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ollevball: Queens olthe Coon Crown Season

with Tournev Appearance

At the end of the first set of a will to win.
the district championship the In the sub-districts, the
girls believed their hard work Raiders suffered the loss of
was all going downhill. They starter Lindsay Robertson.
had lost the set 16-14 to Angie Miller and Kayla
Howells. "Wedidn'tknow if we Thorson helped the Raiders to
could pull it off," said starter the district finals. The Howells
Megan Anderson. While their game was next, and that win
spirits were low they didn't gained the Lady Raiders a state
admit defeat. Howells did not tournament birth. This was
know what hit them. The Mead's tenth State
Lady Raiders ~----- Tournament
quickly put down appearance and
the Bobcats in the the game was
next two sets, 15- a g a i n s t
6and 15-5. Humphrey St.
"We really pulled Francis. Unfortunately,
together as a team," said St. Francis proved to be too
Lindsay Robertson. much for the Raiders. They
With a new coaching staff suffered two straight 15-l
and new offenses and defenses, losses.
the girls plowed through their Just as the team had its
competition. They finished first successes, so did the players.
in the Mead Invitational, and Megan Anderson was selected
third in the Elmwood-Murdock to ECNC first team, while
and ECNC Tournaments. The Penny Couch and Darsey
volleyball team entered sub- Moline were chosen for the
districts with a 14-8 season and ECNC second team.

Volleyball Back Row (l tor) : St. Manager Keshia Selke. Head Coach
Chris Jones, Assistant Coach Melody Glause, St. Manager Lisa
Rassmussen. Row Four (I to r) : St. Manager Megan Brabec, Megan
Anderson, Lindsay Robertson. Darsey Moline. St. Manager Sarah
Denison. Row Three (I to r) : Jenny Dahl. Penny Couch. Crystal
Konecky, Kris Brabec, Shylynne Morris. Row Two (I to r) : Angie
Miller, Sara Konecky, Andrea Guyle, Amy Rassmussen, Anneke
Gustafson. Front Row (I to r) : Lori Rassmussen, Amanda Wolfe, Kelly
Konecky, Jessie Mueller, Kayla Thorson.