GREAT FALLS — In one of last Thursday's Eastern AA state volleyball play-in matches, the Great Falls CMR Rustlers took down Belgrade in straight sets to punch a ticket to the state tournament after losing in the same game last season.

The Rustlers will be making their first appearance in Bozeman since 2022.

"I went to state my freshman year, but it's nothing like my senior year," senior Malia Allen said Tuesday at CMR High School. "I'm just super excited to go with these people too because I love them so much."

"It was so fun," senior Rilee Mares said on the win over Belgrade. "Just to know that we were going to state, and then everyone was just so happy and the celebration out there was really fun."

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