Minneota Stops Central Christian

#2 posting 9.12.2006
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AWARDS REMINDERS
This Friday is the date that MN HS All State nominations need to be postmarked. Don't let this deadline slip by and have a deserving player standing out in the cold. You can download the forms from the MNVBCA site.

Also the AVCA has an awards progam including All American. Their deadline is Dec. 1 and you complete the information online.Coaches must belong to each organization to nominate for the respective awards.

TOP 10 BATTLE
In the big battle of the day #1 Minneota got the brooms out for #3 Central Christian 22, 20, 19. Minneota had 39 kills for the night. More in the Marshall Independent.

MORE MONDAY MN HS ACTION
DGF, now #1 in AA, beat Fargo North 13, 14, 17. Junior Jennifer Lopez led DGF with 18 kills. From the Fargo Forum.

Moorhead swept past Detorit Lakes 10, 21, 17. From the FF.

Bemidji ran its record to 6-0 with a 20, 8, 10 sweep over Crookston. Bemidji travels to North Banch on Saturday. From the Bemidji Pioneer.

Glenville-Emmons won a tough five game match with Grand Meadow taking the odd numbered games. From the Albert Lea Tribune.

Southland went five beating Blooming Prairie. Southland took games 1, 4, and five (17-15). This game and a few more in the Austin Herald

Pine River-Backus swept Crosby-Ironton 23, 14, 19. More from the Brainerd Dispatch

St. Cloud Apollo soared past Brainerd 15, 17, 21. From the BD.

Hutchinson swept Mankato West plus more local action in the Mankato Free Press.

Sauk Rapids downed Fergus Falls 3-1 in Central Lakes Action. SR is undefeated in conference play. This game and more in the Central MN area from the St. Cloud Times.

Little Falls swept Willmar 19, 15, 23. It was the fourth loss in five games for Willmar. From the West Central Tribune.

#5 BBE (class A) took out Hancock 10, 19, 21. This game & more in the WCT.

BOLD went five games with Benson in West Central South action. from the WCT

MACCRAY lost the first game to Redwood Valley, but won the next three. from the WCT.

Round Lake-Brewster stepped up to beat bigger school Luverne at Luverne in four. From the Worthington Daily Globe.

In keeping with the David vs Goliath theme Red Rock Central beat Worthington in five. Again from the WDG.

GFW beat Springfield in a Tomahawk showdown 3-1. More in the New Ulm Journal.

LATE SATURDAY HS TOURNAMENT ACTION
United South Central were 0-3 in the Mankato West touranment as they lost to tournament champion Belle Plaine, MN Valley Lutheran, and Windom. Story from the Albert Lea Tribune.

NRHEG went 2-3 at the Montgomery Tournament which was good for 4th place. NRHEG opened with a wins over Cannon Falls, and Cleveland. To finish the pool, they finished with a split with LeCenter. They followed that with a loss to JWP and then came back around and played Cannon Falls, but this time CF got the better of them. Story from the ALT

The Southwest Challenge in Marshall last weekend featured high octane teams and was a smash hit. The talk is that more high powered teams from throughout the upper midwest may be in attendance next season. From the Marshall Independent.

LATE SATURDAY JUCO TOURNAMENT ACTION
Ridgewater finished second in Rochester. They beat Riverland, Western WI, and Mid State WI in pool play. The lost to Madison in the championship in three. from the West Central Tribune.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ACES
4 games
Sarah Cross, Yellow Medicine East 9 vs ACGC 3-1
3 games
Naomi Anderson, Pine River-Backus 7 vs Crosby-Ironton 3-0

ASSISTS
4 games
AA
Danielle Loomis, MACCRAY 40 vs Redwood Valley 3-1

BLOCKS
4 games
AA
Kari Caspers, MACCRAY 7 vs Redwood Valley 3-1

DIGS
5 games
A
Karissa Olson, Glenville-Emmons 21 vs Spring Grove 3-2
4 games
AAA
Kacy Franklin, Fergus Falls 22 vs Sauk Rapids 1-3
Amy Pederson, Sauk Rapids 20 vs Fergus Falls 3-1
AA
Steph Kruggel, Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop 23 vs Springfield 3-1
Destiny VanDeRiet, MACCRAY 23 vs Redwood Valley 3-1
Brittany Marquardt, Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop 20 vs Springfield 3-1
3 games
AAA
Elise Traut, Rocori 20 vs St. Cloud Tech 3-0
AA
Amanda Lindeman, Le Sueur-Henderson 24 vs Sibley East 3-0
A
Beth Burggraff, Upsala 21 vs Osakis 3-0
Chelsey Grondahl, Cook 20 vs Tower-Soudan 3-0
Sheenagh Caroline, Moose Lake-Willow River 20 vs Hermantown 0-3

KILLS
5 games
AAA
Holli Aggen, Worthington 15 vs Red Rock Central 3-0
AA
Leah Miller, BOLD 19 vs Benson 3-2
A
Ashley Lau, Glenville-Emmons 25 vs Spring Grove 3-2
Maggie May, Southland 19 vs Blooming Prairie 3-2
Courtney Halvorson, Red Lake County Central 19 vs WAO 3-2
Brooke Conely, Warren-Alvarado-Oslo 16 vs RLCC 2-3
4 games
AA
Katrina Brekke, East Grand Forks 23 vs Thief River Falls 3-1
Kristina Kietzmann, Yellow Medicine East 16 vs ACGC 3-1
Kari Caspers, MACCRAY 15 vs Redwood Valley 3-1
A
Audra Schmidt, Westbrook-Walnut Grove 16 vs Lakeview 1-3
3 games
AAA
Katherine Harms, Little Falls 15 vs Willmar 3-0
AA
Jennifer Lopez, Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton 18 vs Fargo North 3-0
Andrea Olson, Eveleth-Gilbert 17 vs Two Harbors 3-0
A
Kayla Tschida, Upsala 21 vs Osakis 3-0

If you have a story line from a game send it to me so we can all know what is going on. Especially we are looking for Metro games.

next up: tomorrow morning