Car Accident, 4 Minnesota Players All Conference

#1 posting 11.28.2008
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CAR ACCIDENT
Stina Leiseth of Yellow Medicine East was killed in a one car roll over Wednesday afternoon. Leiseth was named to the West Central Tribune's All Area teams and Marshall Independent. From the West Central Tribune.

COLLEGE REPORTS
BIG 10: Gopher freshman setter Alex Blatt is Off Topic in the MN Daily.

An NCAA tournament berth is on the line for Wisconsin. The Badgers face #16 Illinois and #18 Purdue this weekend.

BIG 12: Iowa State's Diane Kieger (Mounds View) is in Kaylee's Corner---this is a video.

BIG SKY: The Big Sky has released their all conference team with Weber State's Brittany Bissailon was named to the first team. Leah Burmeister was Honorable Mention. Both are from Jackson County Central.

MISSOURI VALLEY: Northern Iowa beat Evansville in four with a margin of 22 points in the MV Tournament. Amy Sampson (Champlin Park) had 17 points for UNI. Sampson was named to the first team in the Missouri Valley All Conference team.
Creighton's Jessica Houts (Bloomington Kennedy) was named to the First team too in the MVC. Houts was also named defensive player of the year.

Next up: tomorrow

Ryan All Area, Nelson All Conference

#1 posting 11.26.2008
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ALL AREA
The Red Wing Republican Eagle has released their all area first team and second team. Whitney Ryan of Kenyon-Wanamingo is their player of the year.

AWARDS
Frazee had ratings of 4.4 (fans), (coaches) and 4.25 (scorekeepers) in the MSHSL sportsmanship rankings. From the Frazee Forum.

BBE coach Kevin Weller was the 5A coach of the year. From the Sauk Centre Herald.

RANKINGS
Shakopee is #44 nationally in the MaxPreps rankings. Here are the Minnesota rankings.

D1 NEWS
BIG 10: Minnesota travels to Iowa tonight.

Purdue heads to Northwestern and Wisconsin.

Ohio State hosts Penn State and Indiana.

Michigan is at home with Indiana and Penn State.

Northwestern hosts Purdue and Illinois.

Penn State is at Ohio State and Michigan.

METRO ATLANTIC: Siena swept Fairfield on Monday in the Metro Atlantic championship. Karlie Urbaniak (Mabel-Canton) had 8.5 points and was named to the MAAC All Tournament team.

MISSOURI VALLEY: Creighton's Jessica Houts (Bloomington Kennedy) made the Missouri Valley Conference Scholar-Athlete First Team.

MOUNTAIN WEST: Colorado State's Tessa Nelson (Tracy-Milroy-Balaton) was named to the all conference team.

SUMMIT: North Dakota State will have an NCAA Volleyball Selection party on November 30.

D2
UM Duluth's Katie Gangelhoff (South St. Paul) and Sarah Wyffels (Marshall) were named to the North Central Region Second Team.

SIGNINGS
Marquette has signed 4 players
Danielle Carlson of Marshfield, WI
Anne Czarnecki of Pleasant Valley, IA
6-1 MH Carol Henney of Burlington Catholic Central, WI
6-2 MH Kelsey Mattai of White Bear Lake

Portland has signed 5-10 setter Madison Smith of Palos Verde, CA

Next up: tomorrow---the review of the high school season will be up later tomorrow.

All North Central Team, D2 Elite 8 at CSP

#1 posting 11.25.2008
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D1
Northeastern swept Hofstra in the Colonial semifinals with a margin of 15 points on Sunday. Leah Neubeck (Hopkins) had 16 digs and 1 point for the Huskies.
Delaware beat Northeastern in the championship in five sets with a margin of 13 points on Monday. NE led 2-1. Neubeck had 24 digs for the Huskies.
Neubeck was named to the all tournament team.

POLLS
Minnesota is #12 in the latest D1 poll.

NCAA SELECTION SHOW
The 2008 NCAA Selection Show will air on ESPNU and ESPNews on Sunday, November 30th starting at 9 pm. The Gopher Volleyball team and coaching staff will be hosting an NCAA Selection Show viewing party in the Sports Pavilion Clubroom.

