Blue Jays Win Two, Take Devils Lake Tourney
Stanley’s varsity volleyball team continued their winning streak last week with two home matches and the Devils Lake Tournament.
On Monday, Sept. 21, the Blue Jays hosted the DLB Lakers, taking the match in four sets. At home again, on Thursday, Sept. 24, they battled Rugby, taking the match in five sets. On Saturday, Sept. 26, they traveled to Devils Lake, taking home the tournament title.
Stanley vs. DLB
At home on Monday, Sept. 21, Stanley hosted DesLacs-Burlington. The Blue Jays took the first set with a score of 25 to 23, but the Lakers came back to take the second set with a score of 25 to 19. Stanley came back to take the third set 25 to 19 and the fourth set 25 to 22 to claim the victory.
As a team, the Blue Jays had 58 kills, 4 aces, 76 digs, 7 blocks and 57 assists.
Individual stats for the Blue Jays were as follows:
Khloe Jemtrud had 1 kill, 7 digs and 3 assists.
Taya Niemitalo had 2 kills and 1 assist.
Karley Jemtrud had 6 kills, 2 aces, 9 digs, .5 block and 1 assist.
Brenna Wenger had 9 kills, 3 digs and 3.5 blocks.
Dani Hermanson had 18 kills, 1 ace, 22 digs, .5 block and 3 assists.
McKenzie Bohrer had 12 digs and 2 assists.
Payton Lystad had 2 kills and 1 block.
McKenna Jones had 10 digs and 1 assist.
Maycee Copeland had 8 kills, 9 digs, .5 block and 46 assists.
Jacee Johnson had 1 dig.
Annie Roise had 12 digs, 1 ace, 3 digs and 1 block.
Stanley 25 19 25 25
DLB 23 25 19 22
Stanley vs. Rugby
On Thursday, Sept. 24, the Blue Jays were home again, this time taking on the Rugby Panthers. This was a match that would go the distance. Stanley took the first set with a score of 25 to 17, but Rugby came back to take the second set 25 to 20 and the third set 25 to 21. The Blue Jays came back to take the fourth set 25 to 21 and then won the fifth set 15 to 13 to claim the win.
As a team, Stanley had 55 kills, 11 aces, 128 digs, 4 blocks and 52 assists.
Individual stats for the Blue Jays were as follows:
Khloe Jemtrud had 26 digs and 6 assists.
Taya Niemitalo had 1 kill and 1 dig.
Karley Jemtrud had 9 kills, 11 digs and .5 block.
Brenna Wenger had 3 kills, 2 aces, 13 digs and .5 block.
Dani Hermanson had 25 kills, 1 ace, 16 digs, .5 block and 2 assists.
McKenzie Bohrer had 2 aces, 19 blocks and 2 assists.
Payton Lystad had 4 kills and 1 dig.
McKenna Jones had 5 digs.
Maycee Copeland had 5 kills, 2 aces, 30 digs and 40 assists.
Annie Roise had 8 kills, 4 aces, 6 digs, 2.5 blocks and 2 assists.
Stanley 25 20 21 25 15
Rugby 17 25 25 21 13
Devils Lake Tournament
Saturday, Sept. 26 saw the Blue Jays on the road for the Devils Lake Tournament. They opened pool play against Glenburn, splitting the match with scores of 16-25 and 25-23. They faced the Devils Lake JV in the second round, winning with scores of 25-7 and 25-14. They finished up pool play against St. John, winning with scores of 25-11 and 25-5.
In the championship tournament round, they defeated Kidder County with scores of 25-16 and 25-18. They followed that up with a win over North Star with scores of 25-15, 25-27 and 15-12. That sent them to the championship match where they met up with Rugby for the second time in three days. The Blue Jays came out on top, taking the title with scores of 25-20, 23-25 and 15-9.
Team totals for the tournament included 162 kills, 48 aces, 219 digs, 11 blocks and 155 assists.
Individual stats for the Blue Jays were as follows:
Khloe Jemtrud had 1 kill, 39 digs and 6 assists.
Taya Niemitalo had 27 kills, 1 ace, 12 digs, 2 blocks and 3 assists.
Karley Jemtrud had 6 kills, 1 ace and 5 digs.
Brenna Wenger had 24 kills, 15 aces, 8 digs, 2.5 blocks and 3 assists.
Dani Hermanson had 58 kills, 14 aces, 57 digs, .5 block and 5 assists.
McKenzie Bohrer had 1 kill, 3 aces, 26 digs and 2 assists.
Payton Lystad had 3 kills, 6 digs and 1 block.
McKenna Jones had 7 digs and 136 assists.
Maycee Copeland had 7 kills, 10 aces, 47 digs and 1.5 blocks.
Annie Roise had 35 kills, 4 aces, 12 digs and 3.5 blocks.
Up Next: After traveling to South Prairie on Tuesday, Sept. 29, the Blue Jays will be in action at the DLB Tournament on Friday, Oct. 2 and Saturday, Oct. 3. They will host Watford City on Tuesday, Oct. 6 with A, B and C squads set to play.