4 CMR volleyball stars named to All-State teams

Tribune Staff
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Four members of the C.M. Russell High volleyball team were named to postseason honors teams after another year placing in the state tournament.

Senior libero Avarey Stuff and senior outside hitter Ella Cochran were named first-team All-State for the Rustlers, which finished third at the Class AA state tournament earlier this month. It was the fourth year in a row CMR placed at the year-end meet.

Senior middle blocker Lexi Thornton was voted as a second-team All-State performer, as was senior setter Norah Allen.

Setter Rylee Kogolshak of state champion Billings Senior was named the Eastern AA Player of the Year, while Camille Sherrill of Missoula Hellgate was the Player of the Year for the West.

Here are the full Class AA honors teams as voted on by the coaches:

Eastern AA player of the year: Rylee Kogolshak, Sr., Billings Senior, setter

Western AA player of the year: Camille Sherrill, Sr., Missoula Hellgate, outside hitter

First-team all-state: Austin Long, Jr., Billings West, libero; Avarey Stuff, Sr., Great Falls CMR, libero; Leela Ormsby, So., Billings Senior, middle; Sydney Pierce, Jr., Billings West, middle; Camille Sherrill, Sr., Missoula Hellgate, outside hitter; Ella Cochran, Sr., Great Falls CMR, outside hitter; Karsen Breeding, Jr., Bozeman Gallatin, outside hitter; Sidney Streiff, Jr., Billings West, outside hitter; Addie Allen. Jr., Billings West, setter; Rylee Kogolshak, Sr., Billings Senior, setter.

Second-team all-state: Maddie Frazier, Sr., Kalispell Glacier, libero; Olivia Wagner, Sr., Belgrade, libero; Lauren Heuiser, Sr., Helena, middle; Lexi Thornton, Sr., Great Falls CMR, middle; Carissa Stratman, Sr., Bozeman, outside hitter; Kourtney Grossman, Jr., Billings West, outside hitter; Piper Jette, Jr., Billings Senior, outside hitter; AJ Hanninen, Sr., Missoula Sentinel, setter; Kim Feller. Sr., Helena, setter; Norah Allen, Sr., Great Falls CMR, setter.

Western AA

First-team all-conference: Bailey Casagrande, Jr., Missoula Sentinel, libero; Cyan Mooney, Sr., Kalispell Flathead, libero; Maddie Frazier, Sr., Kalispell Glacier, libero; Morin Blaise, Sr., Helena, libero; Ella Farrell, Jr., Kalispell Glacier, middle; Lauren Heuiser, Sr., Helena, middle; Olivia Huntsinger, Sr., Missoula Sentinel, middle; Alexis Eggert, Sr., Missoula Sentinel, outside hitter; Camille Sherrill, Sr., Missoula Hellgate, outside hitter; Makenzie Jackson, Jr., Helena, outside hitter; Sarah Downs, Jr., Kalispell Glacier, outside hitter; Sienna Sterck, Jr., Kalispell Flathead, outside hitter; AJ Hanninen, Sr., Missoula Sentinel, setter; Kim Feller, Sr., Helena, setter; Rece Sandau, Sr., Missoula Big Sky, setter.

Second-team all-conference: Darby Martin, Sr., Helena Capital, libero; Ashbeigh Hall, Sr., Missoula Hellgate, middle; Laura Rosenleaf, Sr., Butte, middle; Margaret Sharkey, Jr., Missoula Sentinel, middle; Nyeala Herndon, Sr., Helena Capital, middle; Alex Bullock, Sr., Helena, outside hitter; Ava Kellenberg, Jr., Missoula Sentinel, outside hitter; Lexi Baer, Sr., Missoula Sentinel, outside hitter; Olive Lyngholm, Jr., Kalispell Flathead, outside hitter; Haven Speer, Jr., Kalispell Glacier, setter; Jaycee Cleveland, So., Butte, setter; Kayla Almquist, Sr., Helena Capital, setter.

Honorable mention all-conference: Alayna Shepard, Sr., Missoula Sentinel, libero; Annika Nehring, Jr., Helena, libero; Cami Kautzman, Sr., Butte, libero; Avary Johnson, Jr., middle; Averie Olson, Sr., Butte, middle; Birdie Heuiser, So., Helena, middle; Kaitlyn Anderson, Sr., Missoula Big Sky, outside hitter; Riley Chandler, Jr., Helena Capital, outside hitter; Georgia Wilson, Sr., Kalispell Flathead, setter; Moana Massey, So., Missoula Hellgate, setter; Taylor Ferretti, Jr., Helena Capital, setter.

Eastern AA

First-team all-conference: Austin Long, Billings West, Jr., libero; Avarey Stuff, Sr., Great Falls CMR, libero; Leela Ormsby, So., Billings Senior, middle; Sydney Pierce, Jr., Billings West, middle; Carissa Stratman, Sr., Bozeman, outside hitter; Ella Cochran, Sr., Great Falls CMR, outside hitter; Karsen Breeding, Jr., Bozeman Gallatin, outside hitter; Kourtney Grossman, Jr., Billings West, outside hitter; Piper Jette, Jr., Billings Senior, outside hitter; Sidney Streiff, Jr., Billings West, outside hitter; Addie Allen, Jr., Billings West, setter; Rylee Kogolshak, Sr., Billings Senior, setter.

Second-team: Olivia Wegner, Sr., Belgrade, libero; Cadence Lundgren, So., Bozeman Gallatin, middle; Halle Haber, Jr., Billings West, middle; Lexi Thornton, Sr., Great Falls CMR, middle; Maddie Swanson, Jr., Billings Senior, middle; Izzy Ping, Jr., Billings Senior, outside hitter; Josie Blazina, Jr., Belgrade, outside hitter; Norah Allen, Sr., Great Falls CMR, setter.

Honorable mention: Jaeli Jenkins, Sr., Bozeman Gallatin, libero; Taylor Ketchum, Jr., Billings Skyview, libero; Taylor Speake, So, Bozeman Gallatin, libero; Bria Isley, Jr., Bozeman, outside hitter; Ella Kincaid, Sr., Billings Senior, outside hitter; Addie Swanson, Jr., Bozeman Gallatin, setter; Clara Fox, Sr., Bozeman, setter; Jenna Garvert, Jr., Belgrade, setter.

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