D2
AWARDS
Concordia St. Paul's Maggie McNamara (Zumbrota-Mazeppa) has been named the Daktronics North Central Player of the year.
CSP's Whitney Meierotto (Washburn, WI); Emily Palker (SW Christian Chaska) were named to the first team while Mary Slinger (Bethlehem Academy) was named to the second team.
The whole list is found in the link above.
Also making the first team is St. Cloud State's Adreana Pieper (Lake of the Woods).
Augustana's Cayla Schroeder (Kasson-Mantorville) and Ellen Andrews (Bancroft, NE) were named to the second team.
MSU Mankato's Ashley Nachreiner (Round Rock, TX) made the second team.

CSP's Maria Steinhagen (Alexandria) & Slinger are both on the Academic All-America First Team.

SW MN State's Sarah Quiram (LeSueur-Henderson) made the North Central All tournament team.

TOURNAMENT
Concordia St. Paul is the site of the D2 National Elite Eight Tournament running from December 4 to 6. Here are the brackets.

HIGH SCHOOL
The Faribault County Register has listed the Blue Earth players of the the South Central All Conference team.

The Osakis Review lists the All Sauk Valley Team.

The Worthington Daily Globe lists the All Southwest Conference team.

Next up: more news

Tri State All Stars, Berg POY, Valley AC

#1 posting 11.23.2008
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TRI STATE ALL STAR GAME
Two Albert Lea area players will be playing in the TriState All Star game at Rochester Community and Technical College starting today at 12:30 pm. Both will be playing for Iowa. From the Rochester Post Bulletin and Albert Lea Tribune.
Stephanie Meschke of Bethlehem Academy will be playing for Minnesota. From the Faribault Daily News.

ALL AREA
Brigetta Berg of Wadena-Deer Creek is the Brainerd Dispatch's player of the year. Plus the rest of the team with stats.

ALL CONFERENCE
VALLEY
Maggie Prunty, Martin County West
Sam Breneman, Martin County West
Alyssa Taylor, Martin County West
Amber Faber, Martin County West
Jill Sohre, Maple River
Bridget Trio, Maple River
Cassie Reinke, Maple River
Jenna Mettler, Nicollet
Taylor Meurer, Nicollet
Brittany Underwood, Cleveland
Emily Phillips, Cleveland
Megan Miller, Alden-Conger
Ericka Shaw, St. Clair
Erin Goebel, St. Clair
Brooke Dunkelbeck, LeCenter
Erika Marsh, Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial
Katelyn Arndt, MLGHEC
Shelby Wiederhoeft, Truman

REVIEWS
Park Rapids set the foundation for the future. From the Park Rapids Enterprise.

Next up: College Reports

W&W, Lange All Area

#2 posting 11.22.2008
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HIGH SCHOOL REPORTS
ALL AREA
The Marshall Independent has released their All Area teams. Marshall's Double W connection--Rachel Westby and Kayla Wallerich---were co-players of the year.

Hibbing's Katie Lange is the Player of the Year in the Hibbing Daily Tribune.

ALL CONFERENCE
The North Suburban has released their All Conference list with Chisago Lakes and North Branch announcing their players. From the Chisago County Press.

NO CONFERENCE
The Classic Lake is disbanding. From the StarTribune.

Next up: D2 Tournament

Bison Clean Up Summit Awards

#3 posting 11.21.2008
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COLLEGE REPORTS
BIG 10: Minnesota hosts #20 Michigan tonight and Ohio State on Sunday. Traffic may be an issue on University Avenue.

Two Indiana recruits are part of the Under Armour All American team (see previous post for that link).

ACC: North Carolina beat Miami, FL in four with a margin of 11 points. Brianna Eskola (Columbia Heights) had 32 digs for the Tar Heels.

CUSA: #10 seed Marshall swept #7 Southern Miss with a margin of 20 points in the first round of the CUSA tournament. Megan Carlson (Andover) had 13 points and 13 digs for Marshall.

METRO ATLANTIC: Fairfield's Karlie Urbaniak (Mabel-Canton) does a Q&A with the Rochester Post Bulletin.

