
MELLETTE – Ella Haven racked up 26 kills to go along with a pair of aces to help rally Northwestern past Wolsey-Wessington 25-20, 19-25, 9-25, 25-17, 15-9 in a non-conference battle of rated volleyball teams Thursday night.
Ashley Haven contributed 13 kills and 13 digs, while Brooklinn Halverson added seven kills and 42 set assists for Northwestern, rated fourth in this week’s Class B poll.
Mya Boomsma had 13 kills and 26 digs, Mallory Miller 10 kills and four blocks, and Leah Williams nine kills and two aces for the Warbirds, rated fifth in the B poll.
Serving: Wolsey-Wessington (Leah Williams 16-17 2 aces, Emree White 15-18 5 aces, Lainey Uttecht 11-11 1 ace), Northwestern 79-90 6 aces (Mikaela Schmitt 7-7 2 aces, Ella Boekelheide 24-25 1 ace, Ella Haven 8-11 2 aces).
Hitting: Wolsey-Wessington (Mya Boomsma 33-34 13 kills, Mallory Miller 21-25 10 kills, Williams 30-36 9 kills); Northwestern 143-165 52 kills (E. Haven 59-68 26 kills, Ashley Haven 26-31 13 kills, Brooklinn Halvorson 26-28 7 kills).
Setting: Wolsey-Wessington (Taylor Horn 69-73 26 assists, Payton Kemnitz 13 assists); Northwestern (Halvorson 112-112 42 assists, Payton Grandpre 18-18 3 assists).
Digs: Wolsey-Wessington (M. Boomsma 26, Williams 26, Uttecht 26); Northwestern 73 (Boekelheide 19, Grandpre 15, A. Haven 13).
Blocks: Wolsey-Wessington (Miller 4); Northwestern (Ana Ratigan 3 assists, A. Haven 2 assists).
Ipswich 25-25-25, Highmore-Harrold 15-20-20
Serving: Ipswich 57-64 14 aces (Vanesa Diaz 16-17 5 aces, Baylee Kulesa 12-14 4 aces); Highmore-Harrold 50-54 6 aces (Brooklyn Baloun 12-12 2 aces, Kaelin Faulstich 8-8 2 aces).
Hitting: Ipswich 77-96 30 kills (Gracie Lange 22-26 12 kills, Kulesa 25-29 10 kills); Highmore-Harrold 50-73 9 kills (Kendall Cermak 6-9 3 kills, Faulstich 8-11 2 kills).
Setting: Ipswich 24 assists (Quincy Olivier 71-71 21 assists, Madison Geditz 6-6 2 assists); Highmore-Harrold 9 assists (Baloun 51-52 7 assists).
Digs: Ipswich (Geditz 19, Lange 11); Highmore-Harrold (Kenidey Effling 13, Brooke Palmer 9).
Blocks: Ipswich (Kaylin Onken 1 block); Highmore-Harrold (Faulstich 1 assist 1 solo, Addison McDonnell 1 assist).
Faulkton 25-25-25, Sunshine Bible Academy 11-9-13
Serving: Faulkton 40-48 12 aces (Trisha Cramer 17-18 2 aces, Gabby Kast 17-18 2 aces); Sunshine Bible Academy 33-37 1 ace (Betra Amare 10-10 1 ace, Kennedy Keck 7-8).
Hitting: Faulkton 58-72 32 kills (Addison Melius 18-22 8 kills, Kelli Stoecker 12-14 8 kills, Ashly Senn 14-15 7 kills); Sunshine Bible Academy 31-41 3 kills (Anna VanZee 11-16 1 kill, Abby Hinman 9-15 1 kill, Sadie Konechne 5-7 1 kill).
Setting: Faulkton 30 assists (Kast 58-58 26 assists); Sunshine Bible Academy 3 assists (Amare 12-12 2 assists, Lydia Lo 11-14 1 assist).
Digs: Faulkton 16 (Carley Cotton 6); Sunshine Bible Academy (Kennedy Keck 5, Amare 4).
Blocks: Faulkton (Stoecker 1); Sunshine Bible Academy (Rylee Nelson 1, Amare 1).
Miller 25-25-25, Winner 10-9-21
Winner stats not reported
Serving: Miller 62-67 7 aces (Jolie Palmer 17-19 2 aces, Tyra Gates 13-13 2 aces, Ally Mullaney 12-12 2 aces, Ruby Carder 9-10 1 ace).
Hitting: Miller 84-103 35 kills (Jaden Werdel 22-28 11 kills, Mullaney 22-24 9 kills, Abigail Blake 15-19 7 kills, Carder 10-15 6 kills).
Setting: Miller 34 assists (Gates 94-94 33 assists).
Digs: Miller 63 (Jolie Palmer 21, Journey Palmer 5, Mackenzie Kopecky 5, Werdel 5).
Blocks: Miller (Mullaney 2, Werdel 1, Blake 1).
