PREP: Volleyball sinks Bulldogs, Beckle and Thomson top Badgers at Libby

Volleyball sinks Bulldogs in 3-2 non-league battle 

BONNERS FERRY — The host Lady Badgers took the Lady Bulldogs to five sets and clinched a 3-2 victory (25-22, 13-25, 17-25, 25-20, 12-15) in a non-league 5A/4A battle at Bonners Ferry High School on Friday. 

Senior outside hitter, Helene Rae led the Badgers in kills with 18, followed by sophomore outside hitter Taren Bateman with 12. Rae also led the Badgers with 24 serve receptions.  

Seniors Rylie Kimball and Rae Bonners in serving aces with eight each. Kimball added three blocks, with two being assisted by Bateman and Ellie Falck.  

Bateman led the team in digs with 23, followed by Rae with 14.  

Falck, a senior setter, earned 33 assists in the Badger 3-2 victory over 5A Sandpoint.  

The Bagers are 1-1 and play Lincoln County in Eureka, Mont.,  on Sept. 10. 

Beckle and Thomson, top runners for BF at Libby  

LIBBY, Mont. — Sydney Beckle and Micah Thomson lead the seventh and 14th placed Badger cross country teams at the Libby Invite on Friday, Aug. 30.  

“This past weekend, 17 Badgers competed in the Libby Cross Country Invitational meet in Montana with all of our returning runners beating their times from last year on a difficult course,” Bonners Ferry head coach Lyndsay Hart said. 

Beckle, a senior and XC veteran, finished with a time of 21:54.39, finishing in 23rd as an individual and leading the Badger girls to seventh place.  

Thomson, a junior and one of the Badgers’ top runners, finished with a time of 19:01.17 and took 60th place, leading the Badgers as a team to a 14th place finish.  

Bonners Ferry is set to race at the Timberlake Farragut Invite at Farragut State Park on Saturday, Sept. 7.  

Badger cross country is hosting the team’s annual car wash and bake sale on Friday, Sept. 6 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in front of the Boundary County Middle School.  

BOYS 

TEAM SCORES — 1, Flathead 59; 2, Glacier 65; 3, Sandpoint 86; 4, Lakeland 154; 5, Columbia Falls 168; 6, Timberlake 176; 7, Lewiston 184; 8, Florence-Carlton 194; 9, Post Falls 198; 10, Browning 223; 11, Libby 232; 12, Bigfork 256; 13, Lincoln County 351; 14, Bonners Ferry 375. 

INDIVIDUALS (Top 10) — 1, Robbie Nuila, Flathead, 15:40.25; 2, Paul Kent, Sandpoint, 15:50.46; 3, Kasen Kastner, Flathead, 15:53.91; 4, Caleb Royce, Timberlake, 16:01.78; 5, Owen Thiel, Glacier, 16:12.21; 6, Brayden Lamanna, Priest River Lamanna, 16:15.92; 7, Austin Averette, Post Falls, 16:28.95; 8, River Racine, Browning, 16:43.86; 9, Cody Watson, Libby, 16:46.18; 10, Lucas Clements, Lewiston, 16:47.03. 

Bonners Ferry times — 60, Micah Thomson, 19:01.17; 78, Colton Cohen, 20:11.98; 82, Matthew McCabe, 21:02.78; 89, Adam Copen, 22:38.29; 93, Gaige Johnson, 23.47.75. 

GIRLS  

TEAM SCORES — 1, Glacier 56; 2, Timberlake 59; 3, Post Falls 59; 4, Columbia Falls 94; 5, Browning 147; 6, Sandpoint 157; 7, Bonners Ferry 185; 8, Whitefish 203; 9, Lakeland 208; 10, Libby 224. 

INDIVIDUALS (Top 10) — 1, Kaylynn Misner, Post Falls, 18:31.13; 2, Lauren Bissen, Glacier, 18:48.40; 3, Josie Wilson, Flathead, 18:56.71; 4, Vanessa McLachlan, Timberlake, 19:56.31; 5, Talia Bonville, Post Falls, 20:23.96; 6, Mya Badger, Columbia Falls, 20:39.87; 7, Malia Miller, Timberlake, 20:50.61; 8, Addisyn Storm, Lewiston, 20:51.77; 9, Angelique Averette, Post Falls, 20:55.18; 10, Lola Eggleston, Timberlake, 21:00.08. 

Bonners Ferry times: 23, Sydney Beckle, 21:54.39; 27, Matisyn Stiern, 21:59.13; 42, Kylie Calderone, 22:43.11; 53, Gia Roemer, 23:39.91; 64, Timber Jackson, 25:34.40.