The Bengals, behind a big night by outside hitter Kelsey Williams, earned a 25-16, 14-25, 25-13, 26-24 win in their second meeting with the Spartans.
Williams had 27 kills and 12 digs as Helena improved to 10-1 in league play, 17-4 overall. The Bengals also tallied 16 blocks in the win, led by Monica Grimsrud's six.
“They reeled off like 10 straight points before we even got going,” said Spartans coach Patrick Hiller. “We fell way back, but the exact same thing happened to them in the second game.”
A discrepancy between the scorebooks stalled things for 15 minutes in the third game, said Hiller, and Sentinel was unable to recover, though it led most of the fourth game.
Senior middle hitter Jen Keddy finished with 28 kills, five blocks and three aces for the Spartans (9-2, 16-5). Also, Krista O'Neil had 17 digs and Hope Nelson had 14.
“It's encouraging because we didn't play real well,” Hiller said, “but Helena played a nice game of power volleyball. We were fortunate to be in to be honest with you. When it's all said and done we should have won. But I was impressed with Helena.”
Both teams have one conference match remaining in the regular season, but no one can move ahead of the Bengals in the Western AA standings.
Helena High def. Sentinel, 25-16, 14-25, 25-13, 26-24.
Kills - Sentinel 43 (Jen Keddy 28), Helena 50 (Kelsey Williams 27). Blocks - Sentinel 7 (Keddy 5), Helena 16 (Monica Grimsrud 6). Digs - Sentinel 73 (Krista O'neil 17, Hope Nelson 14), Helena 67 (K. Williams 12). Assists - Sentinel 36 (Sara Stocker 34), Helena 39 (Kyndal Williams 27). Aces - Sentinel 6 (Keddy 3), Helena 12 (Stesha Gullick 5).
Elsewhere:
Class AA
Kalispell Glacier def. Kalispell Flathead, 3-1
At Kalispell, the Wolfpack dropped the first game 16-25, before beating Flathead in the next three, 25-21, 25-11, 25-23 to pick up a Western AA win.
Emilee Hashley totaled 15 kills to lead Glacier. Kayla Smart added 20 digs and Lindsea Vaudt guided the Wolfpack offense with 31 assists.
Kendra Bouley also reached double figures in kills, chipping in 10 kills for Glacier.
Emma Miller led Flathead with 13 kills, while Ariel Johnson and Laurie Swindall scooped up 13 digs apiece.
Kalispell Glacier def. Kalispell Flathead, 16-25, 25-21, 25-11, 25-23.
Kills - Glacier 47 (Emilee Hashley 15), Flathead 38 (Emma Miller 13). Blocks - Glacier 4 (Kendra Bouley 1, Hashlee 1, Lexy Boschee 1), Flathead 11 (Danika Johnson 5). Digs - Glacier 63 (Kayla Smart 20), Flathead 65 (Laurie Swindall 13, Ariel Johnson 13). Assists - Glacier 33 (Lindsea Vaudt 31), Flathead 27 (Chaela Liss 23). Aces - Glacier 6 (Kadie latimer 2), Flathead 5 (A. Johnson 3).
Class A
Corvallis def. Butte Central, 3-2
At Butte, the Blue Devils came from behind to post a 16-25, 23-25, 25-22, 25-15, 15-12 nonconference victory against the Maroons.
Kim Gilder led the way with a big double-double, flooring a match-high 15 kills and collecting 21 digs.
Whitney Henderson set all 34 of Corvallis' assists and added four blocks in the win.
Butte Central's Brianna Dudley tallied 14 kills for the Maroons and Saidee Johnston chipped in 23 digs.
Corvallis def. Butte Central, 16-25, 23-25, 25-22, 25-15, 15-12.
Kills - Corvallis 44 (Kim Gilder 15), Butte Central 45 (Brianna Dudley 14). Blocks - Corvallis 13 (Whitney Henderson 4), Butte Central 10 (Kelly Sandford 3). Digs - Corvallis 76 (Gilder 21), Butte Central 88 (Saidee Johnston 23). Assists - Corvallis 34 (Henderson 34), Butte Central 38 (Katie Lyons 38). Aces - Corvallis 11 (Amber Bradshaw 4), Butte Central 13 (Katie Lyons 5).
Butte Central def. Hamilton, 3-0
At Butte, Kourtney Kambich and Lexie Murphy had six kills each as the Central A Maroons earned a Tuesday split by sweeping Southwestern A Hamilton.
Saidee Johnston added 13 digs and four aces for Central, which lost to Corvallis earlier in the day. Murphy also had three blocks.
Ashley Albert led the Broncs with six kills, two stuffs and two aces. Brittany Keimig added eight digs.
Butte Central def. Hamilton, 25-18, 25-19, 25-23.
Kills - Hamilton 13 (Ashley Albert 6), Butte Central 30 (Kourtney Kambich 6, Lexie Murphy 6). Assists - Hamilton 13 (Tiffani Keimig 8, Mary Conwell 5), Butte Central 26 (Katie Lyons 26). Aces - Hamilton 8 (T. Keimig 2, Albert 2, Conwell 2), Butte Central 6 (Saidee Johnston 4). Digs - Hamilton 33 (Brittany Keimig 8, Samantha Wood 6), Butte Central 45 (Johnston 13). Blocks - Hamilton 5 (Albert 2, Kyla Grimes 2), Butte Central 6 (Murphy 3).
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