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Aberdeen Roncalli was among the last teams in the state to play its first volleyball match on Tuesday, but the Cavaliers still hit the ground running.
While some teams had already played nine times, Roncalli was making its season debut in a 25-20, 25-20, 25-21 victory over Groton.
“The girls have been practicing a long time,” said first-year Roncalli coach Janelle Bierle. “This summer we put in a lot of time. We did the Aberdeen Central league. We did open gyms. We did team camps. We did jump workouts. It was nice just to finally get in the gym and play somebody other than us.”
The Cavaliers tried to make the most of their preparation time. Some players even went over to scout Groton last week.
“We knew that they were a good serving team and they showed that,” Bierle said.
The Cavaliers came out focused against the Tigers and probably had just a bit of frustration built up heading into the match.
“They were really ready to go,” Bierle noted. “You get tired of just playing each other in practice.”
Sports writer Dave Vilhauer
Central hosts annual
meet on Friday
The annual Bob Salmi-Al Sahli Cross Country Invitational is set for Friday at Lee Park Golf Course.
The event is often the only home meet of the season for Aberdeen Central varsity runners. However, this year it marks the second straight home meet for the Golden Eagles who also competed in the annual Roe Granger event last weekend.
In addition to Central, other teams competing in the Salmi-Sahli meet will include Huron, Mitchell, Pierre, Rapid City Central, Summit and Webster.
The schedule is as follows: JV girls at 3 p.m., JV boys at 3:20, varsity girls at 3:45, varsity boys at 4:10, middle school girls at 4:40, middle school boys at 5 and the Little Eagles-Munchkin Runs at 5:45.
There will be an awards ceremony for the JV girls at 5:15, the JV boys at 5:20, the varsity girls at 5:25 and the varsity boys at 5:30.
Staff reports
Fast start for
new coach
The red and black colors of the Brookings Bobcats volleyball team have a slight tint of green and gold.
The Brookings volleyball staff has two former members of the Northwestern Wildcats; Jodi (Fischbach) Melius in her first season as a head coach and Tracey (Smith) Buisker in her first season with the Bobcats.
