TF 7 (Bailey Pardee 3), Polson 10 (Hannah Fryberger 3, Lydia Dupuis 3, Shawna Lenz 2, Erin Sampson, Fyant).  ASSISTS – TF 25 (Haley Wilson 13, Lindsay Laws 12), Polson (Erin Sampson 27, Sanderson 2).  

Columbia Falls def. Polson 25-18, 25-13, 25-12

KILLS – Polson 16 (Haley Fyant 6, Lauren Lefthand 5, Nicole Lake 3, Chadelle Smith 2), CF 31(Morgan Stenger 14) . ACES – Polson 1 (Lydia Dupuis), CF 15 (Burlage 5, Schweikert 4).   ASSIST – Polson 16 (Erin Sampson 13), CF 28 (Finberg 25).  BLOCKS – Polson 4 (Nicole Lake 2BS+1BA, C.Smith BA, Lefthand BA, Julia Sanderson BA), CF 5 (Cydney Fingerg 2, KJ Schweikert 2).  DIGS – Polson 23 (Sampson 6, Dupuis 5, Shawna Lenz 4, Marlee Congdon 4, Lefthand 2, C.Smith, Sanderson), CF 35 (Kiara Burlage 10). 

Ronan

The Ronan Maidens only had one match this past week, which was a Thursday evening contest against Thompson Falls. In a hard fought match, Ronan couldn’t quite come out on top, losing in four very close games, including a 25-27 loss in fourth game.

Ashley Peterson had 12 kills for Ronan, and defensively, Sadie Wirz had 25 digs. She also added four aces, and Lee Camel had three blocks.

Ronan hosted Mission on Tuesday and will travel to Anaconda on Saturday.

Thompson Falls def. Ronan, 25-20, 25-23, 22-25, 27-25.

Kills – Ronan 24 (Ashley Peterson 12), T. Falls 36 (Sierra Sorlie 12) . Blocks – Ronan 3 (Lee Camel 3), T. Falls 6 (Levy Van Elswick 4) . Digs – Ronan 51 (Sadie Wirz 25), T. Falls 61 (Lindsay Laws 11). Assists – Ronan 19 (Shaina Snyder 10), T. Falls 34 (Laws 16) . Aces – Ronan 8 (Wirz 4), T. Falls 8 ( Wheeler 5).