End of the Season Banquet

Regional Play

Last night our Varsity squad took the court against Northwestern. In game one we came out and played right with Northwestern. We blocked their hits, received their serves, and dug all balls. We had a few serving errors that put us a little behind, but worked together to come back. Even with our fight back we ended up losing game one 18-25. We were very pumped up after this, but did not come out as strong in game two. A long serve receive in Northwestern's favor put us a behind. Although we tried hard to make a comeback, we could not. We lost game two 6-25. In game three we made a few adjustments, but still could not get ahead of Northwestern. We lost game three 6-25. Losing is always hard, especially when it is the last game of the season. We again want to say thank you to Meagan VanderHeyden our varsity senior for all her leadership and hard work this season and all the seasons before that, that she dedicated to volleyball. We are going to miss her and wish her the best in every future endeavor. To our girls we say thank you for practicing hard, growing, and asking questions. We now have nine months of off-season workouts to get ready for next year's volleyball season. We look forward to watching many of our girls play basketball, hockey, soccer, softball, and run track. Thank you to our community, parents, and fans  that have come out to our games and events to cheer us on. Spooner Volleyball wouldn't be what it is without you. Keep coming to events and keep cheering loud. Go Rails! A final thank you to our coaches who plan every practice and work with our girls every night. Coach Eric Conner, Coach Staci Sikora, Coach Kayleigh Lutz, Coach Shanon Huffer, and Coach Kristina Berget you have done an amazing job this season and we thank you for your time spent with each player. We appreciate you!

Pictures taken by Julia Tiller can be found by clicking here.

The High School Banquet is set for Tuesday, November 3rd. More information will be coming.

Varsity Quad, Thursday, October 15th

On Thursday, October 15th we hosted our conference quad. We learned many quick lessons this night and many players stepped up to help out each game. I was very impressed at how the players on and off the court kept an upbeat spirit and voice even during losses. Even though we did not win any matches, We were impressed at some big rallies back. We lost the match to Hayward 12-25 and 9-25, the match to Cumberland 16-25 and close game, 21-25, and the match to Northwestern 14-25 and 16-25. We will head to Northwestern on Tuesday, October 20th for the 1st round of regions. The winner of 1st round will play on Thursday, for the 2nd round of regionals.

Pictures taken by Kiera Peterson can be found here: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B4B6qqBRN5ifZjNMd1VaM2lCc28&usp=sharing

Our JV and C-team took the court for the final time last night in their Quad. We are proud of all they have accomplished this year. It is exciting to watch players grow and change throughout the season. Keep working hard girls!

C-team Scores:

Spooner vs. Cumberland - Spooner Win

25 - 14
25 - 23

 Spooner vs. Ladysmith - Spooner Win

20 - 25
25 - 13

15 - 11

Spooner vs. Northwestern - NW Win

13 - 25

25 - 17

5 - 15

 

 

C-team timeout during a close Northwestern match

 

JV Scores:

 

Spooner vs. Cumberland - Cumberland Win

20-25

16-25

 

Spooner vs. Ladysmith - Ladysmith Win

25-20

12-25

3-15

 

Spooner vs. Northwestern - NW Win

26-24

8-25

13-15

 

A Great Season

More pictures taken by Melissa Smith can be found by clicking here.

Varsity Conference Tournament

On Saturday Spooner Varsity traveled to Chetek for the Conference Tournament. Conference Tournament Saturday is always hard because you play four matches at 2-3 games each which is extremely tiring. Being a young team we are still getting used to each other on the court and communication is an area we have been growing in all year. We are proud of many of the girls who stepped up and played hard games. While we did not come out with a match win, we did see many great things out of our players. We had many moments where the girls rallied to gain back 6 or 7 points. This is a hard task. We have three practices before the 2^nd half of our Conference Tournament and we will be working hard on skills and communication. Match scores were: against Barron, 7-25 and 14-25, against Bloomer, 10-25 and 15-25, against Chetek, 13-25 and 13-25, and against Ladysmith, 17-25 and, in a nail biting game, 25-27.

