Trenton put up a second-game fight, but the hosting Stanley Blue Jays won 3-0 on Tuesday night to advance to the District 15 championship.

Top-seeded Stanley's 25-9, 25-20, 25-10 victory sends them into Thursday's final to face Watford City.

"I think we played okay," said Stanley coach Pappa. "We could have had a little more energy, but I thought overall they played real well together."

Stanley's front-row hitting power was in evidence all game.

Stanley finished the first game on a 14-3 run, and then won the second game despite Trenton hanging around as close as 23-19 late. Chai Pappa helped the Blue Jays pull away in the third game with an impressive service run. The eighth-grader came in with a full jump serve and aced four of five points in quick succession.

The loss leaves No. 4 Trenton in a regional play-in game on Thursday against No. 6 Parshall.

"If they play hard like this tomorrow, I don't have any doubt that they'll pull out a win," said Trenton coach Jean Turcotte. "They looked good."

Stanley's Brooke Meyer led the team with eight kills, and ReeAnn Mehus had 13 assists and four digs.

Stanley 3, Trenton 0

Stanley 25 25 25

Trenton 9 20 10

Stanley stats

Kills - Brooke Meyer 8, Jasmin Pappa 5, Shaunessy

Dauwalder 5, Rachel Mehus 3; Assists - ReeAnn Mehus 13, Bailey

Hornberger 3; Aces - Chai Pappa 4, Jasmin Pappa 3, Hornberger 2, Rachel

Mehus 2; Blocks - Meyer 4; Digs - ReeAnn Mehus 4, Karlie Hoherz 4,

Hornberger 4

Trenton stats unavailable

District 15 Tournament

at Stanley High School

Thursday

Regional qualifiers

New Town vs. TCS, 4:30 p.m.

Parshall vs. Trenton, 25 minutes after previous match

Championship

Stanley vs. Watford City, 25 minutes after previous match