56 Matches Tonight

#1 posting 10.30.2007
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PLAYOFF PRIMER TUESDAY
Tonight throughout the state the march to the state tournament continues with 56 matches. Here are some previews:
AAA
1: The semifinals are Thursday with Owatonna playing Faribault and Farmington facing Rochester Mayo. See 1AA for more.

3: four teams that spent a good chunk of time in the top 10 meet in South St. Paul
Burnsville plays Eagan at 5:45 followed by #1 Lakeville North vs Eastview at 7 pm (or later). This section (along with section 2) are good reasons to seed the entire state 1-96. Three teams will not get to the big dance in this section. This is the place to be tonight bar none.

8: Bemidji takes on St. Michael-Albertville in Little Falls in one semifinal. The Lumberjills haven't been to state in volleyball. From the Bemidji Pioneer.

AA
1: Stewartville is set to battle Cannon Falls on Wednesday (not today) for the West side title. Caledonia faces St. Charles in the East. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

3: Yellow Medicine East plays Lac Qui Parle Valley in Redwood Falls tonight. From the Marshall Independent.
Another battle of top 10 teams takes place at Worthington at 6 pm with Jackson County Central vs Marshall.

5: tonight my school, Minneapolis Henry, hosts Fridley vs Orono and Columbia Heights vs Delano. This is where I will be.

A
1: Wabasha-Kellogg, the #5 seed will be looking to continue their upset string when they meet Fillmore Central in the East final. Bethlehem Academy will be playing Kenyon-Wanamingo in the West. In the AA article in the RPB.

5: Osakis beat Bertha-Hewitt on Friday in four games and advanced to the semis in Brainerd tonight. Before BH, Osakis swept Upsala on Thursday. From the Osakis Review.

#2 VS #3
Both UM Duluth and Concordia St. Paul bumped up one spot in the polls. They play each other tonight in Duluth.

AWARDS
The MIAC offense award went to two players this week: Laurel Heggernes of St. Benedict and Michelle Honek of Concordia Moorhead. The setter/defensive award goes to Emily Foster of St. Thomas. This is Foster's second award this year.

END OF SEASON
HS
Littlefork-Big Falls lost to Hill City on Saturday in 7A. From the International Falls Daily Journal.

Roseville finished Stillwater's season last week. Stillwater set a new school mark for season wins this year. From the Stillwater Gazette.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Rochester finished 5th in the State Community College tournament last weekend. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

REMINDER
The Gophers vs Iowa match on Halloween starts at 6 pm.

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Ridgewater Rallies to State CC Championship

#1 posting 10.29.2007
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COMMUNITY COLLEGE STATE TOURNAMENT
Ridgewater trailed 2-0 to Central Lakes in the Minnesota CC championship and rallied to take the state title. From the West Central Tribune.

D2 TOURNAMENT
UM Duluth has put in a bid to host the D2 tournament this season. From the Duluth News Tribune.

LATE REPORTS
AAA
#4 Chaska swept #5 Hutchinson on Saturday. Hutchinson finished with their 3rd straight 20 win season. From the Hutchinson Leader.

LOWEST SEEDS LEFT STANDING
Here are the lowest seeds left in each class:
AAA: Section 5 #7 Maple Grove
AA: Section 4 #6 Breck; Section 5 #6 Fridley
A: Section 8 #8 Kittson County Central.
Fridley has 3 8th graders in their regular rotation. The experience and seasoning have paid off.

D1
Northeastern beat Virginia Commonwealth 3-1 (30-27, 30-21, 27-30, 30-17) with Leah Neubeck (Hopkins) getting match high digs - 22 for Northeastern.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
KILLS
Hilary Groothuis, Ridgewater 22 vs Central Lakes 3-2

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Pine Island, Orono Advance

#5 posting 10.25.2007
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TONIGHT'S RESULTS
AA
1W: in a minor upset #5 Pine Island swept Rochester Lourdes 25-13, 25-18, 25-23. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

5S: Orono swept Minneapolis Henry 25-9, 25-23, 25-14. The only compelling game was Game 2 where Henry had an early 12-5 lead. Orono claimed their first lead at 17-15 after a 8-1 run. Orono held a 23-20 lead late when a missed serve, the 8th in the game, opened the door. Henry added two more points during Carrie Moua's serve to tie it at 23. After an Orono time out Moua's serve was returned tight to the net. A mishandled ball put it back in Orono's hands and kill from the left side ended game two.