MISSOURI VALLEY: Northern Iowa beat Drake in four with a margin of 9 points. Amy Sampson (Champlin Park) had 13.5 points for UNI.

MOUNTAIN WEST: BYU beat Colorado State in five with a margin of 3 points. BYU led 2-0. Tessa Nelson (Tracy-Milroy-Balaton) had 15 points for CSU.

SUMMIT: North Dakota State took five Summit honors including player of the year & freshman of the year Chrissy Knuth (Champlin Park). Kelly Lopez (DGF) was named defensive player of the year. Erich Hinterstocker was named coach of the year. Jennifer Lopez (DGF) made the Summit First Team. Brooke Vandenberg was named to the second team. Janna Deyle made the freshman team.
NDSU Recruiting coordinator Kari Thompson has a good eye for talent. She recruited four of the above players. From the Fargo Forum.
Still the Bison don't feel like they are #1. From the Fargo Forum.
South Dakota State had Mackenzie Angner make the first team and Ellyce Youngren make the second and freshman teams.

SUN BELT: Western Kentucky swept Denver with a margin of 19 points in the Quarterfinals of the Sun Belt Tournament. Kresson Vreeman (Central Christian) had 2 digs for Denver.

MORE SIGNERS
BIG 12: Iowa State has signed setter Alison Landwehr of Parkway West, MO.

MOUNTAIN WEST: Colorado State added 6-2 OH Dana Cranston of North Peace, British Columbia.

Next up: later tonight after the Gopher/Michigan contest

All Americans, Ysker Signs, Neubeck Digs It

#2 posting 11.21.2008
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ALL AMERICANS
The Under Armour All-American teams have been announced.
Minnesota players teams include
First Team
Katherine Harms, St. Michael-Albertville RS/OPP, 6-1, Minnesota
Second Team
Amy Braun, Lakeville North OH, 5-11, Northern Iowa
Tia Gaffen, Wayzata MB, 6-2, California

Also making the second team is a Gopher recruit
Mia Tabberson, Muncie Burris, IN S, 6-1, Minnesota

SIGNING
Megan Ysker of Windom signed Thursday with MN State-Mankato. Ysker is a Setter/hitter for the State A Champion Eagles.
Ysker is the 28th player overall to verball from the Minnesota 2009 class and the 17th headed to a D2 program.

DIGGING IT
Northeastern's Leah Neubeck (Hopkins) is currently fifth in the Colonial conference in digs for this year. She got her 1000th during the seasons first pre season game. She's got 334 for this season so far. She is close to 1334 for a career.

ALL CONFERENCE
SOUTH CENTRAL
Danika Stindtman, Blue Earth
Kirsten Johanson, Blue Earth
Kate Hassing, Blue Earth
Jenny Smith, Blue Earth
Steph Brolsma, Fairmont
Ashley Allevan, Fairmont
Kayla Altmann, New Ulm
Marissa Kliimmek, New Ulm
Courtney Kral, New Ulm
Hannah Reuter, St. James
Karen Gore, St. Peter
Allison Ruedy, Waseca
Casie DeVos, Waseca
Honorable Mention
Morgan Dickman, Blue Earth
Sam Waletich, Fairmont
Megan Parnell, Fairmont
Molly Gareis, New Ulm
Abbie Curry, St. James
Katy Kuiper, St. Peter
Kelly Loonan, Waseca
Caitlin Whitney, Waseca

NORTHWOODS
Kate Aakre, Clearbrook-Gonvick
Brittany Nelson Olson, Clearbrook-Gonvick
Rachel Peterson, Blackduck
Briana Grapevine, Northome-Kelliher
Danielle Jourdain, Cass Lake-Bena
Heather Felix, Walker-Hackensack-Akeley
Sharayah Day, Laporte
Jessica Winter, Laporte
Katie Wangberg, Pine River-Backus
Crysta Christensen, Pine River-Backus
Kendra Hamilton, Pine River-Backus
Maggie Lindow, Nevis
Cassie Edwards, Nevis
Megan Stambaugh, Nevis
Riley Hanson, Nevis
Honorable mentions
Amanda Eck, Clearbrook-Gonvick
Karli Watne, Clearbrook-Gonvick
Mollie Ann Exner, Blackduck
Jamie Magoon, Blackduck
Brook Lindner, Northome-Kelliher
Brittany Hand, Northome-Kelliher
Ann Aitken, Cass Lake-Bena
Tonya Morris, Cass Lake-Bena
Sydney Westfield, Walker-H-A
Alexandra Barber, Walker-H-A
Kelly Kampfer, Laporte
Kim Hyatt, Laporte
Trisha Mongan, Pine River-Backus
Scarlet Rudlang, Pine River-Backus
Kjera Gustafson, Nevis
Annessa Feder, Nevis

