The girls' volleyball state tournament started Wednesday at Xcel Energy Center with Class 4A and Class 3A action taking place simultaneously on two courts. Class 1A and 2A followed on Thursday and it all culminated Saturday with the championship matches in all four classes.
Star Tribune high school sports Live Blog has tournament updates.
Class 1A championship: Mayer Lutheran def. Minneota 3-0.
- Everything went according to plan for No. 1-ranked Mayer Lutheran as it dispatched Minneota with a 25-15, 25-20, 25-18 sweep to win the Class 1A volleyball championship Saturday. Mayer Lutheran, without dropping a set, won the program's fourth state title. The others came in 1982, 2006 and 2017. Senior Lilly Wachholz had a match-high 17 kills, giving her 39 for the tournament and 376 for her career. Her cousin, junior Gabrielle Wachholz, had 11 kills and 10 digs, while junior Stella Maass recorded 10 kills, including four during the team's 9-0 run to pull away in the third set after trailing 7-5. Read more here.
Class 2A championship: Sauk Centre def. Jackson County Central 3-1.
- Early in the first set of Sauk Centre's 13-25, 25-21, 25-17, 25-19 victory over Jackson County Central in the Class 2A championship match, Mainstreeters coach Jim Klaphake admitted that the team he saw on the court was far different from the team he knew. They reacted in the best way possible, winning three consecutive sets with defense that got better in each set and a diverse offensive attack. Read more here.
Class 3A championship: Marshall def. Kasson-Mantorville 3-0.
