Valkyries nail down Northwest A volleyball's top seed

COLUMBIA FALLS — Somer Campos had 10 kills and five blocks, Sophia Lowell added nine kills and Bigfork got past Columbia Falls in straight sets in an important Northwest A volleyball Tuesday.The set scores were 27-25, 25-17 and 27-25, with Columbia Falls getting 17 combined kills from Annabelle Middlesworth and Rylee Sweeney.Bigfork ended up 11-1 in league matches and with the No. 1 seed into the Western A Divisional that begins Thursday, Nov. 5 at Hamilton High School.Sweeney also had three blocks for the Wildkats, who fell to 7-5 in league matches.The Valkyries, Polson and Whitefish all qualified for the Divisional; Polson also went 11-1 but lost the tiebreaker with Bigfork, so goes in as the No. 2 seed. Likewise Whitefish (7-5) owns the tiebreaker over Columbia Falls.The Wildkats play host to Browning Thursday while Ronan has a play-in match with visiting Libby.Thursday’s winners meet up Saturday to vie for the Northwest A’s No. 4 seed into Hamilton.Bigfork def. Columbia Falls 27-25, 25-17, 27-25Kills — Bigfork 37 (Somer Campos 10, Sophia Lowell 8), Columbia Falls 33 (Anabelle Middlesworth 9, Rylee Sweeney 8). Assists — Bigfork 33 (Payton Despain 32), Columbia Falls 30 (Jezanie Brooks 24). Digs — Bigfork 73 (Kenley Wheeler 23), Columbia Falls 79 (Ava Scholz 27, Peyton Ross 13). Blocks — Bigfork 9 (Somer Campos 5), Columbia Falls 4 (Sweeney 3). Aces — Bigfork 8 (Emily Wisman 3), Columbia Falls 7 (Kamryn Ladenburg 2, Scout Nelson 2).Polson def. Ronan 3-0POLSON — McKenna Corley had 11 kills, Eliza Todd had nine and Polson defeated Ronan in straight sets Tuesday, 25-19, 25-22, 25-12.Embree Bird had 21 assists and Aleysia Black 13 helpers for the Lady Pirates; Black had a time-high 19 digs and four aces as well. Todd had two blocks.A full summary was not provided.