Three Rivers Conference Volleyball (10/9 – 10/12)
Rushford-Peterson 3, Wabasha-Kellogg 0 > 25-22, 25-22, 25-14 (R-P: T. Schneider 24 digs, 21-21 serving, 5 aces; Tayler Helgemoe 8 kills, 6 total blks (4 ace blocks); Ava Drazkowski 12 assists, 8 digs; L. Hoiness 5 kills, 12 digs, 3 aces; K. Magin 8 assists, 16 digs; A. Helgemoe 5 kills; Josie Brown 4 kills, 7 digs, 4 aces. R-P had 16 aces)
Cotter 0, #7 in A Fillmore Central 3 > 25-18, 25-20, 25-19 (FC: Kammry Broadwater 14 kills, 10 digs; Aubrey Daniels 17 assists, 14 digs; Katie Pickett 15 assists, 10 digs, 13-13 serving, 4 aces; Alyssa Britton 5 kills, 19-20 serving, 3 aces; Kyla Hellickson 11 digs; Lily Miller 6 digs; Izzy Nagel 5 kills)
#5 in AA Caledonia 3, PEM 2 > 22-25, 25-17, 21-25, 25-13, 15-12 (C: L. Koepke 20 kills, 8 assists, 15 digs; E. Rommes 38 assists, 10 digs; L. Myhre 22 kills; Braelyn Lange 5 kills, 7 digs; Emme Kittleson 16 digs, 24-26 serving; Kennedy Hansen 7 digs; Annah Anderson 6 digs; Sienna Augedahl 6 kills; Aubrie Klug 6 kills, 16 digs; Braelyn Lange 5 kills, 6 total blks)
Dover-Eyota 0, #5 Caledonia 3 > 25-14, 25-16, 25-8 (C: E. Rommes 31 assists, 5 digs, 3 aces; L. Myhre 11 kills; L. Koepke 9 kills, 5 digs; E. Kittleson 12 digs; B. Lange 9 kills; A. Klug 6 kills; K. Hansen 4 aces. The Warriors won their 20th of the season)
Southeast Conference Volleyball (10/9 – 10/12)
Glenville-Emmons 0, Spring Grove 3 > 25-17, 25-10, 25-13 (SG: Emerson Ingvalson 5 kills, 8 digs, 6 aces; Izabel Kaufmann 6 digs, 13-13 serving, 4 aces; Katie Klug 10-10 serving, 2 aces; Sydney Holland 8 digs, 9-9 serving, 2 aces; Jordis Neeley 12 kills on 48% hitting, 3 aces; Kendal VanMinsel 17 assists, 9 digs; Hailey Norman 6 kills. Lions served 19 aces.)
Schaeffer Academy 2, Houston 3 > 25-15, 26-28, 25-21, 23-25, 15-10 (H: Avery Kingsley 15 kills; Emily Botcher 15 assists; Jaden Woodward 9 kills; Olivia Yohe 7 assists; Jorja Meyer 7 total blks)
Kingsland 0, Lyle/Pacelli 3 > 23-25, 19-25, 17-25 (K: Ashlyn Harwood 7 kills, 8 digs; K. Aarsvold 20 digs; Morgan Phillips 6 kills; Kaylin Mensink 3 digs, 13 assists, 14 digs; Kaelyn Howard 8 digs, 3 aces. Knights > 4-8, 7-16)
Spring Grove 3, Lanesboro 0 > 25-13, 25-10, 25-13 (SG: S. Holland 11 digs, 4 aces; K. VanMinsel 3 kills, 35 assists, 8 digs; J. Neeley 9 kills, 4 aces; E. Ingvalson 9 kills; Joelle Halverson 11 kills; H. Normann 6 kills; I. Kaufmann 10 digs. L: J. Storhoff 4 kills, 8 digs; C. Keasling 10 assists, 8 digs; E. Howard 7 digs; Ellie Anderson 4 kills, 3 aces. Burros > 7-6, 14-8)
Non-Conference Volleyball (10/9 – 10/14)
#5 in AA Caledonia 3, Decorah 0 > 25-17, 25-15, 25-16 (C: L. Koepke 16 kills, 13 digs; E. Rommes 26 assists, 12-12 serving, 3 aces; E. Kittleson 9 digs; K. Hansen 7 digs; L. Myhre 7 kills; A. Anderson 6 digs, 20-20 serving, 5 aces; S. Augedahl 6 kills; A. Klug 6 digs)