Varsity hosts the 2^nd half of the Conference Tournament on Thursday, October 17^th starting at 5:45. We will play Hayward, Cumberland, and Northwestern. We would love to have huge crowds out for this night.

We will also head to Northwestern on Tuesday, October 20^th for the first round of regionals. Northwestern is seeded #2. Match play begins at 7:00 pm.

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

Upcoming Events

Pink Night Hayward

On Tuesday we played Hayward in our pink night. We collaborated with Hayward to use our pink jerseys and pink socks. We were very excited for this night and were glad to be able to support the cure for breast cancer. Although our games did not all turn out has we had hoped they would, we do continue to work on improvements and try new approaches. Cteam scores were 11-25, 25-27, and 14-25.  JV scores were 14-25, 21-25, and 17-15.

Varsity continues to fit into our groove. I am proud of the leaders on our team and the young players that have stepped up on our varsity squad. While we lost our games 13-25, 11-25, and 15-25 to lose match, we will only grow from here. We were able to honor our two seniors this night also. We thank Meagan VanderHeyden for her passion for volleyball and her continual willingness to learn and adapt. We also thank Mari Hordvik, a new to SASD foreign exchange student, for her joy and willingness to grow and learn. Varsity will take the court on Saturday, October 10^th for our conference tournament. Play begins at 9:00 am in Chetek. JV and Cteam will host a Quad at Spooner High School and Middle School on Tuesday, October 13th. Play begins at 5:30 pm. This will be their final matches of the season. Varsity will again take the court on Thursday, October 15^th for their Conference Quad. Play will begin at Spooner High School at 5:45 pm. We’d also like to note that our middle school teams will take play in their last matches at St. Joesph’s in Rice Lake on Thursday, October 15^th. We have enjoyed watching them grow through this season.

 

 

 

More pictures from pink night can be found by clicking here.

Go to the Spooner Volleyball Homepage for the photos from our UMD college game visit

Bloomer's Pink Night

On Thursday we played at Bloomer. We knew that Bloomer would be a tough opponent, but went into the games knowing that we had worked on many of the skills we needed to. Our C-team made great improvements from playing Bloomer in the Quad on Tuesday. While they still lost their match, we were very proud of how they played. Scores for Cteam were 13-25, 16-25, and 6-25. JV came out a little quiet and couldn't quite gain back the excitement. They lost their match 10-25-, 2-25, and 4-25. We will make some more adjustments this week and get ready for Hayward on Tuesday in Cteam and JV's last regular season game. JV and Cteam will host a Quad on October 13th in Spooner also.

Varsity was pumped up heading in to the game and ready to play in Bloomer's pink night. During the week we collaborated with Bloomer and decided to both wear our pink jerseys and pink socks in support of a cure for breast cancer. We had made some changes to our rotation and even with our excitement we still could not quite play our best games. Varsity lost the match We will continue to work on some key skills in the next week. Scores were 6-25, 11-25 and 7-25. We host our pink night on Tuesday against Hayward and invite all to wear pink in support of the cure for breast cancer. We will head to Chetek on Saturday, October 10th for the Conference Tournament. We hope all will come out for this important HON tournament. We play the second part of the conference tournament on Thursday, October 15th at Spooner.

Pictures from Bloomer were taken by Kiera Peterson and can be found by clicking here.

 

JV at Shell Lake

Last Saturday our JV traveled to Shell Lake. We are constantly growing and adapting. Each game takes works and a new strategy. Come on out and cheer on our JV team! 

Grantsburg won                         20-25; 10-25 

LCO won                                       14-25; 6-25 

Glenwood  City split                 25-11; 18-25 

Bruce lost                                    25-10; 25-10

Shell Lake won                          scores pending
 

More pictures taken by Jeni Skogstad can by found by clicking here.

Homecoming And Chicken Dinner

Homecoming was a blast from pep fest, to the parade, to the chicken dinner. Check it out!