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Golden Eagles fall to unbeaten Harrisburg at State AA tourney

Aberdeen Central’s Kenadi Withers, center, hits the ball over the defense of Harrisburg’s Bergen Stiff, left and Emma Masselink, right, during Thursday’s Class AA volleyball match at the South Dakota State Volleyball Tournament at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls. Looking on at lower left for Central is Taylin Kleffman. Photo by John Davis taken 11/21/2024
SIOUX FALLS - The effort and improvements were there for Aberdeen Central. However, so was the state's elite volleyball team across the net. The Golden Eagles made their presence felt before falling to top-seeded and unbeaten Harrisburg 25-16, 25-18, 15-14 in the opening round of the Class AA State Volleyball Tournament Thursday morning at the Sanford Premier Center. "We knew that every element of our game would have to be on point," said Central coach Jackie Bindenagel. For the most part, the Golden Eagles improved in most facets from an earlier sweep to Harrisburg, but like all of the over Tigers' opponents this year, found out it wasn't enough. "Our serve receive got better. I thought we served fairly aggressively. We had eight misses, but I thought we served fairly aggressively," Bindenagel said, "and one of the main focuses this week was getting some good block touches, because their hitters are so good, and we did that, but it was kind of the out of system stuff, the

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