CCHS Volleyball ends season at divisional tourney

The CCHS Lady Bulldogs took all three of their divisional tournament games to five sets in Sidney last weekend. Against North Country on Thursday, the Dogs won the first two sets 25-18 and 25-17. North Country battled back and took the final three sets 16-25, 14-25 and 12-15. Whitney Kittelmann had 19 of the team's 28 assists and 20 of 73 digs. Heather LaBree had 13 of 37 kills and Hannah LaBree led in aces with 4. Kenzie Tooke added 2 blocks.

The loss sent Blue to the bottom of the bracket where they faced the Scobey Spartans. The teams traded sets as CCHS won sets one, three and five. Scoring for the matches was 25-21, 14-25, 25-7, 15-25 and 15-13. Kenzie Tooke had 12 of the team's 49 assists. Gracie Tooke added 11. Hannah LaBree had 22 assists and Whitney Kittelmann had 21. Kari Kittelmann and Ella Owen led the way in digs with 22 and 20, respectively. As a team, CCHS totaled 82 digs. Hannah LaBree led in aces (3 of 9). Heather LaBree and Kenzie Tooke each had one block.

Friday morning's win over Scobey led to a loser out match in which CCHS took on MonDak Friday afternoon. After losing the first set 5-25 and the second 14-25, the Bulldogs bounced back with a 25-18 win in the third set. The fourth set of the match was close, but Blue came out ahead 26-24, bringing the match to fifth and final set. MonDak won the final set 4-15, ending Blue's season at the Eastern C Divisional Tournament.

In their final match, CCHS totaled seven aces, 46 kills, 3 blocks, 37 assists and 80 digs. Hannah LaBree had 3 aces, 13 kills and 13 assists. Kenzie Tooke tallied 11 kills and 2 blocks. Heather LaBree had 19 total digs and 1 block. Ella Owen had 2 aces, Whitney Kittelmann had 23 assists and Kari Kittelmann had 18 digs.