Dawgs top Stillwater spikers

WHITEFISH — The Whitefish Lady Bulldogs volleyball team dropped their first set to the Stillwater Christian School Cougars but regrouped to win the next three sets to seal the victory at Whitefish High School on Thursday.

Whitefish won 21-25, 25-13, 15-11, 25-20.

“The girls played hard tonight and started to get in the swing of our game,” Bulldogs coach Addy Connelly said. “We started controlling the ball better. Our serving was more consistent. Luci Ridgeway is playing some steady ball for us all the way around.”

Ridgeway made her presence known all over the scoresheet with four service aces, seven kills and five digs.

Kaiah Moore contributed five kills and three digs. Mary Akey served four aces and had three digs.

For Stillwater, Sophia Sulzbacher logged 21 assists and 13 digs. Sydney McKerrow had 18 digs and two service aces.

Kayla Oyler had a game-high six blocks.

Whitefish’s next contest is against Columbia Falls on Tuesday at 4:15 p.m.

Aces — Stillwater 9 (Grace Anderson 4, Sydney McKerrow 2), Whitefish 8 (Luci Ridgeway 4, Mary Akey 4); Kills — Stillwater 29 (Abby Hudson 9, Selah Neumann 9), Whitefish 19 (Ridgeway 7, Kaiah Moore 5); Blocks — Stillwater 10 (Kayla Oyler 6, Hudson 4), Whitefish 3; Assists — Stillwater 21 (Sophia Sulzbacher 21), Whitefish 13 (Mikenna Ells 9); Digs — Stillwater 40 (McKerrow 18, Sulzbacher 13), Whitefish 14 (Ridgeway 5, Moore 3, Akey 3).

Polson 3, Browning 0

BROWNING — Polson rolled over Browning in a Northwest A meeting, 25-23, 25-15, 25-14.

Kobbey Smith had six kills and three aces for Polson.

Berkley Ellis had eight assists and three service aces.

Kills — 22 (Kobbey Smith 6, Maggie Todd 6); Assists — 16 (Berkley Ellis 8); Digs — 50 (Ara Mercer 15) Blocks — 1 (Ellis 1); Aces 12 (Smith 3, Ellis 3).

Scoring information for Browning was not available.

Western AA

Billings Skyview 3,

Flathead 2

GREAT FALLS — The Flathead Bravettes fell to Billings Skyview in five sets, 21-25, 25-20, 21-25, 25-16, 10-15 at C.M. Russell High School.

Flathead (1-1 conference, 2-3 overall) won the fourth set to tie the game but came up just short in the fifth.

Julia Burden had a big game for the Bravettes, serving three aces with seven blocks and 16 kills.

Mayson Moore had 32 assists, a game-high.

Flathead will participate in the Electric City Invite in Great Falls, which begins today at 10:30 a.m. and runs through Saturday.

Kills — Flathead 44 (Julia Burden 16), Skyview 39 (Bella Bryan 10); Assists — Flathead 38 (Mayson Moore 32), Skyview 31 (Talle Ketchum 15); Blocks 7 (Burden 3), Skyview 15 (Hayden Baumberger 4, Brooke Berry 4); Digs — Flathead 62 (Maddie Lindbom 18), Skyview 81 (Renzie Pond 19): Aces — Flathead 10 (Burden 3), Skyview 7 (Adina Taylor 2, Pond 2).

Billings West 3, Glacier 0

GREAT FALLS — The Wolfpack lost in three sets to Billings West at Great Falls High on Thursday.

Scores were 25-22, 25-20, 25-19.

No other scoring information was available.