Roysland To Play Volleyball

#1 posting 3.14.2007
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ROYSLAND TO TRY VOLLEYBALL
As has long been rumored, Kelly Roysland, a Miss Volleyball in 2002 for Fosston, is going to try her hand at volleyball at Minnesota. The news in the 6th paragraph of the Gopher basketball story. From the StarTribune.

Thanks for the help from the readers of this site.

Next up: tomorrow

Colorado Crossroads Results, MI Miss VB

#1 posting 3.13.2007
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The Northern Light’s 151’s came in 1st in the 15 open division in Denver last weekend in the Colorado Crossroads National Qualifier. M1 151’s came in 21st, and Minnesota Select 151’s came in 27th.
If you want to find the results of week one check here. Here is a list of teams playing this week.

MICHIGAN MISS VOLLEYBALL
Lauren Jones of East Kentwood was named Miss Volleyball in Michigan. The rest of vote can be found in the Grand Rapids Press. Michigan plays volleyball in the winter.

Regional Club Rankings

#1 posting 3.12.2007
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Prep Volleyball just came out with the first 2007 Regional Club Rankings Here is where the MN teams place:

GREAT LAKES (North Country, Badger, Lakeshore)
In the 18s Age Division:
The #1 team is Mizuno Northern Lights 181 who won the Omaha President's Day touranment;
The #3 team is Mizuno M1 181 and #5 is Mizuno MN Select 181.
Receiving Honorable Mention votes are SW MN 181; MN North 181s; Mizuno M1 18 East; Mizuno Northern Lights 182

In the 17s Age Division
the #1 team is Mizuno M1 171 who won the Chicago Great Lakes Center President's Day tournament. #3 is Mizuno Northern Lights 171. #8 Mizuno Northern Lights 172.
Honorable Mention include MN Select 171; Mizuno M1 17 Black; Mizuno Northern Lights 173

In the 16s Age Division
The top MN team is #2 Mizuno Northern Lights 161; with #3 MN Select 161; #5 Mizuno M1 161; #8 Chaska 161; #10 Mizuno Norhtern Lights 162

Hank, Dohlman Sign, St. Thomas Camp

#1 posting 3.9.2007
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SIGNINGS
OH Sarah Hank of LeSueur-Henderson is headed to Northland. Northland has also has a verbal from OH Carrie Dohlman from Riceville, IA.


SUMMER CAMP
St. Thomas will hold their summer camp July 30 through August 2.

Thanks for all the information that come in from the readers. It makes the sight pop.

Next up: Monday

MN Spring Schedule, Culhane, and Qualifier

#1 posting 3.8.2007
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GOPHER SPRING SCHEDULE
Minnesota has released their spring schedule. Florida, Washington State and Notre Dame will be in town on March 31. They also will have a home and away with Iowa State. They finish up with a home event on April 22.

COACHING NEWS
SW MN State's Terry Culhane signed a four year extension. From the Marshall Independent.

CROSSROAD'S QUALIFIER
M1, Minnesota Select, and Northern Lights have teams in Denver the next two weeks to compete in the Crossroad’s Qualifier. The teams are competing for bids to Nationals which will be held in the Twin Cities this summer. For more info on Nationals, go to - check out the USA Volleyball site.

Colorado Crossroad’s Dates/Age Groups
Week-1, March 10-12 (13’s, 14’s, 15’s, 16 club, 16 select)
Week-2, March 16-18 (12’s, 16 open, 17’s, 18’s)

The link below will give real time results. From the Volleyball Warehouse.


Thanks to the readers for providing up to the minute news.

Realignment

#1 posting 3.6.2007
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REALIGNMENT
Every two years the MSHSL slices, dices, cuts, and chops the schools into new pies. Sections are scrambled. Volleyball changed the way the teams were divided. Previously all classes had similar amounts of teams in them. No more. Class A averages 25 a section; AA 16 and AAA 12. The mapping feature is pretty cool. Check it out. You won't see any gerrymandering.

Pools were just posted for the Northern Light Open Power League on Sunday.

