Kindred sweeps Flasher in Class B quarterfinals

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MINOT — The pressure was off Kellie Schmit.

On Wednesday, Schmit signed a letter of intent to play volleyball at the University of North Dakota. On Thursday, the senior dominated in the quarterfinals of the Class B state volleyball tournament. She had 22 kills and 11 aces as Kindred swept Flasher 25-11, 25-13, 25-15.

Micaela Meyer led Flasher with eight kills. The Bulldogs play Dickinson Trinity at 11 a.m. today in the consolation semifinals. Kindred faces Linton-HMB at 5 p.m. in the semifinals.

Kindred 25 25 25 — 3

Flasher 11 13 15 — 0

Kills: K, Schmit 22, Erickson 9, Heitkamp 2, Braaten 2, Podolak 1. F, Meyer 8, Reinhardt 6, Frederick 5, Leingang 1.

Blocks: K, Erickson 1, Heitkamp 1, Allmaras 1. F, Meyer 2.

Aces: K, Schmit 11, Casey 3, Ness 2, Cose 1. F, none.

Digs: K, Casey 13. F, Leingang 7, Reinhardt 7.

Assists: K, Allmaras 32. F, Schmidt 16.

Park River/F-L 3, Ray 1

Park River/Fordville-Lankin used a big match-ending attack to rally past Ray 23-25, 25-23, 25-22, 25-12 in the quarterfinals of the Class B high school volleyball tournament.

Kirsten Johnson finished with 19 kills, with Sadie Vold adding 14. The Aggies had a 53-32 advantage in kills, as well as a 101-60 advantage in digs.

Olivia Corcoran had 10 kills to pace Ray, which plays Minot Our Redeemer’s at 1 p.m. today in the consolation semifinals.

PR-FL 23 25 25 25 — 3

Ray 25 23 22 12 — 1

Kills: PR-FL, Johnson 19, Vold 14, Lehar 8, Swartz 5, Porter 4, Myrdal 2, Slebodnik 1. R, Corcoran 10, Gillund 7, Heier 6, Dolan 6, Hodenfield 1, Nelson 1, Perdue 1.

Blocks: PR-FL, Johnson 2, Porter 2, Swartz 1. R, Perdue 3, Corcoran 2, Gillund 2.

Aces: PR-FL, Heier 2, Corcoran 1, Dolan 1. R, Lehar 2, Fontaine 2.

Digs: PR-FL, Dolan 16. R, Vold 26.

Assists: PR-FL, Hodenfield 24. R, Swartz 21, Welch 12.

Langdon 3,

Minot Our Redeemer’s 0

Abbey Braaten finished with a match-high 13 kills Thursday as Langon swept Minot Our Redeemer’s 25-22, 25-19, 25-19 in the quarterfinals of the Class B state tournament.

Langdon faces Park River/Fordville-Lankin at 7 p.m. today in the semifinals.

Langdon 25 25 25 — 3

MOR 22 19 19 — 0

Kills: L, Braaten 13, Kartes 8, Downs 7, Johnson 5, Hart 2. MOR, Koppinger 8, Lith 7, Olson 3, Bangen 3, Gartner 1.

Blocks: L, Kartes 2. MOR, Koppinger 5, Gartner 3, Lith 1.

Aces: L, Johnson 4, Braaten 3, Hart 2, Downs 1. MOR, Bangen 5, Knutson 1, Boeckel 1, Lith 1.

Digs: L, Fetsch 10. MOR, Knutson 9.

Assists: L, Downs 19. MOR, Olson 11, Knutson 10.

CLASS A

Century 3, Fargo Davies 1

Fargo Davies, East Region No. 4 seed, drew West Region champion Bismarck Century in the Class A state tournament quarterfinals. And on Thursday, the Patriots’ experience won out. Century swept Davies 25-10, 27-25, 25-18 at the Minot State Dome.

Hannah Larson led the Patriots (34-4) with 12 kills, six blocks and two aces. Century plays Dickinson High in the semifinals at 7 p.m. today. Jordyn Jossart finished with 10 kills.

Senior outside hitter Kali Erickson had 10 kills to lead Davies (25-12). Davies plays the loser of Fargo Shanley in the consolation semifinals at 1 p.m. today.

Century has played in the state championship match three of the last four years and won the state title in 2008.

Davies 10 25 18 — 0

Century 25 27 25 — 3

Kills: FD, Erckson 10, Papachek 4, Woodbridge 3, Olson 2, Bolstad 2. BC, Larson 12, Jossart 10, Hasche 8, Bulawa 6, Bohrer 3, Chase 2, Bense 1.

Blocks: FD, Erckson 2, Grabarkwitz 2, Bolstad 1. BC, Larson 6, Hasche 1, Bohrer 1.

Aces: FD, Papachek 4, Erckson 1, Bachmeier 1. BC, Wax 3, Bense 2, Larson 2, Chase 2, Bauman 1.

Digs: FD, Papachek 14. BC, Kessler 12.

Assists: FD, Olson 15. BC, Bense 30.

Red River 3, Bismarck 1

Grand Forks Red River — the defending Class A state champions — defeated Bismarck High 25-21, 25-23, 24-26, 25-20 during the quarterfinals of the state volleyball tournament at the Minot State Dome.

Hadley Steffen, a 5-foot-9 North Dakota State recruit, paced the Roughriders with 25 kills and two blocks. Red River (23-9) plays West Fargo in the semifinals at 5 p.m. today.

Junior outside hitter Ashlee Hilzendeger paced the Demons (23-14) with 18 kills and nine digs. Bismarck plays Jamestown at 11 a.m. today in the consolation semifinals.

Bismarck 21 23 26 20 — 1

GFRR 25 25 24 25 — 3

Kills: B, Hilzendeger 18, Rust 11, Todd 7, Miller 4, Schmidt 3. GFRR, Steffen 25, Anderson 13, Bush 9, Goodman 2, Lancaster 2, Salquist 2.

Blocks: B, Fisher 2. GFRR, Bush 4, Anderson 3, Steffen 2, Goodman 2.

Aces: B, Hilzendeger 1, Binstock 1, Sanders 1, Kiefer 1. GFRR, Anderson 3, Bush 3.

Digs: B, Hilzendeger 9. GFRR, Bush 14, Steffen 13, King 12.

Assists: B, Kiefer 38. GFRR, Salquist 45.

West Fargo 3, Jamestown 1

West Fargo used their potent hitting attack to score a 25-21, 25-19, 25-23 sweep over West Region No. 2-seeded Jamestown in the quarterfinals of the Class A state volleyball tournament.

Amanda Levin paced the East Region No. 3-seeded Packers (21-14) with 15 kills and two aces. Christian Bruenjes finished with 12 kills.

Jamestown (26-10) was making its first state tournament appearance since 2001. Senior middle blocker Siri Jystad totaled eight kills to lead the Blue Jays.

WF 25 25 25 — 3

Jamestown 21 19 23 — 0

Kills: WF, Levin 15, Bruenjes 12, Gustafson 5, Suppa 4, Sand 3. J, Jystad 8, Eamon 7, Keller 3, Stilwell 3, Hegerle 1, Heilman 1.

Blocks: WF, Gustafson 1, Suppa 1. J, Hegerle 2, Jystad 1, Stilwell 1, Keller 1.

Aces: WF, Levin 2, Klug 1, Suppa 1. J, Hegerle 2, Niemeier 2, Orr 1, Jystad 1.

Digs: WF, Suppa 14, Gustafason 10. J, Orr 10, Niemeier 5.

Assists: WF, Klug 37. J, Horgan 9.

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