The Panther volleyball team notched two more wins in the next to the last week of the regular season. Thursday they took on Whitehall and won 25-12, 25-12, 25-9. Saturday it was Belgrade’s JV that fell to the Panthers 25-11, 25-9, 25-10. The wins kept the Panthers in second place in the conference with a record of 6-2, trailing only Three Forks with a 9-0 conference record.
Other conference records have Manhattan at 6-3, Townsend 3-6, Big Timber 2-6 and Whitehall 0-8. Against Whitehall, Ellie Evertz started the scoring with a kill. Haydin Henschel put over an ace, Aubrey McMaster added a pair of aces, and a kill by Emily McGinnis gave the Panthers a 10-2 lead.
A couple more aces by McMaster, two more kills by McGinnis and an ace by Abby Rosenbaum stretched that lead to 19-2. The Panthers finished it off with kills by Katy Twichel and Leah Vossler for the 25-12 win. Game two the Panthers started a younger lineup. Simonie Mendenhall put down a pair of kills to lead the Panthers to a 10-0 start, and shortly after that her block gave the Panthers a 15-1 lead. Whitehall was able to pull within eight at one point, but Callie Warfle ended the run with a pair of aces, and the Panthers went on to win 25-12.
