A year ago, the Three Rivers volleyball race came down to Caledonia, PEM, and FC. The Falcons fell to the Warriors late. The league race wound up Warriors (12-0), Bulldogs (11-1), Falcons (10-2). All three teams figured to be in the hunt this year. PEM entered its match with FC having already lost to #3 in A Caledonia in five sets. And in one fell swoop, in just their … [Read more...]
Volleyball (9/5 – 9/9)
#6 in Class A M-C 3, Houston 0 > 25-10, 25-13, 25-17 (MC: S. Slafter 9 kills, 8 digs; Lexi Thorson 10 digs; Hannah Snell 9 digs; Dakota Delaney 7 kills; Maddy Michels 6 kills, 19-20 serving, 5 aces; Payton Danielson 6 kills, 7 digs; Kenidi McCabe 29 assists. H: Amber Chapel 4 kills, 3 blocks; Becca Lee 7 digs; Ariel Scanlan 9 assists) La Crescent 1, Kingsland 3 > … [Read more...]
Opening A New Home
Rushford-Peterson opened a new school and thus a new gymnasium. The first official varsity game at the new venue was a win. R-P volleyball beat L-A in four sets; 25-22, 25-22, 22-25, 25-15. Lauren Lawston (13 kills, 11 digs) and Kensay Clobes (9 kills, 14 digs, 3 aces) led the way. Kaitlyn Bieberdorf (7 kills, 15-15 serving), Peyton Hoiness (28 assists), and Nicole … [Read more...]
Volleyball (8/28 – 8/31)
Houston 1, S.A. 3 > 25-21, 7-25, 20-25, 22-25 (H: Ariel Scanlan 12 assists, 16-17 serving, 2 aces; Becca Lee 13 digs) M-C 3, G-E 0 > 25-3, 25-4, 25-3 (MC: Lauren Wyffels 21-21 serving, 7 aces, 9 digs, 10 assists; P. Danielson 9 kills, 17-17 serving, 4 aces; M. Michels 8 kills; Sarina Stortz 7 kills; S. Slafter 4 kills, 5 aces; K. McCabe 20 assists) Houston 2, L/P 3 … [Read more...]
Volleyball Openers (8/24)
GM 0, #7 in A M-C 3 > 25-14, 25-14, 25-16 (MC: Savannah Slafter 11 kills, 14 digs; Kenidi McCabe 37 assists, 13 digs, 3 aces; Dakota Delaney 13 kills; Lexi Thorson 9 digs, 5 aces; Maddy Michels 9 kills; Payton Danielson 5 kills, 13 digs) #2 in A Hayfield 3, FC 0 > 26-28, 7-25, 18-25 (FC: Madison Scheevel 19 assists, 15 digs; Kaelyn Marzolf 8 kills; Cailey Rindels 5 … [Read more...]
2017 Volleyball Preview
The 2017 volleyball season begins with turnover being a main theme. Last year’s All-Conference teams featured 12 total picks from county teams. Nine were seniors. Fillmore Central, Rushford-Peterson, Lanesboro, and Mabel-Canton lost multiple multi-year stand-out (All-Conference plus) players. Kingsland and Chatfield each graduated experienced seniors groups. And thus … [Read more...]
Post-Season Volleyball Awards
A trio of All-State selections highlight the volleyball post-season award winners. Senior Ms. Everything Coranda Vickerman heads the Mabel-Canton cast. For the fourth straight season, the 5’9” setter/hitter is All-SEC. For a second time she is Class A All-State. ‘C.J.’ helped the Cougars to a fourth straight 1A East title game, a seventh straight 30-win season, and a 19th … [Read more...]
Warriors Overwhelm Cougars
Sometimes the opponent is just too good. Sometimes a team is just over-matched. Maybe in another place, another time, Mabel-Canton (2-seed, 32-4) volleyball could’ve fared better versus Caledonia (1-seed, 26-5). But for the 2016 1A East sub-section title, in a re-match of last year’s title game, the Warriors exerted their will. A year ago, Caledonia’s downfall, M-C’s windfall, … [Read more...]
Volleyball (1A, 1AA Play-Offs)
(12) Houston 0, (5) R-P 3 > 25-12, 25-14, 25-16 (RP: S. Skalet 33 assists, 9 digs; Ashley Agrimson 10 kills, 10 digs; Brianna Koop 7 kills, 9 digs, 17-17 serving. H: Jenny Albrecht 6 kills; Ariel Scanlan 11 assists, 7 digs, 3 aces. ‘Canes finish 3-19) (10) Kingsland 1, (7) SA 3 > 21-25, 26-28, 25-23, 21-25 (K: Lauren Buchholtz 13 kills; Kellyn Webster 21 digs; Kailey … [Read more...]
Oops, M-C Does It Again
Britney Spears may or may not be Mabel-Canton (2-seed, 31-4) volleyball’s favorite artist. But for the third time in five years, M-C did it, rallying from a hole at Mayo Civic Center. For the second time in five years, they came back from down 0-2 versus Fillmore Central. The Falcons (3-seed, 18-9) were on fire early. In game one, they erased an 18-14 MC lead with an 8-1 run, … [Read more...]