Whitefish overcomes power outage, Ronan

WHITEFISH — It’s been quite the season for Whitefish volleyball, and things got even weirder on Tuesday night.

Just weeks after a cyber terror threat canceled homecoming week festivities, a power outage that included Whitefish High School threatened the celebration on senior night.

Power was restored just in time, however, and the Bulldogs went on to honor its seniors before blowing by Ronan 25-14, 25-8, 25-9 in a Class A conference matchup.

“We just have to take care of business and control the things we can control,” Whitefish coach Addy Connelly said. “They did a good job of that.”

Cailyn Ross led Whitefish with 13 kills and four blocks, and Becca Catina paced the team with 18 assists and four aces in its last conference match of the season.

The Bulldogs finished the slate with an 8-2 conference record.

Whitefish def. Ronan 25-14, 25-8, 25-9

Kills — Whitefish 34 (Cailyn Ross 13), Ronan 16 (Louetta Conko-Camel 5, Marissa Mock 5). Blocks — Whitefish 9 (Ross 4), Ronan 1 (Madeline McCrea 1). Assists — Whitefish 30 (Becca Catina 18), Ronan 15 (Tiana Vlvtoa 14). Digs — Whitefish 48 (Lauren Schulz 13), Ronan 19 (Conko-Camel 6). Aces — Whitefish 10 (Catina 4), Ronan 1 (Bailee DeLaurenti).

Columbia Falls 3, Polson 2

POLSON — Columbia Falls turned around its first-set fortunes with a 25-20 second-set win versus Polson on Tuesday.

By this match’s standards, that was a blowout.

The Wildkats rebounded from its first-set loss and squeaked by the Pirates 24-26, 25-20, 22-25, 25-23, 15-13 in a nail-biter of a Class A conference matchup.

Kaelyn Smith had an impressive 25 kills for Polson, but Trista Cowan had 13 of her own for Columbia Falls to help the Wildkats edge their conference foe.

Columbia Falls def. Polson, 24-26, 25-20, 22-25, 25-23, 15-13

Columbia Falls — Kills 47 (Trista Cowan 13). Blocks 15 (Kiera Brown 8). Digs 93 (Cowan 25). Assists 41 (Hannah Schweikert 38). Aces 10 (Cowan 3, Schweikert 3).

Polson — Kills 48 (Kaelyn Smith 25). Digs 91 (Kyler Lundeen 45). Assists 44 (Laurel Bitterman 40). Aces 9 (Lundeen 3).

Bigfork 3, Loyola 0

BIGFORK — Abby Ellison’s huge night — 18 kills, four blocks, 11 digs and three aces — propelled Bigfork in a comfortable 25-12, 25-9, 25-19 win over Loyola on Tuesday night.

Ellison led the team in kills, blocks and digs and was second in aces, one behind Jaime Berg’s four.

Bigfork def. Loyola, 25-12, 25-9, 25-19

Loyola — Kills 16 (Sam Clevenger 6). Blocks 0. Digs 25 (Megan Tribble 11). Assists 10 (Jacy Job 10). Aces 0.

Bigfork — Kills 36 (Abby Ellison 18). Blocks 6 (Ellison 4). Digs 42 (Ellison 11). Assists 29 (Aubrey Halverson 28). Aces 13 (Jaime Berg 4, Ellison 3, Halverson).

Eureka 3, Troy 1

TROY — Eureka dropped the first set by a wide margin but rebounded admirably in a 10-25, 25-18, 25-21, 25-13 victory over Troy.

Aurora Becquart and Allie Coldwell each had 13 kills for Troy, but it wasn’t enough to overcome a total team effort by Eureka.

Sienna Utter and Kassi Peterson chipped in nine kills apiece for Eureka.

Eureka def. Troy 10-25, 25-18, 25-21, 25-13

Kills — Eureka 32 (Sienna Utter 9, Kassi Peterson 9), Troy 34 (Aurora Becquart 13, Allie Coldwell 13). Assists — Eureka 30 (Liz Pacella 28), Troy 21 (Annie Day 20). Blocks — Eureka 4 (Maggie Graves 4), Troy 7 (Becquart 4). Digs — Eureka 26 (Rylee Morgan 7), Troy 37 (Kaitlyn Downey 12). Aces — Eureka 8 (Utter 3), Troy 12 (Downey 5).