Mavericks Head to State

The North Country Mavericks claimed second place at the Eastern C Divisional Volleyball Tournament held in Sidney last weekend. North Country started the tournament with a loss against the Circle Wildcats. The Mavericks moved into the backside of the bracket where they defeated the Scobey Spartans and the Plentywood Wildcats. They moved on to defeat the Jordan Mustangs to continue playing Saturday.

The Mavericks earned some revenge Saturday, defeating Circle in the first match of the day. In the championship match, North Country fell to the Broadus Hawks.

Head coach Char Wasson said about Circle and Scobey, "We came out a little flat in our first tournament match, giving us our second loss of the season. Then Friday afternoon at noon we had our second tournament match against Scobey. With the loss on Thursday, the girls were in a long haul on Friday and Saturday to work themselves back into the Championship. We started Friday off with a bang beating Scobey in three."

North Country v. Circle

NC 23 - C 25

NC 25 - C 18

NC 23 - C 25

NC 20 - C 25

Team Aces 7: Berkley Hillman 4

Team Assists 54: Kennedy Simonson 42

Team Kills 55: Teagan Erickson 25, Paige Wasson 20, Kendall Scheffelmear 9

Team Digs 84: Paige Wasson 21, Kennedy Simonson and Berkley Hillman each with 11

Team Blocks 4: BaiLee McColly 3, CharLee McColly 1

North Country v. Scobey

NC 25 - S 20

NC 25 - S 22

NC 25 - S 11

Team Aces 5

Team Kills 42: Teagan Erickson 21, Paige Wasson 15, Kendall Scheffelmear 5

Team Assists 41:  Kennedy Simonson 35

Team Digs 41: Paige Wasson and Ireland Mears each with 8, Berkley Hillman 7, Kendall Scheffelmear 6

Team Blocks 5: BaiLee McColly and CharLee McColly each with 2, Kendall Scheffelmear 1

"Next up we battled Plentywood at 4 p.m. and we were still rocking our groove beating the Wildcats in three. 8 p.m. was our last match of the day and it was against the Jordan Mustangs which we also beat in three," Coach Wasson said. "This was maybe the longest day of volleyball we've had this season. I was so proud of the girls hanging in there and really we worked hard on playing better defense and settling into our offense."

North Country v. Plentywood

NC 25 - PW 20

NC 25 - PW 21

NC 25 - PW 13

Team Aces 5

Team Kills 37: Paige Wasson and Kendall Scheffelmear each with 12, Kendall Scheffelmear 7

Team Assists 31: Kennedy Simonson 20, Paige Wasson 6, CharLee McColly 3

Team Digs 58: Paige Wasson 17, Kennedy Simonson, Ireland Mears, Berkley Hillman each with 8

Team Blocks 7: Kendall Scheffelmear 3, Teagan Erickson 2, Kennedy Simonson and BaiLee McColly each with 1

North Country v. Jordan Mustangs

NC 25 - J 21

NC 25 - J 19

NC 25 - J 20

Team Aces 4

Team Kills 46: Teagan Erickson 19, Paige Wasson 15, Kendall Scheffelmear 7, BaiLee McColly 4

Team Assists 41: Kennedy Simonson 30

Team Digs 62: Paige Wasson 15, Ireland Mears 12, Teagan Erickson 11, Berkley Hillman 10

Team Blocks 9: Kendall Scheffelmear 5, Teagan Erickson and BaiLee McColly each with 2

"Saturday we felt like we got a second chance by taking on Circle again. The girls came out with so vengeance. We put our foot on the pedal from the first serve and kept it floored till the last serve of the match," said Coach Wasson. "In the Championship we were keeping our play steady. We lost the first set and won the second then lost a close third but felt like we got caught on one or two servers to throw us off in the last set."

North Country v. Circle

NC 25 - C 19

NC 25 - C 17

NC 25 - C 12

Team Aces 6: Teagan Erickson 3

Team Kills 52: Teagan Erickson 24, Paige Wasson 16, Kendall Scheffelmear 7, CharLee McColly 4

Team Assists 51: Kennedy Simonson 34, Paige Wasson 13

Team Digs 54: Paige Wasson 12, Kennedy Simonson, Berkley Hillman and Ireland Mears each with 9

Team Blocks 4: BaiLee McColly 3, Teagan Erickson 1

Saturday Divisional Championship

North Country v. Broadus

NC 30 - B 32

NC 25 - B 21

NC 15 - B 25

NC 9 - B 25

Team Aces 2

Team Kills 44: Teagan Erickson 19, Paige Wasson 13, Kendall Scheffelmear 7

Team Assists 34: Kennedy Simonson 25

Team Digs 57: Paige Wasson 14, Kennedy Simonson and Berkley Hillman each with 9.

Team Blocks 8: Kendall Scheffelmear and Teagan Erickson each with 3, BaiLee McColly and CharLee McColly each with 1

North Country opens the 2023 State Class C Volleyball Tournament Thursday, Nov. 9, at 4 p.m. against Belt, the number one seed out of the Northern C Division and a rematch from last season for the Mavericks. The State tournament will run Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 9-11, at the Brick Breeden Fieldhouse, Montana State University in Bozeman.