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M-P-B All-District 6 players Lilly Bohl, left, and Allison Thomas, right, flank Thunder Head Coach Jacie Connell, who was named the District 6 Coach of the Year.
All-District 6 Team members are, front row (L-R): Charli Peterson, S-Z; Sophie Ketterling, Napoleon/G-S; Allison Thomas and Lilly Bohl, M-P-B; and Avery Rath, Kidder Co. Back row: Emily Jochim, South Border; Lilly Haak, S-Z; Shaylee Bosch and Gracie Schumacher, Linton-HMB; and Kennedy Harter, Kidder Co. Bosch was named the district's Senior Athlete of the Year.
Seeded third going into the District 6 Tournament in Ashley, the Medina/Pingree-Buchanan Thunder rebounded from a semifinal setback to make their way back to the Region 3 Tourney.
The Thunder opened with a three-set win over the #6 seed Kidder County Wolves (26-24, 25-9, 25-20) Friday, October 28, behind 14 kills and 24 digs from junior outside hitter Allison Thomas.
Combining for 14 kills as well were Brynn Sorenson and Maddie Gefroh, and Sorenson also had 20 digs for M-P-B.
Kidder County statistical leaders were not available.
The number two-seeded Strasburg-Zeeland Clippers showed off their power in the Monday semifinal round, and took a four-set win over the Thunder, 22-25, 25-22, 18-25, 22-25.
Clipper senior Lilly Haak proved unstoppable for the M-P-B blockers, with 25 kills in the loss. Grace Haak also was in double digits with 10 kills to her credit, and owned the net on her end with four blocks.
Also for S-Z, Becky Wikenheiser finished with four aces, and Charli Peterson had 39 assists while Jadyn Ternes kept play alive with 35 digs for the Clippers.
Gefroh and Thomas both slammed 12 kills in the loss for M-P-B and Sorenson finished with 10. Thomas, Alaina Bosche and Sorenson all combined for 89 digs.
The final match against Napoleon/Gackle-Streeter in the Region 3 qualifier had its tense moments, but M-P-B gutted out a pivotal 27-25 win in set three to go up 2-1 instead of trail by that score, and dispatched the Imperials by a 25-16 score in the final set.
In defeat for N-G-S, Teagan Erbele led the Imperials with 12 kills, and Sophie Ketterling had 24 digs and Tristan Gross 22. Emma Ketterling finished with 21 assists.
Thomas led the Thunder with 17 kills, and Gefroh had another solid match on the attack with 12. Gefroh had two aces, and Kelsey Vandeberghe led M-P-B with four stuff blocks.
The aforementioned dig trio for the Thunder had the three top performances in that statistic and finished with 74 overall.
For the tournament, setter Lilly Bohl had an even 100 assists covering the three matches. She, along with Thomas, were named to the All-District 6 Team.
The awards didn't stop for the Thunder, as Jacie Connell was voted the district's Coach of the Year for her work guiding M-P-B on the court this season.
In the final match of the night tonight (November 7) in Napoleon, the Thunder face a rematch with the Oakes Tornadoes. Oakes handed M-P-B one of its two straight-set losses this season on October 18.
District 6 Volleyball
Tournament, Ashley
First Round
M-P-B 3, Kidder Co. 0
KC 24 9 20 - 0
M-P-B 26 25 25 - 3
M-P-B Individual Stats
Kills: Allison Thomas 14, Brynn Sorenson 8, Maddie Gefroh 6, Kelsey Vandeberghe 4, Lilly Bohl and Cierra Mack 1.
Aces: Alaina Bosche and Thomas 2, Violet Bohl 1.
Assists: L. Bohl 31, Bosche and Thomas 1.
Blocks: Gefroh, Sorenson and Vandeberghe 1.
Digs: Thomas 24, Sorenson 20, Sophie Bohl 18, Bosche 17, L. Bohl 9, Gefroh 5, Vandeberghe 2, Mack 1.
Kidder Co. Individual Stats
Statistics not available.
Semifinals
Strasburg-Zeeland 3, M-P-B 1
M-P-B 22 25 18 22 - 1
S-Z 25 22 25 25 - 3
M-P-B Individual Stats
Kills: Gefroh and Thomas 12, Sorenson 10, Vandeberghe 5, L. Bohl 2.
Aces: L. Bohl 3, S. Bohl, Bosche and Thomas 1.
Assists: L. Bohl 34, Sorenson and Thomas 1.
Blocks: Gefroh, Sorenson and Vandeberghe 1.
Digs: Thomas 35, Bosche 30, Sorenson 24, L. Bohl 9, Gefroh 7, S. Bohl 6, Mack 2, Vandeberghe 1.
S-Z Individual Stats
Kills: Lilly Haak 25, Grace Haak 10, Becky Wikenheiser 9, Addison Wagner 8, Shauna Lauinger and Charli Peterson 1.
Aces: Wikenheiser 4, G. Haak, L. Haak, Morgan Huizenga and Wagner 1.
Assists: Peterson 39, Wikenheiser 7, Huizenga 4, Lauinger 2.
Blocks: G. Haak 4, Rebekah Pool 1.
Digs: Jadyn Ternes 35, L. Haak 19, Peterson 15, Huizenga, Jeannie Keller and Wikenheiser 11, G. Haak and Wagner 7, Lauinger 2, Pool 1.
Region Qualifier
M-P-B 3,
Napoleon/Gackle-Streeter 1
N-G-S 16 25 25 16 - 1
M-P-B 25 20 27 25 - 3
M-P-B Individual Stats
Kills: Thomas 17, Gefroh 12, Vandeberghe 4, Sorenson 3, L. Bohl and Mack 1.
Aces: Gefroh 2, L. Bohl and Sorenson 1.
Assists: L. Bohl 35, Thomas 2, Bosche 1.
Blocks: Vandeberghe 4, Gefroh 3, Mack and Thomas 1.
Digs: Bosche 29, Sorenson 24, Thomas 21, L. Bohl 13, S. Bohl 10, Gefroh 4, Mack 2, Vandeberghe 1.
N-G-S Individual Stats
Kills: Teagan Erbele 12, Sophie Ketterling and Madi Wald 7, Amber Schmitt 5, Ava Moser 4, Tanecia Kleppe 3.
Aces: Erbele, Tristan Gross, Emma Ketterling and S. Ketterling 1.
Assists: E. Ketterling 21, Jada Schwartzenberger 16, Erbele 1.
Blocks: Wald 5, Moser and Schmitt 1.
Digs: S. Ketterling 24, Gross 22, Wald 17, Erbele 14, E. Ketterling 8, Kleppe and Schwartzenberger 3, Schmitt 1.
All-District 6 Team
Kidder Co.: Kennedy Harter, Avery Rath
M-P-B: Lilly Bohl, Allison Thomas
Linton-HMB: Shaylee Bosch, Gracie Schumacher
Napoleon/G-S: Sophie Ketter-ling
South Border: Emily Jochim
Strasburg-Zeeland: Lilly Haak, Charli Peterson
District 6 Senior Athlete of the Year
Shaylee Bosch, Linton-HMB
District 6 Coach of the Year
Jacie Connell, M-P-B
