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Panthers Top EPJ In Big Sioux Showdown
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| Creighton's Jessica Ripp, right, goes up for a block of Osmond's Paige Reikofski during their match in a volleyball triangular at Verdigre, Neb., Thursday. (James D. Cimburek/P&D) |
Volleyball: Nebraska Programs Kick Off 2008 Campaigns
NORTH SIOUX CITY — In a back-and-forth match that saw each team respond to the other, it was the Dakota Valley Panthers who came out on top, defeating Elk Point-Jefferson 26-24, 21-25, 25-22, 24-26, 20-18 in Big Sioux Conference volleyball action Thursday night in North Sioux City.
Alyssa Wall led the way for Dakota Valley (1-1) with 15 kills and three ace serves, while Nicole Dykstra recorded 31 assists. Lori Hixon added 20 digs and Kayla Spencer chipped in 12 digs and four ace serves.
For the Huskies (2-1), Maddie Pace had 16 kills and four ace serves, Molly Hammitt had five kills and Shelby Larsen added 15 assists and nine digs.
ELK POINT-JEFFERSON (2-1) 24 25 22 26 18
DAKOTA VALLEY (1-1) 26 21 25 24 20
Verdigre Triangular
VERDIGRE, Neb. — The Creighton Lady Bulldogs cruised to a 2-0 record at the Verdigre Triangular Thursday, defeating Verdigre 25-14, 25-7 and Osmond 25-20, 25-19.
Verdigre was 0-2 in the triangular, also losing to Osmond 24-26, 22-25.
CREIGHTON 2, VERDIGRE 0: The Lady Bulldogs got 25 assists from Sarah Fanta, 10 kills from Brandi Sorenson and 13 digs from Jessica Ripp.
For Verdigre, Angela Boggs had eight assists and Brianna Hamilton had three kills.
CREIGHTON 2, OSMOND 0: Creighton got 18 assists from Fanta and eight digs from Sorenson and Amber Thomas.
OSMOND 2, VERDIGRE 0: Boggs had seven assists and two digs and Hamilton had four digs and three kills.
Wynot Tourn.
WYNOT, Neb. — The Wynot Lady Blue Devils volleyball team opened the 2008 season by claiming top honors in their home invitational, beating Newcastle 25-16, 25-18 in the final Thursday.
In the title match, Ashley Schmidt had six kills and three ace serves, and Sarah Schulte had four kills to lead Wynot. April Lauer had three kills and five digs. Rachel Wieseler had four digs and three ace serves, Shelby Wieseler ahd 12 set assists and Nicolette Kuchta added four digs in the win.
Wynot advanced to the final with a victory over Hartington, 26-24, 25-8.
Schulte posted four kills, five blocks and six digs to lead Wynot. Schmidt finished with three kills, two blocks and four ace serves. Shelby Wieseler had eight set assists and Lauer added three ace serves in the win.
Wynot, 2-0, hosts Allen Tuesday.
Hurley 3, Bloomfield 2
HURLEY — The Hurley Bulldogs and Bloomfield Bees went back-and-forth with Hurley coming out on top in the 25-19, 17-25, 25-22, 23-25, 15-12 five-set win Thursday night in Hurley.
Hurley, up 2-1, had a chance to win the match but Bloomfield won the fourth game, only to see the Bulldogs win the fifth and final game.
The Bulldogs (3-4) got 13 kills from Katie Buckstead, 13 assists from Tessa Buehler, 16 digs from Abby Ebbesen and four blocks from Haley Jorgensen.
Hurley will host Viborg next Tuesday.
BLOOMFIELD 19 25 22 25 12
HURLEY (3-4) 25 17 25 23 15
SSC 3, Vermillion 0
VERMILLION — The South Sioux City Cardinals earned a straight-set 25-20, 25-18, 25-19 win over the Vermillion Tanagers in volleyball action from Thursday night in Vermillion.
The Cardinals were led in kills by Brooke Olson (10), assists by Brooke Likes (19), digs by Sadie Cardwell (15) and ace serves by Cardwell (2).
Vermillion (2-2) got six kills from Kayla Gale, 15 assists from Sara Kjose and 15 digs from Bri Brinkmann.
The Tanagers are in Luverne, Minn., on Saturday for a tournament.
