The Herreid-Selby Area Wolverines celebrate their five-set Class B SoDak16 win over Burke to qualify for next week’s state Class B volleyball tournament Tuesday in Fort Pierre. (Rodney Haas/ 605 Sports)
Herreid-Selby Area and Hamlin both picked up wins in SoDak 16 volleyball action Tuesday night and advanced to next week’s state tournament in Rapid City.
Herreid-Selby Area edged Burke 15-13 in the fifth set to advance to the Class B portion of the tourney. Jordyn Rossow had 21 kills and 21 digs to lead the win.
Hamlin defeated West Central in four sets to advance to the State A tourney.
Meanwhile, Groton fell in five sets to Rapid City Christian, despite racking up 45 kills in the match.
Miller also fell in Class A action to St. Thomas More.
Herreid-Selby Area 25-12-25-21-15, Burke 18-25-23-25-13
Blocks: Herreid-Selby Area 8 solo 6 assists (Rossow 3 solo 3 assists, Jessie Johnson 3 solo 1 assist).
Records: Herreid-Selby Area 26-6; Burke 29-7.
Hamlin 25-12-16-25-15, West Central 23-25-25-19-9
Serving: Hamlin 6 aces (Addie Neuendorf 2, Ella Smith 2, Paxton Neuendorf 1, Jayci Trowbridge 1).
Hamlin’s Issie Steffensen celebrates winning a point during a match against West Central during Class A SoDak 16 action Tuesday night in Madison. Photo by Jon Akre/605 Sports
Hitting: Groton 146-172 45 kills (Rylee Dunker 27-35 12 kills, Tevan Hanson 35-37 9 kills, Taryn Traphagen 17-22 9 kills); Rapid City Christian (Weber 33 kills, Faith King 17 kills).
Groton’s Rylee Dunker and Jaedyn Penning go up for a block of Rapid City Christian’s Liza Kieffer during a Class A SoDak 16 volleyball match Tuesday in Fort Pierre. (Rodney Haas/ 605 Sports)
Setting: Groton 42 assists (Weber 38); Rapid City Christian (King 41 assists)