Southern MN Volleyball; M1 Tournament

#1 posting 5.31.2007
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SOUTHERN MINNESOTA VOLLEYBALL
It has been a good spring for Southern Minnesota Volleyball. They have increased their team numbers from 9 to 16 and are sending four teams to the AAU national tournament. Story from the Rochester Post Bulletin.

M1 TOURNAMENTS
M1 will hold another tournament this weekend. The 13s and 14s take to the court on Saturday. The 15s and 16s follow on Sunday.

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Next up: tomorrow.

Thielke Latest HR Nominee

#1 posting 5.30.2007
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ANOTHER H-R NOMINEE
Tara Thielke of Hancock is the latest Hengstler-Ranweiler nominee to be featured in the West Central Tribune. She played right side for two years and then became a setter her senior season.
The banquet will be June 4.

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M1 17 1s National Junior Classic Champs

#1 posting 5.29.2007
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NATIONAL JUNIOR CLASSIC RESULTS
The M1 17 1s won the National Junior Classic at the Great Lakes Center in Illinois on Memorial Day.

M1 17 1s won pool A with wins over Toledo VBC and Power Sauk in Round 1.

In Round 2 M1 17 1s took the gold A pool with wins over OVA 17 asics; the hosts SPVB 17 Mizuno; and Fusion 17 Blacks.

They beat Illinois Elite 17 Cardinal in five 25-18; 23-25; 18-25; 25-14; 15-12 for the championship.

Northern Lights 17 1s finished in 7th place with 25-20; 25-23; 21-25; 25-21 win over OVA 17 Asics.

The championship M1 17 1s are featured in the above photo: Back row from left to right – Kelly McManus, Lauren Wagner, Catherine Yager, Lauren Carisch, Megan Carlson, Kelsey Brandl
Front row – Jessica Granquist, Kirsten Ostegaard, Amy Braun, Taylor Fieldsted

SIGNINGS/COMMITMENTS
Macalester has added three players to their roster for next year:
Marja Mucic of St. Louis Park, 5-11 MH
Kiera Coulter of Davis, CA 5-2 DS
Jacqueline White of Citrus HS, Inverness FL, 5-7 OH

HEBERT GOLF INVITATIONAL
Here is more on the first Mike Hebert golf invitational. It will be held at Mendakota Country Club in Mendota Heights, Minn. on Monday, July 2. There are a variety of ways participate from the golf event to dinner option only to hole sponsorships.

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USA Men's team vs France

#1 posting 5.28.2007
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NATIONAL MEN'S TEAM
This site doesn't cover the men's side very much, but in preparation for the 2008 olympics the USA men's squad faced off against France in a two game series in Portland, Oregon. They lost in five on Saturday and won 3-1 Sunday.

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Gustavus In Greece

#1 posting 5.27.2007
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GUSTAVUS IN GREECE
The Gustavus volleyball team is traveling in Greece this week playing local teams. This tidbit found in the Alexandria Echo Press midway through the article under Bolm in Greece.

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Top 4 Recruiting Class

#1 posting 5.26.2007
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TOP 4 RECRUITING CLASS
Prepvolleyball.com has listed the Gopher recruiting class as the 4th best in the nation.

Hailey Cowles, 5-10 L/DS, Eden Prairie (MN);
Brook Dieter, 6-1 OH, Kennedy (Bloomington MN);
Lauren Gibbemeyer, 6-2 MB, Cretin-Derham Hall (St. Paul MN);
Charde Phillips, 6-1 MB, Elyria (OH);
Caitlin Schneider, 5-10 RS/S, St. Charles North (St. Charles IL)

They look for Gibbemeyer and Cowles to make an immediate impact.

Next up: when news strikes. It may be Tuesday because of the Memorial Day weekend.

National Junior Classic Schedules, SMV Results

#1 posting 5.24.2007
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WEEKEND TOURNAMENT
Teams from Northern Lights and M1 will be in Chicago this weekend to compete in the National Junior Classic hosted by Sports Performance. Schedules are here along with one page of notes to start. Championship games are on Monday.

ROCHESTER TOURNAMENT
The Southern Minnesota Volleyball Spring Tournament was held last weekend. Here are some of the champs:
18: Northern Lights 17-3
16: SMV 15-1
14: SMV 14-1
Also from the Rochester Post Bulletin.

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Nominee Clark

#1 posting 5.23.2007
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ANOTHER NOMINEE
Here is the latest Hengstler-Ranweiler nominee: Mindy Clark of Lac Qui Parle Valley. This award is given to the top senior male and female athlete in the West Central Tribune area.

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Wisconsin European Trip.

#1 posting 5.22.2007
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TRIP PREP
Wisconsin is getting ready for their trip to the five European countries including the Czech Republic, and Italy. The trip starts May 30 and ends on June 12.

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M1 Day 2 Results

#1 posting 5.21.2007
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M1 DAY TWO RESULTS
M1 17s won the Sunday portion of the M1 Tournament. MN Select took the silver while M1 18 1s finished in third.