SOUTH SIOUX CITY 25 25 25
VERMILLION (2-2) 20 18 19
Marion 3, Irene-Wakonda 1
WAKONDA — Cara Schardin pounded out 15 kills and had 34 digs to lead Marion to a 25-17, 18-25, 25-19, 25-18 victory over Irene-Wakonda in prep volleyball action Thursday night.
Also for Marion, Sydney Smith finished with 10 kills, 21 digs and four ace serves. Megan Kayser finished with 24 set assists and nine digs. Katie Koehn had six kills, 14 digs and eight ace serves. Danielle Hernandez had six set assists and seven digs, and Allison Luke added 16 digs in the win.
Melanie Kathol had three kills and seven digs, and Casey Hessman had 17 digs to lead Irene-Wakonda. Ann Brockmueller posted four ace serves, Nicole Nielsen had three set assists and Kelli Johnston added three blocks for the Eagles.
Marion draws Canistota Tuesday. Irene-Wakonda travels to Beresford Tuesday.
Irene-Wakonda won the JV match 2-1. Marion swept the C-match.
MARION 25 18 25 25
IRENE-WAKONDA (0-2) 17 25 19 18
Centerville 3, Canistota 1
CANISTOTA — Rachel Blake recorded 32 assists as the Centerville Tornadoes defeated Canistota 25-20, 22-25, 25-18, 25-22 Thursday night in Canistota.
Centerville also got 13 kills from Nicole Jenter, 12 kills and four digs from Molly Pingrey, and 10 kills from Alyssa Larson.
Canistota (0-2) got 11 kills, four digs and two ace serves from Brooke DeKramer, while Tess Wuertz had 11 digs and Jasmine Marshall added 12 assists.
CENTERVILLE 25 22 25 25
CANISTOTA (0-2) 20 25 18 22
Tripp-Delmont/Armour 3, White Lake 1
ARMOUR — Tripp-Delmont/Armour scored a 25-16, 25-13, 21-25, 25-12 win over White Lake Thursday night in Armour.
TDA (2-4) got 12 kills from Sam Sandau, 11 assists from Larissa Buchholz, eight digs from Tiffany Villmow and nine ace serves from Destinee Vogt.
White Lake got six kills from Emily Beckmann, five ace serves from Maria Nightengale and two digs from both Melanie Suelfow and Kyla Beuckelman.
TDA is at Avon next Tuesday while White Lake next faces Kimball.
WHITE LAKE (1-5) 16 13 25 12
TRIPP-DELMONT/ARMOUR (2-4) 25 25 21 25
Alcester-Hudson 3, Gayville-Volin 0
GAYVILLE — The Alcester-Hudson Cubs moved to 2-0 on the season with a 25-10, 25-11, 25-14 win over Gayville-Volin in volleyball action Thursday in Gayville.
The Cubs got 10 kills, seven ace serves, one dig and block from Mallory Schempp, while Megan Wood added eight kills, three ace serves and two digs. Andrea Jansen added 20 assists and Emily Schreur had six kills and three defensive digs.
The Raiderettes (0-2) got 10 digs and three kills from Shelby Goeden, while Stacy Hirsch had three kills and three digs. Kelsey Anderson added 21 assists in the loss.
The Cubs also won the JV match 2-1.
Alcester-Hudson hosts Freeman on Saturday while Gayville-Volin is at a triangular in Centerville next Tuesday.
ALCESTER-HUDSON (2-0, 2-0) 25 25 25
GAYVILLE-VOLIN (0-2, 0-1) 10 11 14
Wagner 3, Chamberlain 0
WAGNER — The Wagner Red Raiders moved to 6-1 on the season with a 26-24, 25-19, 25-9 win over Chamberlain Thursday night in Wagner.
The Red Raiders got 16 digs and 12 kills from Kelsey Krcil, 18 digs from Mary Kocer, 33 assists from Keaya Weber and eight kills from Jilanne Doom.
Chamberlain (1-1) got six kills and 11 digs from Jordan Willard, as well as 12 assists from Kelly Swenson.
Wagner is at Gregory next Thursday while Chamberlain is at South Central next Tuesday.
