After defeating Bigfork 21-19, 21-16 and Frenchtown 21-17, 21-9 in the championship bracket, the Copperheads downed Southwestern A rival Dillon in the title contest 21-13, 19-21, 18-16.
The Beavers reached the championship match with victories over Whitefish and Polson.
Championship match - Anaconda def. Dillon 21-13, 19-21, 18-16.
Saturday's championship bracket - Anaconda def. Bigfork 21-19, 21-16; Dillon def. Whitefish 21-16, 12-21, 18-13; Dillon def. Polson 13-21, 21-13, 18-14; Anaconda def. Frenchtown 21-17, 21-9.
Saturday's pool play - Bigfork def. Hamilton 25-20, 25-22; Columbia Falls split with Corvallis 21-25, 25-23; Whitefish split with Frenchtown 11-25, 25-16; Libby def. Stevensville 25-10, 25-15; Ronan split with Anaconda 12-25, 25-19; Polson def. Dillon 25-19, 25-23; Bigfork def. Frenchtown 28-26, 25-17; Columbia Falls def. Stevensville 25-18, 25-23; Hamilton split with Polson 25-22, 20-25; Corvallis def. Ronan 25-21, 27-25; Whitefish split with Dillon 26-24, 22-25; Libby def. Anaconda 25-21, 25-18.
Friday's pool play - Polson split with Stevensville 18-25, 25-21; Frenchtown def. Ronan 25-23, 25-18; Bigfork split with Corvallis 18-25, 25-5; Columbia Falls split with Hamilton 18-25, 25-23; Whitefish split with Anaconda 17-25, 25-23; Dillon def. Libby 25-19, 25-14; Bigfork split with Stevensville 25-14, 17-25; Hamilton def. Ronan 25-15, 25-10; Polson split with Anaconda 18-25, 25-23; Dillon def. Columbia Falls 25-11, 25-19; Whitefish def. Corvallis 25-17, 25-18; Libby split with Frenchtown 13-25, 25-20; Bigfork split with Anaconda 23-25, 25-15; Dillon def. Ronan 25-18, 25-23; Frenchtown def. Polson 25-20, 25-20; Libby split with Hamilton 25-11, 22-25; Stevensville def. Whitefish 25-23, 25-12; Anaconda def. Columbia Falls 25-15, 25-17; Polson def. Corvallis 25-13, 25-15; Dillon def. Bigfork 25-23, 25-16; Frenchtown def. Columbia Falls 25-15, 25-18; Stevensville def. Ronan 25-18, 25-21; Hamilton def. Whitefish 25-21, 27-25; Libby split with Corvallis 25-16, 18-25.
Elsewhere:
Great Falls Invitational
At Great Falls, three-time defending State AA champion Billings Senior won the annual two-day tournament with a two-game win over Billings West on Saturday.
The Broncs edged their crosstown and Eastern AA rivals 25-12, 25-19 at Bill Swarthout Fieldhouse.
Bozeman downed Helena High in three sets to win third place and Missoula Sentinel swept Big Sky in two sets to take the consolation title at CMR Fieldhouse.
Hellgate went 1-2 in Saturday's consolation bracket after finishing sixth in Friday's pool play. The Knights topped Helena Capital in two games, but lost to Butte and Havre.
Electric City Inivitational
Saturday
Consolation Bracket
At CMR Fieldhouse
Championship
Missoula Sentinel 2, Missoula Big Sky 0
Championship Bracket
At Bill Swarthout Fieldhouse
First Round
Billings West def. Billings Skyview 25-22, 25-18
Bozeman def. Lewistown 25-23, 22-25, 25-22
Senior def. CMR 25-9, 25-16
Helena def. Great Falls 2-0 (NSA)
Semifinals
West def. Bozeman 25-20, 25-17
Senior def. Helena 2-0
Loser-out
Lewistown def. Skyview 2-0
CMR def. Great Falls 25-23, 25-22
Loser-out semifinals
Helena def. Lewistown 25-17, 25-22
Bozeman def. CMR 25-11, 25-22
Third place
Bozeman def. Helena 25-18, 21-25, 25-21
Bozeman - Aces 11 (Coriann Clark 5), Assists 30 (Liz Prescott 17), Kills 32 (Clark 19), Blocks 3 (Elli Graff 2, Ari Kamp 2), Digs 19 (Megan Murphy 6, Sara Bowers 6).
