North Country Wins Two

The Mavericks improved their volleyball record with road wins over Froid/Lake and Nashua this past week. North Country defeated the Redhawks in three sets Sept. 15 and downed the Porcupines in three the following day.

The Mavericks won their match 25-17, 25-13, 25-10 in Froid. As a team they had 13 aces, 26 kills, 34 assists, 41 digs and three blocks.

Paige Wasson, Berkley Hillman and CharLee McColly each had three aces. Teagan Erickson led in kills with 16 while Wasson added 12 and BaiLee McColly six. Kennedy Simonson put up 24 of the Mavericks' assists. Hillman had the most digs with nine followed by Wasson and C. McColly, both with eight. B. McColly had all three blocks for North Country.

"In this match we had some really good flow happening between our setters and hitters. We were without Kendall Scheffelmear this weekend because she was healing up from wisdom teeth surgery," said head coach Charlene Wasson. "We had a great week of practice and it truly showed in how we played this weekend."

Saturday, the Mavericks traveled to Nashua where they won 25-23, 25-7, 25-16 with the JV squad stepping in for the final set. North Country had 12 aces, 24 kills, 18 assists, 17 digs and one block.

Erickson put up four aces while Hillman and Kodi McColly both notched two. B. McColly led in kills with six. Erickson and Wasson added five each and C. McColly added three kills. Simonson again led in assists with 10 helpers. B. McColly put four digs on the stats sheet while Wasson and C. McColly both added three. K. McColly had the team's lone block.

"Our team has been headed in the right direction this season trying to clean up some serve-receive passing and being more consistent communicating on the floor. We talked about keeping the energy up in practice and communicating effectively the last couple of weeks and it showed this weekend," Coach Wasson said. "Looking forward to the next couple of weeks and the competition we will see."

The Mavericks host the Malta M-ettes Thursday, Sept. 21, in Whitewater for a 4:30 match time. Friday, Sept. 22, North Country travels to Bainville to take on the Bulldogs at 4 p.m. They will be in Brockton Thursday, Sept. 28, for a 5 p.m. match against the Warriors and will attend the Choteau Tourney Saturday, Sept. 30.