CHAMBERLAIN (1-1) 24 19 9
WAGNER (6-1) 26 25 25
Freeman 3, Viborg 2
FREEMAN — The Freeman Flyers rallied from a 2-1 deficit to defeat Viborg 16-25, 25-11, 22-25, 27-25, 21-19 Thursday night in Freeman.
The Flyers (1-0) got 15 digs, 13 kills, three ace serves and two blocks from Dayna Peterson, while Hillary Stern added 10 digs, eight kills and two ace serves. Rebeka Rinehart added 27 assists in the win.
The Vikings (1-1) got eight kills and four blocks from Jessie Lee, while Sage Knudson had seven kills, six digs and five ace serves.
Freeman is at Alcester-Hudson on Saturday in Alcester.
VIBORG (1-1) 25 11 25 25 19
FREEMAN (1-0) 16 25 22 27 21
Menno 3, Freeman Academy 1
FREEMAN — Menno jumped out ahead early and ended up defeating Freeman Academy 25-20, 25-13, 22-25, 25-21 Thursday night in Menno.
For the Bobcats (1-1), Alicia Hofer had 53 assists and seven kills, while Lindsay Waltner had seven digs and Mandi Ries had five kills.
Menno got 12 kills and four ace serves from Kelsey Walloch, while Kendra Simonsen had 19 assists and Courtney Kessler added 13 digs.
Freeman Academy is at Dell Rapids-St. Mary next Tuesday.
MENNO 25 25 22 25
FREEMAN ACADEMY (1-1) 20 13 25 21
Avon 3, Andes Central 0
LAKE ANDES — Thanks to 18 assists and 12 kills from Kela Cihak, the Avon Lady Pirates defeated Andes Central 25-22, 25-23, 25-11 Thursday night in Lake Andes.
Also for Avon (3-0), Gina Cuka had 15 assists and Jenn Wepking had 11 kills.
Andes Central (1-1) got 19 assists from Araya Cournoyer, nine digs from Patrisse Vasek and five kills from Jenna Winckler.
Both teams will be at the Gregory Tournament on Saturday.
AVON (3-0) 25 25 25
ANDES CENTRAL (1-1) 22 23 11
Santee 3, Lynch 1
LYNCH, Neb. — The Santee Warriors scored a 25-21, 21-25, 25-10, 26-24 win over Lynch in volleyball action Thursday night in Lynch.
No stats were made available for Santee.
For Lynch, Megan Heiser had eight ace serves and six kills, while Kelcie Bellar recorded eight set assists and seven digs.
SANTEE 25 21 25 26
LYNCH 21 25 10 24
Sioux Falls Christian 3, Brandon Valley 0
SIOUX FALLS — Sioux Falls Christian, the defending Class A state champions, won a narrow first game and went on to defeat Brandon Valley 25-23, 25-18, 25-17 Thursday night in Sioux Falls.
The Chargers (2-0) got 10 kills and three blocks from Kaitlin Johnston, 22 assists from Abby Van Gorp, and 11 digs and three ace serves from Alex Brower.
Brandon Valley (1-2) were led by Jordan Peterson, who had 11 assists, nine digs, four kills and two ace serves. Lexi Maassen added eight digs and five blocks while Erica Ellis had four kills and two blocks.
The Chargers host a tournament Saturday and Brandon Valley is at Huron Saturday.
BRANDON VALLEY (1-2) 23 18 17
SIOUX FALLS CHRISTIAN (2-0) 25 25 25
Sioux Valley 3, Castlewood 0
VOLGA — The Sioux Valley Cossacks moved to 3-0 on the season with a 25-21, 25-18, 25-22 win over Castlewood Thursday night in Volga.
The Cossacks got 14 digs and five ace serves from Brooke Olson, as well as nine kills and six blocks from Taylor Olson.
Castlewood (1-1) got 22 assists from Allison McEldowney and six kills and four blocks from Whitney Kemink. Kaylie Gabur added 36 digs in the loss.
Sioux Valley hosts McCook Central and Castlewood faces Flandreau next Tuesday.
CASTLEWOOD (1-1) 21 18 22
SIOUX VALLEY (3-0) 25 25 25
Lake Preston 3, Dell Rapids-St. Mary 0
LAKE PRESTON — Lake Preston moved to 2-0 on the season with a 25-21, 25-20, 25-15 straight-set victory over Dell Rapids-St. Mary Thursday night.