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M1 Day 1 Results

#1 posting 5.20.2007
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M1 TOURNAMENT RESULTS
Chaska 151 won the M1 Tournament yesterday with Jordan 161 finishing in second.

Today the older teams take to the courts today with action starting at 8 am. Here are the schedules.

NATIONAL TEAM
Kelly Bowman, former Gopher, is no longer training with the USA National team.

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Mizuno Series Tournament, Dehnel Hired

#1 posting 5.19.2007
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WEEKEND TOURNAMENT
The Mizuno Series starts today. There are tournaments on the 19th and 20th.
The action takes place at the
M1 Training Center, Mtka, MN

COACHING NEWS
Ryan Dehnel has been hired at Burnsville. He recently has been an assistant at SW MN State. From the Burnsville This Week paper.

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Dieter, Gibbemeyer on National Team, Coaching Openings

#1 posting 5.18.2007
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NATIONAL TEAM
USA Volleyball has added future Gophers Brook Dieter, Bloomington Kennedy and Lauren Gibbemeyer, Cretin-Derham Hall to the 2007 U.S. Women’s Junior National Training Team. Both play club ball at Northern Lights. Gibbemeyer is a carry over from the 2006 NORCECA gold-medal winning team.

AWARDS
Brittany Euerle of Litchfield is another in the long line of nominees for the Hengstler-Ranweiler in the West Central Tribune area.

COACHING NEWS
Here are 10 jobs that are currently open. There may be more.
Minneapolis Edison is looking for their fourth coach in four years.
Here are a few others
Bagley
Fairmont
Frazee
International School
Monticello
New Life
Pine City
Wabasha-Kellogg
Waseca

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Rochester Cup

#1 posting 5.17.2007
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SIGNING/VERBAL
Britni Mensink, Houston, MN will be going to Rochester CTC this fall.

ROCHESTER CUP RESULTS
52 teams were in action last weekend in the Rochester Cup. Southern Minnesota Volleyball finished with the best placement taking second in the 16 division. Northern Lights 2 won the tournament. From the Rochester Post-Bulletin.

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Moseng HR Nominee

#1 posting 5.16.2007
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AWARD NOMINEE
Brook Moseng, Montevideo is the latest player featured for the Hengstler-Ranweiler award in the West Central Tribune.

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High Standard????

#2 posting 5.15.2007
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HIGH STANDARD????
Since when is a 2.0 considered a high standard? The StarTribune seems to think that it is too high a hurdle. Since I coach in the Minneapolis school district (volleyball) I am quite familiar with the rule. It has been around for quite some time. By the way my volleyball team has one the Academic Section award two of the last three years.

What District AD John Washington said is spot on---"If you show up and do the work you'll earn the grade."

Report on the attendance of these student athletes. Report on how many missing assignments they have. It has been my experience the fewer times you attend class, the fewer assignements you turn in, the worse your grade.

By the way there are appeal processes and 14/21 were approved.

Quit trying to lower standards. Kids are supposed to be going to class and doing the work.
High Standard???? what a joke.

A Pair of Awards

#1 posting 5.15.2007
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AWARDS
Patina Queenan of KMS is up for the H-R award. This is an athlete of the year type award around the West Central Tribune Area.

Maria Hoffman was named rookie of the year at St. Catherine's. This award has multiple sport entries.

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Next up: tomorrow.

Burnsville Open

#1 posting 5.14.2007
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JOB OPEN
The Burnsville (job 269) is open. This is the second Lake job to open this year and 11th in MN (that I have records for). Dan Seppala replaced Walt Weaver at Apple Valley.

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Change in Chisago Lakes

#1 posting 5.13.2007
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COACHING NEWS
At Chisago Lakes, JV coach Katie Larson is taking over the head coaching duties from
Nicole Devries.

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next up: tomorrow.

Schleuder's Award, Upcoming Clinic

#1 posting 5.12.2007
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AWARDS
Macalester coach Stephanie Schleuder will be awarded the George J. Fisher Leader in Volleyball Award at the Dorothy C. Boyce Annual Awards on May 24 at Austin TX.

CLINIC
USA Volleyball will run a coaches clinic during the Junior National Championships. The JO tournament will be at the Mpls Convention Center June 29th thru July 7th.
This clinic will be for inner city coaches at the elementary/mid school level and will be for park board coaches as well. The target dates are June 29th-July 3rd. We may run a session for high school coaches as well or they can attend the younger group sessions.
The clinic will be presented by John Kessel of USAV. He is bright, energetic, creative, challenging and fun.
Interested parties should contact Gene McBride, Mpls South Volleyball coach.

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Next up: tomorrow or Monday depending on news flow.

Wilde to Bethany Lutheran

#1 posting 5.11.2007
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COACHING NEWS
Bethany Lutheran has named Susan Wilde as their new coach. She replaces interim coach Maria Ankrum. Wilde has been the Maple River coach. From the Bethany Lutheran News.