Helena - Aces 5 (Lindsay Allen 3), Assists 20 (Kyndal Williams 12), Kills 27 (Kelsey Williams 15), Blocks 5 (Allen 2), Digs 20 (Ke. Williams 8).
Championship
Senior def. West 25-12, 25-19
Senior (6-0, 2-0) - Aces 5 (Kylie Kufeld 3), Assists 24 (Emily Carroll 24), Kills 29 (Kufeld 12), Blocks 4, Digs 31 (Kelly Sparrow 9).
West (5-3, 1-1) - Aces 2 (Allyson Wardell, Rachel Bryer), Assists 13 (Alex Faught 7), Kills 14 (Lauryn McKay 4), Blocks 4 (McKay 2, Bryer 2), Digs 19 (Mikensi Romersa 7).
Class B
Eureka def. St. Ignatius, 3-0
At St. Ignatius, the Lions posted 49 kills to pick up a District 7-B win against the Bulldogs.
Carley Hammond spiked down 10 of those kills and Jonna Yost set 21 assists.
Eureka's Marni Zauner added five aces and six digs for Eureka, which served 18 aces in the match.
St. Ignatius (1-2, 0-1) had three kills from Lisa Larsson and two aces from Katie McDonald in the loss.
Eureka def. St. Ignatius, 25-7, 25-13, 25-14.
Kills - Eureka 49 (Carley Hammond 10), St. Ignatius 13 (Lisa Larsson 3). Blocks - Eureka 5 (Brianne Linell 3), St. Ignatius 1 (Larsson). Digs - Eureka 30 (Hammond 6, Marni Zauner 6), St. Ignatius 6 Katie McDonald 3). Assists - Eureka 25 (Jonna Yost 21), St. Ignatius 9 (Mattea Grant 9). Aces - Eureka 18 (Zauner 5), St. Ignatius 2 (McDonald 2).
Seeley-Swan def. Darby, 3-0
At Darby, the Blackhawks swooped in for a District 6-B victory over the Tigers, 25-16, 25-23, 25-20, behind the solid play of the Parcells.
Seeley-Swan scooped up 64 digs, including 24 from Catalina Parcell. Cascade Parcell controlled the net with nine kills and four blocks and Summit Parcell served six aces and dished out 12 assists.
For Darby (0-2, 0-1), Mariah Cress notched 16 kills and four blocks.
Seeley-Swan def. Darby, 25-16, 25-23, 25-20
Kills - Seeley-Swan 25 (Cascade Parcell 9), Darby 23 (Mariah Cress 13). Blocks - Seeley-Swan 4 (Cascade Parcell 4), Darby 4 (Cress). Digs - Seeley-Swan 64 (Catalina Parcell 24), Darby 30 (Miriam Bender 12). Assists - Seeley-Swan 14 (Summit Parcell 12), Darby 10 (Tara Sullivan 9). Aces - Seeley-Swan 12 (Summit Parcell 6), Darby 3 (Brianna Morris 2).
Troy def. Plains, 3-0
At Troy, the Trojans earned their first District 7-B win with a 25-22, 25-17, 26-24 sweep of Plains.
Troy's (2-0, 1-0) Kirstin Parks led the Trojans at the net with five kills and four blocks. Troy also posted 15 aces in the win, including four from Ashley Paasch. Alyssa Olds set all 10 assists.
The Trotters were led by Heather Earhart's six kills and two blocks. Kailee Hudson and Alex Kunzer added four aces apiece.
Troy def. Plains, 25-22, 25-17, 26-24.
Kills - Plains 11 (Heather Earhart 6), Troy 13 (Kristin Parks 5). Blocks - Plains 3 (Emma Earhart 2) Troy 7 (Parks 4) Digs - Plains 6 (Alex Kunzer 3) Troy 14 (Jessica Lyons 4). Assists - Plains 10 (Earhart 6). Troy 10 (Alyssa Olds 10). Aces - Plains 10 (Kailee Hudson 4, Kunzer 4 ), Troy 15 (Ashley Paasch 4).
Class C
Hot Springs def. St. Regis, 3-0
At St. Regis, Mackenzie Wood paced the Savage Heat to the 25-16, 25-22, 25-13, District 10-C sweep.
Wood collected 17 assists, five digs and a block, while teammate Matea DePoe had eight kills. Jocelyn Erchul had six aces for the Savage Heat and Jordon Fisher added five digs.
Brittany Smith's four kills and two aces paced the Tigers, who fell to 0-2, 0-2.
