Giant Killers, Tough Southwest Conference

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HIGH SCHOOL
GIANT KILLERS
LeSueur-Henderson beat #1AA Jordan on Monday and get a write up in the Mankato Free Press. The Giants travel to #7AA Belle Plaine tonight.

TOUGH CONFERENCE
One of the toughest AA/A Conferences in the state is the Southwest. The Worthington Daily Globe looks at the conference race this year.

PERFORMERS, STATS AND STANDINGS
Amy Lothenbach of Duluth East was one of the prep performers this week for the Duluth News Tribune. Plus the DNT has area volleyball stats (after football stats) and volleyball standings (scroll down).

LATE RESULTS
Wadena-Deer Creek swept Park Rapids last week. Brigetta Berg had 17 kills for WDC. From the Wadena Pioneer Journal and Park Rapids Enterprise.

Farmington swept Red Wing. Katie Habeck had 19 kills for the Tigers. From the Farmington Independent.

Waseca beat St. James 3-1 on Monday. Allyson Ruedy had 12 kills for Waseca. From the Waseca County News.

LOCAL COLLEGE REPORTS
D1
GOOD START
New Mexico is 7-0 to start the season. New Mexico head coach Jeff Nelson is from Austin, MN. From the Post Bulletin.

D3
Gustavus swept Bethany Lutheran. Meghan Gehring (Eau Claire North) had 11 points for the Gusties. Eva Voss (MN Valley Lutheran) had 9 points for BL.
Gustavus is off to a 9-0 start. From the Mankato Free Press.

#8 St. Thomas has had their trip to San Antonio cancelled thanks to Ike.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE
#2 Rochester beat Anoka-Ramsey in four. Ashley King had 16 kills for the Yellowjackets. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

MN West beat Riverland in four. From the Austin Post Bulletin.

Ridgewater swept Fergus Falls. From the West Central Tribune.

North Iowa beat Ellsworth in four. From the Mason City Globe Gazette.

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