SEC Volleyball – Season Openers (8/22 & 8/23)
Lanesboro 3, LeRoy-Ostrander 2 > 25-19, 19-25, 22-25, 20-25, 17-15 (L: Jensyn Storhoff 24 assists, 4 aces; Ellie Howard 20 digs; Ava Rein 20 digs; Jentrey Schreiber 10 kills; Sari Rein 9 kills, 3 blks; Taylor Hanson 6 blks. L-O: Benita Nolt 15 kills, 12 digs, 2 blks, 2 aces; Brooke Jasper 5 kills 10 digs; Meah Stevens 20 assists; Maria Almaraz-Nolt 5 kills, 14 assists)
Schaeffer Academy 0, Kingsland 3 > 25-13, 25-21, 25-18 (K: Chantle Reiland 10 kills; Macie Rasmussen 14 assists, 6 aces; Vaira Merkel 7 kills, 4 aces, 3 blks; Jill Moore 14 digs; Kalyn Stier 6 kills; Kaelyn Howard 6 digs)
Non-Conference
Volleyball – Season Openers (8/22 & 8/23)
Caledonia 3, Winona Senior 0 > 25-14, 25-7, 25-18 (C: Liv Myhre 15 kills, 4 aces, 3 blks; Sienna Augedahl 6 kills, 4 blocks; Aubrie Klug 7 kills, 10 digs; Avery Augedahl 30 assists; Elsa Blum 8 digs; Lauren Goetzinger 8 digs)
Rushford-Peterson 0, Medford 3 > 23-25, 24-26, 21-25 (RP: Lindsey Hoiness 13 kills, 13 digs; Torryn Schneider 8 kills, 15 digs; Shelby Tesch 11 kills; Avree Connaughty 10 digs, 13 assists; Kayla Magin 17 assists, 11 digs; Addison Drinkall 13 digs)
Hayfield 0, Fillmore Central 3 > 25-11, 25-8, 25-10 (FC: Kyla Hellickson 10 digs, 4 aces; Lauren Dahly 8 kills; Ella Dahly 8 digs, 4 aces; Annika Mensink 6 kills; Katelyn Scheevel 5 kills; Aubrey Daniels 13 assists, 12-12 serving, 2 aces; Lily Miller 6 digs, 21-25 serving, 5 aces)
Floodwood Tourney (Mabel-Canton beat Cherry 2-0 (25-16, 25-7), East Central 2-0 (25-16, 25-9), Northome/Kelliher 2-0 (25-8, 25-11), Floodwood 2-0 (25-13, 25-10), Duluth-Denfield 2-0 (25-13, 25-15), and Lake of the Woods 2-0 (25-13, 25-14) in pool play, then and Floodwood again 2-0 (25-15, 25-20) in the title match to win the tourney. Cougar tourney leaders: Sahara Morken 16 kills, 166 assists, 41 digs, 66-70 serving, 15 aces; Kinley Soiney 49 kills, 24 digs; Saijal Slafter 43 kills, 13 aces; Kailey Ingvalson 32 kills, 26 digs; Tylar Wenthold 24 kills; Lydia Vatland 30 digs, 64-67 serving, 18 aces. Cougars > 0-0, 7-0)
Pine Island Tourney (GM beat PEM 2-0 (25-18, 25-18) and Lake City 2-0 (25-13, 25-16) while losing to Rochester-Lourdes 0-2 (23-25, 11-25) in pool play. The Larks then fell to Pine Island 0-2 (24-26, 10-25) in the championship match. Lark tourney leaders: Hallie Hendrickson 47 assists, 14 digs; Lauren Queensland 11 kills, 27 digs; Haylie Paul 21 kills; Cheyenne Bakken 35 digs; Kendall Jack 9 kills, 22 digs. Larks > 0-0, 2-2)