Adams Hammers 38 Kills

#2 posting 10.28.2006
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Sorry the first posting was so late. Again there was problems with Blogger this morning.

SECTIONS
AAA
No real shocks or surprises as the top seeds moved on. The exception was in 8AAA with #3N Bemidji falling to #6N Detroit Lakes.
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Lakeville North and Rochester Mayo won their contests in four, Owatonna allowed 15 or less in their sweep with Rochester Lourdes.
Northfield is headed to Rochester with two wins against Winona and last night against New Prague. From the Northfield News.
Lakeville North earlier in the week steamrolled Rochester Century in three. From the This Week papers
5
Wayzata ripped Rogers in three. Rogers had a big turnaround from a year ago when they only won one game. Rogers finished 14-14 this year. From the Elk River Star News. Wayzata didn't allow more than 15 in any game.
The other three top seeds moved on. St. Michael-Albertville and Osseo each won in four.
6
Chaska doused the Burnsville Blaze in three and didn't allow more than 11 in any game. From the Chaska Herald.
The other top seeds move on to a Halloween treat for volleyball fans. Shakopee will face Chaska, and Eden Prairie takes on Bloomington Kennedy later that night.
Prior Lake earlier beat Edina in four. From the This Week Papers.
7
Hermantown ended Duluth East's season in four games. From the Duluth News Tribune.
North Branch had to go five to beat Mora.
Hibbing was the toughest to score on, only allowing 16 or less in their sweep of Grand Rapids. Also the DNT has other 7 action from AA and A.
8
#6N Detroit Lakes upset #3N Bemidji in four. From the Bemidji Pioneer.
Moorhead punded Park Rapids in three. From the Fargo Forum and WDAY has video too.
Sauk Rapids' sweep of St. Cloud Tech leads the St. Cloud Times coverage in 8AAA.

AA
No upsets with the teams last night as top seeds moved on the section semis.
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Springfield moved on to the next round after sweeping MVL with identical 19 scores.
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If you want to read about SC Cathedral's win go up to 8AAA and click on Sauk Rapids.
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Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa's win over Holdingford leads the West Central Tribune's coverage.
7
Annie Adams of Crosby-Ironton slammed home 38 kills in a five game win over Deer River. This game & more in the Brainerd Dispatch.
8
DGF ended East Grand Fork's season in a sweep. From the Fargo Forum.
Earlier in the week DGF pounded Crookston. This is from the Crookston Times.

A
One minor upset in 8A North was the only flaw in the seeds last night.
3
Minneota rolled Lake Benton-Lincoln HI in three. Also, later in the story, #2 Lakeview's five game scare against #7 Westbrook-Walnut Grove is included plus RTR's four game win over Dawson-Boyd. From the Marshall Independent.
Red Rock Central advanced with a five gamer with Wabasso. Found in the New Ulm Journal, written by a Marshall Independent writer.
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Hill City had the tightest defense only giving up 14 in a sweep of Northland.
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7
The cross over now happen as all the top seeds move on. Bigfork was the only team to win in three, but they had to survive a 28-26 first game before the brooms came out.
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In the only minor upset #5 EGF Sacred Heart beat Goodridge-Grygla-Gatzke in four. Scroll down to read about it in the Grand Forks Herald.

JUCO STATE
Ridgewater started the MN Tournament on a strong note with sweeps of Itasca and Rochester. From the West Central Tribune.
Central Lakes also won twice with sweeps of Anoka-Ramsey and Hibbing. From the Brainerd Dispatch.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ACES
3 games
A
Claire Kopfmann, Minneota 9 vs Lake Benton-Lincoln HI

ASSISTS
5 games
AA
Caitlin Stackpool, Virginia 45 vs Greenway 3-2
A
Denise Tietz, Westbrook-Walnut Grove 42 vs Lakeview 2-3

DIGS
5 games
AA
Carla Anderson, Eveleth-Gilbert 20 vs Chisholm 2-3
A
Jamie Gniffke, Lakeview 28 vs Westbrook-Walnut Grove 3-2
4 games
A
Ashley Benson, Dawson-Boyd 33 vs RTR 1-3

KILLS
5 games
AA
Annie Adams, Crosby-Ironton 38 vs Deer River 3-2
Katie Kimman, Pierz 21 vs Maple Lake 3-2
Erin Jacobsen, Virginia 19 vs Greenway 3-2
Carly Reuter, Deer River 16 vs Crosby-Ironton 2-3
A
Audra Schmidt, Westbrook-Walnut Grove 19 vs Lakeview 2-3
Whitney Frank, Westbrook-Walnut Grove 15 vs Lakeview 2-3
4 games
AAA
Laura Greenwood, Duluth East 23 vs Hermantown 1-3
Katelyn Early, Hermantown 16 vs Duluth East 3-1
Blair Murphy, Hermantown 15 vs Duluth East 3-1
Kasey Uran, Sartell 15 vs Melrose 3-1
AA
Sam Larsen, Albany 18 vs New London-Spicer 3-1
Megan Groen, Renville County West 18 vs BOLD 3-1
Jordan Olerud, Redwood Valley 15 vs YME 3-1
A
Kayli Schumacher, EGF Sacred Heart 33 vs GGG 3-1
Hannah Eilers, Littlefork-Big Falls 24 vs Cherry 3-1
Libby Guzzo, Silver Bay 24 vs Wrenshall 3-1
Erianne Bright, Cherry 19 vs LFBF 1-3
Rebecca Polansky, GGG 16 vs EGF Sacred Heart 1-3
Kendra Bornhoft, RTR 15 vs Dawson-Boyd 3-1
3 games
AAA
Kim Smisek, Northfield 19 vs New Prague 3-0
Danielle Lucia, St. Cloud Apollo 17 vs Little Falls 3-0
AA
Krystal Schwanke, Springfield 22 vs MVL 3-0
Anna Zyvoloski, St. Cloud Cathedral 21 vs HLWW 3-0
Jennifer Lopez, DGF 19 vs East Grand Forks 3-0
A
Jordan Beach, Bigfork 15 vs AlBrook 3-0

Next up: after the big Minnesota/Penn State battle for first in the Big 10.