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PREP CROSS-COUNTRY
SIBLEY EAST, MVL BOYS STRONG AT SCC MEET
MAPLETON -- The Sibley East boys took home the South Central Conference Boys Cross-Country title on Monday at Daly Park and Campground, finishing ahead of Minnesota Valley Lutheran (55), LeSueur-Henderson (86), Maple River (100) and Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial/Nicollet (116).
Individually, Sibley East's Gage Horstman won with a time of 15:52.7, with teammate Julio Alejandro taking second (16:24.7). MVL's Titus Kohls placed third (17:21.3), Sibley East's Ellyott Allen took fourth (17:32.9) and Sibley East's Aden Christeson (17:40.2) and Jacksen Pomplun (17:53.4) finished fifth and sixth, respectively. LCWM/N's Weston Lecy placed ninth (18.21) and Sibley East's Jesse Ballalatak took 10th (18.27). MVL's Solomon Stoering (18:31.5) and Tucker Kohls (18.51.5) followed in 11th and 12th, and MVL's Levi Martens (19:14.3), Aiden Weisensel (19:23.8), Jamis Martens (19:32.0) and Weston Scriver (19.38.1) took places 14 to 18. Sibley East's Preston Schwing placed 19th (19:49.1).
Sophia Stencel of Maple River was the girls individual conference champion with a first-place time of 19:03.3. MVL's Faith Peters took second with a time of 21:27.4, while LCWM/N's Evie Jones finished third with a time of 21:34.5.
Also placing in the top 20 from the area, Sibley East's Claire Bauer took 13th (24:14.3), while her teammate Brielle Winterfeldt took 14th (24:25.6). LCWM/N's Naomi Paul took 17th (24:44.3), while MVL's Rebekah Vlieger took 18th (25:00.4), LCWM/N's Ellie Bergemann took 19th (25:20.7) and LCWM/N's Addy Spiess took 20th (25:41.8).
PREP VOLLEYBALL
BLHS 3, NICOLLET 1
HECTOR -- Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart defeated Nicollet 25-19, 25-17, 17-25, 25-20 in a nonconference volleyball match on Monday.
Lauren Hubin had 22 kills and 18 digs with two aces for the Mustangs, while Elsie Rudeen had 12 kills and 16 digs. Addison Gee had 38 set assists and nine digs, while Ava Hammerschmidt had 26 digs.
Madison Kettner had 10 kills and nine digs for the Raiders, while Megan Soost had seven kills. Zoie Rengstorf had 14 set assists, and Lydia Martens had 11 set assists and two aces. Chloe Kachelmeier had 15 digs.
BLHS (10-14) and Nicollet (13-11) rematch as eighth-seeded Nicollet hosts ninth-seeded BLHS in the first round of the Section 2A Volleyball Tournament on Monday.
LCWM 3, SIBLEY EAST 0
ARLINGTON -- Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial swept Sibley East 25-17, 25-18, 25-17 in a South Central Conference volleyball match on Monday.
Nev Parsons had nine kills and nine digs for the Knights, while Alice Hollerich had seven kills. Megan Sickler had three aces.
No stats were available for Sibley East.
LCWM (18-6, 8-2) and Sibley East (5-22, 2-8) rematch in the opening round of the Section 2AA Volleyball tournament on Monday. LCWM is the 4th-seeded host and Sibley East is the 13th seed.
MANKATO LOYOLA 3, CATHEDRAL 0
MANKATO -- Mankato Loyola swept New Ulm Cathedral 25-15, 25-18, 25-16 in a nonconference volleyball match on Monday.
Leah Wilson had 10 set assists and three aces for Cathedral, while Isabelle Sprenger had 10 digs and five kills. Kinley Berdan had eight set assists and seven digs.
Cathedral (3-23) plays at Madelia on Tuesday.