The Divers got 12 kills and three blocks from Lydia Nelson, and 18 assists and 13 digs from Val Williams.
No stats were made available for DR-SM.
DELL RAPIDS-ST. MARY 21 20 15
LAKE PRESTON (2-0) 25 25 25
Garretson 3, Baltic 0
BALTIC — Garretson cruised to a 25-11, 25-19, 25-15 road victory over Baltic Thursday night in Baltic.
The Blue Dragons (2-4) were led by Alyssa Wetham’s nine kills and two ace serves, while Morgan Ellefson had four ace serves and Sarah Nussbaum had two digs.
Baltic (0-3) got three kills from Alison Syverson and two kills and two blocks from Marissa Whipple.
Garretson faces Colman-Egan next Tuesday and Baltic faces Canistota next Thursday.
GARRETSON (2-4) 25 25 25
BALTIC (0-3) 11 19 15
Gregory 3, Stanley Co. 0
GREGORY — The Gregory Gorillas opened their 2008 campaign with a 25-23, 25-18, 26-24 sweep of Stanley County in prep volleyball action Thursday.
Kary Vomacka had 20 kills and 12 digs, and Tarra Kruse had 14 kills and 11 digs to lead a balanced Gregory lineup. Mindi Arizmendis had 25 set assists and 14 digs, and Carrie Hemeyer added 15 digs and five ace serves in the win.
For Stanley County, Sami Ganske posted 19 digs, Kirsten Wilcox had 11 digs and Brandi Prince added two ace serves.
Gregory hosts its annual invitational Saturday. Stanley County, 1-2, travels to Redfield Saturday.
Gregory claimed the JV and C matches, each two games to one.
STANLEY COUNTY (1-2) 23 18 24
GREGORY (1-0) 25 25 26
Tri-Valley 3, Lennox 0
COLTON — The Tri-Valley Mustangs easily handled Lennox, winning 25-3, 25-9, 25-6 Thursday night in Colton.
Tri-Valley (2-0) got 14 ace serves and 14 assists from Chelsea Rud, as well as nine kills from Amanda Klein.
The Orioles got 10 digs from Becca Brende and two kills from Teddi Fincher.
Tri-Valley next hosts Alcester-Hudson next Tuesday.
LENNOX (1-2) 3 9 6
TRI-VALLEY (2-0) 25 25 25
Alyssa Wall led the way for Dakota Valley (1-1) with 15 kills and three ace serves, while Nicole Dykstra recorded 31 assists. Lori Hixon added 20 digs and Kayla Spencer chipped in 12 digs and four ace serves.
For the Huskies (2-1), Maddie Pace had 16 kills and four ace serves, Molly Hammitt had five kills and Shelby Larsen added 15 assists and nine digs.
ELK POINT-JEFFERSON (2-1) 24 25 22 26 18
DAKOTA VALLEY (1-1) 26 21 25 24 20
Verdigre Triangular
VERDIGRE, Neb. — The Creighton Lady Bulldogs cruised to a 2-0 record at the Verdigre Triangular Thursday, defeating Verdigre 25-14, 25-7 and Osmond 25-20, 25-19.
Verdigre was 0-2 in the triangular, also losing to Osmond 24-26, 22-25.
CREIGHTON 2, VERDIGRE 0: The Lady Bulldogs got 25 assists from Sarah Fanta, 10 kills from Brandi Sorenson and 13 digs from Jessica Ripp.
For Verdigre, Angela Boggs had eight assists and Brianna Hamilton had three kills.
CREIGHTON 2, OSMOND 0: Creighton got 18 assists from Fanta and eight digs from Sorenson and Amber Thomas.
OSMOND 2, VERDIGRE 0: Boggs had seven assists and two digs and Hamilton had four digs and three kills.
Wynot Tourn.
WYNOT, Neb. — The Wynot Lady Blue Devils volleyball team opened the 2008 season by claiming top honors in their home invitational, beating Newcastle 25-16, 25-18 in the final Thursday.