LATE RESULTS
5A: Barnum swept McGregor. From the Cloquet Pine Journal.

7A: Littlefork-Big Falls blanked Nashwauk-Keewatin. In the International Falls Daily Journal.

7AA: Hermantown beat International Falls in a sweep. From the International Falls Daily Journal.

4AAA: Stillwater blitzed St. Paul Como Park. From the Stillwater Gazette.

FEATURE
Senior Sam Pitzl of Burnsville is featured in the Savage Pacer.

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Mayo Takes Title

#1 posting 10.21.2007
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HIGH SCHOOL TOURNAMENTS
Rochester Mayo retained the title in the 16 team Rochester Century Invitational with a 2-1 win over Northfield. Rochester JM beat Cannon Falls for 3rd place. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

CHASKA: Chaska
MOORHEAD: Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton
ROCHESTER CENTURY: Rochester Mayo
ST. CLAIR:

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Rough 1A East Seeds

#1 posting 10.20.2007
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sorry this is late, I was at the Rochester Century volleyball tournament with my team.

TOURANMENTS
Cannon Falls beat host Rochester Century in the B semifinals last night in their tournament. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.
In the A Bracket Rochester Mayo, defending champs, and Rochester JM won the semifinal matches.
Minneapolis Henry did not win a match on Friday or Saturday. The Patriots lost to Cannon Falls, and Pine Island on Friday, then Blue Earth and Irondale today.

In the Moorhead Tournament, it was Moorhead and DGF winning twice in their pools. From the Fargo Forum.

Fergus Falls finished 7th in the Sartell tournament. From the Fergus Falls Daily Journal.

SEEDS
The Rochester Post Bulletin looks at the rough and tumble 1A tournament. Mabel-Canton is the 4th seed in 1A East. The RPB also looks at the 1AA tournament.

FEATURE
Stephanie Boulton is featured along with her balanced Minneota team in the Marshall Independent.

Wabasso's Andrea Rohlik's improvement is chronicled in the Marshall Independent.

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Two Subway Winners

#1 posting 10.15.2007
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SUBWAY FINALS
#3AA St. Cloud Cathedral squeaked by #1AA Windom in two extra point games in the Subway Gold Final in Marshall. The same two teams met in the finals last season. From the Worthington Daily Globe and the Marshall Independent.

Wabasso won the Brown Division which was a whole separate tournament. A recap of finishes also are found in the article from the Marshall Independent.

Pipestone won their own tournament and the Worthington Daily Globe has their story, plus the other local teams in action in the event.

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St. Cloud Cathedral Wins Marshall Subway Tourney

#1 posting 10.14.2007
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MORE TOURNAMENTS
St. Cloud Cathedral won the Marshall Subway tournament with wins over Jackson County Central and Windom on Saturday. In the middle of the area round up in the St. Cloud Times.

LATE REPORTS
Glenville-Emmons beat Lanesboro in a sweep.

United South Central broomed Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial. Both from the Albert Lea Tribune.

TOURNAMENT WINNERS
ALEXANDRIA: Chaska
APPLE VALLEY: Jordan
BENILDE-ST. MARGARET'S: Holy Angels
BRAHAM: Delano
CANNON FALLS:
CENTENNIAL: Centennial
EASTVIEW: Eden Prairie
FARIBAULT:
GLENCOE-SILVER LAKE:
ISLE:
KIMBALL:
MARSHALL subway gold: St. Cloud Cathedral
MARSHALL subway brown: Wabasso
PIPESTONE: Pipestone

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Tournaments X 2

#5 posting 10.13.2007
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TOURNAMENTS X 2
Today I was out & about twice. Eastview and Apple Valley held their tournaments and they are only five minutes apart. I started at Eastview which wrapped up their tournaments first. I didn't get there until the middle of game one of the semis. I was able to chart the second game and the rest of the matches.

