AUDIO: State Semifinal Match (Wisconsin Heights)

For the first time this year Grantsburg lost a match. It was the State Championship match versus the Racine-St. Catherine Angels and they were beaten 3 games to 1.

The girls fought hard and played well, but the Angels proved too much at the net for Grantsburg with a middle blocker at 6' 3" and two other girls at six feet it was tough to get the ball over without the Angels getting a piece of the shot.

Still, the Pirates battled with great defense (especially Tiff Meyer and Kortney Morrin) and some good ball placement. The Pirates won game one 25-20 and led game two for a while but lost it 19-25. The third game was 20-25 and they dropped the last one 17-25.

Racine St. Catherine had 14 blocks to Grantsburg's four. The Angels had 52 kills to the Pirate's 40 and the Pirate's kill percentage was low at .066 (their regular season average was .365).

Here's the stat sheet for the championship match and here's the one for the semifinal match.

The Pirates bring home a silver ball after bringing home the gold one last year and a silver one the year before. What a fantastic run by the Pirates. They should be very proud of the way they played in the State tournament and all year long.

Great Job, Pirates!

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Great season for Grantsburg Volleyball

The Grantsburg volleyball team beat Wisconsin Heights in straight sets. 25-22, 25-22, 25-17 to advance to the championship match against the undefeated Ravine St. Catherines Angels.

The match starts at 12:30 on 105.7 WXCX.

I will do a recap later tonight on the Wisconsin Heights match.

Congratulations Pirates!

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Pirates in championship match

The Grantsburg Pirates are headed back to state as they beat Eau Claire Regis tonight 3-1. They dropped only their second set of the year to Regis and it was a big drop as they lost 25-11. Ouch. But then Grantsburg figured things out and beat Regis 25-14, 25-21, 25-20 to become sectional champs while earning a state playoff berth. They will play Newman Catholic, who beat Mishicot in five sets on Saturday night.

Grantsburg will be making their first appearance at state since 2005 when they lost the semi-final game to eventual champs, Kettle Moraine Lutheran.

Clayton, runners up in the Large Lakeland, also won their match (def. Mellen 3-1) and have earned a berth in the state playoffs in division 4.

Grantsburg is the only remaining undefeated volleyball team in the state because Sheyboygan Lutheran lost tonight in four epic sets to Shoreland Lutheran.

The final four in division 3 are: Grantsburg, Wisconsin Heights (def. Cuba City, reigning D3 champs), Shoreland Lutheran and Newman Catholic.

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Pirates win! On to state

Tonight’s match was very, very good and although Grantsburg won 3-0 it really could have been closer than that as you can tell by the finals of each set (25-22, 25-21, 25-22). The difference between the Pirates winning instead of the Castle Guards this year was finding a way to finish.

We saw Grantsburg come from behind in the third set of the Regional championship game against Colfax and they had to do it again tonight coming from behind in the first and third sets.

Grantsburg and Sheboygan Lutheran are the only two teams left in the state which haven’t suffered a loss. I’m not sure what Sheboygan Lutheran’s set record is, but Grantsburg still only has on set loss all year.

The Sectional Final match will be broadcast on 105.7, WXCX at 7 pm.

By the way… second place finishers in the Large Lakeland conference, the Clayton Bears, are still alive in division 4 volleyball. They defeated 3-1 and move on to the sectional final match versus Mellen. Oh, and the match will be played in Clayton. Congratulations, Bears!

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On to Osseo… bring on Regis