So a good showing from the West Lakeland as they go 8-3 in the first round with a set record of 26-10 (if you take out the Clayton/Frederic tilt the set record is 23-7).

Siren, Shell Lake and Frederic have been eliminated.

results courtesy of WisSports.net

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How’d the rest of the conference do?

There was little doubt heading into the West Lakeland finale that Grantsburg would be victorious, but they played the match anyway. And it came to pass. Grantsburg won in straight sets (25- 6, 5, 10).

The Pirates ended with an unblemished conference record.

In my column for next week's Sentinel I chronicle the dyansty that is Grantsburg Volleyball so be sure to pick up a copy next Wednesday.

Also… thanks to Deb Johnson who linked this site to the volleyball site. Much appreciated, Deb!

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Grantsburg volleyball still undefeated

Barely anyone noticed as the Pirates (19-0, 8-0) guaranteed themselves another conference championship tonight as they defeated the Turtle Lake Lakers (15-9, 6-2… currently ranked #6 in division 4) 3-0 (25-14, 25-11, 25-8).

With only two matches left the Pirates have a two game lead over Webster and Turtle Lake. With matches against Siren (5-8, 2-5) and Shell Lake (1-18, 0-7) coming up the Pirates are all but certain to win the conference outright. In essence their magic number is one (kinda).

It was another decisive victory over an opponent. The Pirates have played in 48 games this year. They have held their opponents under ten points on eighteen occasions, including all three games over Frederic (3-11, 0-8) last week.

Congratulations, Pirates on another conference championship!

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Grantsburg volleyball wins conference

Grantsburg did nothing to deserve a drop in the polls. Sure they lost a game to Webster last week, but they are still undefeated in matches including a big win in the Ashland Tournament over arch-rival (and the sixth ranked team in D3 according to the same poll) Washburn.

Deerfield (11-4), Racine St. Catherines (9-0) and Cuba City (5-4) all jumped ahead of the undefeated Pirates (9-0).

It's not that upsetting to me that this has happened. The poll is conducted by the volleyball coaches and like it or not a lot of times you vote for who you are most familiar with and the majority of schools are in the southern part of the state most coaches would be more familiar with those teams.

The only thing that matters is who wins their last match of the year. In Division 3 last year it was the Pirates. This year they have no blemish on their overall record. Polling is a fun way to see how your team is competing with other good teams in the state, but it has no real bearing on anything.

Grantsburg travels to Luck (6-9) tonight for a West Lakeland match.

West Lakeland Standings

CGF= Conference Games For, CGA= Conference Games Against, TGF= Total Games For, TGA= Total Games Against

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Grantsburg volleyball slips in poll

Grantsburg
Emily Cole, junior
Kortney Morrin, junior
Annie Palmquist, senior
Lauren Romanowski, senior

Clayton
Annie Grossenbacher
Ashley Grossenbacher
Lindsey LaBlanc
Krystal Kohnen – honorable mention

Clear Lake
Rachel Norby – honorable mention
Jaici Vangsness – honorable mention

Frederic
Chrissy Chenal

Luck
Morgan Denny, junior

Shell Lake
Ashley Anderson
Stephanie Clark – honorable mention

Siren
Carley Emery – honorable mention

St. Croix Falls
Sarah Petznick
Megan Yunker

Turtle Lake
Ashley Lahti
Tricia Hanson – honorable mention
Alex Tschida – honorable mention

Unity
Crystal Donahue – honorable mention

Webster
Mary Johnson
Siiri Larsen – honorable mention

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All Conference team announced

This video was taken by Shell Lake volleyball’s head coach Amy Skattebo.

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Final points of state championship match

Angela (Jr.) finished 33rd last year and Michelle Lund (Sr.) finished 61st. Steven McKinley (Sr.) finished 65th last year.

Also congratulations to the Webster boys (ranked 6th) and Frederic girls (ranked 13th) cross country teams as they both qualified as teams. Webster won state last year.

The Webster Tigers (ranked 8th in the state) take on Glenwood City (ranked 12th) this afternoon in the second game of the WIAA state playoffs. Webster beat the Northwood/Solon Springs Evergreens 42-0 on Tuesday to advance to this game today. Good luck, Tigers!