EASTVIEW
In the Semis it was Woodbury going to extra points twice over St. Michael-Albertville. The first game was even longer than collegiate contests 32-30. The second game also went to Woodbury 27-25. Woodbury led 22-15 late in game two, but STMA ran off 8 straight points to go ahead 23-22. Five straight side outs tied made it 25-25. Woodbury closed off with an overpass kill and an ace.

In the other semi it was Eden Prairie over Totino-Grace in three games, the last one 15-12.

In the fifth place game it was Stewartville over Forest Lake 27-25, 25-22. In game one FL was on the verge 24-20, but Stewartville had five straight points, the last three aces by Julie Rainey to go ahead 25-24.

In the championship Eden Prairie beat Woodbury 25-15, 25-13. In the second game EP had their side out game working with six straight first ball side outs to finish.

APPLE VALLEY
After that contest it was off to the west to watch the Apple Valley tournament.

In the third place game the hosts came back after losing the first game to Sioux Falls Lincoln 25-22 to win the next two 25-17, 15-8.

The Championship matched up the AA and A champs from last season Jordan vs Minneota. Jordan got off to a slow start 11-6 in game one when a time out got the fire started. Jordan won game one 25-21 (outscoring Minneota 19-10). The Jordan juggernaut continued in game two 25-11.

I will go through these games with stats and photos, but I will also be leaving for the Gopher vs Illinois game soon, so you might not see the photos or stats until later tomorrow.

Next up: Woodbury vs St. Michael-Albertville Eastview semifinal

Weekend Tournament Rehash

#1 posting 10.8.2007

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VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT REHASH

Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa captured the Willmar tournament on Saturday topping Parkers Prairie in the final. Other area team capsules found in the West Central Tribune.

Litchfield won their own tournament beating Mankato East in the finals. Again from the West Central Tribune.

Marshall finished 6th in the Lakeville North touranment and their weekend is recapped in the Marshall Independent.

Bemidji ended up third in the Perham tournament. From the Bemidji Pioneer.

Worthington won the St. James tournament. Other tournament winners included SW Star at Blue Earth; and Round Lake-Brewster at Harris-Lake Park, IA. From the Worthington Daily Globe.

Bigfork decided to go "Hawaiian Style" for their tournament this year and decked out the school with decorations, made Mau Waui's, surfboard trophies and had our line judges wear something tropical. It as a big hit and the teams had lots of fun......the results are as follows:

1st: Littlefork-Big Falls
2nd: Bigfork
3rd: Babbitt-Embarrass
4th: Indus
5th: Albrook
6th: Orr
7th: Cherry
8th: Northome Kelliher

Next year Bigfork is going to expand the tournament to 12 teams and the theme will be western.....Huskie Hoedown.

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Lakeville North's Revenge

#1 posting 10.7.2007
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LAKEVILLE NORTH TOURNAMENT
#2AAA Lakeville North won their own volleyball tournament in two straight over #1AAA Shakopee who beat them at the Apple Valley tournament a couple of weeks ago. From KARE 11 with video. and from the Star Tribune.
#1AA Jordan finished third with a 2-1 win over Blaine. Jordan lost to Shakopee in the semifinals 2-1. From the Jordan Independent.

BYRON TOURNAMENT RESULTS
Waconia won the 12 team Byron tournament beating Fillmore Central in the finals.
Pool A:
Fillmore Central def. Kenyon-Wanamingo 22-25, 25-19
Fillmore Central def. Triton 25-20 , 25-18
Fillmore Central def. Winona 25-10, 20-25
Kenyon Wanamingo def. Triton 20-15, 25-11,
Kenyon Wanamingo def. Winona 25-17, 25-22
Triton def. Winona 21-25, 25-20

Pool B:
Byron def. Rushford Peterson 25-13, 25-13
Byron def. Houston 25-19, 25-17
Byron def. Chatfield 23-25, 25-20
Chatfield def. Houston 25-14, 25-22,
Chatfield def. Rushford Peterson 25-19, 25-21
Rushford Peterson def. Houston 25-13, 25-20

