Langford Area’s Montana Marlow set the ball for a teammate as Coach Susan Larson looks on during regular season action. Marlow and Avery West will be the only members of this year’s team that will be lost to graduation.
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Britton-Hecla volleyball players celebrated a point during a regular season match. From left to right are Katee Freeman, Jayden Bender, Kaegan Fredrickson, Tiyanna Schott, Sterling Brassfield, and Emma Kraft.
The Britton-Hecla volleyball squad’s season mark of 8-19 wasn’t what the Lady Braves’ were hoping for, but Coach Megan Ochsner was pleased with her team’s work ethic this season and the improvement shown during the year.
Britton-Hecla and Langford Area volleyball teams both saw their seasons come to an end with losses in Region 1B quarterfinal play last week Tuesday. At left the Lady Braves’ Jayden Bender
delivered a serve in recent action, while at right Langford Area’s Cali Vander Vorst hit a spike past RaeAnn Hagenson of Britton-Hecla in their cross-county tussle.
The Britton-Hecla and Langford Area volleyball teams both fell in quarterfinal play of the Region 1B tournament last week Tuesday.
Brian Rabenberg, a 1987 Britton High school graduate and 1992 Moorhead State University grad, was recently named to the University of Minnesota Moorhead Athletic Hall of Fame for his track accomplishments. He still holds the school outdoor conference meet record at 7-0 and exhibited his form in this photo.
Brian Rabenberg, left, as a Moorhead State University track standout, and a current photo at right.
Over three decades ago there was a high flyer from Britton that high jumped seven feet and was a runner-up finisher in the national NAIA track meet for Moorhead State University.
Britton-Hecla’s Dashel Davidson (40) and Tucker Mertens (7) made sure this ball wasn’t caught in recent football action. The Braves’ season ended against Howard in the first round of the Class 9AA playoffs on Thursday.
Britton-Hecla battled unbeaten Howard in the opening half of the Class 9AA football playoffs on Thursday but the third-seeded hosts exploded for 21 third quarter points to put the game away on the way to a 48-8 victory.
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