The Frederic Vikings play Shell Lake (ranked 7th in D7) in second round football action as well. The Vikings, though seeded lower than the Lakers, are hosting the game.

Finally, the Grantsburg volleyball team is traveling to Clear Lake to try and defend their sectional championship and make it back to the Resch Center in Green Bay for the second year in a row. The Pirates take on Melrose-Mindoro for that right.

Grantsburg is ranked number one in the state, Melrose-Mindoro was unranked and had a number two seed in the tournament (Mondovi was the number one seed).

You can listen to the broadcast of the volleyball match on 105.7 WXCX starting at 7pm. Go Pirates!!!

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Good luck to all area teams today

The Pirates are ranked number one again according to the Wissport.net poll. They remain number one in the WVCA poll as well.

The Pirates look like they’re ready for the post-season which starts next Tuesday and you can listen to every match on 105.7 WXCX. (If you’d like to advertise please call the station at 888.629.7575 – no, I don’t get a commission)

Here are the nearly final standings for the West Lakeland conference. Grantsburg still has the Cameron Tournament this weekend so the overall records will change, but the conference season is over.

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West-Lakeland volleyball standings

The Pirate girls won their opening playoff game against the Cumberland Beavers 5-4. The score was 5-1 heading into the top of the seventh, and final, inning.

A couple errors and good hitting by Cumberland led to some major excitement, but in the end, with a runner stranded at third base, Michelle Lund struck out the final batter of the night to preserve a regional championship opportunity.

The Pirates play again on Thursday evening and will take on either St. Croix Central or Glenwood City (surprisingly, their score wasn’t available at the time of this writing 9:45 p.m.). You can hear the game on 105.7 WXCX. Softball playoff bracket.

Congratulations to the Frederic Vikings, they knocked of #2 seeded Shell Lake tonight 4-1 which advances the Vikings to the regional championship game versus Birchwood, who ended Luck’s season. The final score there was 11-1.

The Grantsburg baseball team beat the conference champions tonight on a walk-off two run homerun by Trent Bonneville. Grantsburg won the game 6-4. It was Bonneville’s second dinger of the game. A lot of people were still around the softball field when the crowd erupted over at the baseball field and we could see a couple Pirates rounding the bases and a lot of St. Croix Falls Saints dejectedly walking back to their dugout. Kind of a neat perspective. Baseball playoff bracket.

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Comfortable then close, Grantsburg squeaks out win

Listen online at wearegrantsburg.com

The wait is almost over… after having to postpone tonight’s tilt from a couple weeks ago, both teams remain undefeated in the conference.

This will be the biggest game of the night in all of division 3 basketball and I’m excited to be announcing it exclusively online on YouCastr (you’ll find a link on the right hand side of this page – you may have to scroll down).

Of course a lot of the focus in this game will be dedicated to Brennan Olson who is averaging 25 ppg this season and is getting some looks from Division 1 schools. Rumor has it that he is also being courted by UMD and Winona State University.

Grantsburg is coming off a night like I’ve never seen before. They defeated Shell Lake 77-39 (they were leading 49-17 at half). The Pirates were shooting out of their minds in the first half of that game. They were down 9-3 in the opening minutes of the game… so that means they went on a 46-8 run to end the half! If Grantsburg can shoot like that tonight against Luck, they will win.

The key matchup here is the post play. Brennan Olson can jump out of the gym, Grantsburg needs to limit his points inside, even though Olson can shoot the mid-range jumper as well as anyone. If the Pirates can limit Olson on offense and rebound effectively they should win. All eyes will be on Trent Bonneville and Jason Jensen.

Luck has many other weapons that cannot be forgotten about. Carson Giller, Harry Severson-Dickenson and the Mortel brothers are all outstanding ball players and coach Rick Giller is outstanding.

Luck made it to state last year and are primed to make a run this year as well.

Grantsburg believes they are the team to beat. They have a nucleus of seniors that have been playing significant varsity minutes since they were sophomores.

I am excited about tonight’s game, more than I think I’ve ever been for a regular season game in any sport. I’m hoping for a good game decided by the players. It should be intense and Luck’s gym should be crazy tonight as we watch the best game of the night in Luck.

Make sure you listen to the broadcast at We are Grantsburg!

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#12 Grantsburg Pirates @ #4 Luck Cardinals boys basketball