Pool C:
Waconia def. Goodhue 25-13, 25-22
Waconia def. Pine Island 25-18, 25-22
Waconia def. Kingsland 25-21, 25-16
Goodhue def. Pine Island 25-21, 20-25
Goodhue def. Kingsland 25-17, 25-20
Pine Island def. Kingsland 25-22, 25-21

Gold Division:
Fillmore Central def. Byron 25-22, 25-21
Waconia def. Fillmore Central 25-20, 25-16
Waconia def. Byron 25-7, 25-17

Silver Division
Kenyon-Wanamingo def. Chatfield 20-25, 25-14, 15-9
Goodhue def. Kenyon Wanamingo 17-25, 25-14, 15-12
Goodhue def. Chatfield 25-22, 25-13

Bronze Division:
Triton def. Rushford Peterson 15-25, 25-21, 15-12
Pine Island Def. Triton 25-17, 21-25, 15-12
Rushford Peterson def. Pine Island 20-25, 22-25

Iron Division:
Winona def. Houston 25-8, 25-14
Winona def. Kingsland 28-26, 25-23
Kingsland def. Houston 25-23, 25-14

Champions: Waconia
2nd place: Fillmore Central
3rd place: Byron
4th place: Goodhue
5th place: Kenyon-Wanamingo
6th place: Chatfield
7th place: Triton
8th place: Rushford Peterson
9th place: Pine Island
10th place: Winona (their day recounted in the Winona Daily News)
11th place: Kingsland
12th place: Houston

MORE TOURNAMENTS
MN Valley Lutheran was 3-1 in the Blue Earth Tournament. Sleepy Eye St. Mary's was 4-1 in the Hancock Tournament. Both tournaments, with the local angle are covered in the New Ulm Journal.

Rocori finished 4th in Mora; Sauk Centre won the Hancock tournament, and Little Falls finished 6th in Litchfield. From the St. Cloud Times in the middle of the round up.

TOURNAMENT WINNERS
BGMR:
BIGFORK: Littlefork-Big Falls
BLUE EARTH: SW Star
BYRON: Waconia
CRETIN-DERHAM HALL: Andover
ESKO:
FOURTH BAPTIST:
HANCOCK: Sauk Centre
HARRIS-LAKE PARK, IA: Round Lake-Brewster
HERITAGE CHRISTIAN:
LACROSSE LOGAN, WI:
LAKEVILLE NORTH: Lakeville North
LEROY-OSTRANDER: LeRoy-Ostrander
LITCHFIELD: Litchfield
MORA: Maple Lake
NEVIS: Pine River-Backus
PARK-COTTAGE GROVE: Roseville
PERHAM: DGF
ST. JAMES: Worthington
THIEF RIVER FALLS: Kittson County Central
TWO HARBORS:

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Tournament Recaps

#1 posting 9.23.2007
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TOURNAMENT WRAPS
Apple Valley
#2 Shakopee's win over #1 Lakeville North is featured in the StarTribune.

Burnsville was 3-1 and finished in 9th place. Their only loss was to eventual champion Shakopee. Here is the Savage Pacer.

I was zonked late last night and will get the photos up from the AV tournament later.

Decorah, IA
Mabel-Canton and Caledonia tied for 2nd in Decorah, IA, plus other area tournament results in the Winona Daily News.

Sibley East
GFW finished in 3rd. From the New Ulm Journal.

Becker, Richfield
The St. Cloud Times has area coverage including Becker and Richfield tournament action.

LATE RESULTS
AAA
Prior Lake beat Red Wing on Thursday the 13th, plus the Lakers Farmington tournament showing on the 15th. From the Prior Lake American.

AA
NRHEG swept Randolph in Gopher action. From the Albert Lea Tribune.