If you haven't seen your all conference list up please send it to me.

next up: College results

All Star Sunday Today & Next Week

#1 posting 11.16.2008
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ALL STAR GAME
You missed yesterday's South Central All Star game at Jefferson (you can check the out & about). Today the North Central All Star game takes place at Bemidji.
Next week the Tri-State All Star game takes place at Rochester CTC.
The Inaugural Tri-State All Star Volleyball Games will be held Sunday,November 23rd, 2008 at the Performance Court on the campus of the Rochester Community and Technical College, Rochester, Minnesota

Noon – Doors Open for Spectators
12:30 pm – Team Wisconsin vs. Team Iowa
1:40 pm – Team Wisconsin vs. Team Minnesota
2:50 pm – Team Iowa vs. Team Minnesota

ROSTERS
Team Minnesota
Kate Speedling, Wabasha-Kellogg High School, Outside Hitter/Left Back,5-11
Danielle Gernes, Wabasha-Kellogg High School, Libero, 5-5
Kirstee Rotty, Farmington High School, Libero, 5-8
Resha Koster, Blooming Prairie High School, Setter, 5-7
Elizabeth Benson, Cannon Falls High School, Setter, 5-7
Ashley Wendinger, New Ulm Cathedral High School, Middle/Outside Hitter,5-11
Karlee Lursen, Eastview High School, Outside Hitter, 5-9
Jasmine Dittrich, Rochester John Marshall High School, Middle Blocker,5-10
Elly Mikesh, Rochester John Marshall High School, Outside Hitter,
Kati Garness, Rochester John Marshall High School, Middle Blocker,
Stephanie Meschke, Bethlehem Academy, Outside Hitter,
Head Coach: Amir Dzamalija, Rochester John Marshall High School

Team Iowa
Amy Dentlinger, Kuemper Catholic High School, Outside Hitter and All-Around, 6-1
Whitney Westrum, Waukee High School, Outside Hitter, 6-0
Elizabeth McDonnell, Cedar Rapids Jefferson, Middle Blocker, 6-1
Lauren Friedman, Columbus Catholic High School, Middle Blocker, 6-1
Jordynn Brackey, Lake Mills High School, Middle Hitter, 5-11
Mikayla Overturf, Central Springs High School, Middle Hitter, 5-11
Britni Freed, Hinton High School, Outside Hitter, 5-11
Kelsey Peterson, Cherokee Washington High School, Outside Hitter, 5-8
Cassie Christianson, Lake Mills High School, Setter, 5-6
Cheyenne Newman, Iowa Valley High School, Middle/Outside Hitter, 5-8
Kaylee Thompson, LeMars Community High School, Middle Hitter, 5-11
Meganne McMurray, Central Springs High School, Outside Hitter, 5-6
Head Coach: Dennis South, Lewis Central High School

Team Wisconsin
Jamie Vanderberg, Niagara High School, Middle/Outside Hitter-Middle Blocker, 6-1
Michele Campbell, Richland Center High School, Outside Hitter, 5-6
Ashlee Gabrielson, Viroqua High School, Libero, 5-2
Kaycee Charette, Prescott High School, Left Side Hitter, 5-11
Ellie Hovda, Wausau East High School, Outside Hitter, 5-6
Jennifer Johnas, Medford Area High School, Libero, 5-4
Ellie Dietzen, Seymour High School, Middle Hitter, 6-2
Lauren Radix, Wisconsin Heights High School, Setter/Outside Hitter, 5-11
Hillary Hughes, Wisconsin Heights High School, Outside Hitter, 5-10
Kallie Lochner, Wisconsin Heights High School, Middle Hitter, 6-1
Head Coach: Amy Schlimgen, Wisconsin Heights High School

