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Section 7A Volleyball Recap

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October 23rd, 2014

Tyler Peterson-NSO

The second round of the Section 7A playoffs continued on Wednesday night, with all of the high seeds advancing to the 3rd round.

In subsection 1,top seeded South Ridge toppled last years Section 7A runners-up, the McGregor Mercuries, in 3 matches by scores of 25-10, 25-9, and 25-15. Justice Janke led the way for the Panthers tallying 15 kills on the evening.

Cook County met the Wrenshall Wrens in the matchup of the 4 and 5 seeds. Cook County handled business, winning in 3 straight matches, winning by scores of 25-21, 25-13, and 25-14. Cook County was led to victory by Meredith Sutton who had 11 kills and 4 ace serves. Cook County and South Ridge will meet on Friday in South Ridge at 7:00 PM.

The defending Section 7A champions, the Carlton Bulldogs, advanced to the next round by toppling Northland with ease in 3 consecutive matches. Carlton won by scores of 25-9, 25-8, and 25-10. The Bulldogs were led by a three headed monster with Grace Macor racking up 13 kills, Macy Belich adding 10 kills, and Jessica Stanslaski pitching in 9 kills.

Cromwell topped the Barnum Bombers in 4 matches, winning the first two by scores of 25-10 and 26-24 before falling in match 3, 25-21. Cromwell bounced back and won match 4, 25-13. Bailey Gronner and Bailey Gibbs led the way, both getting 12 kills in the victory. Cromwell will travel to Carlton to play the Bulldogs on Friday, with the game starting at 7:00 PM.

In the 2nd subsection, the number one seed, Hill City beat Chisholm in 3 straight matches, as did their upcoming opponent, the Mountain Iron-Buhl Rangers, who beat Littlefork Bigfalls in 3 matches. They will meet in Hill City on Friday with a game time of 7:00 PM

Mesabi East and Cherry battled to 5 games, with Mesabi East prevailing in the close matchup. They will play Northeast Range who also went into 5 matches in their opening game, as they beat Deer River. Mesabi East will host Northeast Range on Friday with the game starting at 7:00 PM

Tyler Peterson can be contacted at tpeterson@northlandsportsonline.com

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