by Kylie Uhl, Blue Ink
It was a short week for the Garretson netters taking the win in three straight sets on Tuesday night against West Central at the Dragon's Lair.
Even though the Lady Blue Dragons took the win on Tuesday there is always room to be better.
“We need to improve our positivity, communication, and knowing what your position is and doing your assignment,” said freshman Logan Bly.
Tuesday’s game was a big emotional win however for the three senior volleyballers, being that it was their last regular season home game. With Aftyn Heitkamp playing for four years, Kenzie Northrup playing for four years and Bella Peters playing for three years, many fellow players know it won’t be the same next year without them.
“I think that our seniors kept a good attitude with a positive mindset by telling us before every game that we can go as far as we believe,” said Bly.
Bly had a good night, putting down nine kills for the home team; Kennedy Buckneberg and Lily Ranschau also had strong offensive nights with nine and eight kills, respectively. Setter Jaelyn Benson had 26 assists while Lauren Heesch, libero, picked up 16 digs on the night’s effort. This win put the netters with a season record of 14-9.
This week, however, is a normal week for the Blue Dragons with two away games to cap off the season. The first game on Monday against Sioux valley resulted in a Win with scores of 25-18, 25-20, and 25-22. The second game on Tuesday was against Colman-Egan (results unavailable at press time).
The Region 3A Tournaments and Semis will be held next week, on November 5 & 7, at locations yet to be determined.
As of press time, the Blue Dragons had dropped to 3rd seed but are neck in neck with Baltic; if they maintain that position their game will be at 7:00 p.m. on November 5th against 6th seeded Dell Rapids.
If they jumped back up to 2nd seed on Tuesday, the game will be held on November 7, twenty minutes after the end of the game played by #1 seed, which starts at 6:00 p.m.
Update 10/30/19: The GHS girls won last night against Colman-Eagan in their final regular season game! Baltic lost against Deubrook, which puts the GHS Volleyball team back at 2nd seed! Seed standings are as follows: #1 SF Christian, #2 Garretson, #3 Baltic, #4 Tri Valley, #5 West Central, #6 Dell Rapids. The GHS Blue Dragons will be playing in the Semis on November 7 at SF Christian. Game starts twenty minutes after #1 seed plays. GHS will be facing off against either Baltic or Dell Rapids.
