North Dakota Preps

STATE TOURNAMENT
@ Minot State Dome
November 19th - 21st

Class A
Thursday, November 19th
G1: E1 Fargo Shanley def. W4 Bismarck Legacy 3-0 (25-10, 25-17, 25-11)
G2: E3 GF Red River def. W2 Bismarck 3-1 (25-17, 24-26, 25-19, 25-23)
G3: W1 Century def. E4 West Fargo 3-0 (25-10, 25-16, 25-12)
G4: E2 Fargo Davies def. W3 Bismarck St. Mary's 3-0 (25-18, 25-18, 25-21)

Friday, November 20th
G5: W4 Bismarck Legacy def. W2 Bismarck 3-2 (27-25, 17-25, 25-17, 26-28, 15-7)
G6: E4 West Fargo def. W3 Bismarck St. Mary's 3-0 (25-11, 25-17, 25-11)
G7: E1 Fargo Shanley. E3 GF Red River 3-1 (25-22, 19-25, 25-14, 25-20)
G8: W1 Century def. E2 Fargo Davies 3-0 (25-23, 25-20, 25-18)

Saturday, November 21st
7th Place: W2 Bismarck def. W3 Bismarck St. Mary's 3-1 (25-19, 25-15, 16-25, 25-19)
5th Place: E4 West Fargo def. W4 Bismarck Legacy 3-0 (30-28, 25-23, 25-16)
3rd Place: E2 Fargo Davies def. E3 GF Red River 3-0 (25-21, 25-17, 25-17)
Championship: W1 Century def. E1 Fargo Shanley 3-0 (25-18, 25-19, 25-18)

1st: Century (40-2)
2nd: Fargo Shanley (31-5)
3rd: Fargo Davies (32-5)
4th: GF Red River (23-15)
5th: West Fargo (21-20)
6th: Bismarck Legacy (25-18)
7th: Bismarck (24-17)
8th: Bismarck St. Mary's (16-21)

All-Tournament Team
Century: Regan Dennis, Katie Scherr, Hannah Schwartz
Shanley: Andrea Vetter, Kylie Kanwischer, Emily Dietz
Davies: Jaiden Langlie, McKenna Mikkelson, Kylee Bergantine
GFRR: Mari Rustebakke, Maggie Steffen
West Fargo: Kennedi Sand
Legacy: Sydney Murphy
Bismarck: Cara Haussler
St. Mary's: Alyssa Beck

Senior Athlete of the Year: Katie Scherr, Century
Coach of the Year: Melissa Wilson, Fargo Davies

All-State Team
1st Team
Bismarck: Shelby Arman (Sr.)
Century: Regan Dennis (Jr.), Katie Scherr (Sr.)
Mandan: Miranda Lowman (Sr.)
Bismarck Legacy: Sydney Murphy (Jr.)
Jamestown: Meghan Orr (Sr.)
Fargo North: Alexis Bachmeier (Jr.)
WF Sheyenne: Kalli Hegerle (So.)
Davies: Jaiden Langlie (Sr.), McKenna Mikkelson (Jr.)
GFRR: Mari Rustebakke (Sr.)
Fargo South: Emily Stroup (Sr.)

2nd Team
Legacy: Sam Anklam (Jr.)
Century: Britta Knudson (Sr.)
Bismarck: Sadie Luetzen (Jr.)
West Fargo: Darian Chwialkowski (So.)
Shanley: Emily Dietz (Jr.)
GFRR: Elli Strand (Sr.)

Class B
Thursday, November 19th
G1: #2 Langdon-Munich def. Hazen 3-1 (25-12, 21-25, 25-13, 25-16)
G2: #3 Hankinson def. Shiloh Christian 3-0 (25-9, 25-14, 25-14)
G3: #1 Our Redeemer's def. Ray 3-0 (25-17, 25-16, 25-14)
G4: #4 LaMoure def. Finley-Sharon-Hope-Page 3-0 (25-17, 25-15, 25-15)

Friday, November 20th
G5: Hazen def. Shiloh Christian 3-1 (25-19, 24-26, 25-22, 25-21)
G6: Finley-Sharon-Hope-Page def. Ray 3-0 (25-12, 25-15, 25-16)
G7: #2 Langdon-Munich def. #3 Hankinson 3-1 (22-25, 25-21, 25-23, 25-21)
G8: #4 LaMoure def. #1 Our Redeemer's 3-2 (20-25, 20-25, 25-23, 25-18, 15-13)

