Lady Indians finish with 30 wins
By DONN ADAMSON
Daily Journal Sports Editor
Daily Journal Sports Editor
Oct 28, 2009 - 10:45:14 CDT
CALEDONIA — The Bismarck Lady Indians claimed their 30th win of the 2009 season with a two-game win over Viburnum, but their season was abruptly halted by the Lesterville Lady Bearcats in the Class 1, District 4 championship match. Lesterville reached the finals with a win over Valle, and will now advance to the State Sectional round.
Lesterville 2, Bismarck 0
Bismarck had trouble with serve receive at the start of game one to fall behind early, but it would be Lesterville’s defensive play which would do in the power-hitting Lady Indians. The Lady Bearcats claimed the district title with a 25-13, 25-20 win.
The Lady Indians made 21 kills in the two-game match, but Lesterville’s back row prevented 27 others from happening as they dug up spike after spike, playing many back to their own advantage.
A backcourt kill by Taylor Cook made the score 11-4 and Bismarck coach Paula AuBuchon called time which resulted in a ball served out by Lesterville. With Bismarck’s top-hitter, Brooke Taylor, in the back row, the Lady Bearcats continued their onslaught as the Lady Indians committed several attack errors during a mid-game run on the serve of Ashlyn Woods.
Lesterville scored points by all but one of their servers in the first game as it lasted just past one rotation.
Bismarck (30-4) took the early lead in game two, matching the Lady Bearcats point for point, but the Lady Indians began having trouble mounting any type of sustained attack as Lesterville’s defenders made dig after dig to finally take a 13-9 lead. Bismarck called time, and as the lead mounted to 20-13 on the serve of Jessica Woodcock, the Lady Indians called time again.
For the second time, Coach AuBuchon achieved a coach-kill as Lesterville served the ball out again.
Bismarck picked up their tempo, and digs by Taylor and kills by Harley Cadwell helped pull the Lady Indians to within three points at 22-19.
Brooke Taylor, playing her last game as a senior had a huge night with 11 kills and 11 digs and each time she sailed high above the net to hammer down a kill with a thud to Lesterville’s floor, it silenced the Bearcat fans who had come out in mass, comprising two thirds of Valley’s jam-packed gym.
Harley Cadwell also supplied the Lady Indians with excellent senior play as she made eight kills and five digs in the match. Taylor, Cadwell and Bismarck’s setter Balee Lorenz were all selected first-team All-District. Lorenz had 20 assists in the match.
Lesterville connected on 22 of their own spikes for kills, mostly due to Taylor Cook who had 15 of them including a pair of backcourt smashes, the last coming on the final point off of a Bismarck blocker. Cook also joined Bismarck’s three on the All-District team.
Bismarck 2, Viburnum 0
The Lady Indians ran away with the first game against the Viburnum Lady Jays, and had little trouble clinching game two with a final score of 25-9, 25-19.
The Lady Jays had no answer for Bismarck’s offense as they were constantly bombarded from Taylor and Cadwell. Taylor had 10 kills and two blocks along with serving 10 points with three aces. Cadwell had nine kills and two blocks.
Megan Bishop was Bismarck’s top server with 12 points being scored on her serve including two aces. After a service break to start the match, Bismarck scored its first 10 points on Bishop’s serve. Only five Lady Indians would reach the service line in game one with Taylor serving three points and Chandler Politte serving the last seven of the game.
Viburnum’s attack game was nearly nil as they had only one kill in the first game and only four in game two. Seven of their 19 points came on attack errors by the Lady Indians.
The second game was somewhat even at the start, until Taylor went to serve. Taylor rattled off seven straight points with three aces, and Bismarck was not challenged again.
Viburnum’s only shining moment came in the middle of game two as Rebekah Olkkonen served three straight aces.
Bismarck finished off the match with Brettnie Henson making two stuff blocks for the final two points.
Lesterville 2, Valle 0
The Valle Lady Warriors were overpowered in the first game of their match with Lesterville, but they battled back in game two before their season ended just two points short, 25-14, 26-24.
The Lady Bearcats never had a string of more than three points in the first game, but Valle was only able score two points on serve the entire game as Lesterville’s offense was firing on all pistons.
Able to get the ball to Cook, the sophomore hitter had 11 kills for the Lady Bearcats with two from the back row.
Hannah Kuenzel was everywhere on the court with five kills, two stuff blocks and six digs for Valle in the match. Kaitlin Abt made five kills, and Katie Bader and Gretchen Koller made five digs apiece. Maria Herzog had eight assists.
The Lady Warriors (16-12) led most of the second game, and on a late play where both teams dug up five spikes each before Koller put it away with a kill, giving Valle a 21-17 edge and Lesterville a time-out.
A bad serve receive by Valle brought the Lady Bearcats tow within one point at 23-22 and it was time for a Valle time-out. A second blown serve receive tied the game, but the Lady Warriors would score the next point to be only one-point away from tying up the match.
The point would never come. Valle served the ball out, and Lesterville served an ace off the top of the net for the lead, and a loose ball evaded the Lady Warriors on defense to end the match and Valle’s season.
All-District Teams
The below players were selected to the Class 1 All-District Teams by the district coaches.