Thanks as always to the help the readers of this site provide.

Next up: tomorrow

Nelson Hire, MN Volleyball Camps

#1 posting 3.3.2007
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NELSON NEW ST. CLOUD STATE ASSISTANT
Aaron Nelson has been named the new assistant at St. Cloud State. He is from Sauk Rapids HS, and graduated from St. Cloud State. He was the head coach at Morningside the past two seasons.

MINNESOTA CAMP SCHEDULE
The University of MN has announced their Camp schedule.
July 9-14 Positional Camp
These are a series of 2 day camps focusing on individual positions including the following:
Outside hitter camp
Middle hitter/blocker cam
Ball control
July 20-22 Team Camp
This camp is designed for varsity teams and coaches to not only learn volleyball sk ills, techniques, and team tactics from our staff but to compete against other teams in the camp as well.
July 23-25 General Skill Camp
This camp will introduce the athlete to the skills and techniques that have made the Golden Gopher volleyball program one of the most elite programs in the country.

For more information check out Minnesota Volleyball Camps.

next up tomorrow.

Birath to Marquette

#1 posting 3.2.2007
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BIRATH TO MARQUETTE
Raftyn Birath (Marshall) has been hired to be an assistant at Marquette. She had been the head coach at Presentation for the past 3 years. From the Marshall Independent.

next up: monday unless news breaks.

Excercise and Breast Cancer

#1 posting 3.1.2007
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EXCERCISE & BREAST CANCER
Here is a report in the Asbury Park Press about the relationship between excercise and breast cancer. Excercise may help reduce the risk of breast cancer.

next up tomorrow.

Stewartville, Bethlehem Academy Off Season

#1 posting 2.28.2007
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Not much to report. No tips have filtered in.
I did see two volleyball teams play basketball down in Rochester. Stewartville is still playing and will play Kingsland for the 1AA west title on Friday. They are led by Leigh Splittstoesser the setter for the volleyball team. Also Amanda Thompson, Julie Rainey and Nicole Hebl among others played for Stewartville.
I also saw Bethlehem Academy play New Life. Patrolling the middle was Holly Hafemyer for BA. New Life won by the way. Liz Schlobohm, Brittany DeGrood, Nicole Pothen are others from the VB team that played for BA.

next up: tomorrow

North Star Shines

#1 posting 2.26.2007
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SUNDAY ACTION
The North Star beat Elk River, Crossfire, and Coon Rapids on Sunday in Osseo.
Against Elk River the scores were 25j-16, 21-25, and 15-4.
ER had a 10-5 lead in game two before NS got the side out and then rattled off 6 straight points to retake the lead 12-10. ER scrambled back to lead 17-15. NS tied it an 17 but missed their next serve. Both teams traded side outs 8 straight serves. ER broke the pattern with an ace and never gave the ball back.
NS missed six serves on the game, all initial serves.
Game 3 was a totally different story. ER opened with the serve and it was 1-1 when Samantha Neunsinger started serving. It was 14-2 when she gave the ball back. She delivered 6 aces in the string. ER added a few more points, but the game ended on a missed serve for the 15-4 final.
NS beat Cross fire, but lost the first game 23-25. NS won the next two 25-19, 15-7,.

NS finished the day with a 2-0 win over Coon Rapids 25-21, 25-17.

Thanks for the readers help with feeding me information. If you have news email me and it will get up.

Side note: coaching at Elk River is Brenda Holmgren, former HS coach and now official.

Next up: tomorrow.

Star of the North Games

#1 posting 2.23.2007
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STAR OF THE NORTH
You can register now for volleyball at the Star of the North Summer games in Rochester on June 16 and 17. They will be using 55 courts at 12 sites. From the Chatfield News.

Southern MN Volleyball

#1 posting 2.22.2007
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Southern Minnesota Volleyball will have try outs on February 23 from 5:30-7 pm at the National Volleyball Center in Rochester.

