HAMILTON – Penny Gwynn had 10 kills and 15 digs to lead Corvallis to a 25-15, 25-19, 25-23 Southwestern A volleyball win over Bitterroot Valley neighbor Hamilton on Thursday night.

Kennedy Chadwick added 26 digs for the Blue Devils, who improved to 6-3 in league, 8-5 overall. Val Tayler chipped in 18 assists and three aces.

Laura Berner had 18 assists, 17 digs and three aces for Hamilton, which fell to 3-6, 4-8. Kelsey Irwin added 18 digs and seven kills.

Corvallis def. Hamilton, 25-15, 25-19, 25-23.

Kills – Corvallis 20 (Penny Gwynn 10), Hamilton 35 (Joanna Avery 9). Blocks – Corvallis 2 (Sadie DellaSilva 1), Hamilton 3. Digs – Corvallis 62 (Kennedy Chadwick 26), Hamilton 74 (Kelsey Irwin 18). Assists – Corvallis 20 (Val Tayler 18), Hamilton 32 (Laura Berner 18). Aces – Corvallis 6 (Tayler 3), Hamilton 6 (Berner 3).

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Class AA

Kalispell Glacier def. Missoula Big Sky, 3-0

At Kalispell, Rachel Chery knocked down nine kills and had three blocks to lead the No. 4-ranked Wolfpack to a 25-8, 25-17, 25-19 Western AA sweep over Missoula Big Sky.

Hannah Liss added 29 of Kalispell Glacier’s 31 assists while Tiffany Marks matched Chery with three blocks.

The Wolfpack held a 12-6 ace advantage, led by Katie Wiley’s four.

Hana Feilzer led the Eagles with three blocks and two aces. Ellen Wolferman added seven kills.

Glacier improved to 8-4 in conference play and 17-6 overall. Big Sky fell to 1-10, 3-17.

Glacier def. Big Sky, 25-8, 25-17, 25-19.

Kills – Big Sky 17 (Ellen Wolferman 7), Glacier 39 (Rachel Chery 9). Blocks – Big Sky 3 (Hana Feilzer 3), Glacier 6 (Tiffany Marks, Chery 3). Digs – Big Sky 34 (Rita Nullinar 10), Glacier 53 (Kailea Vandt 18). Assists – Big Sky 15 (Maddi Wynz 14), Glacier 31 (Hannah Liss 29). Aces – Big Sky 6 (Sierra Lenox, Feilzer 2), Glacier 12 (Katie Wiley 4).

Class A

Whitefish def. Libby, 3-2

At Libby, Whitefish narrowly escaped with a 25-23, 17-25, 27-25, 17-25, 15-8 Northwestern A win to keep its perfect conference record intact after being pushed to the brink by the Loggers.

Emily Sullivan piled up 18 kills, 11 digs and three blocks to lead the Bulldogs.

Bekah Weaver passed for 40 of Whitefish’s 41 assists.

Libby held a 22-6 ace advantage, led by Lauren Wepprecht’s seven. Wepprecht also had 19 kills.

The Bulldogs improved to 8-0 in conference play and 11-2 overall. Libby dropped to 2-5, 3-8.

Whitefish def. Libby, 25-23, 17-25, 27-25, 17-25, 15-8.

Kills – Whitefish 46 (Emily Sullivan 18), Libby 49 (Lauren Wepprecht 19). Blocks – Whitefish 3 (Sullivan 3), Libby 1 (Devon Gallagher). Digs – Whitefish 50 (Sullivan 11), Libby 62 (Mahalah Wedel 30). Assists – Whitefish 41 (Bekah Weaver 40), Libby 45 (Hannah England 43). Aces – Whitefish 6 (Kelsey McFadden 3), Libby 22 (Wepprecht 7).

Polson def. Frenchtown 3-1

At Polson, Heidi Rausch had 18 kills and three blocks to lead the Pirates to the 25-22, 26-28, 27-25, 25-17 Northwestern A win over the Broncs.

Chloie Huerta added 13 kills for Polson, which improved to 5-2 in league, 8-4 overall.

Morgan Ray had 12 kills for Frenchtown (1-6, 4-9).

Polson def. Frenchtown 25-22, 26-28, 27-25, 25-17.

Kills – Polson 51 (Heidi Rausch 18), Frenchtown 40 (Morgan Ray 12). Blocks – Polson 4 (Rausch 3), Frenchtown 6 (Vanessa Stavish 4). Digs – Polson 129 (Mackenzie Banner 38), Frenchtown 60 (Jadan Ross 20). Assists – Polson 43 (Shalaina Duford 38), Frenchtown 37 (Josie Anderson 18). Aces – Polson 5 (Chelsea Chowning 3), Frenchtown 5 (Allison Hendry 2, Haley Cyr 2).

Nicole Wildin admits Billings Central’s confidence buckled a little after last Saturday’s five-set loss to Miles City.

Not only did the Rams suffer an extremely rare Eastern A loss, they lost starting setter Baylee Hadley to an ankle injury.

“This win was really important. We were a little bit shaken after Miles City,’’ said the senior libero. “We had to stay together as a team and get back on track.”

Central regained its on-court mojo, fighting off Hardin 25-20, 25-22, 25-20 Thursday night at the Nelles Center.

It was the final home match for the Rams (21-5, 7-1) who clinched the Eastern A regular-season title. Central travels to Sidney on Saturday for matches against the Eagles and Glendive to close out the regular season.

Hardin (14-11, 6-4) is done with the regular season The Bulldogs host the Eastern A Divisional, Nov. 1-3.

Junior Justyn Juhl led Central with a double-double of 15 kills and 20 digs. She also had two aces. Junior Jenny Garber added 11 kills and two blocks, while sophomore Mirrada Clarin dished out 17 assists. Wildin and junior Erika Kuehn also had 17 digs each.

“How about Mirrada?’’ said Rams’ head coach Liz Hanser. “She steps in for Baylee and did so well. She did what we asked of her. She played hard.”

The Rams’ back row made sure that Clarin didn’t have to stray too far while running the offense.

“That puts a lot of pressure on us,’’ said Wildin. “We have to make sure we give her perfect passes. We have to put the ball in a good place so she can get it to our hitters.”

One of those was Kuehn, whose kill started Central’s 5-0 run to close out the first set.

The second set was a wild swing of momentum changes. The Rams opened a 5-0 lead on Casey Tehle’s serving, only to find themselves down 13-6. Hannah Ware and Sydney Millegan combined to serve 11 points for Hardin. Central came back to tie it 13-13 and after six ties, closed it on a Garber kill.

Snowy Johnson led the Bulldogs with eight kills, while Anna Old Crow and Ware won a handful of battles at the net.

“Hardin is a very tough team to play,’’ Wildin said. “They swing well to the open areas.

“The biggest thing for us is we were working together as a team, grinding out points.”

The Rams scored points in small bunches to break away in the third set.

“We kept pushing, playing hard,’’ said Hanser. “We needed this one for morale. They came together as team and they played well on senior night.”

NOTES: Prior to the match, the Rams honored their four seniors: Wildin, Tess Suek, Kehley Grosulak and Sarah Shaw. … Billings Central expects to have Hadley back for the Eastern A Divisional. … Miles City defeated Sidney Thursday night, allowing the Rams to clinch before the end of the regular season.