In the title match, Ashley Schmidt had six kills and three ace serves, and Sarah Schulte had four kills to lead Wynot. April Lauer had three kills and five digs. Rachel Wieseler had four digs and three ace serves, Shelby Wieseler ahd 12 set assists and Nicolette Kuchta added four digs in the win.
Wynot advanced to the final with a victory over Hartington, 26-24, 25-8.
Schulte posted four kills, five blocks and six digs to lead Wynot. Schmidt finished with three kills, two blocks and four ace serves. Shelby Wieseler had eight set assists and Lauer added three ace serves in the win.
Wynot, 2-0, hosts Allen Tuesday.
Hurley 3, Bloomfield 2
HURLEY — The Hurley Bulldogs and Bloomfield Bees went back-and-forth with Hurley coming out on top in the 25-19, 17-25, 25-22, 23-25, 15-12 five-set win Thursday night in Hurley.
Hurley, up 2-1, had a chance to win the match but Bloomfield won the fourth game, only to see the Bulldogs win the fifth and final game.
The Bulldogs (3-4) got 13 kills from Katie Buckstead, 13 assists from Tessa Buehler, 16 digs from Abby Ebbesen and four blocks from Haley Jorgensen.
Hurley will host Viborg next Tuesday.
BLOOMFIELD 19 25 22 25 12
HURLEY (3-4) 25 17 25 23 15
SSC 3, Vermillion 0
VERMILLION — The South Sioux City Cardinals earned a straight-set 25-20, 25-18, 25-19 win over the Vermillion Tanagers in volleyball action from Thursday night in Vermillion.
The Cardinals were led in kills by Brooke Olson (10), assists by Brooke Likes (19), digs by Sadie Cardwell (15) and ace serves by Cardwell (2).
Vermillion (2-2) got six kills from Kayla Gale, 15 assists from Sara Kjose and 15 digs from Bri Brinkmann.
The Tanagers are in Luverne, Minn., on Saturday for a tournament.
SOUTH SIOUX CITY 25 25 25
VERMILLION (2-2) 20 18 19
Marion 3, Irene-Wakonda 1
WAKONDA — Cara Schardin pounded out 15 kills and had 34 digs to lead Marion to a 25-17, 18-25, 25-19, 25-18 victory over Irene-Wakonda in prep volleyball action Thursday night.
Also for Marion, Sydney Smith finished with 10 kills, 21 digs and four ace serves. Megan Kayser finished with 24 set assists and nine digs. Katie Koehn had six kills, 14 digs and eight ace serves. Danielle Hernandez had six set assists and seven digs, and Allison Luke added 16 digs in the win.
Melanie Kathol had three kills and seven digs, and Casey Hessman had 17 digs to lead Irene-Wakonda. Ann Brockmueller posted four ace serves, Nicole Nielsen had three set assists and Kelli Johnston added three blocks for the Eagles.
Marion draws Canistota Tuesday. Irene-Wakonda travels to Beresford Tuesday.
Irene-Wakonda won the JV match 2-1. Marion swept the C-match.
MARION 25 18 25 25
IRENE-WAKONDA (0-2) 17 25 19 18
Centerville 3, Canistota 1
CANISTOTA — Rachel Blake recorded 32 assists as the Centerville Tornadoes defeated Canistota 25-20, 22-25, 25-18, 25-22 Thursday night in Canistota.
Centerville also got 13 kills from Nicole Jenter, 12 kills and four digs from Molly Pingrey, and 10 kills from Alyssa Larson.
Canistota (0-2) got 11 kills, four digs and two ace serves from Brooke DeKramer, while Tess Wuertz had 11 digs and Jasmine Marshall added 12 assists.
CENTERVILLE 25 22 25 25
CANISTOTA (0-2) 20 25 18 22
Tripp-Delmont/Armour 3, White Lake 1
ARMOUR — Tripp-Delmont/Armour scored a 25-16, 25-13, 21-25, 25-12 win over White Lake Thursday night in Armour.
TDA (2-4) got 12 kills from Sam Sandau, 11 assists from Larissa Buchholz, eight digs from Tiffany Villmow and nine ace serves from Destinee Vogt.
White Lake got six kills from Emily Beckmann, five ace serves from Maria Nightengale and two digs from both Melanie Suelfow and Kyla Beuckelman.
TDA is at Avon next Tuesday while White Lake next faces Kimball.
