Post Falls ties for 7th at Crossover
SPOKANE - Savannah Hill and Allison Meehan had 26 kills apiece as the Post Falls Trojans went 4-1 on Saturday to finish tied for seventh place in the 64-team Crossover Classic volleyball tournament.
"I thought we had a good tournament," Post Falls coach Willow Hanna said. "We played well and minimized our streaks in giving up points. We passed the ball well and ran our offense."
Post Falls beat Prosser 25-8, 25-8 and Hoover 25-23, 26-24 to advance to the Platinum bracket, where they beat Colfax 25-18, 25-23 and lost to Flathead 25-17, 22-25, 15-10 and beat Colville to tie for seventh place in the 64-team field.
Tori Bertsch had 70 assists, Danielle Failor 12 blocks, Brooke Litalien 13 aces and 26 digs and Jazmin Chavez 26 digs for Post Falls (25-6), who travel to Moscow on Thursday.
Timberlake finished fifth in the bronze bracket and will travel to St. Maries on Tuesday.
"There were a lot of good teams," Timberlake coach Michelle Garwood said. "We did a lot of good things, but I'd like to see us peaking a little more. We got a lot of floor time and it was a good experience."
No report was received from Lakeland and St. Maries.
Lakeside d. Lapwai
PLUMMER - Ruth Haynes had 12 kills and seven blocks as the Knights defeated the Wildcats 25-19, 22-25, 26-24, 22-25, 16-14 in a nonleague match.
Maria Garcia moved to middle blocker and Haynes moved outside in a couple of the Knights' rotations. Garcia had 35 digs.
"It was neat to have six to seven different players that had kills, and a lot of them," Lakeside coach Jan Mitchell said. "We're turning out to be a well-rounded team."
Avery Sonder had 14 kills and Michelle Whaley 40 assists for Lakeside (11-7), which travels to Wallace on Oct. 18 for a 1A Division 1 District 1 playoff match.
Kootenai d. Potlatch
HARRISON FLATS - Olivia Kincheloe had 14 assists and five aces as the Warriors defeated the Loggers 25-21, 25-17, 25-18 in a nonleague match.
"We played really well and came together as a team," Kootenai coach Jessica Hammond said. "Olivia was able to set our hitters and keep our offense going."
Brie Benson had 10 kills and Megan McGuire eight kills for Kootenai (4-12), which faces the Post Falls 'C' team on Oct. 17 in Post Falls.