Athlete of the Week first two-time winner

(CHOTEAU) – WE HAVE OUR FIRST TWO-TIME WINNER OF THE KSEN/K96-

BOZEMAN TROPHY ATHLETE OF THE WEEK.

LET US FIRST MENTION THAT H.S. VOLLEYBALL IS A TEAM GAME IF THERE

EVER WAS ONE AND WE RECOGNIZE THE GREAT EFFORT PUT FORTH BY THE CHOTEAU

LADY BULLDOGS AT LAST WEEKEND’S STATE B TOURNAMENT.

THE BULLDOGS, HOWEVER, WERE UNDOUBTEDLY LED BY JR. CELIE SALMOND

WHO LED THEM IN KILLS AND BLOCKS IN EVERY ONE OF THIR FOUR MATCHES.  SHE

HAD A TOTAL OF 49 KILLS…..AN AVG OF OVER 12 PER MATCH.

SALMOND ALSO LED THE LADY BULLDOGS IN BLOCKS WITH OVER 10 A MATCH

INCLUDING THE FINAL POINT OF THE MATCH WITH RED LODGE.

AFTER LOSING 12 SENIORS FROM A YEAR AGO, SALMOND WAS THE ONLY

RETURNING STARTER AND LED THE YOUNG BULLDOGS TO A 4^TH PLACE FINISH.  HEAD

COACH ANN FUNK SAID SHE DIDN’T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THIS TEAM AT

THE BEGINNING BUT BY THE END SHE SAID IN THE CHOTEAU ACANTHA, “THE KIDS

NEVER QUIT, NEVER SHUT DOWN AND IT WAS IMPRESSIVE TO WATCH WHAT THEY

DID AND WHAT THEY ACHIEVED.

SEASON ENDING ALL-CONFERENCE SELECTIONS WERE RELEASED ON WEDNESDAY

AND AS EXPECTED SALMOND WAS NAMED TO THE 1B ALL-CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM AND

WAS ONE OF THREE ALL-STATE PLAYERS.   THE OTHER TWO WERE SR. JILL BARTA OF FAIRFIELD

AND SR. JESSICA MAHR OF SHELBY.

THE REST OF THE FIRST TEAM INCLUDED; SR. PAIGE LARSON – CUT BANK, HALEY HENDERSON

AND HANNAH BOWERS OF CHOTEAU AND MORGAN VAN DYKE OF CONRAD.

SECOND TEAM HONORS WENT TO KRISTA JUDISCH OF CONRAD, KYLEE BAILEY

OF CHOTEAU, KAYLA LEARY – CUT BANK, MELANIE BRAUCHLE – SHELBY, HALLIE STRINGFELLOW-

CHOTEAU, KOURTNEY COVERDELL – FAIRFIELD AND ALEX KRAFT OF CUT BANK.

THE ATHLETE OF THE WEEK IS SPONSORED LOCALLY BY McDONALD’S IN CUT BANK.