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Sports ~~~~;~~t~P a Championship With the season in full swing, the Hellgate volleyball team will be looking to try and get into the playoffs after being denied a berth by Helena High School who went on to lose to a tough Billings Senior team. The Knights have a veteran team wi~h five out of the thirteen spots being filled by seniors, and returning · coach Christine Hiller-Claridge who has been coaching the Knights for four ye~rs. Senior Kailey Pfaff said \I feel like we are a very strong team and have a lot of talent and potential in the team.\ Mter being knocked . off so close to the po · stsea- son last year, the Knights are hungry to get back into the playoffs. \We are hoping to go to state and be successful there,\ said Pfaff. \Every girl is drooling over the possibility of going to state and it's a real- ity this year\ said coach Hiller-Claridge. Early in the season the Knights played in the Great Falls Invite where they placed 3rd in the consolation brack- et. \We didn't do very well in the tourna- ment, however we came out knowing who we were going to be as a team and what areas we needed to work on and that's usually my goal for that weekend,\ said Hiller-Claridge on the Great Falls Invite. Hellgate is looking forward to the Missoula Invite, where they took 2nd place last year. ''The tournament should be good, it's always more of a fun time with good competition,\ said Pfaff. Hiller- Claridge felt that last year's Invite was a \really nice culminating experience for all the players and allows for a great second chance to view the other teams in the 13 conference.\ Hellgate's conference-play hasn't been great, going 3-4 and standing in 4th place for now. Hiller-Claridge wants the team to focus on, ''balancing the roller coaster out,\ and staying consistent in their team play. ''Right now we are tied for 4th but I'd like us to get up to 3rd place. This season's start has been very good and positive, since we have won quite a bit of games, it gives us the momentum for the season which we need,\ said Pfaff when asked about their season. The Knights will end their season with the Missoula Invite and a road trips to Butte, Glacier, and Helena Capital. Hellgate will be hoping to capture their second championship in school history. • • • Putting One. Foot In Front Of The Other • Grant Porter/Assistant Features Editor As the Montana State Golf Tournaments drew to an end, all there is an incredible feat when they broke the state record to win the team title ·le ft to do is look back on the performances of all the young club swing- with a score of 580 in the two day tournament. The standout athlete ers. Hellgate's own Isak Nord was tied for second place after the first for Missoula was Sean Ramsbacher who got fifth overall with a score round oflast week's tournament. Tragically he took a fall in the rankings of 143 to lead his Sentinel Spartans to third place with a score of 603. after the second round to 13th and remained there for the rest of the The Knights , ended with a less-than-stellar performance with a second- tournament. That being said, 13th place is no small feat as it makes the to-last place finish with a score of 663 over the Big Sky eagles who had Hellgate senior an all stater. In class AA girls, the returning favorite from a score of 800. What was it that didn't click into place for the Knights? Glacier and the 2nd place finisher of the women's side of the draw was who knows. A few of Hellgate's golfers had good performances but in Teigan Avery who put on a good performance and very nearly defended general the team didn't do incredibly well as a whole which leads one to her title. Avery shot a 146, the winner was Hayden Flohr who shot a 144 wonder, with the graduation of Isak Nord and Aiden Chisholm, a few of to barely take the title from Avery. The battle between the two excellent our top senior golfers, in what direction will the team go for the next few golfers was . one of the stories to remember from the tournament. years? In class A on the boys side of the draw, Liam Clancy of Billings Cen- The Hellgate girls got 12th in the tournament with good individual tral got the gold with a five-stroke win over the runner up, Max Toenjes performances from many of the girls. As a whole, the tournament was of Hamilton. In Class A on the team side of things, the Whitefish girls a display of excellent golf and team spirit. From the first place team to won the title to add another accolade to their now eighteen-title Mon- the last, there were stellar performances and improvements made. Th~ • tana Class A title record. In Class A, Billings Central took the boys title, winners of the AA tournament got the glory this year but next year is an beating last year's champions, the Hamilton Broncs, who fell just short open book with plenty of room for a few new names to be jotted down. of Central. In class AA boys, Tom Mann took the individual title with All in all, the tournaments this year were impeccable examples of how a score of 138 which put him two strokes ahead of the runner up Joey golf should be played under the Big Sky and had golf fans looking for- Moore. On the team side of things for the boys, Billings West pulled off ward to the next season.
