When Marshall High School first established its soccer team in 2017, Marissa Talamantes was part of a small group that comprised the junior varsity squad. The team was small and primarily consisted of underclassmen and middle schoolers. There was no varsity team. Six years later, Talamantes ...

SIOUX CITY, Iowa — Jamestown (N.D.) claimed their first NAIA Women’s volleyball title Tuesday night. Included on the roster were former Marshall Tigers Logan Sherman and Jon Hegerle. Sherman, a rightside hitter, is in her junior year at Jamestown. During her time at Marshall, she was a ...

Last month, I released the 16th episode of my podcast “Work Hard, Play Harder” with Southwest Minnesota State University volleyball players Natalee Rolbiecki and McKenzie Tolk. This week, I am dropping episode 17 with Lakeview football head coach Scott Hanson. What a season Lakeview had, ...

This week, I am dropping episode 18 of the Work Hard, Play Harder podcast with Wabasso Rabbits volleyball head coach Barb Johnson Johnson, an SMSU alum and former college volleyball player. Johnson made a seamless transition into coaching over a decade ago. She coaches high school girls now ...

Coming off a 2021 state championship loss to Mayer Lutheran, Minneota volleyball head coach Hayley Fruin had sleepless nights. She said she never wanted to leave a game thinking, “I wish I would have….” again. Heading into the 2022 season, this was a different team. They set the goal ...

Thursday, Nov. 10 The anticipation of covering my first stat volleyball event was exciting. Even more exciting was the opportunity to cover two teams that may win the state championship in their class. It was also my first time ever heading to the Xcel Energy Center in St.Paul, and I wanted ...