Football Connections, Olympic Afterglow

#1 posting 8.25.2008
your daily dose of girls volleyball news & information

VOLLEYBALL & FOOTBALL
The StarTribune does a feature on Burnsville Middle Tori Dixon. Football fans will know her father David--former lineman for the Vikings.
The StarTribune also has their volleyball preview out with top 10 metro teams, top 10 players and important matches to come.

Former MSU Mankato football coach Jeff Jamrog was hired at Nebraska, but his daughter Liz Jamrog stayed behind to finish her senior year at Mankato Loyola.

RESULTS
HIGH SCHOOL
Late Friday: Lakeville South swept Rochester Century. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

Hermantown beat Duluth Marshall 3-0. Video from KBJR in Duluth.

NAIA
Waldorf split a pair of matches at Mount Marty. They lost to Dakota State 3-2 and beat the hosts 3-1.

Jamestown won twice on Saturday in Dickinson beating Rocky Mountain College and Montana Tech 3-1. Darci Purath of Red Lake Falls had 17 kills on the day for Jamestown. From the Jamestown Sun.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE
MN West split a pair of matches on Saturday. The Bluejays beat Highland College 2-1 and then lost to Harper College 2-0. From the Worthington Daily Globe.

OLYMPIC WRAP
USA Men's Indoor Volleyball coach Hugh McCutcheon picked up the gold--a time of celebration in a time of mourning the loss of his father in law Todd Bachman. Phone calls were made back home to celebrate with his wife Elisabeth Bachman. From the StarTribune.

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Next up: later today with Monday results