Carrington advances to championship

Madison Wendel had 18 kills and five blocks as the Carrington High School volleyball team punched its ticket to the Region 4 tournament championship match with a 3-1 win over Benson County Tuesday night in Devils Lake.

Game scores were 25-16, 29-27, 20-25 and 25-23.

Kayla Hochhalter added 17 kills and Josey Page and Nikki Braaten each had 19 assists for the Cardinals.

Andrea Jorgenson’s 11 kills were tops for Benson County, which also got 10 kills from Chelsey Weigler.

Langdon swept Rolla in the other semifinal matchup behind 22 kills from Abbey Braaten. Lyndee Johnson also had nine kills.

Rolla, which was coming off a big win over Midkota in the quarterfinals, got 16 kills from Mary Jo Guilbert.

Carrington meets Langdon in the championship match on Thursday night. Benson County and Rolla play for third.

Region 4 Volleyball Tournament

At Devils Lake

Tuesday’s semifinals

Carrington 3, Benson County 1

BC 16 27 25 23

Carrington 25 29 20 25

BC — Kills, Chelsey Weigler 10, Andrea Jorgenson 11.

Carrington — Kills, Kayla Hochhalter 17, Madison Wendel 18. Assists, Josey Page 19, Nikki Braaten 19. Aces, Breana Barton 2. Blocks, Wendel 5.

Langdon 3, Rolla 0

Rolla 20 23 24

Langdon 25 25 26

Rolla — Kills, Mary Jo Guilbert 16, Miranda Leas 6, Jordan Robert 6.

Langdon — Kills, Abbey Braaten 22, Lyndee Johnson 9. Assists, Brenna Downs 31. Aces, Lyndee Johnson 4.

Grovers, Vikings advance in Region 1

Fargo Oak Grove pulled a big upset in Region 1, knocking off defending state champion Central Cass 3-2 in stunning fashion in Oakes.

Central Cass won the first two, but Oak Grove rallied to win the next two, edging the Squirrels in exciting fashion in game 5. Game scores were 21-25, 14-25, 25-16, 25-21 and 17-5.

Halley Kelley had 14 kills for Oak Grove. Central Cass was led by Faith Dooley’s 17 kills.

Kindred swept Northern Cass 25-19, 25-15, 25-12 in the other semifinal.

Kellie Schmidt paced Kindred with 19 kills, while Ally Erickson added 13. Northern Cass was led by Vanessa Johnson’s nine kills.

Oak Grove and Kindred meet in the title match on Thursday. Northern Cass and Central Cass will play for third.

Region 1 Girls Volleyball Tournament

At Oakes High School

Tuesday’s semifinals

Kindred 3, Northern Cass 0

Kindred 25 25 25

NC 19 15 12

Kindred — Kills, Kellie Schmidt 19, Ally Erickson 13. Assists, Casey Allmaras 37. Digs, Mikaela Casey 12, Emily Cose 12.

NC — Kills, Vanessa Johnson 9, Paige Vrnest 5. Assists, Brianna Olson 16. Digs, Whitney Ward 16, Lexi Zieske 10, Olson 10.

Fargo Oak Grove 3, Central Cass 2

CC 25 25 16 21 15

OG 21 14 25 25 17

CC — Kills, Faith Dooley 17, Maci Romsdal 12, Hannah Breske 7. Blocks, Dooley 6, Breske 4.

OG — Kills, Hannah Kelley 15, Kristen Bokinskie 10, Sam Kounovsky 6. Assist, Bokinskie 26. Aces, Bokinskie 4, Anna Vande Voort 3. Blocks, Kelley 3. Digs, Taylor Lang 13.

Tags: class b, sports, volleyball