October 7, 2026

Volleyball Drops Match To South Prairie, In Action At DLB Tourney

Stanley’s varsity volleyball team had just one regular match on their schedule last week, when they traveled to South Prairie to face the Royals. The match went to five sets, with the teams trading wins. Stanley won the first set 25 to 21 and the third set 25 to 23, while the Royals won the second set 25 to 20 and the fourth set 25 to 19. The Royals went on to claim the fifth and deciding set 15 to 6 to hand the Blue Jays their first regular season loss of the season.
As a team, the Blue Jays had 46 kills, 1 ace, 110 digs, 5 blocks and 43 assists.
Individual stats for the Blue Jays were as follows:
Khloe Jemtrud had 1 kill and 28 digs.
Taya Niemitalo had 8 kills, 3 digs and 1 block.
Karley Jemtrud had 1 kill and 18 digs.
Brenna Wenger had 5 kills, 1 ace, 4 digs and 1.5 blocks.
Dani Hermanson had 22 kills, 25 digs, 1 block and 1 assist.
McKenzie Bohrer had 11 digs.
Payton Lystad had 2 kills.
Maycee Copeland had 1 kill, 19 digs and 42 assists.
Annie Roise had 6 kills, 2 digs and 1.5 blocks.
Stanley    25  20  25  19    6
South Prairie    21  25  23  25  15

DLB Tourney
The Blue Jays were at the DLB tournament on Friday, Oct. 2 and Saturday, Oct. 3.
In pool play, they split their first match with ORCS with scores of 24-26 and 25-21. They defeated Central Cass with scores of 25-11 and 25-18 and followed that up with a win over Park River with scores of 25-23 and 26-24. In their final pool play match, they split with Devils Lake with scores of 23-25 and 25-15.
As they moved into the gold bracket tournament, they lost their first match to Northern Cass with scores of 25-18, 19-25 and 4-15. Their final match of the tournament was against DLB, losing with scores of 21-25, 25-23 and 14-16.
As a team, they had 148 kills, 22 aces, 222 digs, 15 blocks and 138 assists.
Individual results were as follows:
Khloe Jemtrud had 2 kills, 48 digs and 7 assists.
Taya Niemitalo had 25 kills, 9 digs and 1 block.
Karley Jemtrud had 6 kills, 1 ace, 16 digs, .5 block and 3 assists.
Brenna Wenger had 21 kills, 1 ace, 6 digs, 4 blocks and 1 assist.
Dani Hermanson had 49 kills, 7 aces, 43 digs and 6 assists.
McKenzie Bohrer had 1 kill, 4 aces, 19 digs and 1 assist.
Jozey Sorenson had 2 assists.
Payton Lystad had 7 kills, 4 digs and 2 blocks.
McKenna Jones had 1 dig.
Maycee Copeland had 9 kills, 4 aces, 67 digs, 2.5 blocks and 115 assists.
Annie Roise had 28 kills, 5 aces, 9 digs, 5 blocks and 3 assists.
Up Next: After hosting Watford City on Tuesday, Oct. 6, the Blue Jays are home on Thursday, Oct. 8 as they host Nedrose with A, B and C squads set to play. This will be the team’s annual Pink Out event. They are on the road on Tuesday, Oct. 13 when they play Bottineau with A, B and C squads set to play. 
 

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