Bigfork secures No. 2 seed at state volleyball tournament
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Polson can't block this shot by Bigfork in the divisional tournament championship game.
Steve Mitchell
Bigfork hits a kill shot vs Polson in the divisional tournament at Hamilton.
Steve Mitchell
It was non-stop excitement for Bigfork in the Polson match at the divisional tournament championship game.
Steve Mitchell
Bigfork girls go up to block a kill vs Polson in the divisional tournament at Hamilton.
Steve Mitchell
The Valkyries may have been the Northwest's No. 1 seed, but Polson came out on top at the Western A volleyball divisional at Hamilton High School Saturday.
The Pirates took their second victory over Bigfork in as many days with a four-set win in the championship match.
McKenna Corley led the Pirates with 17 kills in the victory; she finished the tournament with 67 and hit .311 over the four games.
Aleysia Black had five of Polson's 10 aces in the match.
Raegan Waller tallied 17 kills for the Valkyries.
Both teams claimed spots in the State A tournament in Bozeman starting Thursday.
No. 2 seed Bigfork opens the state tourney against No. 3 Havre at 2 p.m. With a win, the Valkyries will face either No. 4 Columbia Falls or No. 1 Billings Central.
As the top seed from the west, Polson gets Custer County in the opening round.
Columbia Falls and Frenchtown also secured spots in the State tournament. At the Western A, Columbia Falls knocked out Whitefish in three sets, while Frenchtown bested Southwest No. 1 seed Dillon in four.
Frenchtown downed Columbia Falls in five sets late Friday evening to lock the Wildkats into the West's No. 4 seed in Bozeman.
Bigfork swept the Broncs, 25-20, 25-20, 25-21, to secure a rematch with Polson for the championship.
Waller and Sommer Campos had 10 kills apiece against Frenchtown. Kenley Wheeler had two aces.
Bigfork hits a kill shot vs Polson in the divisional tournament at Hamilton.Steve Mitchell
It was non-stop excitement for Bigfork in the Polson match at the divisional tournament championship game.Steve Mitchell
Bigfork girls go up to block a kill vs Polson in the divisional tournament at Hamilton.Steve Mitchell