Games Manager: Lonnie Morken, Mabel-Canton High School, Minnesota
Event Directors: Dan and Susan Ninham, All Star Athletic Promotions,Bemidji, Minnesota

ALL AREA
The Albert Lea Tribune has named Jordynn Brackey of Lake Mills, IA as their player of the year. Plus the three all area teams (there are 12 Minnesotans on the 18 player roster).
The coach of the year goes to another Iowan---Jim Boehmer of Lake Mills.

ALL CONFERENCE
The Iron Range has named their All Conference team. From the Grand Rapids Herald Review.

Next up: Big 10 results

St. Thomas Done, 4 New Gophers

#1 posting 11.14.2008
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SIGNINGS
Minnesota signed four players (and their national ranking)
6-1 RH Katherine Harms of St. Michael-Albertville (#7)
6-1 MN Brianna Haugen of Minneapolis Southwest (#46)
6-5 OH Tabitha Love of Dauphin, Manitoba
6-1 S Mia Tabberson of Muncie Burris, IN (#33)

D1
Minnesota hopes to end their road woes this weekend. From the Minnesota Daily.

North Dakota State is one win away from the Summit league title. From the Fargo Forum.

D2
Marshall's Sarah Wyffels has made an impact at UM Duluth. From the Marshall Independent.

D3 NATIONAL TOURNAMENT
UW Eau Claire swept #17 Gustavus with a margin of 15 points. Gustavus' Emily Klein added to her season dig record to 664. Abby Freiborg (Renville County West) had 15.5 points for UWEC. Meghan Gehring (Eau Claire North) had 11 points for Gustavus. From the Mankato Free Press.

St. Benedict beat Simpson in four with a margin of 32 points. Calleigh Brown (Buffalo) had 14.5 points for St. Ben's. Amy Schuster (Indianaola, IA) had 12 points for Simpson.

Concordia Moorhead beat Loras in five with a margin of 2 points. The Cobbers trailed 2-1. Greta King (Willmar) had 21.5 points for CM. Kate Russell (Woodstock, IL) had 22 points for Loras. From the Fargo Forum.

UW LaCrosse ended host St. Thomas' season in five sets. St. Thomas had a 3 point advantage. Brianne Stankus (Burlington, WI) had 21 points for UWL. Katie McCaffrey (Fort Collins, CO) had 32 points for St. Thomas.

Here is the region website.

ALL REGION HM
Jess Levin of St. Olaf was named to the AVCA all Central region honorable mention list.

NJCAA D3 NATIONAL TOURNAMENT
Ridgewater is looking for the their second national title in three years. Warrior Leah Miller was destined to play for Ridgewater from birth. From the West Central Tribune.

HIGH SCHOOL ALL CONFERENCE
Osakis had five players make the Prairie All Conference team. From the Alexandria Echo Press.

The Polar North and Pine to Prairie conferences have released their all conference lists. From the Grand Forks Herald.
Also the Hiawatha Valley has released their AC list. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

HS REVIEW
Farmington's season is reviewed in the Farmington Independent.

New York Mills and Perham have their seasons recapped in the Perham Enterprise.

Nicole Anderson was MVP for Cannon Falls. From the Cannon Falls Beacon.

Next up: More news

Coaches All State List

#1 posting 11.13.2008
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ALL STATE
Here are the MN Volleyball Coaches Association All State list (including Honorable Mentions).

SIGNINGS
OH Megan Lambertson of Litchfield signed with North Dakota State. From the West Central Tribune.

Two Chaska players signed yesterday: Maggie Finkel to Winona State, and Makenzie Niesche to SW MN State. From the SW Scoreboard.

MVP
Leah Fadness of Minneota was named MVP of the Camden Conference. From the Marshall Independent.

WEDNESDAYS
St. Cloud area clergy have written a letter to area athletic directors as athletic events have crept on to Wednesdays. From the St. Cloud Times.