WHITE LAKE (1-5) 16 13 25 12
TRIPP-DELMONT/ARMOUR (2-4) 25 25 21 25
Alcester-Hudson 3, Gayville-Volin 0
GAYVILLE — The Alcester-Hudson Cubs moved to 2-0 on the season with a 25-10, 25-11, 25-14 win over Gayville-Volin in volleyball action Thursday in Gayville.
The Cubs got 10 kills, seven ace serves, one dig and block from Mallory Schempp, while Megan Wood added eight kills, three ace serves and two digs. Andrea Jansen added 20 assists and Emily Schreur had six kills and three defensive digs.
The Raiderettes (0-2) got 10 digs and three kills from Shelby Goeden, while Stacy Hirsch had three kills and three digs. Kelsey Anderson added 21 assists in the loss.
The Cubs also won the JV match 2-1.
Alcester-Hudson hosts Freeman on Saturday while Gayville-Volin is at a triangular in Centerville next Tuesday.
ALCESTER-HUDSON (2-0, 2-0) 25 25 25
GAYVILLE-VOLIN (0-2, 0-1) 10 11 14
Wagner 3, Chamberlain 0
WAGNER — The Wagner Red Raiders moved to 6-1 on the season with a 26-24, 25-19, 25-9 win over Chamberlain Thursday night in Wagner.
The Red Raiders got 16 digs and 12 kills from Kelsey Krcil, 18 digs from Mary Kocer, 33 assists from Keaya Weber and eight kills from Jilanne Doom.
Chamberlain (1-1) got six kills and 11 digs from Jordan Willard, as well as 12 assists from Kelly Swenson.
Wagner is at Gregory next Thursday while Chamberlain is at South Central next Tuesday.
CHAMBERLAIN (1-1) 24 19 9
WAGNER (6-1) 26 25 25
Freeman 3, Viborg 2
FREEMAN — The Freeman Flyers rallied from a 2-1 deficit to defeat Viborg 16-25, 25-11, 22-25, 27-25, 21-19 Thursday night in Freeman.
The Flyers (1-0) got 15 digs, 13 kills, three ace serves and two blocks from Dayna Peterson, while Hillary Stern added 10 digs, eight kills and two ace serves. Rebeka Rinehart added 27 assists in the win.
The Vikings (1-1) got eight kills and four blocks from Jessie Lee, while Sage Knudson had seven kills, six digs and five ace serves.
Freeman is at Alcester-Hudson on Saturday in Alcester.
VIBORG (1-1) 25 11 25 25 19
FREEMAN (1-0) 16 25 22 27 21
Menno 3, Freeman Academy 1
FREEMAN — Menno jumped out ahead early and ended up defeating Freeman Academy 25-20, 25-13, 22-25, 25-21 Thursday night in Menno.
For the Bobcats (1-1), Alicia Hofer had 53 assists and seven kills, while Lindsay Waltner had seven digs and Mandi Ries had five kills.
Menno got 12 kills and four ace serves from Kelsey Walloch, while Kendra Simonsen had 19 assists and Courtney Kessler added 13 digs.
Freeman Academy is at Dell Rapids-St. Mary next Tuesday.
MENNO 25 25 22 25
FREEMAN ACADEMY (1-1) 20 13 25 21
Avon 3, Andes Central 0
LAKE ANDES — Thanks to 18 assists and 12 kills from Kela Cihak, the Avon Lady Pirates defeated Andes Central 25-22, 25-23, 25-11 Thursday night in Lake Andes.
Also for Avon (3-0), Gina Cuka had 15 assists and Jenn Wepking had 11 kills.
Andes Central (1-1) got 19 assists from Araya Cournoyer, nine digs from Patrisse Vasek and five kills from Jenna Winckler.
Both teams will be at the Gregory Tournament on Saturday.
AVON (3-0) 25 25 25
ANDES CENTRAL (1-1) 22 23 11
Santee 3, Lynch 1
LYNCH, Neb. — The Santee Warriors scored a 25-21, 21-25, 25-10, 26-24 win over Lynch in volleyball action Thursday night in Lynch.
No stats were made available for Santee.
For Lynch, Megan Heiser had eight ace serves and six kills, while Kelcie Bellar recorded eight set assists and seven digs.
