Billings Senior, West advance in AA

By The Montana Standard Staff - 11/21/2008

BOZEMAN — Two Billings teams, Eastern AA's Nos. 1- and 2-ranked squads, Senior and West, will meet Saturday in the winners' bracket semfinal at the state Class AA high school girls' volleyball tournament in Brick Breeden Fieldhouse on the Montana State University campus.

Senior, the three-time defending champion and undefeated through more than two seasons, breezed through two 3-0 sweeps on Thursday against Kalispell Flathead in the first round, and Missoula Sentinel in the quarterfinals.

West defeated Kalispell Glacier in four games and then aced Helena High in three in the quarterfinals.

Early play on Friday in the loser-outs will match the Kalispell and Great Falls teams — Flathead against Great Falls High at 10 a.m., and then Glacier against C.M. Russell at noon.

Billings Senior 3,

Missoula Sentinel 0

The victorious Broncs blasted 48 kills in the three-game quarterfinal-round walloping, 25-13, 25-19,

25-14.

Kylie Kufeld, Kylie Edinger and Mo Ritter

combined for 35 of the kills.

Six-foot-four Jen Keddy nailed a match-high 15 kills for Sentinel.

Billings Senior def. Missoula Sentinel 25-13,

25-19, 25-14

Kills — Senior 48 (Kylie Kufeld 14, Kylie Edinger 11, Mo Ritter 10), Sentinel 28 (Jen Keddy 15, Bailey Branson 5). Assists — Senior 40 (Emily Carroll 38), Sentinel 16 (Sarah Stocker 15). Aces — Senior 7 (Chelsey Walter 3, Carroll 2), Sentinel 3 (Krysta O'Neil 1). Digs — Senior 52 (Kufeld 12, Ritter 12, Kari Sparrow 10), Sentinel 41 (Claire Nickless 13, Hope Nelson 5). Blocks — Senior 4 (Walter 3, Edinger 2), Sentinel 2 (Keddy 1, Caitlyn Gaul 1).

Billings West 3, Helena High 0

The late quarterfinal saw Mikensi Romersa crank

12 kills and Alex Faught set all of West's 36 assists in the Golden Bears' 25-19, 25-21, 25-23 win.

Aly Wardell had 16 digs.

Monica Grimsrud and Lindsey Allen posted 13 kills each for Helena.

Billings West def. Helena High 25-19,

25-21, 25-23

Kills — West 42 (Mikensi Romersa 12, Chesina Walen 7, Lauryn McKay 7), Helena 39 (Monica Grimsrud 13, Lindsey Allen 13). Assists — West 36 (Alex Faught 36), Helena 37 (Kyndal Williams 25, Ellie Pankratz 8). Aces — West 7 (Faught 4, Rachel Bryer 2), Helena 0. Digs — West 56 (Aly Wardell 16, Faught 14), Helena n/a (Cassie Hughes 11, Kyndal Williams 10). Blocks — West 7 (McKay 3, Jennifer Stone 3), Helena 6 (Grimsrud 3).

Billings Senior 3,

Kalispell Flathead 0

The reigning champion Senior squad was led by Kylie Kufeld with 14 kills and Kylie Edinger with 12 in the 25-10, 25-19, 25-10 first-round pasting of Flathead.

Billings Senior def. Kalispell Flathead 25-10,

25-19, 25-10

Kills — Senior 40 (Kylie Kufeld 14, Kylie Edinger 12), Flathead 21 (Danika Johnson 6, Ariel Johnson 5). Assists — Senior 32 (Emily Carroll 31), Flathead 18 (Chaela Liss 15). Aces — Senior 7 (Mo Ritter 3, Kaitie Pellinen 3), Flathead 2 (Laurie Swindall 1, Meg Olszewski 1). Digs — Senior 29 (Kufeld 7, Ritter 6), Flathead 35 (Swindall 8, A. Johnson 8). Blocks — Senior 6 (Kufeld 4, Chelsey Walter 4), Flathead 2 (none listed).