TOURNAMENT WINNERS
APPLE VALLEY: Shakopee
ASHBY:
BAGLEY: East Grand Forks
BARNUM:
BECKER: Champlin Park
DECORAH, IA: Wapsie Valley, IA
HILL CITY:
RICHFIELD: Prior Lake
ROCHESTER JM:
SIBLEY EAST:
THIEF RIVER FALLS: Northern
TRUMAN: United South Central
ULEN-HITTERDAL: West Central
UNITY CHRISTIAN:
WABASHA-KELLOGG: Wabasha-Kellogg

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Shakopee Takes Apple Valley Title

#5 posting 9.22.2007
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SHAKOPEE TOPS LAKEVILLE NORTH
#2 Shakopee won the Apple Valley tournament in a 2-1 win over #1 Lakeville North in what may be a preview of State Tournament action. LN took game one 25-23, and Shakopee returned the favor in game two. The Sabers took the final game 15-12. In the match Ashley Wittman had 21 kills. More on this game later.

In other games I saw today:
Shakopee started off the day with a semifinal win over Marshall 25-13; 25-22.
Burnsville took Alexandria for 9th place by the same exact scores 25-21.
It was another exacta in the 3rd place contest with Eagan taking honors 25-20 over Marshall.

It was again a traffic nightmare at Apple Valley as there was a humongous cross country meet going on. I got my exercise in walking today.

Now it is off to yard work. I will come back with the details of the four games I saw.

Next up: Burnsville vs Alexandria

Apple Valley Final Four

#1 posting 9.22.2007
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APPLE VALLEY TOURNAMENT
Shakopee won their first two games at Apple Valley with 2-0 sweeps over Burnsville and Bethlehem Academy. From the Shakopee Valley News.
Shakopee will face Marshall who bounced back from the loss to Pipestone with two wins over Hibbing and host Apple Valley. From the Marshall Independent.
Eagan and Lakeville North also moved to the semifinals.

LATE THURSDAY
AAA
#3 Chaska lost twice this week in sweeps, once to #1 Lakeville North on Tuesday and to #3 Eagan on Thursday. From the Chanhassen Villager. Last night Chaska added two more losses to their totals.

The This Week paper looks at Burnsville, Lakeville South, Rosemount and Eagan's week.

Roseville snapped an 8 game win streak by Stillwater with a five game win in Suburban East action. Earlier in the year Stillwater won in five over Roseville. Earlier in the week the Ponies swept Mounds View. From the Stillwater Gazette.

Hutchinson swept New Prague in Missota action. From the Hutchinson Leader.

Northfield was swept twice this week with Owatonna and Farmington picking up the wins. From the Northfield News.

AA
Crookston swept Warren-Alvarado-Oslo. It was the Pirates' first sweep win of the year. From the Crookston Times.

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Polls & More

#3 posting 9.17.2007
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TOP 10 POLLS
September 17
Top 10 Poll—Sep 17, 2007
No changes at the top in these polls.
In AAA Chaska and Eagan are now tied for 3rd; Andover moves up one as does Eastview and STMA. Blaine falls two spots to round out the top 10.
In AA again it is the lower half of the top 10 where rearranging takes place. Pipestone moves up one flipping spots with JCC. LeSueur-Henderson makes their first appearance in the top 10 at #9 moving past Minnesota River foe Belle Plaine.
In A there is unanimous support for Windom at #1. BA & Minneota flip spots. Up one is Wabasha-Kellogg to #4; up two to #5 is RCW. Also moving up one is BBE to #9.
Falling four spots after the Southland Tournament is Mabel-Canton to #8.
Meadow Creek returns at #10.

AAA
1. Lakeville North (21) 329
2. Shakopee (1) 309
3. Eagan 254
Chaska 254
5. Owatonna 223
6. Eden Prairie 211
7. Andover 184
8. Eastview 171
9. St. Michael/Albertville 104
10. Blaine 91
Others: Wayzata (42), Forest Lake (39), Waconia (36), Alexandria (32), Hill-Murray (26), Burnsville (16)

AA
1. Jordan (9) 135
2. Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton 125
3. Marshall 105
4. Hibbing 93
5. St. Cloud Cathedral 91
6. Stewartville 71
7. Pipestone Area 63
8. Jackson County Central 62
9. LeSueur-Henderson 43
10. Belle Plaine 38
Others receiving votes: Rocori (31), Warroad (27), Montevideo (24), Delano (19)

