Barnum Sweeps Floodwood, Remains Undefeated

Oct 1

Dwight Cadwell-NSO

The Barnum Bombers continued their excellence on the volleyball court Thursday night as they downed the Floodwood Polar Bears in three straight games at Barnum High School in a Polar League matchup.

The Bombers and the Polar Bears battled through three tough games with all being decided by a total of eleven points. Barnum won the first game 25-20, the second game was 25-23, and in the final game, it was Barnum winning 25-21.

“It was a tough battle tonight, we had to fight for everything,” Head Coach Corina Newman told Northland Sports Online. “Floodwood is a good team and they don’t quit, it was a fight in each game.” Newman would add.

Katrina Newman led the Bombers with 12 kills and 14 defensive digs. Jenna Zymslony had 6 kills and 8 digs. Jessica Newman finished with 21 set assists and 7 digs for the Bombers, Karianna Duesler finished with 10 digs and Jamiee Wickstrom would have 2 blocks in the victory.

Barnum improves to 13-0 on the season; they will be tested this Saturday as they play in the Duluth East Volleyball Tournament. Teams participating in the Invitational Tournament include Duluth East, North Branch, Moose Lake-Willow River, Forest Lake, Minneapolis Washburn, Anoka, Washburn Wisconsin, Grand Rapids, Minneapolis South, Hill Murray, Cambridge, and Barnum.

With the loss, Floodwood falls to 8-5 overall on the season. The Polar Bears will be in action again Next Tuesday night as they host Silver Bay in a Polar League contest.

Dwight Cadwell can be reached at Dwight@northlandsportsonline.com