Priest River 3, Grangeville 1

PRIEST RIVER — Sophomore McKinley Burgess-Duquette collected a team-high 15-kills, senior Jayda Storro put together a team-high 26 assists, and the No. 2 Lady Spartans defended their home court with a four-set victory over the No. 3 Lady Bulldogs (25-17, 25-17, 17-25, 25-15) in a 3A District 1-2 first round matchup on Tuesday night.

Burgess-Duquette continued her stellar sophomore campaign by contributing a tied for team-high 12 digs and a tied for team-high two aces. Senior Toni Marinello and junior Ragyn Turner matched those dig and ace totals and Turner added eight kills of her own for Priest River, which closed out the first set on an 11-3 run, captured the second set with a late 11-2 run, and won the fourth set after an 18-7 scoring run.

On defense, junior Rylee Dixon registered a team-high seven block assists, Storro six block assists, senior Kenadie Kingery five block assists and senior Aleigha Jensen four block assists and six kills in the winning effort.

Priest River (15-2) will travel to Andrews Gymnasium to face No. 1 Kellogg (19-1) in the 3A District 1-2 championship match on Thursday at 5:30 p.m.

The Lady Spartans are looking to book their ticket to state and avenge 3-0 and 3-1 regular season losses to the Lady Wildcats, which went undefeated in CIL play this season. For the losing team, they'll face the winner of Grangeville (10-12) and No. 4 Orofino (9-11) at home on Friday for a chance to go directly to the 3A State Championship as the league has two full bids this season.