A
1. Windom (14) 210
2. Bethlehem Academy 190
3. Minneota 185
4. Wabasha-Kellogg 157
5. Renville County West 136
6. Mayer Lutheran 114
7. Ada-Borup 109
8. Mabel-Canton 105
9. Belgrade/Brooten/Elrosa 85
10. Meadow Creek Christian 50
Others: Goodhue (36), Lake of the Woods (34), Tracy-Milroy (27), SW Christian (24)

GAMES OF NOTE (continued)
Thursday, September 20
MVL travels to GFW. Both are currently tied with SESM for the lead in the Tomahawk. GFW is the 2 time defending Tomahawk champ.

MORE WEEKEND RESULTS
Rochester Mayo finished 2-2 in the Jackson County Central tournament with a win against the hosts, and Mountain Lake and losing to state ranked teams Pipestone and Minneota. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

Brainerd lost the title match to Nashwauk-Keewatin in the International Falls volleyball tournament.

D3 ACTION
Crown picked up their first two wins of the year in their own tournament.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE
In the Ridgewater tournament
NDSCS took home the top prize with a victory over the hosts. Despite leading 14-8 in game three Ridgewater couldn't finish.

Central Lakes finished 3rd with a 4-1 record. The only blemish was a loss to NDSCS. From the Brainerd Dispatch.
Rochester finished like Mayo with a 2-2 split with wins over Anoka-Ramsey and Rainy River, but losses to NDSCS and Central Lakes.

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Windom Wins JCC Tourney

#1 posting 9.17.2007
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LATE SATURDAY VOLLEYBALL RESULTS
Windom won the big Jackson County Central tournament over the weekend. They topped two top 10 teams with Southwest rival Pipestone in the semis, and Minneota in the finals. From the Worthington Daily Globe.

The West Central Tribune has more on their area teams at the Minnewaska, Montevideo, Sauk Rapids, and Waterville-Elysian-Morristown tournaments.

I am missing the winners of the International Falls, Pelican Rapids and Waukon, IA tournaments.

MINNESOTA SCORES
It is now minnesota-scores.net, not .com. You don't need the www portion. The site underwent the name change last week. The information is still there from previous years.

STATS
If you haven't been putting your stats on MaxPreps now would be a good time to start. It is a way to promote and create interest in volleyball. The best coverage, at this point, is the NW Suburban with 6 teams out of the 10.

GAMES OF NOTE THIS WEEK
Monday, Sept 17
Shakopee at Eastview
Tuesday, Sept 18
Lakeville North at Chaska
Burnsville at Eastview
Montevideo at Yellow Medicine East
Wednesday, Sept 19
Mpls South at Mpls Southwest
Thursday, Sept 20
Belle Plaine at LeSueur-Henderson
Pipestone at Marshall
Friday, Sept 21
Apple Valley starts their second tournament of the year.
Saturday, Sept 22
AV again

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Late Saturday High School Results

#4 posting 9.10.2007
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LATE SATURDAY RESULTS
Austin finished in 6th place at the 16 team Mankato West volleyball tournament.

Lyle-Pacelli and Southland both finished 1-3 at the Hayfield volleyball tournament. all of the above from the Rochester Post Bulletin.

Pierz rolled to the championship at Ogilvie with 42 kills on the day by Katie Kimman. Also the Pine River-Backus results. From the Brainerd Dispatch.

Fergus Falls had one win in the Marshall volleyball tournament.

Underwood walked off with the New York Mills title

Ashby finished 6th at Wheaton's tournament. The above three stories from the Fergus Falls Daily Journal.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Central Lakes held Vermilion to single digits in a three game sweep in MN North Division action. From the Brainerd Dispatch.

Riverland finished fourth at the Rochester tournament on Saturday.

