MARSHALL — The Marshall girls soccer team left nothing on the field Thursday night, exploding for nine goals in a shutout victory over Worthington. The nine-goal performance marked a new season high for the Tigers and improved their record to 4-3-2 on the season. Marshall will return to action Sept. 26 with a 1 p.m. road matchup against Willmar.
CLARA CITY — TMB volleyball hit the road for a matchup with MACCRAY and came away with the result it was looking for, sweeping the Wolverines 25-19, 25-18, 25-23. The victory brings the Panthers back to .500 on the season at 6-6. Allie Adams led TMB with 16 kills and also contributed one of the team’s nine service aces and eight digs. Gretchen Lanoue added a team-high four aces in the victory. Melaina Ankrum led the Panthers at the net with two of TMB’s three blocks. TMB will return to action Sept. 26 at the Sibley East tournament.
MOUNTAIN LAKE — Red Rock Central volleyball came away with a four-set road victory over Mountain Lake, winning 25-19, 25-23, 23-25, 26-24. Following a strong performance in her previous match, Amelia Ubl continued to make an impact defensively, finishing with 25 digs. Natasha Erickson also recorded 25 digs, while Zoey Keck added 23. Erickson also contributed 31 assists and a block. Paige Wondercheck and Victoria Pankonin each added one block. The Falcons had a balanced attack offensively, led by Kendra Schroeder’s nine kills. Wondercheck added seven kills, while Keck and Pankonin ...
KERKHOVEN — Thanks in part to double-digit kill performances from Eden Meagher and Brek Fier, Minneota volleyball rolled to a sweep over KMS, winning 25-23, 25-13, 25-11. Meagher led the Vikings with 15 kills, while Fier added 10 as Minneota earned its second straight sweep after defeating Dawson-Boyd earlier in the week. Leah Coequyt contributed nine kills, while Ava Rost added five and Sophie Gillund finished with four. The Vikings were also strong defensively, recording nine blocks as a team. Fier led the way with five blocks. Autum Anderson paced Minneota with 14 digs and added ...
ORTONVILLE — Kourtney Peterson’s 25 digs weren’t enough to get the Yellow Medicine East volleyball team in the win column on Thursday. Taking on Ortonville in Camden Conference play, the Sting took two of the first three sets, 25-12 and 27-25 with a 25-18 loss in between. Yet, the Trojans took sets four and five, 25-13 and 16-14, to hand YME the five-set loss. In the front row, Abbey Bones led the way with 16 kills and tied Hanna Bjorndal with a team-high three ace blocks. Bones’ four service aces were second only to Charlotte Paslawski’s six. Paslawski also tallied 23 set ...
DAWSON — Taylor Hinz’s 14 kills highlighted the Lakeview volleyball team’s attack as it swept Dawson-Boyd 25-12, 25-11, 25-14 in Camden Conference play on Thursday. Khya Gawarecki also tallied 15 set assists in the match, culminating in another four kills apiece for Allison Isaacs, Josie Spaude and Avery Hinz. Defensively, Taylor Hinz, Isaacs and Laia Javens each put up a pair of blocks. In the front row, Adison Hinz tallied seven digs while Taylor Hinz, Aubrey Pederson and Jersey Stensrud each contributed another five. Ragan Viessman led Dawson-Boyd with eight digs and six ...