ALL STAR GAMES
Danielle Sowada of Holdingford is one of the players in the South Central All Star at Bloomington Jefferson on Saturday. From the St. Cloud Times.

ALL CONFERENCE
UM Crookston's Amber Meyer (Paxton, NE) is on the Northern Sun Honorable Mention list. From the Crookston Times.

D3 TOURNAMENT
St. Benedict will play Simpson today at St. Thomas at 1 pm in the First round of the D3 tournament. From the St. Cloud Times.
Gustavus faces UW Eau Claire at 3:30.
Confident UW LaCrosse is ready for host St. Thomas. From the LaCrosse Tribune.

You can pick from four St. Thomas video highlights from last Saturday's playoff win against Gustavus.

This link is tournament headquarters.

NJCAA TOURNAMENT
Rochester is the host of the NJCAA D3 tournament this weekend. Hibbing and Ridgewater are the Minnesota teams in the hunt for a title. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Julie Rainey of Stewartville is the female athlete of the week for KAAL.

POLLS
MSU Mankato is #6 in the North Central region rankings.

SEASON REPORTS
Pine River-Backus has their season review in the Pine & Lakes.

Glencoe-Silver Lake has their season review in the McLeod County Chronicle.

LATE REPORTS
Wadena-Deer Creek was 0-2 in the AA tournament last week. From the Wadena Pioneer Journal.

Next up: More News--college style

3 Amigos, Northern Sun All Conference

#2 posting 11.12.2008
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COLLEGE REPORTS
BIG 10
The Three Amigos (part 2) ride again for the Gophers. From the Minnesota Daily.

D2
NORTHERN SUN
Augustana beat Wayne State, Nebraska in five with a margin of 12 points. WSN led 2-1. Ellen Andrews (Bancroft-Rosalie, Nebraska) had 19.5 points for the Vikings. Mindy Moody (Sioux City Heelan) had 18.5 points for WSN.

MSU Mankato swept MSU Moorhead with a margin of 20 points. It was the Mavericks 5th straight win. Kimber Kuhl (Chaska) had 13.5 points for Mankato. Cathy Turner (New Prague) had 11 points for Moorhead. From the Mankato Free Press.

#8 SW MN State swept UM Crookston with a margin of 19 points. Kasey Loeslie (Tracy-Milroy-Balaton) had 13.5 points for SW. Amber Meyer (Paxton, NE) had 11 points for UMC.

Winona State beat Upper Iowa in four with a margin of 10 points. Jenna Padley (Lodi, WI) had 14 points for WSU. Beth Deutmeyer (Dyersville Beckman, IA) had 18 points for UIU.

The Northern Sun released their all Conference list prior to the end of the season.
Concordia St. Paul's Maggie McNamara (Zumbrota-Mazeppa) was named player of the year.
Concordia St. Paul's Mary Slinger (Bethlehem Academy) was named libero of the year.
SW MN State's Devin Diedrich (Braham) was named freshman of the year.
Concordia St. Paul's Brady Starkey was named coach of the year.
CSP had 6 on the AC list
SW had 3 on the AC list, 1 HM
UMD had 2 AC, 2 HM.
Augustana had 2 AC and 3 HMs.

COACHING
East Ridge High School in Woodbury is looking for a volleyball coach. From the South Washington County Bulletin.

AWARDS
Gustavus' Bridget Burtzel (Rocori) is ESPN's Academic All District V

Next up: Still more to come.

Two more Sign, UMAC Awards

#1 posting 11.12.2008
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SIGNING DAY
Today is the first day of college signing day for volleyball.
Joining the signers are
Outside hitter Lauren Cipperly of Andover to St. Cloud State.
Setter Madeline Haben of Holy Angels to Michigan Tech.
This pushes the total verbals/signings to 28 overall for the Minnesota 2009 class and 16 headed to D2.

AWARDS
Parkers Prairie coach Tanya Powers has been named coach of the year in the Little 8 conference. PP was 29-2 this year. From the Alexandria Echo Press.

LETTER
A Hutchinson fan thanks the team with a letter to the editor in the Hutchinson Leader.