Hot Springs def. St. Regis 25-16, 25-22, 25-13
Kills - Hot Springs 30 (Matea DePoe 8), St. Regis 9 (Brittany Smith 4). Blocks - Hot Springs 1 (Mackenzie Wood), St. Regis 2 (Heather Pruitt, Dallas Ward). Digs - Hot Springs 21 (Wood 5, Jordon Fisher 5), St. Regis 10 (Pruitt 5). Assists - Hot Springs 22 (Wood 17), St. Regis 7 (Ashley Ramsey 5). Aces - Hot Springs 18 (Jocelyn Erchul 6), St. Regis 6 (Jocelyn Dockter 2, Smith 2).
Victor def. Lincoln, 3-0
At Victor, the Pirates earned a District 9-C win with a sweep of Lincoln, 25-15, 25-15, 25-15.
The victory was also Victor's first win of the season as they improved to 1-3.
The Pirates served 21 aces in the match. Liz Taylor and Taylor Ruark each had six aces apiece.
Hannah Johnson led the attack for Victor with six kills and Emily Copeland set all 12 of the Pirates' assists.
Victor def. Lincoln, 25-15, 25-15, 25-15.
Kills - Lincoln 6, Victor 16 (Hannah Johnson 6). Blocks - Lincoln 2, Victor 0. Digs - Lincoln 13, Victor 5 (Emily Copeland 3). Assists - Lincoln 13, Victor 12 (Copeland 12) Aces - Lincoln 8, Victor 21 (Liz Taylor 6, Taylor Ruark 6).
Charlo def. Drummond, 3-0
At Charlo, Stephanie Murphy hammered down 21 kills as the Vikings swept Drummond 25-19, 25-23, 25-12 in a nonconference Class C match.
Murphy also served seven aces and blocked three in the win.
Stephanie Maughn added all 27 of the Vikings' assists and Jessica Foust scooped up 10 digs.
Drummond's Jesse Paske led the Trojans with eight kills. Emily Angelo added two aces and a block.
Charlo def. Drummond, 25-19, 25-23, 25-12.
Kills - Drummond 16 (Jesse Paske 8), Charlo 32 (Stephanie Murphy 21). Blocks - Drummond 1 (Emily Angelo), Charlo 8 (Murphy 3). Digs - Drummond 20 (Amanda Wight 5, Megan Oberweiser 5), Charlo 34 (Jessica Foust 10). Assists - Drummond 15 (Bianna Jessie 10), Charlo 27 (Stephanie Maughn 27). Aces - Drummond 8 (Angelo 2), Charlo 12 (Murphy 7).
Noxon def. Alberton, 3-0
At Alberton, the District 10-C Red Devils received eight kills from Lindsey Franz en route to a 25-21, 25-23, 25-22 sweep of District 9-C Alberton.
Shelby Swant dished out 11 assists in addition to leading Noxon in aces. Stephanie Larkin totaled the most of the Red Devils' 30 digs.
Lyndi Ishler led the Panthers (1-5) with seven kills, nine digs and four aces
Noxon def. Alberton 25-21, 25-23, 25-22
Kills - Noxon 8 (Lindsey Franz 8), Alberton 16 (Lyndi Ishler 7). Blocks - Noxon 0, Alberton 1 (Jenna Rausch). Digs - Noxon 30 (Stephanie Larkin n/a), Alberton 30 (Ishler 9). Assists - Noxon 11 (Shelby Swant 11), Alberton 14 (Jordan Marvin 12). Aces - Noxon n/a (Swant n/a), Alberton 9 (Ishler 4).
Arlee def. Philipsburg, 3-2
At Arlee, Jordan Pfau collected 18 kills and 13 digs in leading the Scarlets to the District 9-C victory.
Arlee (3-0) spotted the Prospectors a two-game lead before rallying, 10-25, 22-25, 26-24, 25-22, 16-14.
Addie Lepley racked up 14 kills and 13 digs for Philipsburg.
Arlee def. Philipsburg, 10-25, 22-25, 26-24, 25-22, 16-14.
Kills - Philipsburg 29 (Addie Lepley 14), Arlee 23 (Jordan Pfau 18). Blocks - Philipsburg 3 (Kirsten Butler 3), Arlee 0. Digs - Philipsburg 41 (Lepley 13), Arlee 38 (Pfau 13). Assists - Philipsburg 28 (Carly Johnson 26), Arlee 33 (Cortney Dix 23). Aces - Philipsburg 17 (Mackenzie Bonney 5), Arlee 21 (Dix 5).
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