Apple Valley Tourney (GM went 0-4, losing to Class AAAA Blaine 1-2 (12-25, 25-22, 11-25), Class AAA Albert Lea 1-2 (19-25, 25-17, 7-15), Class AAA Stewartville 1-2 (23-25, 25-20, 10-15), and Tracy-Milroy-Balatan 0-2 (17-25, 17-25). Lark tourney leaders: H. Hendrickson (62 assists, 20 digs, 5 aces), L. Foster (36 kills), C. Bakken (49 digs), H. Paul (18 kills), L. Queensland (13 kills, 33 digs), Gracie Foster (19 digs). GM > 10-3, 13-12)
Lakeville North Tourney (Caledonia went 2-3 at the large school event. They beat Eden Prairie 2-0 (25-21, 25-10) and Sioux Falls-Roosevelt 2-0 (27-25, 25-19) while losing to #3 East Ridge 0-2 (23-25, 21-25), #2 Champlin Park 0-2 (23-25, 13-25), and Prior Lake 0-2 (11-25, 11-25). All four Minnesota foes are Class AAAA schools while Roosevelt is in South Dakota’s highest class. Warrior tourney leaders were E. Rommes (93 assists, 20 digs, 33-33 serving, 6 aces), L. Koepke (40 kills, 40 digs), L. Myhre (33 kills, 9 total blks), A. Klug (29 digs), E. Kittleson (28 digs), and B. Lange (15 kills))
Goodhue Tourney (R-P went 3-2 overall. They beat Randolph 2-0 (25-12, 25-18), Houston 2-0 (25-16, 25-23), and Goodhue 2-0 (25-22, 25-23) in pool play while losing to L-O 1-1 (15-25, 25-17). The Trojans then fell 0-2 (18-25, 13-25) to Chatfield in the finals. See “#3 Gophers Clinch Share of TRC Title, Win Goodhue Tourney” for their results. R-P took second. Trojan tourney leaders: T. Helgemoe (33 kills, 14 total blks, 9 ace blocks), T. Schneider (73 digs), A. Drazkowski (38 assists, 23 digs, 43-44 serving), J. Brown (13 kills, 24 digs), L. Hoiness (12 kills, 38 digs), K. Magin (32 assists, 20 digs, 6 aces), and A. Helgemoe (13 kills). Spring Grove went 4-1. They beat Hayfield 2-0 (25-18, 25-15), Alden-Conger 1-1 (23-25, 25-21), and Medford 2-0 (26-24, 25-17) while losing to Chatfield 0-2 (15-25, 21-25) in pool play. They then beat LeRoy-Ostrander 2-0 (25-13, 25-20) for third place. Lion tourney leaders: K. VanMinsel (11 kills, 79 assists, 15 digs, 10 aces), J. Neeley (37 kills, 16 digs, 8 aces), S. Holland (23 digs, 8 aces), and J. Halverson (24 kills). L-O went 3-2 overall. They beat R-P 1-1 (25-15, 17-25), Houston 2-0 (25-11, 25-18), and Goodhue 2-0 (25-19, 25-21) while losing to Randolph 1-1 (25-22, 20-25) in pool play. They then fell to SG 0-2 (13-25, 20-25) to take fourth place. Houston went 0-4. They lost to Randolph 0-2 (22-25, 12-25), Goodhue 0-2 (16-25, 20-25), L-O 0-2 (11-25, 18-25), and R-P 0-2 (16-25, 23-25) in pool play. Hurricanes > 4-9, 5-20. All 1-1 matches decided by total points tiebreaker)
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