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Pirates take down multiple divisions Defeat four Division 2 teams and D1 Chippewa Falls by Marty Seeger Leader staff writer NEW RICHMOND – The Grantsburg Pirates had a successful tournament at New Richmond last Saturday, Oct. 1, defeating three Division 2 teams, Division 4 Clayton and Division 1 New Richmond. Other teams included Northwestern, Altoona, Chippewa Falls and BaldwinWoodville. Coach Deb Allaman-Johnson credited the girls success with steady passing and solid defense throughout the day. The team had a .352 hitting percentage, and served 92 percent with 43 aces altogether. During the Pirates first match of the day, they defeated Northwestern 25-7 and 2518. “Over half of Kylie’s (Pewe) sets connected for kills. Sam (Schwieger) led with nine,” said Allaman-Johnson. “We missed just one serve for a nice 98 percent. Five players were in on three team block kills.” Grantsburg went against D2 Altoona in their next match, and with only three hitting errors the Pirates managed to take 2519 and 25-14 wins. Altoona also finished
The Grantsburg Pirates defeated several teams while playing at the New Richmond tournament. – Photo submitted second-place in the tournament. Nikki Ticknor had 10 kills in the game and Pewe led with 11 digs. Gab Witzany and Schwieger also had eight and nine digs apiece. “We needed that great defense! Carly (Larson) also had a solo block and three block assists plus a number of deflections,” Allaman-Johnson said. The Pirates third match was played against Clayton who, despite being young with only one senior, played a solid game and showed the Bears have a bright future ahead. “We came out fired up and dominated the first set 25-11. We seemed to poke a sleeping bear, because they stormed back
in the second set with scrappy play and a powerful middle attack,” Allaman-Johnson said. But the Pirates prevailed in the final set, 25-21. Ticknor had four aces which helped the Pirates get ahead late in the game, while Witzany had perfect serving through five of the team’s six games. Pewe had a great game defensively with 18 digs and Ticknor added 16. After a pair of set wins against New Richmond, and an intense battle against D1 Chippewa Falls, in which the Pirates won 25-14 and 25-20, they moved onto their sixth and final championsip match of the day against Baldwin-Woodville. The Pirates won both sets, 25-16 and 25-12. “We billed this as the championship
match since we were the only undefeated team left standing. I hadn’t watched D2 Baldwin-Woodville play much, but I determined that we could defeat them,” Allaman-Johson said, which Grantsburg did by scores of 25-16 and 25-12. Statistic totals from all six matches included Ticknor with a team-leading 60 digs. Pewe had 99 assists on the day, and Ticknor led with 11 aces. Larson had four solo blocks on the day and Witzany and Schwieger each had a 96 serving percentage. Ticknor also led the team in kills with 39. Larson had 36 and Schwieger added 35. Macy Hanson led the Pirates with a .500 hitting percentage, and Larson hit .453.
NFL Pepsi Punt, Pass and Kick results
Nathan Skow of Luck took second and Cory Popham of Frederic placed first in age 6-7. Along with the Knights of Columbus Punt, Pass and Kick contest held at the Siren Ballpark on Saturday, Sept. 24, the National Football League Pepsi Punt, Pass and Kick Contest was also held. First-place finishers move on to compete in Siren on Saturday, Oct. 15. The check-in begins at 10:15 a.m., and competition begins at 11 a.m. Pictured (L to R) are the age 10-11 winners; Brandon Peterson of Grantsburg, Beau Brenizer of Luck and Brady Lunsmann of Luck. – Photos submitted
Chase Horstman of Wesbter took third in the age 6-7 punt, pass and kick competition.
In age 12-13, Tyler Ingram (left) of Osceola took second place and Dolan Highstrom of Siren was first.
From (L to R) in the age 10-11 category: Jade Horstman of Webster was third, Abby Painovich of Hinckley, Minn., was second and Elle Emery of Siren came in first place.
LEFT: In the age 6-7 group, Makenna Engen (left) of Frederic took second and Lindsay Liljenberg of Siren took first.
Chad Songetay Jr. won first place in the age 8-9 category. LEFT: Jenna Curtis of Webster took second place in age 12-13, while Jennifer Hill of Frederic was first place.