Saturday, November 21st
7th Place: Shiloh Christian def. Ray 3-1 (25-12, 25-13, 20-25, 26-24)
5th Place: Finley-Sharon-Hope-Page def. Hazen 3-2 (25-22, 17-25, 24-26, 25-20, 15-9)
3rd Place: #3 Hankinson def. #1 Our Redeemer's 3-2 (25-21, 25-21, 23-25, 21-25, 15-12)
Championship: #4 LaMoure def. #2 Langdon-Munich 3-1 (28-26, 25-20, 23-25, 26-24)

1st: LaMoure (38-2-1)
2nd: Langdon-Munich (42-3)
3rd: Hankinson (34-4)
4th: Our Redeemer's (41-4)
5th: Finley-Sharon-Hope-Page (35-6)
6th: Hazen (29-13)
7th: Shiloh Christian (33-7)
8th: Ray (22-18)

All-Tournament Team
LaMoure: Anna Holen, Jackie Meiklejohn, Kindra Hamlin
Langdon-Munich: Sydney Ellingson, Jocelyn Dinius, Madison Hart
Hankinson: Betsy Asp, Paige Benson
Our Redeemer's: Ryleigh Popinga, Morgan Olson
Finley-Sharon-Hope-Page: Jana Mehus
Hazen: Krista Slaubaugh, Stephanie Ziegler
Shiloh Christian: Krista Ulmer

Senior Athlete of the Year: Betsy Asp, Hankinson
Coach of the Year: Tera Paulson, Hankinson

All-State Team
Langdon-Munich: Jocelyn Dinius (Sr.), Madison Hart (Jr.)
Hazen: Krista Slaubaugh (Sr.), Stephanie Ziegler (Sr.)
Hankinson: Betsy Asp (Sr.)
LaMoure: Anna Holen (So.)
North Star: Macey Kvilvang (Jr.)
Finley-Sharon-Hope-Page: Mikayla Larson (Sr.)
Thompson: Emily Overby (Sr.)
Medina/Pingree-Buchanan: Jordan Thomas (Sr.)
Des Lacs-Burlington: Megan DeGree (Sr.)
Dickinson Trinity: Kennedy Keator (Sr.)
Watford City: Katie Mogen (Sr.)
Our Redeemer's: Morgan Olson (Jr.)
Flasher: Secora Schmidt (Sr.)
Shiloh Christian: Krista Ulmer (Sr.)

12:00 PM #2 Langdon Area/Munich vs. Hazen

2:00 PM #3 Hankinson vs. Shiloh Christian

6:00PM #1 Our Redeemers vs. Ray

8:00 PM #4 Lamoure vs. Finley-Sharon/Hope-Page

STATE TOURNAMENT
@ Minot State Dome
November 19th - 21st


Class B
Thursday, November 19th
G1: #2 Langdon (40-2) vs. Hazen (28-11)
G2: #3 Hankinson (32-3) vs. Shiloh Christian (32-5)
G3: #1 Our Redeemer's (40-2) vs. Ray (22-15)
G4: #4 LaMoure (35-2-1) vs. Finley-Sharon-Hope-Page (33-5)

Friday, November 20th
G5: Hazen vs. Shiloh Christian
G6: Ray vs. FSHP
G7: Langdon vs. Hankinson
G8: Our Redeemer's vs. LaMoure

Saturday, November 21st
7th Place: Shiloh Christian vs. Ray
5th Place: Hazen vs. FSHP
3rd Place: Langdon vs. LaMoure
Championship: Hankinson vs. Our Redeemer's

My predictions:

Langdon
Hankinson
ORCS
LaMoure

Hazen
FSHP
Langdon
ORCS

7th: Shiloh
5th: Hazen
3rd: Hankinson
1st: ORCS

Anyone at the tourney have any insights to what you expect from today's games, or from yesterday's? Looking for anything other than "holding the tourney in Minot ducks".

It blows, actually.

Langdon and Our Redeemers.

A will be interesting.

heimer wrote:It blows, actually.

Langdon and Our Redeemers.

A will be interesting.

So you don't think Hankinson or LaMoure have much of a shot tonight?

Of course they have a shot. As long as the bus gets them there on time, they have a shot.

I feel Langdon and Our Redeemers are the teams that will win.

Our Redeemers is the clear favorite in their match. Langdon Hankinson will be interesting. Picking against Langdon in a state tournament is tough to do.

Red River took Shanley to 5 early in the season and is playing their best ball of the year, which I think makes that match a toss up. Davies and Century will be excellent. One would take Century, but the east was better than the west this year, and Davies has something to prove after losing the EDC final.

