Thursday prep action: Volleyball picks up win, soccer falls to Whitefish

Friday morning the Valkyrie volleyball team headed to Columbia Falls to take part in the Northwest/Southwest Tip-off Tournament, but before doing so the girls picked up a win in their first league match of the season Thursday night at home against Thompson Falls.

Bigfork beat the Lady Blue Hawks in four games. The Vals won the first game 26-24, but lost the second 25-23 before going on to dominate the remaining two games 25-12 and 25-20, respectively.

At the NW/SW tournament the Vals took on Anaconda, Dillon and Frenchtown on Friday. Bigfork plays Stevensville at 10 a.m. tomorrow, Sept. 11 at Columbia Falls High School before going into bracket play, which begins at 12:30 p.m.

RESULTS

Bigfork def. Thompson Falls 26-24, 23-25, 25-12, 25-20

Kills — Thompson Falls 29 (Kelsey Sichett 10), Bigfork 64 (Mallery Knoll 26, Christian Campbell 11); Blocks — Thompson Falls 6 (Sichett 3), Bigfork 12 (Melissa VanDerveer 5, Kate Lamm 5); Assists — Thompson Falls 21 (Allison Vaught 7, Erica Storlie 7), Bigfork 37 (Hannah Barrett 20, Ariel Stallknecht 17); Digs — Thompson Falls 63 (Makayla Becker 32), Bigfork 53 (Kianna Wicklund 22, Knoll 16); Aces — Thompson Falls 10 (Hope Reid 6), Bigfork 17 (Wicklund 3, Campbell 3, Kristen Woll 3, Stallknecht 3).

Soccer teams fall to Whitefish

Also playing host Thursday were the Bigfork boys and girls soccer teams, which both fell to Whitefish in conference play.

The girls dropped their match 4-0 to the Lady Bulldogs and the boys lost 5-0.

The Viking and Valkyrie soccer teams travel to Libby on Tuesday. Thursday they will host Columbia Falls.

RESULTS — BOYS

Whitefish 1 4 — 5

Bigfork 0 0 — 0

Whitefish — Marcelo Theodoro (Mark Stormes), 34:00; Theodoro, 48:00; Curran Edland (Sam Donaldson), 50:00; Jack Steele, 74:00; Theodoro (Steele), 80:00

Shots on goals — Whitefish 16, Bigfork 1; Corner kicks — Whitefish 6, Bigfork 2; Goalie saves — Whitefish 0 (Chance Ling), Bigfork 11 (Nate Roberson); Fouls — Whitefish 10, Bigfork 3; Cards — Whitefish one yellow, Bigfork two yellow

RESULTS — GIRLS

Whitefish 2 2 — 4

Bigfork 0 0 — 0

Whitefish — Natalie Gayner (Sam Dittman), 2:00; Presley Pritchard (Gayner), 23:00; Caroline Carbo (Gayner), 47:00; Jordan Carper (Dittman), 70:00.

Shots on goals — Whitefish 26, Bigfork 8; Corner kicks — Whitefish 8, Bigfork 1; Goalie saves — Whitefish 5 (Callie Marsh), Bigfork 10 (NA); Fouls — Whitefish 3, Bigfork 1; Cards — None.