SIGNINGS
South Dakota State has added four more players to next years roster, but no one is from MN. Earlier this fall Annie Adams of Crosby-Ironton signed with SDSU.

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Next up: tomorrow.

Mike Hebert Invitational

#1 posting 5.10.2007
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GOLF EVENT
The 1st Annual Mike Hebert Invitational Golf Tournament will be presented by the Minnesota Golddiggers. Here is there press release.

In conjunction with the Junior Olympic National Championships that will be hosted in Minneapolis, we are inviting all college, club and high school volleyball coaches, boosters and fans to join us on July 2nd at the Mendakota Country Club for a 2:00 p.m. shotgun scramble. For pictures of the perfectly manicured Mendakota course.

The cost per person is $120 which includes: Green fee , cart, gifts, BBQ dinner, and a chance to win one of many great prizes. There will be beverages available for purchase on the course as well as a cash bar at the BBQ.

Join Mike Hebert and his staff along with the Golden Gopher Volleyball players for this special event. Several Division One College and club coaches have already committed to playing in this event.
Contact the Gopher volleyball program if interested.

COACHING NEWS
Jackson County Central has a varsity opening.

HALL OF FAME
Gail Nucech of Hibbing and former Apple Valley coach Walt Weaver will be inducted into the MSHSL Hall of Fame May 20.

TRIPPING
Wisconsin will be making a European trip this starting May 30. They will be headed to the Czech Republic, Austria and more.

Thanks readers for the great information you provide. You make this the first source for current news.

Next up: tomorrow morning.

Coaching Openings

#1 posting 5.9.2007
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COACHING NEWS
Maranatha, a private school in Brooklyn Park, is looking for a head coach.

Shakopee needs an Assistant Varsity Volleyball Coach for 2007.

I have updated the coaching jobs that I know about in the links on the right. If you have others that I am missing email me and I will get the information updated.

Thanks to the readers for making this the first stop for your volleyball news.

Next up: tomorrow morning.

Broderius up for H-R Award

#1 posting 5.8.2007
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The West Central Tribune highlights H-R nominees, an award for student athletes. Today's spotlight shines on Sam Broderius, of Buffalo Lake-Hector.

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MSU Mankato, UW River Falls Awards

#1 posting 5.7.2007
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AWARDS
MSU Mankato held their 21st Maverick Achievement Awards and Honors awards and Mandy Reuter of Orono, and Cassie Wolpern of Belle Plaine received recognition.

UW River Falls Chancellor’s Award for Excellence were passed out on April 16 and Kathryn Krtnick of Fridley picked up an award.

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Next up: tomorrow.

Jordan Juniors JOs

5.6.2007
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LATE JO QUALIFIER NEWS
The Jordan Junior 18s team competed at the 18 level in the Northern Lights Qualifier back on April 20-22. Here is their experience and results in the Jordan Independent.

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Timmers Hired at Indiana

#1 posting 5.5.2007
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HIRE
Amanda Timmers, former Appleton Xavier, WI and UW Green Bay player, has been hired as the new director of volleyball operations at Indiana. Timmers finished her college days at the College of Charleston.

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Simon Leaves UM Crookston

#1 posting 5.4.2007
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COACHING NEWS
Dave Simon is leaving UM Crookston for the assistant job at Winona State. From the Crookston Times.

ATHENA WINNERS
There are 15 volleyball players being honored as their schools Athena winner today at the Minneapolis Convention Center. List is in the Star Tribune.

Q&A
Brittni Wangerin, a Prior Lake Sophomore, answers questions in the Prior Lake American.

NO FACEBOOK
UM Duluth doesn't allow their athletes to get involved in social networking sites like Facebook. It isn't a popular decision. From the MN Daily.

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Buffalo Lake-Hector Death

#1 posting 5.3.2007
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SUDDEN DEATH
Darla (Lidberg) Schulte died suddenly at her home on April 23. She was a member of the 1989 Buffalo Lake-Hector 3rd place finisher in the State A Tournament. From the West Central Tribune.

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Shaikoski Signs, Kaepa FC Elite

#1 posting 5.2.2007
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SIGNING
Krista Shaikoski, Fergus Falls is staying close to home as she will be attending MSCTC Fergus Falls in the Fall. From the Fergus Falls Daily Journal.

NORTHERN LIGHTS LEFT OVERS
Kaepa FC Elite from Wisconsin had two teams that finished second in the recent NL Qualifier and will be in Minneapolis for the Nationals in early July. FC Elite 171 and FC Elite 181 are the two teams advancing. From the Appleton Post Crescent.

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Nelson Golden Goldy Winner

#1 posting 5.1.2007
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ATHLETES OF THE YEAR
A few colleges have named their athlete of the year.
The first Golden Goldys were passed out last night. Meredith Nelson is the female athltete of the year at Minnesota. Nelson was second team All American, All Conference, and All Region this year. From the MN Daily.

Sonia Muzikarova of Macalester was named Sophomore Female Athlete of the Year.

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