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Marshall Tournament Details

#1 posting 9.10.2007
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HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT RECAPS
Marshall hosted a power packed tournament this last weekend and the host #3AA Tigers lost in the finals to #1AAA Lakeville North in a hard fought classic 30-28, 25-23. From the Marshall Independent.
Willmar finished 1-3 in the Marshall tournament. From the West Central Tribune.

Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa took the title in the Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted tournament, plus other area results.

GHEC-Martin Luther won the Sleepy Eye tournament beating Redwood Valley in the finals. From the West Central Tribune.

Windom won the Mankato West tournament with a two game win over Burnsville. Plus JCC's win in the Luverne tournament. From the Worthington Daily Globe.

I am still trying to hunt down the winners of the Lanesboro, Lester Prairie, Morris, and Pine City tournaments last weekend. If you have results, email me.

WEEK AHEAD
Monday
Cretin-Derham Hall is at Blaine
Eden Prairie travels to Lakeville South
Tuesday
Lakeville North faces Bethlehem Academy in a cross class clash
Apple Valley goes down the street to Eastview
SW Star sees Jackson County Central
Thursday
Blaine plays Andover in NW Suburban action
Eastview is at Meadow Creek in another cross class clash
Jackson County Central is at Windom in a big Southwest battle
Saturday
JCC hosts a tournament with Minneota, Pipestone and Windom among teams entered.

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Lakeville North, Shakopee, DGF Take Titles

#1 posting 9.9.2007
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TOURNAMENT WRAPS
#1 Lakeville North and #2 Shakopee won the Marshall and Shakopee tournaments respectively. From the StarTribune.

#2 AAA DGF won the Aerie Challenge in Apple Valley with a pair of wins over host Apple Valley and then Stewartville in the finals. In the coverage in the Fargo Forum.

Winona split 2-2 their games at the Red Wing tournament. They lost to Woodbury and then Northfield (who won the entire event) before beating Rochester Lourdes and then host Red Wing. From the Winona Daily News.

MN Valley Lutheran finished in 7th place and GFW was 0-2-1 in the Mankato West tournament. From the New Ulm Journal.

The St. Cloud Times has news on the Buffalo, Ogilvie, Morris, and Howard lake-Waverly-Winsted tournaments.

Jackson County Central won the Luverne Tournament yesterday 2-0 in finals against Russell Tyler Ruthton 32-30 & 25-17. In pool play, JCC beat Edgerton 2-0, Vermillion SD 2-0 & Blue Earth Area 2-0.

Underwood defeated New York Mills 2-0, 26-24 25-16 to win the NYM championship.

The Grand Forks Herald have a few boxes from Saturday.

KNOWN WINNERS,
ADA-BORUP: Ada-Borup
APPLE VALLEY: DGF
BROWERVILLE: Warroad
BUFFALO: Watertown-Mayer
CENTRAL LYON, IA:
CHISAGO LAKES: Deer River
COLUMBIA HEIGHTS: Stillwater
COON RAPIDS: Totino-Grace
HAYFIELD: Goodhue
HERITAGE CHRISTIAN: Montevideo
HOWARD LAKE: Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa
HUDSON, WI: Hudson
IRONDALE: Champlin Park
KENYON-WANAMINGO: Kenyon-Wanamingo
LANESBORO:
LESTER PRAIRIE: Lester Prairie-Holy Trinity
LUVERNE: Jackson County Central
MANKATO WEST: Windom
MARSHALL: Lakeville North
MONTGOMERY-LONSDALE: Montgomery-Lonsdale
MORRIS: Sauk Centre
NEW YORK MILLS: Underwood
OGILVIE: Pierz
OSSEO: Osseo
PINE CITY:
PINE RIVER-BACKUS: Pine River-Backus
RED WING: Northfield
SHAKOPEE: Shakopee
SILVER BAY: Babbitt-Embarrass
SLEEPY EYE: Granada-Huntley-East Chain-Martin Luther
VISITATION: Lakeville South
WESTBROOK-WALNUT GROVE:

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LATE THURSDAY
LeRoy-Ostrander swept Glenville-Emmons. Here is the GE version of events in the Albert Lea Tribune. Also in the ALT the JWP 3-1 win over United South Central.

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