The Miller Rustlers would take care of the eight seed Sunshine Bible Academy and the Highmore-Harrold Pirates would also advance in the Region 6B tournament on Tuesday beating the six seed North Central.
For the Rustlers, Miller would be led by Hailey Werdel’s 11 kills in the 25-11, 25-14 and 25-19 sweep of the Crusaders as the top seed in 6B will face the fifth seed Herreid/Selby Area who upset Ipswich in the 4-5 matchup. Emma Pugh had seven aces as the Rustlers had a total of 40 kills on the night.
The Highmore-Harrold Pirates had to go to four sets, but would take care of the North Central Thunder at home on Tuesday 25-15, 25-18, 21-25 and 25-18. The Pirates were able to hold off an attack from Taylee Vander Vorst who had the match high 13 kills for the Thunder. Highmore-Harrold will travel to Faulkton on Thursday after the Trojans beat the Gettysburg Battlers in three sets 25-13, 25-21 and 25-19. Gettysburg beat Sully Buttes on Monday in a sweep, but couldn’t keep up with the Trojans attack.
In Region 5B, the Lyman Raiders would advance with the win over the Tripp-Delmont/Armour 23-25, 25-13, 25-13 and 25-21. The Raiders would bounce back at home after the first set loss and dominated the next two sets as the three seed fought off any upset bid by the Nighthawks advancing to the SoDak 16 qualifying game where they will take on the Corsica-Stickney Jaguars on the road.
Jones County, in Region 7B would fall to the Wall Eagles in an upset as the Eagles, the six seed would sweep the Coyotes 25-15, 25-16 and 25-18. The Coyotes finish the season at 20-8 and will graduate three seniors Sunny Valburg, Jacey Jensen and Avery Fortney.
Miller and Highmore-Harrold will play in the two SoDak 16 qualifying games in Region 6B while Lyman will play in the Region 5B SoDak 16 qualifying game all coming up on Thursday.
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