ALL CONFERENCE
The UMAC has released their all conference list. Northwestern, MN had three players make the list including player of the year Steph Koth (Hibbing) . St. Scholastica had four to make the list.
Bethany Lutheran had 1 AC and 2 HM.
Two UM Morris players received honorable mentions: Allison Pippo (Annandale) and Brianna Czer (MN Valley Lutheran). From the Morris Sun Tribune.

JO
Southern Minnesota Volleyball will hold tryouts on Nov. 15 at the National Volleyball Center in Rochester. From the Rochester Post Bulletin at the end of the column.

Next up: More to come

Tournament Previews; 3 All Conference Teams

#1 posting 11.6.2008
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HIGH SCHOOL TOURNAMENT
All three state champs have a chance for repeats this season, plus other tidbits. From the StarTribune.
The Bemidji Pioneer takes an overall generic look at the state tournament.

You can check on the results today on the MSHSL site. I won't get back until later tonight.

AAA
Rochester Mayo ended Farmington's season two years in a row. From the Farmington Independent. Mayo's contest will be broadcast on the internet. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

Kaiti Wachter of Eastview is an intense libero. From the StarTribune.

AA
Marshall is very comfortable at state. From the Marshall Independent.

Wadena-Deer Creek used a team effort to beat East Grand Forks last Saturday. From the Wadena Pioneer Journal.

Hibbing has a pair of sister combinations: the Wirtanen Sisters and Nyberg Sisters. From the Hibbing Daily News.

A
Could we be headed for a Bethlehem Academy vs Windom championship rematch? From the Worthington Daily Globe.
The Nass sisters are a big part of BA's success. From the Faribault Daily News.

Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa is looking for their first win at state. They are 0-4 in two trips. From the West Central Tribune.

Southwest Christian of Chaska is flexing their muscles in their first trip to State. From the StarTribune.

ALL CONFERENCE
The Southeast and Three Rivers Conference have released their All Conference teams. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.
The Tomahawak Conference has released their list. Crissi Schewe of Sleepy Eye St. Mary's was Player of the Year and Stef Dietz also of SESM, was coach of the year. From the New Ulm Journal.
If you have an all conference list---go to my profile and email me.

SEASON WRAPS
Detroit Lakes was 14-11 this season. From the Detroit Lakes Tribune.

Next up: college reports

Lange Verbals, State Previews, Red Rock All Conference

#1 posting 11.5.2008
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LANGE VERBALS
Hibbing Junior Katie Lange has verballed UM Duluth. From the Duluth News Tribune.

Lange is the third player from the 2010 Minnesota class to verbal and the first headed to a D2 program.

STATE TOURNAMENT
Radio Coverage: KCHK Radio from New Prague will stream games with Jordan and Shakopee at the State Tournament starting tomorrow.

AAA: Unseeded Rochester Mayo is a family with a senior outlook. Shakopee is junior dominated. Here is a thumbnail preview. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

Unseeded Cretin-Derham Hall is looking to play five. From the StarTribune.

AA: #3 seed St. Cloud Cathedral is looking for redemption. They were second last year to Marshall. From the St. Cloud Times.

A: Unseeded Deer River's 27 year veteran coach Connie Boyum-Erzar keeps things fun. From the Duluth News Tribune.

ALL CONFERENCE
The Red Rock Conference has released their All Conference list. Only Murray County Central, Red Rock Central, and Westbrook-Walnut Grove are listed. From the Marshall Independent.

Next up: Another round of news

Hibbing Dynasty; Lake Superior All Conference, All Star Games

#1 posting 10.22.2008
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SECTION RESULTS
Burnsville, Eagan, Rosemount and Simley all had sweep wins to open 3AAA action.

SECTION PREVIEWS
7AA Hibbing is the heavy favorite. From the Duluth News Tribune.

ALL CONFERENCE
Already All Conference teams have been released. The first-----the Lake Superior All Conference team. From the Superior Telegram.

ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
Jenna Flynn of Sartell was named Central Lakes offensive player of the week. Megan Rakow of Little Falls was defensive player of the week in the CL conference. From the St. Cloud Times.

