looking at district 5 i would say it is between ellendale, who got to state for the first time last season, and litchville-marion-montpelier.
ellendale has val glynn who more or less tore up the rest of the district, region and state all of last season as the cardinals finished fifth or sixth (can't remember which). what could set ellendale back is the graduation loss of their setter. she seemed to really turn it up at the region tournament as she averaged 40 or so assists in the three games prior to state.
l-m-m should have kristen cuypers and if i had to guess that should be all they need. she is a pretty decent option at the net.
lamoure is very solid from year to year, but i think they will have graduated a lot of starters and i'm not sure who they have back.
i have no clue what is going on out in district 6 for the rest of the region outlook.
from a state perspective, what else is out there? the state championship game between bottineau and thopmson featured quite a few seniors...does any team look pretty tough early on?