9/24/2015 against Barron

On Thursday, September 24th we hosted Barron. It was a tough night with tough losses. Our girls are working hard, but will continue to work on refining our skills.

C-team scores: 16-25, 11-25, 9-15

JV scores: 10-25, 17-25, 13-25

It was our Jr. Passer night and we were excited to celebrate them. It is important that our high school girls give back to the younger program. Jr. Passers have had one practice on Monday, September 21st and will have another on Monday, September 28th with high school players and coaches.

 

 

In game one we were simply working on our defense and learning where we needed to be in order to pick up hits. We started behind but continued to fight back. We ended up losing game one, 8-25. In game two we knew we would need to take our game to the next level and put even more onto the court. We made a few adjustments and made some improvements. We rallied for every point, but ended up losing 17-25. In game 3 Kayla Boutwell stepped out of setter into right side hitter and Hannah Kastner stepped in to set. Both did a great job working with each other. Meagan VanderHeyden moved from middle hitter to outside hitter and continues to show passion for the sport from any position. Emmie Bassett gave us many great swings and hits. We ended up losing game three, 10-25 As a young team we still have skills to improve on and we will focus on those in the next week.

Pictures taken by Abby Melton can be found by clicking here.

JV heads to Cumberland on Tuesday, September 29th for a Quad and C-team heads to Bloomer for a Quad.

All teams travel to Bloomer on Thursday, October 1st. It is their pink night. Any fans that wear pink to the game will get in for 1/2 off.

On Tuesday, October 6th we host Hayward in our pink night. A portion of the ticket sales will go toward our new cancer scholarship fund. Please wear your pink in support! Soccer will also host their pink night on October 6th. Football will host their pink night on October 9th. A portion of their ticket sales will go to our cancer scholarship fund also.

On Saturday, October 10th Varsity heads to Chetek for the Conference Tournament. We'd love to have a full crowd this day. Game play begins at 9:00, with four matches being played. On Tuesday, October 13th JV and C-team will host a Quad at Spooner. Varsity's regular season play will end on Thursday, October 15th at our home Conference Quad. Game play begins at 5:30 pm.

@ Ladysmith

On Tuesday, September 22nd our teams headed to Ladysmith. It was a hard night where our teams couldn't quite find the right groove with serving or serve receive. It is always hard to lose, but we know that even in loss we learn great lessons.

C-team scores: 25-22, 23-25, 18-25

JV scores: 19-25, 9-25, 9-25

At the varsity level Taylor Shutt stepped in to make 40 passes in the match. Kayla Boutwell was our leading server. Carson Johannes, Emmie Bassett, Jenna Curtis, and Meagan VanderHeyden all led us with hits. Kayla Boutwell gave us 29 sets as our setter in game 1 and 2 and Hannah Kastner gave us 20 in game 3. We will continue to work hard as a team and make improvements.

Varsity scores: 7-25, 9-25, 9-25

You can find pictures taken by Morgan Taylor by clicking here.

Cteam at Shell Lake

On Saturday, September 19th our C-team headed to Shell Lake for a tournament. Our girls fought hard all day and worked together as a team. They will continue to work out the fine details of playing volleyball. We are excited for them as they continue their season.

Vs Shell Lake 15-25, 25-22 (1 win, 1 loss)

Vs Cameron 21-25, 20-25 (2 losses)

Vs St Croix Falls 21-25, 25-21 (1 win, 1 loss)

Vs Glenwood City 23-25, 25-21 (1 win, 1 loss)

Vs Clear Lake 16-25, 12-25 (2 losses)

You can find pictures taken by Coach Smith by clicking here.

Chicken Dinner This Friday!

Cumberland - September 15th

On Tuesday we had a huge win over Cumberland. Since we had beat Cumberland earlier in the season we knew that winning was within our reach, but we knew that we would need to work hard to attain that goal. We started off a little cold and lost game one 14-25. In game two we came out strong though and took an early lead of 8-1. We kept that momentum going to win 25-17. By game three we were tired and playing in a warm gym. We started out quiet and rallied back, but couldn't quite catch completely up. We lost game three 19-25. In game four we played tough. It was back and forth the entire game. As coaches we were very impressed with how our players communicated, worked together, and completed each pass, set, and hit. We won this game 25-23. This was our first time playing all five matches and we were very tired. A few players really stepped up just when we needed them. That is huge in volleyball when you greatly depend on the other players on and off the court. We really came together and won the final game 15-13 to win the match. Our girls jumped off the bench with excitement. It was a very proud moment as a coach. Meagan VanderHeyden and Danika McCumber led us in serves for the match with 50 serves and only 6 errors combined. Jenna Curtis and Danika McCumber led us in hits with 13 kills combined.

Our JV and C-team had some rough moments with serving, but also played tough games. JV lost their match in two tough games 23-25 and 14-25. C-team also lost their match in some very close games, 24-26 and 21-25. We will continue to work on perfecting our skills and working as a team unit.

 

Click to view pictures from Cumberland taken by Shelly Balts: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B4B6qqBRN5ifR2tic0l4SEtNNkk&usp=sharing

Coming off a win, we felt we were ready to compete against Northwestern. We started slow, falling behind 3-8 in game one. Hannah Kastner started as our setter and did a phenomenal job. We rallied and battled but couldn’t quick catch up. We ended up losing game one 18-25. We made a few adjustments, but couldn’t find our routine, losing game two 8-25. In game three Hannah Kastner, Topanga Peterson, and Kayla Boutwell stepped back in as leaders on the court. As a team we couldn’t get as many hits in as we needed and our passes were just a little off. We ended up losing game three in a tough game, 16-25. Carson Johannes led us in match serves with 11 and no errors. Meagan VanderHeyden led us in hits with 13 attempts for the match.