LATE REPORTS
Shakopee dropped Farmington last week. Ashley Wittman had 29 kills in the match. From the Farmington Independent.

Ashby beat Rothsay; Parkers Prairie topped Hancock; Brandon-Evansville knocked off Underwood; from the Alexandria Echo Press.

ALL STAR GAMES
The inaugural Tri-State All Star Volleyball Games will be held on Sunday, November 23rd, 2008 at the Performance Court on the campus of the Rochester Community and Technical College, Rochester, Minnesota:http://www.rctc.edu/athletics/html/fieldhouse/virtual_tour/3.htm

Team Wisconsin, Team Iowa and Team Minnesota will be formed to compete among the elite of the northern central part of the country.

Nominations are being sought for Minnesota's elite senior volleyball players to be considered for Team Minnesota. Nominate your own athlete and/or your opposing athletes. Requirement: Elite senior volleyball players will only be considered.

Also nominate a Minnesota head coach to serve as Team Minnesota's head coach at the Tri-State All Star Volleyball Games.

Send nominations by this Friday noon, October 24th, to ninham1asap@charter.net (the digit after 'ninham' is the number one and not the letter 'l') and dninham@clbs.k12.mn.us to assure the nomination will be accepted; a reply of your nomination will be emailed to you upon receipt of the nomination; if you don't receive a reply within 24 hours of your nomination, call Dan Ninham at 218-368-6430.

Send the following criteria in the order listed for all star athlete nominations: 1. name of athlete, 2. athlete's high school, 3. athlete's position, 4. athlete's height, 5. athlete's head varsity coach, 6. athlete's email address, 7. athlete's mailing address, 8. athlete's head varsity coach's name, 9. athlete's head varsity coach's email address, 10. athlete's head varsity coach's home/work/cell phone number/s, and 11. nominator's name, email address, and phone number/s. All demographic information will be confidential and not given out to anyone.

Send the following criteria in the order listed for all star coach nominations: 1. name of head coach, 2. coach's high school

The MN, WI and IA state activities associations are aware of this event and have noted the event structure is in compliance with their rules and bylaws.

Information: Event Directors - Dan and Susan Ninham, Dan: 218-368-6430 or email addresses listed above

Reminder: The deadline for nominations for the South Central and North Central Volleyball All Star Games is noon on Wednesday, October 22nd. We currently have over 50 nominee's in each region.

South Central Volleyball All Star Game Final Call
Deadline for Nominations: October 22nd at noon
Saturday, November 15th
2nd Annual South Central VB All Star Game
Bloomington Kennedy High School

Next up: College reports

Ridgewater Beat Riverland

#1 posting 9.4.2008
your daily dose of girls volleyball news & information

COMMUNITY COLLEGE
#2 Ridgewater handed Riverland their first loss of the year 3-1. From the Austin Post Bulletin.

Rochester went five for a victory over MN West. Bobbie Meier (Burnsville) had 20 kills for Rochester. From the Rochester Post Bulletin and Worthington Daily Globe.

PLAYER FEATURES
Emily Rooney (Red Wing) is off to a good start at Washington State. From the Red Wing Republican Eagle.

Gustavus Libero Emily Klein (Red Wing) is featured in the Mankato Free Press.

Another Gustavus player Tara Kramer (Hayfield) has a blurb in the Rochester Post Bulletin.

RECORD
Brittney Wiseth of Thief River Falls has set a school record with 157 career blocks. From the Grand Forks Herald.

VIDEO STREAMING
You can watch St. Olaf sporting events via the internet.

BIG TENT
The West Central conference is 18 members strong with the addition recently of Foley, Milaca and Mora. That is too big for some. From the West Central Tribune.

LATE RESULTS
Jackson County Central swept St. James on Tuesday. Prior to that game the Saints lost to MN Valley Lutheran. From the St. James Plaindealer.

Last Thursday Perham beat Wadena-Deer Creek in five games. Britta Berg of WDC had 25 kills on the night. From the Wadena Pioneer Journal.

Park Rapids swept Walker-Hackensack-Akeley on Tuesday. From the Park Rapids Enterprise.

There are video highlights of Greenway's 3-0 win over Two Harbors. From KBJR.

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