B-H, LA Netters Fall In 1B

The Britton-Hecla and Langford Area volleyball teams both fell in quarterfinal play of the Region 1B tournament last week Tuesday.

The sixth-seeded Lady Braves took the opening set against third-seed Hitchcock Tulare but fell in four sets 21-25, 25-20, 25-12, 25-23. Langford Area was seeded fifth and traveled to fourthseed Leola-Frederick, losing in straight sets 25-14, 25-16, 25-23.

Britton-Hecla ended its season with an 8-19 mark, while the Lady Lions posted a 10-22 record.

Hitchcock-Tulare was ousted by Northwestern 25-20, 25-12, 25-16, and Warner defeated Leola-Frederick 25-10, 25-15, 25-11 in semifinal play. Northwestern and Warner played SoDak 16 matches last night Tuesday with the eight winners advancing to the Class B state tournament in Sioux Falls Nov. 17-19.

H-T 21-25-25-25 B-H 25-20-12-23

Britton-Hecla got Hitchcock-Tulare’s attention by taking the opening set and was in the thick of things in sets two and four before losing 3-1.

“I was really impressed on how our girls showed up, especially after a long bus ride,” said B-H coach Megan Ochsner. “They came ready to play. We had very few errors the first two sets and it showed.

“The girls started out aggressive which helps puts us in a position to stop other teams. In set three, H-T brought it. They have some really talented young hitters that started to connect in sets two and three and it was harder for us to stay aggressive. The girls came around in set four and battled until the end. Unfortunately it ended in a loss but also ended the season on good notes, playing and competing against a good volleyball team.”

Kaegan Fredrickson led BH in regional play, connecting on 16-19 serves with three aces and recording eight kills, hitting 24-28 at the net. Sterling Brassfield was 18-19 with five kills and Alyssa James added 18-20 with four kills.

SERVING: BH, 55-66, 8 aces (Kaegan Fredrickson 16-19, 3 aces; Jayden Bender 11-13, 2 aces; Emma Kraft 9-10, 1 ace; Heather Storbakken 911, 1 ace) HITTING: BH, 97-118, 27 kills (Fredrickson 24-28, 8 kills; Sterling Brassfield 18-19, 5 kills; Alyssa James 18-20, 4 kills; Tiyanna Schott 8-11, 2 kills; Kraft 9-12, 1 kill; Lauryn Wegener 6-8, 3 kills) SETTING: BH, 91-94, 18 assists (Bender 49-51, 10 assists; Storbakken 31-32, 7 assists) DIGS: BH, 41 (Katee Freeman 14, Bender 11) BLOCKS: BH, 3 (Kraft 1, Fredrickson 1, Schott 1)

L-F 25-25-25 LA 14-16-23

Langford Area didn’t go down without a fight but lost in straight sets to Leola-Frederick.

“We really thought we could give Leola-Frederick a battle, and I think we did,” said LA coach Susan Larson. “Both teams played hard and fought for every point. I was proud of the girls’ performance in the last game despite losing. We were able to make some adjustments at practice and I think the girls did a good job of trying to carry out the game plan.”

Montana Marlow was a perfect 13-13 at the service line with an ace, and Cali Vander Vorst hit 12-13 serves with an ace. Megan Gustafson again led the Lady Lions at the net, hitting 27-32 spike attempts and recording four kills. Marlow was 17-18 with a pair of kills, and Eliana Darling 1317 with two kills.

SERVING: LA, 46-48, 6 aces (Montana Marlow 13-13, 1 ace; Cali Vander Vorst 12-13, 1 ace; Eliana Darling 7-7, 1 ace; Avery West 6-6, 2 aces; Megan Gustafson 6-6, 1 ace) HITTING: LA, 79-96, 13 kills (Gustafson 27-32, 4 kills; Marlow 1718, 2 kills; Darling 13-17, 2 kills;Vander Vorst 8-10, 2 kills; Bryanna Peterson 712, 2 kills; Tawnee Nelson 7-7, 1 kill) SETTING: LA, 87-88, 11 assists (Nelson 50-50, 6 assists; Marlow 27-28, 3 assists) DIGS: LA, 74 (West 18, Marlow 15, Darling 13, Gustafson 12, Nelson 11) BLOCKS: LA, 4 (Darling 2, Peterson 1, Marlow 1)