First Team
Brooke Taylor (sr) - Bismarck
Harley Cadwell (sr) - Bismarck
Balee Lorenz (jr) - Bismarck
Hannah Kuenzel (sr) - Valle
Abbie Bergtholdt (sr) - Valle
Taylor Cook (so) - Lesterville
Jessica Woodcock (sr) - Lesterville
Nichole Bozic (jr) - Viburnum
Second Team
Gretchen Koller (fr) - Valle
Ashlyn Woods (jr) - Lesterville
Paige Mayfield (sr) - Viburnum
Lindsey Colyott (sr) - South Iron
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Lesterville 2, Bismarck 0
Bismarck had trouble with serve receive at the start of game one to fall behind early, but it would be Lesterville’s defensive play which would do in the power-hitting Lady Indians. The Lady Bearcats claimed the district title with a 25-13, 25-20 win.
The Lady Indians made 21 kills in the two-game match, but Lesterville’s back row prevented 27 others from happening as they dug up spike after spike, playing many back to their own advantage.
A backcourt kill by Taylor Cook made the score 11-4 and Bismarck coach Paula AuBuchon called time which resulted in a ball served out by Lesterville. With Bismarck’s top-hitter, Brooke Taylor, in the back row, the Lady Bearcats continued their onslaught as the Lady Indians committed several attack errors during a mid-game run on the serve of Ashlyn Woods.
Lesterville scored points by all but one of their servers in the first game as it lasted just past one rotation.
Bismarck (30-4) took the early lead in game two, matching the Lady Bearcats point for point, but the Lady Indians began having trouble mounting any type of sustained attack as Lesterville’s defenders made dig after dig to finally take a 13-9 lead. Bismarck called time, and as the lead mounted to 20-13 on the serve of Jessica Woodcock, the Lady Indians called time again.
For the second time, Coach AuBuchon achieved a coach-kill as Lesterville served the ball out again.
Bismarck picked up their tempo, and digs by Taylor and kills by Harley Cadwell helped pull the Lady Indians to within three points at 22-19.
Brooke Taylor, playing her last game as a senior had a huge night with 11 kills and 11 digs and each time she sailed high above the net to hammer down a kill with a thud to Lesterville’s floor, it silenced the Bearcat fans who had come out in mass, comprising two thirds of Valley’s jam-packed gym.
Harley Cadwell also supplied the Lady Indians with excellent senior play as she made eight kills and five digs in the match. Taylor, Cadwell and Bismarck’s setter Balee Lorenz were all selected first-team All-District. Lorenz had 20 assists in the match.
Lesterville connected on 22 of their own spikes for kills, mostly due to Taylor Cook who had 15 of them including a pair of backcourt smashes, the last coming on the final point off of a Bismarck blocker. Cook also joined Bismarck’s three on the All-District team.
Bismarck 2, Viburnum 0
The Lady Indians ran away with the first game against the Viburnum Lady Jays, and had little trouble clinching game two with a final score of 25-9, 25-19.
The Lady Jays had no answer for Bismarck’s offense as they were constantly bombarded from Taylor and Cadwell. Taylor had 10 kills and two blocks along with serving 10 points with three aces. Cadwell had nine kills and two blocks.
Megan Bishop was Bismarck’s top server with 12 points being scored on her serve including two aces. After a service break to start the match, Bismarck scored its first 10 points on Bishop’s serve. Only five Lady Indians would reach the service line in game one with Taylor serving three points and Chandler Politte serving the last seven of the game.
Viburnum’s attack game was nearly nil as they had only one kill in the first game and only four in game two. Seven of their 19 points came on attack errors by the Lady Indians.
The second game was somewhat even at the start, until Taylor went to serve. Taylor rattled off seven straight points with three aces, and Bismarck was not challenged again.
Viburnum’s only shining moment came in the middle of game two as Rebekah Olkkonen served three straight aces.
Bismarck finished off the match with Brettnie Henson making two stuff blocks for the final two points.
Lesterville 2, Valle 0
The Valle Lady Warriors were overpowered in the first game of their match with Lesterville, but they battled back in game two before their season ended just two points short, 25-14, 26-24.
The Lady Bearcats never had a string of more than three points in the first game, but Valle was only able score two points on serve the entire game as Lesterville’s offense was firing on all pistons.
Able to get the ball to Cook, the sophomore hitter had 11 kills for the Lady Bearcats with two from the back row.
Hannah Kuenzel was everywhere on the court with five kills, two stuff blocks and six digs for Valle in the match. Kaitlin Abt made five kills, and Katie Bader and Gretchen Koller made five digs apiece. Maria Herzog had eight assists.
The Lady Warriors (16-12) led most of the second game, and on a late play where both teams dug up five spikes each before Koller put it away with a kill, giving Valle a 21-17 edge and Lesterville a time-out.
A bad serve receive by Valle brought the Lady Bearcats tow within one point at 23-22 and it was time for a Valle time-out. A second blown serve receive tied the game, but the Lady Warriors would score the next point to be only one-point away from tying up the match.
The point would never come. Valle served the ball out, and Lesterville served an ace off the top of the net for the lead, and a loose ball evaded the Lady Warriors on defense to end the match and Valle’s season.
All-District Teams
The below players were selected to the Class 1 All-District Teams by the district coaches.
First Team
Brooke Taylor (sr) - Bismarck
Harley Cadwell (sr) - Bismarck
Balee Lorenz (jr) - Bismarck
Hannah Kuenzel (sr) - Valle
Abbie Bergtholdt (sr) - Valle
Taylor Cook (so) - Lesterville
Jessica Woodcock (sr) - Lesterville
Nichole Bozic (jr) - Viburnum
Second Team
Gretchen Koller (fr) - Valle
Ashlyn Woods (jr) - Lesterville
Paige Mayfield (sr) - Viburnum
Lindsey Colyott (sr) - South Iron