Three players from Poplar and one from Wolf Point earned selection to the District 2B second team for the volleyball season. Voted to the second team from Poplar were senior Angelina Escarcega, senior Rebecca Gorder and junior Braelyn Nordwick. Wolf Point’s junior Kashlyn Speak Thunder also was selected to the second team. First team selections included Harlem’s senior Raelynne

The Poplar Indians opened the District 2B volleyball tournament by downing Wolf Point, 25-12, 25-19, 20-25, 25-18, in Malta on Thursday, Oct. 31. The Indians jumped out to an 11-1 lead in the opening set with the serving of Rebecca Gorder and net play of Lilliana O’Neal highlighting action. A spike by Lanie Moran put Poplar ahead by a 14-4 lead, but the Wolves battled back on kills by Keeley

Poplar’s volleyball team lost matches against Fairview and Harlem during the District 2B tournament in Malta on Friday, Nov. 1. Fairview defeated the Indians by a 25-7, 25-21, 25-11, final. Quintana Young led Poplar with four aces and five kills in the match. Rebecca Gorder finished with 16 assists. Angelina Escarcega accounted for 36 digs. Makenzie Crawford had three blocks.

The volleyball season for Lustre Christian ended with a 22-25, 13-25, 13-25, loss against Richey/Lambert on Friday, Nov. 1. Kills by Lauren Holzrichter, Rachel Pew and Jaden Gibson kept the Lions close midway into the first set. An ace by Lauren Fast tied the score at 17-17. After kills by Addi Foss put the Fusion ahead, Lustre scored on a kill and ace by Hannah Brown. Another ace by H. Brown

Culbertson defeated Frazer by a 25-14, 25-10, 25-9, margin on Friday morning. The Cowgirls were ahead by only an 8-5 margin early in the first set until striking for 10 straight points. Three aces by Jazzmin Fugere and kills by Mariana Burciaga and Emma Berwick led the Cowgirls’ streak. Frazer’s Maci Fourstar-Sibley accounted for a kill and ace to close the gap to 208. After Culbertson’s

Froid/Lake knocked off Brockton by a 25-10, 25-6, 2512, final on Friday morning. The first set was deadlocked at 7-7 until the Red Hawks ran off 11 straight points. Leading the charge were kills by Mara Salvevold, Isabelle Nordwick and Joelle Davidson along with the serving of Brooklynn Nordwick. Ahead by a 22-10 margin, Froid/Lake ended the first set on kills by Salvevold and B. Nordwick.

Poplar’s girls placed 11th in the team standings at the Class B state cross country meet held in Missoula on Saturday, Oct. 26. Poplar’s Journey Gourneau, an eighth-grader, finished in 33rd place with a time of 21:35.6. Mattie Falls Down, a senior, placed 44th at 22:05.6. Amelia Weeks earned 55th place at 22:39.6. Kellyn Azure ran the course in 23:13.1 for 74th place. Cammie Martell took