Heart River ends Trinity's season in 5

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BEULAH — Heart River kept its incredible season alive with an incredible comeback Monday afternoon.

The Cougars battled back from an two-game deficit to end Dickinson Trinity’s season with a 16-25, 13-25, 25-23, 25-19, 15-13 victory during the Region 7 volleyball tournament at the Beulah High School gymnasium.

“It was heartbreaker,” Trinity head coach Melini Grosulak said.

The Cougars (31-5) leaned on junior middle hitter Miranda Kadrmas and senior outside hitter Alicia Palaniuk to carry them into their semifinal match against District 14 champion Hazen at 5 p.m. MST today.

Kadrmas had a match-high 22 kills and Palaniuk added 17. Kadrmas added five blocks and two aces.

“Miranda Kadrmas had a couple big hits at the end,” Grosulak said.

Alyson Schieno led the Titans with 17 kills while Nikki Grinsteinner had 13 kills and a match-high seven blocks. Christina Zach had 11 kills and Mackenzie Glasser had 36 assists.

Grosulak said the collapse was nothing new to the Titans.

“That’s kind of been a problem we’ve had all year,” she said. “Either we start off really strong and we kind of let up and this happens.”

Trinity 25 25 23 19 13 — 2

HR 16 13 25 25 15 — 3

Kills: T, Alyson Schieno 17, Nikki Grinsteinner 13, Christina Zach 11. HR, Miranda Kadrmas 22, Alicia Palaniuk 17, Shea Shypkoski 8, Hannah Rodne 8.

Blocks: T, Grinsteinner 7, Andrea Jirges 3. HR, Kadrmas 5, Quinn Steffan 2.

Aces: T, Schieno 3, Kelsey Barth 3, Mariah Quintus 2, Nicole Kristianson 2. HR, Steffan 2, Kadrmas 2.

Digs: T, Katie Kovash 11, Kristianson 10, Schieno 9. HR, Shypkoski 28, Hutzenbiler 24, Rodne 22, Steffan 22.

Assists: T, Mackenzie Glasser 36. HR, Kaycee Hutzenbiler 22, Steffan 8.

Hazen 3, Hettinger 1

Rachael Hansana had seven kills to go along with her match highs of 25 assists and six aces as District 14 champion Hazen reached the semifinals with a 25-10, 25-13, 23-25, 25-17 victory over the Black Devils.

Payton Borud, Sarah Grimm and DeeAnna Ziegler each had eight kills for the Bison.

Samantha Kristy had 16 kills, four aces, two blocks and 17 digs for Hettinger. Alix Pearson added nine kills and three blocks.

Hettinger 10 13 25 17 — 1

Hazen 25 25 23 25 — 3

Kills: Hettinger, Samantha Kristy 16, Alix Pearson 9, Mackenzie Stippich 5. Hazen, Payton Borud 8, Sarah Grimm 8, DeeAnna Ziegler 8, Rachael Hansana 7.

Blocks: Hettinger, Pearson 3, Kristy 2, Stippich 2. Hazen, Hansana 3, Ziegler 3.

Aces: Hettinger, Kristy 4. Hazen, Hansana 6, Grimm 3.

Digs: Hettinger, Kristy 17, Reba Resner 8, Tess Killwein 7. Hazen, Grimm 7, Breaunna Oakland 5, Hansana 5.

Assists: Hettinger, Killwein 19. Hazen, Hansana 25.

Beach 3, Richardton-Taylor 0

LaCee Vollum had 11 kills as District 13 champion Beach swept Richardton-Taylor 25-14, 25-16, 25-19 to move into the semifinals.

Halle Olson led the Raiders with 11 kills and Brianna Steiner added seven.

Brittney Dietz added nine kills while Danie Weinreis set up 26 assists.

Beach will face Beulah at approximately 6:30 p.m. MST today in the semifinals.

RT 14 16 19 — 0

Beach 25 25 25 — 3

Kills: RT, Halle Olson 11, Brianna Steiner 7, Amber Rebel 3. B, LaCee Vollum 11, Brittney Dietz 9, Jill Rising 5.

Blocks: RT, Steiner 1, Ashley Gullickson 1. B, Dietz 5, Kiffin Howard 3, Rising 2, Dani Weinreis 2.

Aces: RT, Olson 1. B, Katie Schmelling 2, Rising 2.

Digs: RT, McKinzee Stein 13, Rebel 7, Olson 5. B, Rising 7, Howard 6, Dietz 6, Abby Wienreis

Assists: RT, Rebel 23. B, D. Weinreis 26.

Beulah 3, Scranton 0

Anna Iverson had 10 kills and a pair of blocks as Beulah moved on to the semifinals with a 25-14, 25-16, 25-10 victory over Scranton.

Meghan Battest and Taryn Zacher added nine kills each while Kelsie Schmidt and Kaycee Link had eight kills. Link also had a match-high four blocks.

Shelby Burns led Scranton with eight kills and five blocks.

Scranton 14 16 10 — 0

Beulah 25 25 25 — 3

Kills: S, Shelby Burns 8, Taylor Keiner 7, Kaitlyn Olson 7. B, Anna Iverson 10, Meghan Battest 9, Taryn Zacher 9, Kelsie Schmidt 8, Kaycee Link 8.

Blocks: S, Burns 5. B, Link 4, Iverson 2.

Aces: S, Kyla Teske 1, Hannah Sabe 1. B, Battest 2, Taryn Zacher 2, Becca Alt 2, Kaitlyn Grad 2.

Digs: S, Kaitlin Reitz 12, Kelner 7, Olson 7. B, Nichole Lorenz 10, Emmie Miller 8, Alt 7, Battest 6.

Assists: S, Courtney Anderson 9, Sabe 7. B, Grad 31.

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