Heading into the weekend, the Kusler Klinic Volleyball Club teams were part of massive tournaments seeing over 100 teams in each separate tournament. By the end, both were in the top eight, and the 17U squad was second with three All-Americans over the weekend.
Pierre was represented well on each of the two teams, 16U and 17U. Aleise Christopherson, Reese Terwilliger and Lainey Reinke played on the 16U team while it was Remi Price, Ayvrie Kaiser, Makenna Schlekeway and Lily Sanchez on the 17Us. Christopherson was named as an All-American with her performance on the 16Us while both Ayvrie Kaiser and Lily Sanchez were named to the 17U All-American teams. Brianna Kusler, who is an assistant coach on the Pierre volleyball team, is the head coach of the KKVC teams along with the help of assistants, Brevin and Chloe Kaiser, as Chloe is also an assistant on the Governor volleyball coaching staff. Kusler says Christopherson had to battle through an injury over the weekend…
Kusler says the teams came ready to compete…
For the seven Pierre girls, Kusler says they all played really solid…
Kusler says this team showed how competitive they were because they didn’t have a full roster practice until right before leaving for the tournament…
A full list of the tournament results can be found below.