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Carrington Head Coach Megan Trautman and players Mya Schroeder, Madison Johnson, Edyn Hoornaert and Kennedy Wendel enthusiastically celebrate a point during the team's home Varsity Tournament Saturday, October 8.
M-P-B's Maddie Gefroh pushes a ball past the hands of NR-S blockers Kelsie Belquist and Lucy Meier.
Mya Schroeder, left, was recognized with this stylish sign for hitting the 1,000-dig mark for her varsity career. She stands with senior teammate Allison Jarrett, who, like Schroeder, came back to the court after a serious knee injury the previous season and are contributing valuable points for the Cards.
The most tell-tale sign of weekend success for the Carrington Cardinals, specifically when they host their Varsity Tournament, is when they play well enough to stay in the West Gym for all six games.
CHS came out on the winning end of all 12 of their sets, earned the top overall seed and took the championship Saturday afternoon, October 8, with a two-set win over the M-P-B Thunder (25-13 in both games).
Starting bright and early at 8 a.m., the Cards took Pool A victories against HWC, Velva and the Hettinger-Scranton Nighthawks. The Hornets were the only team to take Carrington to extra points for the day, ultimately falling by a 25-27 score before the home squad took a big 14-point win in set two.
In tournament play, Coach Megan Trautman’s squad won a hard-fought 25-23, 25-20 battle over the Bishop Ryan Lions in the quarterfinals, and took a pair of 25-19 victories against Strasburg-Zeeland in the semifinals before facing M-P-B for first place.
In personal milestones, senior libero Mya Schroeder achieved her 1,000th career dig at the tournament. Schroeder has done well to come back for her final season on the court, after sustaining an ACL tear in last year’s basketball season.
M-P-B also took three wins in Pool B, defeating Griggs/Midkota, 25-11, twice, and earning split-set wins on points over the Rugby Panthers and Jamestown junior varsity team to claim the number two seed for tournament play.
The Thunder would meet up again with Rugby in the quarterfinal round, winning a marathon 27-26 first set and riding that momentum for a 25-13 win in the final game. In the semifinal round, the Thunder and New Rockford-Sheyenne played very competitive volleyball, in which M-P-B ultimately won in three sets, 24-26, 25-11 and 15-10.
NR-S would finish fourth on Saturday, dropping a three-set thriller (23-25, 25-21, 13-15) to the S-Z Clippers.
G-M had their struggles in Carrington, finishing with an 0-4 record for the Saturday slate. The Titans were defeated by Jamestown JV and Rugby in pool play, along with their aforementioned loss to the Thunder, and the young Blue Jays ended the Titans’ tourney early with a two-set defeat.
HWC also finished winless at the tournament. See Lane Moellenkamp’s article for Hornet stats from the tournament.
Cumulative scores from the other three Independent-area teams at the Varsity Tournament are as follows:
Carrington Varsity Tournament
Saturday, October 8
Pool A
Carrington 2, HWC 0
Cgtn. 27 25 — 2
HWC 25 11 — 0
Carrington 2, Velva 0
Cgtn. 25 25 — 2
Velva 9 17 — 0
Carrington 2,
Hettinger-Scranton 0
Cgtn. 25 25 — 2
H-S 20 15 — 0
Hettinger-Scranton 2, HWC 0
HWC 21 23 — 0
H-S 25 25 — 2
Velva 2, HWC 0
HWC 14 14 — 0
Velva 25 25 — 2
Pool B
Jamestown JV 2,
Griggs/Midkota 0
G-M 17 16 — 0
Jmstn. 25 25 — 2
Rugby 2, Griggs/Midkota 0
G-M 11 11 — 0
Rugby 25 25 — 2
M-P-B 2, Griggs/Midkota 0
G-M 10 10 — 0
M-P-B 25 25 — 2
M-P-B 1, Rugby 1
(M-P-B wins on points)
M-P-B 22 25 — 1
Rugby 25 15 — 1
M-P-B 1, Jamestown JV 1
(M-P-B wins on points)
M-P-B 25 16 — 1
Jmstn. 14 25 — 1
Tournament Play
First Round
Jamestown JV 2,
Griggs/Midkota 0
G-M 16 17 — 0
Jmstn. 25 25 — 2
Hettinger-Scranton 2, HWC 0
HWC 20 19 — 0
H-S 25 25 — 2
Quarterfinals
Carrington 2, Bishop Ryan 0
Cgtn. 25 25 — 2
Ryan 23 20 — 0
M-P-B 2, Rugby 0
M-P-B 27 25 — 2
Rugby 26 13 — 0
Semifinals
Carrington 2,
Strasburg-Zeeland 0
Cgtn. 25 25 — 2
S-Z 19 19 — 0
M-P-B 2, NR-S 1
M-P-B 24 25 15 — 2
NR-S 26 11 10 — 1
Third Place
Strasburg-Zeeland 2, NR-S 1
NR-S 23 25 13 — 2
S-Z 25 21 15 — 1
Championship
Carrington 2, M-P-B 0
Cgtn. 25 25 — 2
M-P-B 13 13 — 0
Carrington Cumulative Stats
Kills: Haley Wolsky 37, Madison Johnson 30, Emma Hone 20, Isabel Wendel 17, Kennedy Wendel 16, Edyn Hoornaert 14, Allison Jarrett and Kacie Rexin 2.
Aces: Wolsky 9, Rexin 8, Hone 4, Mya Schroeder and I. Wendel 3, Jarrett 2, Hoornaert and Kylie Skadberg 1.
Assists: I. Wendel 63, Rexin 47, Hoornaert 6, Schroeder and Wolsky 1.
Blocks: Hone 22, K. Wendel 10, I. Wendel 9, Hoornaert 8, Wolsky 3.
Digs: Schroeder 75, Wolsky 65, I. Wendel 55, Rexin 46, Jarrett 39, Johnson 27, Hone 13, K. Wendel 11, Skadberg 10, Hoornaert 6.
M-P-B Cumulative Stats
Kills: Allison Thomas 61, Brynn Sorenson 29, Maddie Gefroh 25, Kelsey Vandeberghe 14, Kalen Kinzell 3, Lilly Bohl 2.
Aces: L. Bohl, Alaina Bosche and Cierra Mack 8, Sorenson 6, Thomas 5, Kinzell 2.
Assists: L. Bohl 105, Bosche 7, Thomas 1.
Blocks: Vandeberghe 7, Gefroh 6, Thomas 5, Sorenson 2.
Digs: Bosche 78, Thomas 73, Sorenson 52, L. Bohl 36, Sophie Bohl 25, Gefroh, Kinzell and Vande-berghe 13, Mack 8.
Griggs/Midkota Cumulative Stats
Statistics were not available.