JV played hard, but lost their match 19-25, 11-25, and 24-26. Cteam also battled to win their match 7-25, 26-24, and 15-8. Congratulations C-team!

It was Parent’s night. We would like to say a HUGE thank you to our parents who support us all season long. You are our biggest fans. Thank you!



Senior, Meagan VanderHeyden and her parents.

Senior, Mari Hordvik and her host parent.

Click to view pictures from Northwestern taken by Joie Hammersberg. Parent’s night pictures taken by Kristina Berget: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B4B6qqBRN5ifZFpUdkYyYURFbnM&usp=sharing

Jr. Passers Has Started

Jr. Passers started on September 14th. We worked on passing, setting, and much more! They will join the HS teams again on September 28th as well as being honored at our September 24th game between the JV and Varsity matches.

Team Meals

For 3 weeks in September we share a Varsity, JV, and Cteam hosted team meal. This is a great time to laugh, talk, and just spend some relaxing time together!

Ashland Tournament

From the Spooner Advocate:

Ashland tournament 

On Saturday Spooner traveled to Ashland for a tournament. Five varsity players were gone. Spooner coaches asked JV players to step up and they did.

“We were extremely proud of the nine players that were there,” said Coach Smith. “Taylor Shutt did an excellent job passing and digging all day. Meagan VanderHeyden was big on the net and will continue to be a leader as our only senior. Mariah Skogstad, a starting JV middle, did a phenomenal job blocking and hitting for us.

“Many teams had hard hitters, and this was greatly needed. Emmie Bassett stepped into a new middle rotation. Carson Johannes is one of our left side hitters and was able to get her hand on many of the hard hits that came our way. Aspen Mullikin stepped up as a middle server, with a very hard swing. Hannah Kastner filled a much-needed position when our starting setter, Kayla Boutwell, was moved to right side hitter. Emily Peoples helped out at left side hitter.

“While we did not win a match all day, I can say I was very impressed with how well our girls talked, transitioned, and worked together as a team with not ever stepping onto the court as a team before Saturday.”

Spooner results

“Match one was very difficult after an early start to the day,” said Coach Smith. “We lost 5-25 and 11-25 to Washburn. In match two we played Northland Pines. They were a tough team with some hard hitters. We rallied together though in game one and won 25-23. It was a huge win for our team. We played hard and played together. We lost our footing in game two to lose 6-25. Even though we played hard in game three, we fell 9-15. Beating Northland Pines in game one was a great success for us, because we were the underdog.

“We had a long break before match three, which hurt us. We came out pretty quiet, and although we worked hard we lost this match 9-25 and 11-25. 

“Although we lost all three matches, I would say that our team learned a lot about working together, communication, serving, and defense. We will take these lessons and work on them in practice.”

You can find pictures of our tournament by clicking here. Pictures taken by Brady Johannes.

Chetek - September 10th

Printed in the Spooner Advocate:

“On Thursday we hosted Chetek,” said Coach Melissa Smith. “Our JV and C-team did a great job playing right with Chetek. The JV lost their match, 12-25, 18-25, but won the extra game 17-15. Our C-team lost their match but in very close games, 24-26 and 20-25. I am impressed at how the girls work each week and keep on improving. 

“Varsity went into our match with Chetek knowing that we would need to work hard. One of our starters was out, and we pulled our starting setter to right hitter and pulled up a JV setter, Lauren Johnson. She did a great job working with the varsity team. We couldn’t quite get our routine down and ended up losing the match, 11-25, 13-25, and 11-25. As a young team we will continue to work on refining our skills and working as a team.”

You can find pictures by clicking here.

Chicken Dinner Tickets On Sale Now

Chicken Dinner - September 25th - Homecoming - 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Say hi to any volleyball player 7th - 12th grade and purchase a chicken dinner ticket.

Adults & Students $9
Seniors $7
Children (under 10) $5

Varsity @ Ashland

On Saturday, August 10th Varsity heads to Ashland. The bus will leave from Spooner High School at 6:45 am. Below is the schedule:

Volunteers for Junior Passers and Varsity Games

Tailgate Dinner Fundraiser Volunteers:

Junior Passer and Varsity Game Volunteer List:

Amery Match - September 2nd, 2015

Writing about a loss is always hard. Here's my best shot at it:

 

On Tuesday Spooner Volleyball hosted Amery. Our JV started off slow losing game one 7-25. They picked it up in game two, but lost game two 19-25 to lose the match. We will continue to work on refining skills in the next week. Our C-team battled both games but lost 15-25 and 23-25. We have 16 girls on C-team which is very promising, but also very challenging as a coach. Varsity took the court at 7:00. We couldn’t get our game going and made many serve receive and hitting errors. Amery took the lead 0-12. Battling back from that behind is very hard. We ended up losing game one 3-25. We talked in between games and the girls knew we needed to play differently if we were going to turn our game around. We battled back and forth with Amery until mid-game when Amery took the lead 11-18. We ended up losing game two 13-25. We made adjustments in game three putting in Carson Johannes and Meagan VanderHeyden, our only senior, in the game. We rallied this game and had the lead multiple times. Taylor Shutt did a wonderful job passing for us as our libero. We missed some tough tips and made a few hitting errors, but ended up strong only losing 21-25. We have a week of practices ahead of us before we play Chetek on September 10^th at home. Varsity also plays at the Ashland Invite on Saturday, September 12^th. On September 15^th all three teams play at Cumberland. Keep following along at www.sasdvolleyball.blogspot.com or on Twitter @SpoonerHSVB Our young team is going to work hard and give you some surprises.

You can click to find pictures taken by Grace Olson.