So again, Langdon and Our Redeemers, A will be interesting, and the tournament is still in Minot.

Try not to be all butt hurt because someone picks a team to win.

d_fense wrote:

heimer wrote:It blows, actually.

Langdon and Our Redeemers.

A will be interesting.

So you don't think Hankinson or LaMoure have much of a shot tonight?

heimer wrote:Try not to be all butt hurt because someone picks a team to win.

Well I see nothing wrong with d_fense's question. Langdon vs. Hankinson should be a good match tonight and likely the better of the two semifinal matches. ORCS should be the clear favorite vs. LaMoure.

My Predictions for A & B:
Hankinson in slight upset in 5
ORCS wins in 4

Shanley wins in 4
Davies over Century in 5 (should be a great match!)

These are the State Semifinals and fittingly we do have the top 4 teams in the State in each class competing tonight.

I agree the 4 best teams were in the finals as far as Class B is concerned. Gotta give kudos to Langdon, they were on their game tonight. Hankinson just didn't have the size & played defense most of the night but fought hard. With Asp playing only about 65% Pirates just didn't have the answer. I did mess up tho & left after Our Redeemers went up 2-0. Bet that was great finish.
My guess would be Langdon in 4 but the pressure will be on them. The Class A final should be a good one too. Congrats to ALL the teams that made it. Overall, at least the first 2 days, I thought things went better than last year. IMO

heimer wrote:Of course they have a shot. As long as the bus gets them there on time, they have a shot.

I feel Langdon and Our Redeemers are the teams that will win.

Our Redeemers is the clear favorite in their match. Langdon Hankinson will be interesting. Picking against Langdon in a state tournament is tough to do.

Red River took Shanley to 5 early in the season and is playing their best ball of the year, which I think makes that match a toss up. Davies and Century will be excellent. One would take Century, but the east was better than the west this year, and Davies has something to prove after losing the EDC final.

So again, Langdon and Our Redeemers, A will be interesting, and the tournament is still in Minot.

Try not to be all butt hurt because someone picks a team to win.

Wow take a second to pull your panties out Heimer....

It doesn't matter who anyone picks to win. Personally I wouldn't go to a state volleyball tourney if it was in my local gym unless I had a blood relative playing. I just saw the scores (B) from the first day and saw that the 4 ranked teams won easily. You picked the number one and two teams. I thought maybe there is a clear difference in all the teams at the tournament and the semifinals would be as lop sided as the quarterfinals. Watching the news last night, that obviously was not the case.

Does anyone have tournament stats?

All the media must assign their 'B' team for State Volleyball. The NFHS webcast had the scores reversed for at least the first part of the Langdon-Hankinson match, The Grand Forks Herald had first 4 set scores reversed for LaMoure-O.R., and the MinotTournaments website had Our Redeemers winning set 5 over LaMoure.

d_fense wrote:

heimer wrote:It blows, actually.

Langdon and Our Redeemers.

A will be interesting.

So you don't think Hankinson or LaMoure have much of a shot tonight?

How, out of my post, did you get that I believed either of these teams didn't have much of a shot?

Typical Northdakotapreps response. I write less than one complete sentence (pertaining to the portion of my post that predicted winners in the B matches), and you read several paragraphs into that.

I predicted winners. I never said anything about how much of a chance anyone had.

I'm admittedly surprised about Lamoure, although, in hindsight, I probably should have given their region more credit, as Linton, Napoleon, Carrington, and others typically play good volleyball. They were ready, and no one is more tickled that a private major-metro school has been ousted from title contention.

Langdon had set point on Hankinson in the first, and that could have easily been a sweep. There is a difference between these two teams (now watch, d_fense will see that and read into it that I think Hankinson not cool, which, of course I never said, as they qualified from Region 1 against the likes of Oak Grove, Central Cass, Kindred, you know, half a dozen A teams masquerading as B teams).

As far as your comment about not attending state volleyball, that's your loss, even in Minot.

Did LaMoure have any seniors that saw significant playing time? I listened off-and-on, and it seemed like every name I heard was a Soph or Jr.

LaMoure has 5 seniors who all played but not the full rotation. Their 3 best players are sophomores. They will be tough for the next couple years and there will be another Holen playing next year. Have to tip your hats to them, they were the smallest team there but their defense was stellar.

I see that for the next 2 years the tournament will be in Fargo, does anyone have any idea on where this will be held??

sportsphenom wrote:I see that for the next 2 years the tournament will be in Fargo, does anyone have any idea on where this will be held??

Not sure...maybe NDSU's new facility?!?