COLUMBIA FALLS - Hope Burlage registered eight kills, 15 assists and four aces in Columbia Falls' sweep of Frenchtown in a Northwestern A volleyball match Friday night.
The Wildkats won 25-21, 25-21, 25-19.
Gabrielle Stenger added 10 kills and two blocks for the Wildkats, who improved to 1-4 in league, 1-6 overall.
Kaitlyn Indreland led Frenchtown (2-2, 2-5) with six kills and Abby Indreland chipped in six digs.
Columbia Falls def. Frenchtown 25-21, 25-21, 25-19.
Kills - Frenchtown 25 (Kaitlyn Indreland 6), Columbia Falls 37 (Gabrielle Stenger 10). Blocks - Frenchtown 5 (Kayla Blood 2), Columbia Falls 5 (Stenger 2, Taylor Peterson 2). Assists - Frenchtown 18 (Josie Anderson 16), Columbia Falls 25 (Hope Burlage 15). Digs - Frenchtown 24 (Abby Indreland 6), Columbia Falls 59 (Shaun Rowe 27). Aces - Frenchtown 7, Columbia Falls 8 (Burlage 4)
Elsewhere
Class AA
Helena Capital def. Missoula Hellgate, 3-2
At Helena, Julia Anderson collected 25 kills and four blocks in leading the Bruins to the 25-16, 25-18, 16-25, 19-25, 19-17 Western AA win.
Savannah Smith scooped up 21 of Capital's 97 digs and Quinci Robertson had 53 assists. Whitney Rau added two aces for the Bruins (1-4, 3-8).
Betsy Pickhardt had 16 kills and two aces for the Knights (1-6, 6-8).
Helena Capital def. Missoula Hellgate, 25-16, 25-18, 16-25, 19-25, 19-17.
Kills - Hellgate 43 (Betsy Pickhardt 16), Capital 64 (Julia Anderson 25). Blocks - Hellgate 9 (Jaiden Nisbet 5), Capital 6 (Anderson 4). Digs - Hellgate 64 (Monica Dieken 24), Capital 97 (Savannah Smith 21). Assists - Hellgate 35 (Morgan Lutz 32), Capital 57 (Quinci Robertson 53). Aces - Hellgate 2 (Pickhardt 2), Capital 6 (Whitney Rau 2).
Class C
Alberton def. Lincoln, 3-1
At Lincoln, Mariah Turnbull had seven kills and six of Alberton's 21 aces in the Panthers' 24-26, 25-23, 25-15, 25-23 District 9-C win.
Hailie Bahm added seven kills and a block for the victors.
Katie Menard had seven kills, seven blocks and three aces for the Lynx.
Alberton def. Lincoln, 24-26, 25-23, 25-15, 25-23.
Kills - Alberton 24 (Mariah Turnbull 7, Hailie Bahm 7), Lincoln 25 (Katie Menard 7). Blocks - Alberton 2 (Sam Bestwick, Bahm), Lincoln 9 (Menard 7). Digs - Alberton 65 (Ryan Vicek 16), Lincoln 9 (Karissa Fox 3). Assists - Alberton 15 (Shawnda Rohrback 8), Lincoln 21 (Michelle Korman 19). Aces - Alberton 21 (Turnbull 6), Lincoln 5 (Menard 3).
