Libby creams the competition

The Lady Loggers played against Polson on Thursday evening winning in three games.

"We didn't have the best performance statistically in this match, but we held Polson to very few runs," said Coach Cindy Ostrem-Johnston. "They had a run of 5 and a run of 3."

The Loggers beat Polson 25-16, 25-12 and 25-14.

The team came away with 11 aces with senior Brooke Hageness taking 4 and sophomore Jackie Mee coming away with 2. The team had a serving percentage of 87.5. Senior Shelby Barton, senior Megan Wedel, junior Nichole Newman and junior Genesea Meha each had a perfect serving percentage of 100.

There were 27 kills in the match against Polson, with seniors Laice Dedrick and Mee each getting 8 kills.

"Jackie had a great attack percentage of 583 and Laice had a 465," said Ostrem-Johnston.

Barton had 4 kills with a 400 attack percentage. Barton also took 21 of the 25 assists for the team.

The team had 3 blocks courtesy of Barton, Mee and junior Crysta Quinn. There were 27 digs, with Hageness taking 6 and Wedel and Barton each with 5. Wedel and Dedrick each had a 2.0 serve/receive ratio.

On Saturday, the Loggers played against Ronan taking the team in three with scores of 25-21, 25-15 and 25-14.

"We struggled with serving, but we passed and hit well," Ostrem-Johnston said. "We started slow but gained momentum and we didn't allow too many big runs."

There were 18 aces, with Mee taking 4 and a 93 serving percentage. Barton had a 100 serving percentage. Quinn and Wedel each had 3 aces.

"There were some bright spots in the serving," Ostrem-Johnston added.

The team had 34 kills. Mee came away with 11 and a 450 attack percentage. Hageness had 7 kills and a 222 attack percentage.

Dedrick also had 7 kills and a 300 attack percentage. Quinn had 6 kills and a 267 attack percentage. The team had an overall attack percentage of 294.

Barton had 22 out of the 27 team assists. The team put up 2 blocks. There were 27 digs, with Wedel putting up 10 and a 2.77 serve receive ratio and Dedrick had 6 digs with a 2.43 serve receive ratio. Hageness had 4 digs and a 2.30 serve receive ratio and Mee had a 2.40 serve receive ratio. The team had a 2.26 serve receive ratio.

"I can live with that," Ostrem-Johnston said.

The Loggers played Whitefish on Tuesday in Whitefish and will play Bigfork for their homecoming game on Saturday.

"We have a big week this week, we're working on all areas of the game," Ostrem-Johnston explained. "We need to clean up our game and work on fine tuning and trying to get some consistency especially with serving and focus."

The Lady Loggers are currently 6-0 in conference and 7-0 overall.

"The program has been pretty successful, we're better this year then in the past few years," Ostrem-Johnston said. "There are four seniors this year, they're pretty hungry for it. We're on a mission this year."