SANTEE 25 21 25 26
LYNCH 21 25 10 24
Sioux Falls Christian 3, Brandon Valley 0
SIOUX FALLS — Sioux Falls Christian, the defending Class A state champions, won a narrow first game and went on to defeat Brandon Valley 25-23, 25-18, 25-17 Thursday night in Sioux Falls.
The Chargers (2-0) got 10 kills and three blocks from Kaitlin Johnston, 22 assists from Abby Van Gorp, and 11 digs and three ace serves from Alex Brower.
Brandon Valley (1-2) were led by Jordan Peterson, who had 11 assists, nine digs, four kills and two ace serves. Lexi Maassen added eight digs and five blocks while Erica Ellis had four kills and two blocks.
The Chargers host a tournament Saturday and Brandon Valley is at Huron Saturday.
BRANDON VALLEY (1-2) 23 18 17
SIOUX FALLS CHRISTIAN (2-0) 25 25 25
Sioux Valley 3, Castlewood 0
VOLGA — The Sioux Valley Cossacks moved to 3-0 on the season with a 25-21, 25-18, 25-22 win over Castlewood Thursday night in Volga.
The Cossacks got 14 digs and five ace serves from Brooke Olson, as well as nine kills and six blocks from Taylor Olson.
Castlewood (1-1) got 22 assists from Allison McEldowney and six kills and four blocks from Whitney Kemink. Kaylie Gabur added 36 digs in the loss.
Sioux Valley hosts McCook Central and Castlewood faces Flandreau next Tuesday.
CASTLEWOOD (1-1) 21 18 22
SIOUX VALLEY (3-0) 25 25 25
Lake Preston 3, Dell Rapids-St. Mary 0
LAKE PRESTON — Lake Preston moved to 2-0 on the season with a 25-21, 25-20, 25-15 straight-set victory over Dell Rapids-St. Mary Thursday night.
The Divers got 12 kills and three blocks from Lydia Nelson, and 18 assists and 13 digs from Val Williams.
No stats were made available for DR-SM.
DELL RAPIDS-ST. MARY 21 20 15
LAKE PRESTON (2-0) 25 25 25
Garretson 3, Baltic 0
BALTIC — Garretson cruised to a 25-11, 25-19, 25-15 road victory over Baltic Thursday night in Baltic.
The Blue Dragons (2-4) were led by Alyssa Wetham’s nine kills and two ace serves, while Morgan Ellefson had four ace serves and Sarah Nussbaum had two digs.
Baltic (0-3) got three kills from Alison Syverson and two kills and two blocks from Marissa Whipple.
Garretson faces Colman-Egan next Tuesday and Baltic faces Canistota next Thursday.
GARRETSON (2-4) 25 25 25
BALTIC (0-3) 11 19 15
Gregory 3, Stanley Co. 0
GREGORY — The Gregory Gorillas opened their 2008 campaign with a 25-23, 25-18, 26-24 sweep of Stanley County in prep volleyball action Thursday.
Kary Vomacka had 20 kills and 12 digs, and Tarra Kruse had 14 kills and 11 digs to lead a balanced Gregory lineup. Mindi Arizmendis had 25 set assists and 14 digs, and Carrie Hemeyer added 15 digs and five ace serves in the win.
For Stanley County, Sami Ganske posted 19 digs, Kirsten Wilcox had 11 digs and Brandi Prince added two ace serves.
Gregory hosts its annual invitational Saturday. Stanley County, 1-2, travels to Redfield Saturday.
Gregory claimed the JV and C matches, each two games to one.
STANLEY COUNTY (1-2) 23 18 24
GREGORY (1-0) 25 25 26
Tri-Valley 3, Lennox 0
COLTON — The Tri-Valley Mustangs easily handled Lennox, winning 25-3, 25-9, 25-6 Thursday night in Colton.
Tri-Valley (2-0) got 14 ace serves and 14 assists from Chelsea Rud, as well as nine kills from Amanda Klein.
The Orioles got 10 digs from Becca Brende and two kills from Teddi Fincher.
Tri-Valley next hosts Alcester-Hudson next Tuesday.
LENNOX (1-2) 3 9 6
TRI-VALLEY (2-0) 25 25 25
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