Bulldogs earn league win over Bears
SANDPOINT — Grace Hicks and Jazmin Stockton keep scoring kills, and Marina Breuner was solid guiding the attack, as the Bulldogs won three sets and dropped one in a solid win over the Bears in Inland Empire League volleyball action Thursday night at Les Rogers Court.
The Bulldogs (10-5, 2-0 4A IEL) won the first set, changed the lineup a little and lost the second set, before bouncing back to close things out in a match where they were in control for most of the night.
“We haven’t played Moscow before. They’re similar to Post Falls, scrappy defense,” said Bulldog head coach Jeff Hurst. “There was really no threat, no big hitters, it was more about us being able to handle the ball and terminate the point.”
Hurst felt his team never hit a clean rhythm, but that it showed great resilience and ability to keep the hammer down.
“Grace Hicks is a big hitter, and she did some good things. Marina was very big at the net tonight, she hammered a couple balls and had a couple of blocks,” described Hurst, noting Jazmin Stockton once again blasted a kill that drilled the opponent. “Nobody sees her coming. I feel blessed as a coach to have an athlete like that.”
Sandpoint is at Lewiston on Saturday.
n Wampus Cats fall to Trojans in five sets
POST FALLS — For the ninth time this season, Clark Fork played up in classification, this time riding another big night from setter Brooke Stevens and outside hitter Ellie Kiebert to a 25-18, 24-26, 23-25, 25-19 15-10 loss to the Post Falls JV team on Wednesday night in nonleague road volleyball action.
Kiebert tallied 14 kills, 10 digs and three aces, and Stevens 34 set assists, 16 digs, three kills and two aces to lead the Wampus Cats (8-5) in defeat, as they were right there with athletes from a 5A program in every set.
Hailey Bristol was another solid option for Stevens to feed, finishing with 10 kills and three aces, while Ellie Lambert finished with 19 digs and Tessa and Ali Sutton six kills apiece. The Cats finished with 13 aces and seven blocks as a team, and got another stern nonleague test.
“Brooke and Ellie Kiebert were able to make some plays. Ellie (Lambert) was solid in the back row for us and had a great defensive match tonight,” praised Derr.
The Cats are at Genesis Prep on Saturday.