Butte County flexes muscles in sweep of Ririe

TERRETON — Coming disconnected a play successful which they vanished 17-3 but grounded to suffice for nan authorities 1A D1 volleyball tournament, nan Butte Pirates are disconnected to different beardown start.

Despite struggling astatine past week’s ThunderBee Classic, Butte County High School entered a Tuesday evening non-conference tilt pinch nan Ririe Bullldogs pinch an awesome 13-3 record. And not only person nary not mislaid a lucifer extracurricular of nan ThunderBee, nan Pirates had yet to driblet a group distant from nan Bonneville tournament.

Butte (14-3) continued that tally of power successful nan neutral tract game, beating Ririe (7-2-2) astatine West Jefferson High School.

The Pirates bashed their measurement to a best-of-three straight-set victory, 25-19, 25-17, down nan ascendant one-two punch of sophomore Autumn Gamett and inferior Paige Williams.

Head coach Gretchen Simpson said that she has travel to expect that from nan 2 stars, but said that this crippled did not supply a afloat show of her team’s power.

“This was a unsmooth crippled for us. This was not our champion crippled astatine all,” Simpson said. “But (the players) are beautiful bully astatine conscionable persevering, and making points 1 astatine a time.”

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Butte usually relies connected a much equilibrium attack, but were forced to trust connected nan Gamett-Williams duo pinch immoderate of nan different players struggling. The Pirates besides mislaid sophomore Addison Pancheri to an ankle wounded early successful nan first set. Pancheri did return to nan crippled successful nan 2nd set, but was visibly slowed by nan injury.

“This was conscionable a time erstwhile we aren’t putting it each together,” Simpson said, adding that her squad “can really show you something” erstwhile it is patient and firing connected each cylinders.

The Pirates sewage 8 kills from Gamett and different 4 kills from Williams, who added 2 blocks and a work ace. They vanished their Tuesday doubleheader pinch a 2-0 triumph complete big West Jefferson (2-8-2).

The Bulldogs, who came backmost to hit West Jefferson, 3-2, earlier taking nan tribunal against Butte, were paced by sophomore Jadyn Nelson, who contributed 4 kills and a work ace.