Sports Wrap: All Local Teams Eliminated From Volleyball Postseason

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High School Volleyball

6AA Championship

#2 Pequot Lakes 3, #4 Saint Cloud Cathedral 1 (16-25, 19-25, 25-22, 23-25): The Patriots played a great match, getting offensive production from several players. Ella Kratochvil had a game-high 18 kills. Joselyn Rinio added 10. Maci Martini and Grace Hoffard were also a factor. The Crusaders were off balance early due to a combination of attack errors and Patriot aces. Libero Kelsi Martini of Pequot Lakes had four aces in the first two sets.

The Patriots were up 2-0 and ahead 21-15 in set three before Ellie Voth powered a Crusader comeback. Voth finished with eight kills and a ton of blocks. Olivia Prom added seven and Cathedral was paced by Kayla Sexton’s 11 kills. After extending the match, Cathedral jumped out early in the fourth set, racing to an 11-5 advantage. The Patriots slowly chipped away, taking the lead late and on the second match point, a Joselyn Rinio kill ended it.

Cathedral’s year finishes at 21-9. Pequot Lakes is joining the Granite Ridge Conference next year, so these teams will become familiar with each other.

High School Football

Brackets are out for the state tournament. In Class AAAA, ROCORI will meet North Branch in Blaine on Thursday night. Kickoff is at 7:00 p.m. Pregame at 6:30 on KNSI.

For Class AAA, Milaca makes its first appearance since 1971. The Wolves get a rematch with New London-Spicer, also at 7:00 p.m on Thursday. The Wildcats handed Milaca their only loss of the year, a 44-36 final in Week Six.

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