Missoula Sentinel 3,

Great Falls High 0

Sentinel's first-round sweep saw Jen Keddy smash 22 kills in the 25-20, 25-20, 25-21 decision.

Sarah Stocker set 28 of the Spartans 29 assists. Claire Nichless came up with 10 digs. Jessica Younggren set 24 assists for Great Falls High.

Missoula Sentinel def. Great Falls High 25-20, 25-20, 25-21

Kills — Sentinel 37 (Jen Keddy 22, Morgan McCarthy 6), Great Falls 26 (Erika Jenkins 7, Kenzee Wright 6, Lacy Beaumont 5). Assists — Sentinel 29 (Sarah Stocker 28, Keddy 1), Great Falls 25 (Jessica Younggren 24). Digs — Sentinel 32 (Claire Nickless 10, Keddy 8), Great Falls 25 (Jessie Sutphin 8, Beaumont 4, Jenkins 4, Wright 4). Blocks — Sentinel 6 (Keddy 2, McCarthy 2), Great Falls 5 (Wright 2, Carly O'Rourke 1, Beaumont 1).

Billings West 3,

Kalispell Glacier 1

Lauryn McKay and Mikinsi Romersa combined for 13 blocks to lead West to the 25-19, 25-19, 23-25, 25-16 win.

Erin Compton had 23 digs. Glacier leaders included Kayla Smart with 31 digs and Montana Tech recruit Emilee Hashley with 14 kills.

Billings West def. Kalispell Glacier 25-19, 25-19, 23-25, 25-16

Kills — Glacier 34 (Emilee Hashley 14, Kendra Bouley 10), West 35 (Cherina Walen 10, Mikensi Romersa 7). Assists — Glacier 25 (Lindsea Vaudt 25), West 32 (Alex Faught 25, Kaci Hutton 6). Aces — West 8 (Vaudt 4), West 8 (Erin Compton 4, Romersa 2). Digs — Glacier 90 (Kayla Smart 30), West 74 (Compton 23, Romersa 17). Blocks — Glacier 6 (Hashley 3), West 15 (Lauryn McKay 7, Romersa 6).

Helena High 3,

Great Falls C.M. Russell 1

Kelsey Williams hammered 20 kills and Monica Grimsrud registered five blocks and 15 kills as Helena High downed C.M. Russell of Great Falls 25-18, 17-25, 25-20, 25-22. Jordan Bagley belted 12 kills for Russell.

Helena High def. Great Falls C.M. Russell 25-18, 17-25, 25-20, 25-22

Kills — Helena 48 (Kelsey Williams 20, Monica Grimsrud 15), CMR 43 (Jordan Bagley 12, Lindsey Brendgord 10, Josey Linskey 9). Assists — Helena 46 (Kyndal Williams 29, Ellie Pankratz 12), CMR 34 (KatyKlick 17, Allison Sidor 16). Digs — Helena 64 (KelseyWiliams 14, Stesia Gulick 12), CMR 51 (Jessie Marrin 13). Blocks — Helena 8 (Grimsrud 5, Lindsay Allen 3), CMR 8 (Bagley 4).

State Class AA Volleyball Tournament

At Bozeman

Thursday's Scores

First Round

Billings Senior 3, Kalispell Flathead 0

Missoula Sentinel 3, Great Falls High 0

Helena High 3, Great Falls CMR 1

Billings West 3, Kalispell Glacier 1

Quarterfinals

Billings Senior 3, Missoula Sentinel 0

Billings West 3, Helena High 0

Friday's Matches

10 a.m. — Kalispell Flathead vs. Great Falls High (loser out)

Noon — Great Falls CMR vs. Kalispell Glacier (loser out)

2 p.m. — Flathead-Great Falls winner vs. Helena High (loser out)

4 p.m. — Sentinel vs. CMR-Glacier winner (loser out)

6 p.m. — Senior vs. West (semifinal)

8 p.m. — Winners of 2 and 4 p.m. matches (loser out, loser places fourth)