Whitehall strong at Windy City Classic

The Whitehall High School volleyball team had a great performance last Saturday at the Windy City Classic Tournament in Varsity Gym.

In pool play, Whitehall was able to pick up a 25-11, 25-12 win over Harrison, and a 25-24, 25-5 victory over West Yellowstone. In their other pool game, the Lady Trojans split with Shelby, 25-24, and 13-25.

"The girls played extremely well this weekend. And boy, were the odds stacked against them. I think half of our girls were sicker than dogs, they had played two games during the week with two early morning practices, and there was all the homecoming excitement and activities to boot," head coach Lauren McDonald said. "So, for them to come out and win five out of the six pool play games was very impressive. We even won one game against Shelby, who later went on to win the tournament. We're very proud of the girls, they're making some serious improvements."

Whitehall fell in the tournament bracket to Choteau, 25-7, 25-21.

In the pool play match against Harrison, Kaya Welch had a solid outing with four assists, three aces, two digs and one kill. Dorothy Mastel had three blocks, two aces and one kill. Kyeli Ostler had four digs. Against Shelby, Welch had five assists, Mastel had five blocks and Mesquite Melton had two digs, one ace, and one assist. Welch had eight assists against West Yellowstone, and Mastel added five blocks.

TUESDAY NIGHT

The Lady Trojans fought hard Tuesday night against visiting Big Timber, but ultimately fell in four sets.

The Lady Herders won the first two sets 25-18, and 25-22. Whitehall came back strong in the fourth picking up a 25-19 win. Big Timber sealed the match in the fourth with a 25-12 win.

Welch had 20 assists and nine digs for Whitehall. Melton had 13 digs, Rachel Smith had 12, and Alicia Loomis added 10 digs.

After a Thursday game at Boulder, the Lady Trojans will be off until September 29 when they host Townsend.