Lady Mavs Take Third at 1C Tourney

The North Country Lady Mavericks volleyball team is headed to the 2024 Eastern C Divisional in Sidney after earning a third place finish in the 3C District Tournament on Saturday, November 2.

"I was extremely proud of these girls over the weekend," Lady Mavericks Head Coach Charlene Wasson said. "They did some really amazing things because of how awful our week started out with sickness and not having a full practice on any of the days we practiced. They fought through some pretty hard mental battles trying to keep themselves in and focused."

The Lady Mavericks hope to earn a spot at the State C Tournament for the third year in a row, but Coach Wasson knows that the team needs to play better.

"We still have some work to do to get back to the State Tournament," Coach Wasson said. "Both of the matches we lost at Districts were our poorest serving matches of the tournament. So if we clean up a few things and learn to be focused when we are mentally and physically exhausted I believe we will have an excellent chance to return to the State Tournament next week in Bozeman."

The Lady Mavericks are set to face the Broadus Hawks, who took home second place in the 2C tournament.

The Lady Mavericks won their first two games of the 1C Tournament, defeating Richey Lambert 3-1 in the second round after a bye round that the Mavs earned due to their regular season record. The next day, the Lady Mavs defeated Bainville to earn a berth into the divisional tournament.

The Lady Mavericks lost their next game to the Scobey Spartans in the semifinals 3-2, and then the third place match to Bainville.

The scores in North Country's win over Richey-Lambert in the second round of the 1C Tournament were 25-23, 25-22, 23-25, 25-20.

Stats vs Richey-Lambert: Aces: Team 11, BaiLee McColly and Berkley Hillman each with 3 and Gracie Wasson 2. Kills: Team 42, BaiLee McColly 17, CharLee McColly 12 and Lyli Bear, Emerson Downing and Gracie Wasson each with 4. Assists: Team 33 Kennedy Simonson 24, and Gracie Wasson 8. Digs: Team 64, Ireland Mears 15, Kennedy Simonson 12, Berkley Hillman 11 and Gracie Wasson 10. Blocks: Team 6, BaiLee McColly 3, CharLee McColly 2 and Emerson Downing 1.

The scores against Bainville in the quarterfinals were 25-15, 25-22, 21-25, and 25-17.

"The Mavericks put together a very impressive match serving the ball at 92% and creating 41 points off kills and digging their hits with efficiency," Coach Wasson said.

Stats vs Bainville: Aces: Team 9, Gracie Wasson 5, Berkley Hillman 3, Emerson Downing 1. Kills: Team 41, CharLee McColly 13, BaiLee McColly and Emerson Downing each with 10 and Gracie Wasson 6. Assists: Team 38, Kennedy Simonson 20 and Gracie Wasson 14. Digs: Team 51, Ireland Mears 11, Gracie Wasson 10, Kennedy Simonson, Berkley Hillman each with 8, and Emerson Downing 7. Blocks: Team 6, BaiLee McColly 4, CharLee McColly and Gracie Wasson each with 1.

Scores in North Country's loss to Scobey in the semi-finals: 22-25, 25-22, 25-18, 21-25, and 11-15.

Aces: Team 3, Kodi McColly 2, Gracie Wasson 1. Kills: Team 62, BaiLee McColly 21, Emerson Downing 13, Gracie Wasson 10, CharLee McColly 9 and Lyli Bear 7. Assists: Team 47, Kennedy Simonson 28, and Gracie Wasson 17. Digs: Team 67, Ireland Mears 15, Kennedy Simonson and Berkley Hillman each with 14, BaiLee McColly 10. Blocks: Team 8, BaiLee McColly 6, CharLee McColly 2.

Scores in North Country's loss to Bainville in the third place match: 25-23, 17-25, 25-21, 19-25, and 13-15.

Third place match game stats: Aces: Team 8, Kennedy Simonson 3, and Berkley Hillman 2. Kills: Team 45, BaiLee McColly. 16, Emerson Downing 11, CharLee McColly 10, and Gracie Wasson 7. Assists: Team 39, Kennedy Simonson 25, and Gracie Wasson 12. Digs: Team 55, Kennedy Simonson 22, Emerson Downing 11, Berkley Hillman and Gracie Wasson each with 6 and Ireland Mears 5. Blocks: Team 7, CharLee McColly 5, and BaiLee McColly 2.