Milbank Area 20-21-25-25-15, Sisseton 25-25-16-17-10
Sisseton stats not reported
Serving: Milbank Area (Averie Engebretson 12-13 5 aces, Addisyn Krause 25-29 5 aces).
Hitting: Milbank Area (Rachel Schulte 35-40 15 kills, Casside Seesz 26-31 8 kills, Engebretson 40-44 6 kills).
Setting: Milbank Area (Krause 88-88 26 assists, Engebretson 50-50 8 assists).
Digs: Milbank Area (Schulte 24, Krause 10).
Blocks: Milbank Area (Claire Snaza 3 assists, Seesz 2 assists, Schulte 2 assists).
JV Match: Milbank Area 25-7, 25-14.
C Match: Sisseton 19-25, 25-17, 15-12.
Wilmot 25-25-25, Waverly-South Shore 12-5-13
Serving: Waverly-South Shore (Capri Schroeder 2 aces, Emily Heuer 2 aces); Wilmot (Mya Heinje 1 ace, Brooklyn Remund 1 ace, Ashlyn Ebben 1 ace).
Hitting: Waverly-South Shore (Sophie Dalton 5 kills, Sidney Stricherz 2 kills, Bridget Eschen 1 kill).
Setting: Waverly-South Shore (Heuer 3 assists Daytona Maas 1 assist).
Digs: Waverly-South Shore (Stricherz 6, Eschen 5, Schroeder 5, Kaelyn
Williams 4); Wilmot (Jada Cameron 23, Kayla Hamman 7, Ebben 5).
Blocks: Waverly-South Shore (Dalton 1 block); Wilmot (Hamman 21 blocks,Ashlyn Ebben 4).
JV match: Wilmot 2-0.
Florence-Henry 25-25-25, Great Plains Lutheran 9-13-19
Great Plains Lutheran stats not reported
Serving: Florence-Henry (Taylor Watson 3 aces, Reese Schmidt 1 ace).
Hitting: Florence-Henry (Caylin Kelly 15 kills, Trinity Watson 8 kills).
Setting: Florence-Henry (Schmidt 26 assists).
Digs: Florence-Henry (Taylor Watson 13, Jozie Hyatt 12).
Blocks: Florence-Henry (Kelly 2, Aysia Pahl 2, Trinity Watson 2).
Sioux Valley 25-24-25-25, Clark-Willow Lake 21-26-10-19
Serving: Sioux Valley 88-98 14 aces (Kaedyn Sapp 13-16 4 aces, Adison Renkly 18-19 3 aces); Clark-Willow Lake 68-77 6 aces (Shazy Michalski 9-12 2 aces).
Hitting: Sioux Valley 139-157 46 kills (Sapp 34-39 14 kills, Rankly 28-34 8 kills); Clark-Willow Lake 127-154 29 kills (Michalski 34-43 10 kills, Summer Seefeldt 21-27 6 kills).
Setting: Sioux Valley 44 assists (Ashley Bjerke 20 assists, Sunny Hesby 19 assists); Clark-Willow Lake 25 assists (Sami Brenden 21 assists).
Digs: Sioux Valley 98 (Tayla Vincent 27, Sapp 25); Clark-Willow Lake 83 (Sara Thonvold 27).
Blocks: Sioux Valley 7 (Sapp 3.5); Clark-Willow Lake 5 (Haylee Tormanen 1.5, Brenden 1.5).
Potter County 25-25-25, North Central 6-8-7
North Central stats not reported
Serving: Potter County 70-74 22 aces (Rylee Kaup 19-19 7 aces, Taelor Zweber 21-22 6 aces, Kayden Cronin 9-12 4 aces).
Hitting: Potter County 40-44 19 kills (Zoe Meinke 13-13 5 kills, Tyler Simon 9-9 5 kills, Cronin 11-12 5 kills).
Setting: Potter County 34-34 12 assists (R. Kaup 17-17 8 assists, Simon 21-21 7 assists).
Digs: Potter County 25 (Ashley Kaup 10, Simon 5, R. Kaup 4).
Blocks: Potter County 5 solo (Cronin 5 solo).
JV Match: North Central 25-22, 20-25, 15-8.
Britton-Hecla 14-25-25-25-15, Tiospa Zina 25-14-27-20-11
Tiospa Zina stats not reported
Serving: Britton-Hecla 81-97 17 aces (Ellie Feldhaus 17-20 7 aces, Alyssa James 11-13 3 aces, Jayden Bender 17-21 3 aces).
Hitting: Britton-Hecla 55-77 26 kills (James 15-21 9 kills, Tiyanna Schott 16-21 7 kills, Sterling Brassfield 15-18 5 kills).
Setting: Britton-Hecla 77-83 23 assists (Bender 53-55 18 assists).
Digs: Britton-Hecla 33 (Katee Freeman 13, Feldhaus 6).
Blocks: Britton-Hecla 2 solo 3 assists (James 1 solo, Emma Kraft 1 solo, Brassfield 2 assists).


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