Next up tomorrow

M1s 17s ARE SPVB President's Day Champs

#1 posting 2.21.2007
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CORRECTIONS
M1 17s won the Sports Performance VB tournament in Chicago over President's day weekend. Here are the hard numbers:
Day 1 Scores
M1 171’s vs Celtic Force 17 Green – 25-11, 25-22
M1 171’s vs Wisconsin Power 17 Red – 25-20, 25-20
M1 171’s vs Fusion 17 White – 26-24, 25-17

Scores from Day 2 Gold Division Playoffs
M1 171’s vs 1st Alliance 25-23, 16-25, 25-21,27-25
M1 171’s vs Illini Elite Cardinal, 25-16, 25-19, 18-25, 25-18

Next up: tomorrow.

President's Day Tourney Results

#1 posting 2.20.2007
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In the Sports Performance President’s Day Tournament. According to the listing M1 171’s (ranked 8th by Prepvolleyball) finished second in the 17’s division losing to Illini Elite Cardinal (ranked 11th) in the championship match. The big upset for the weekend was in the semi-final match with Ilini Elite Cardinal beating St. Louis CYC (ranked 3rd.)

The M1 161’s finished 6th in the 16’s division.

Next up: tomorrow.

Patch Hired, Tragic Death

#1 posting 2.19.2007
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PATCH HIRED
Garry Patch was hired to coach at Assumption. He has been active in the New England Volleyball scene. He replaces Bob Stein.

TRAGIC DEATH
Kaitlyn Miller, a junior OH from the Keith School in Rockford, IL died in a skiing accident in Dane County Wisconsin. From the Rockford Register Star.
Our sympathies go out to the family and the team.

Next up: tomorrow later in the day.

Falkenhagen Hired

#1 posting 2.15.2007
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FALKENHAGEN HIRED
Former Bemidji State coach Kim Falkenhagen has been hired at Eastern New Mexico. Her record at BSU was 35-93. Also a story in the Portales News-Tribune.

Next up: tomorrow at some point.

Bowman's Diary and 20 Questions

#1 posting 2.14.2007
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SPRING SCHEDULE
Wisconsin has released their spring schedule. They will host UW Milwaukee on March 28 and Marquette on April 27.

BOWMAN'S DIARY & 20 QUESTIONS
Kelly Bowman has a diary with the US National team. She has her own page updated on the national team page and answers 20 questions.

next up: early than this time tomorrow

Officer Jackson, Indiana Signings;

#1 posting 2.13.2007
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COACH JACKSON
Mpls. Henry assistant volleyball coach, and Mpls police officer, Rich Jackson was on KARE11 news with a copper bust.
He is also back to playing Volleyball making an A league team. They travel all over the Midwest playing tournaments.

COACHING NEWS
Sara Schaub has been named the new coach at Montana State Billings. She had been an assistant at Eastern Michigan. Schaub is from Huron, OH and is an EMU grad.

INDIANA SIGNING
Indiana has inked two for the 2007 season. Taylor Wittmer (Loogootee, Ind./Loogootee) a 6-1 MH/OH; and Ashley Benson (Bloomington North, Ind) a 6-3 MH.

Warehouse Action; Paralympic Volleyball

#1 posting 2.12.2007
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VB WAREHOUSE RESULTS
There was some really great volleyball being played at the Volleyball Warehouse on Sunday.
On court #1 the pool teams included Northern Light’s 181’s, M1 171’s, Minnesota Select 182’s and Crossfire 18’s. The match of the day was between Northern Light’s 181’s and M1’s 171’s. The first game NL won 25-19. It was the second game that was phenomenal. Both teams were playing their A game and they battled to a NL win at 32-30. The third game was won by M1 with a score of 15-11.

PARALYMPICS VOLLEYBALL
Katie Holloway is a 6-4 athlete from Cal State Northridge. She only has one foot. You will see the basketball part early in the video, and then you will see Paralympic volleyball in action. It gives you a look at how that game is played. From NBC Sports.

Thanks for all the good tips and solid information from the readers of this site. It couldn't be done without your help.

Next up: tomorrow.