Superior Telegram
The Northwestern High School girls golf team finished its last home match of the season with wins over Chetek and Barron Monday evening at Botten’s Green Acres.
Northwestern finished with a score of 188 and Barron 264.
Due to illness, Chetek had to forfeit their matches to Northwestern and Barron.
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The wins give the Tigers a final record of 10-6 in the Heart O’ North Conference.
Northwestern’s Kendra Maki was the meet’s medalist with a 43.
Other Tiger scores were Lyndi Graff, 46; Marissa Delvas, 49; Kristine Britton, 50; and Kamry Gary, 51.
Tigers split at Superior
In earlier action the Tigers competed in a duel match with Superior and Luck/Unity at the Nemadji Golf Course.
Luck/Unity won the match with a score of 192. Northwestern came in with a 193 and Superior finished with 198.
Maki was the meet medalist with a 44. Other Tiger scores were Graff, 47; Gary, 50; and Delvas, 52.
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“I was impressed with all three of the team’s scores,” Swanson said. “It was a great match with all the girls shooting very competitive scores. I was especially proud of our girls. As a team we improved 44 strokes from our last match in Spooner on Tuesday.”
Volleyball
Trailing 2-0, the Tigers rallied to win games three and four, but then came up short in the deciding game as they fell to the Cumberland Beavers 3-2 (27-25, 25-22, 22-25, 15-25, 15-9 Tuesday night on the road.
“We dug ourselves a big hole in each of the first two sets and came back to tie or lead,” NHS coach Charlie Hessel said. “To come back and force a fifth set says a lot about our group of girls. They had the opportunity to throw in the towel on several occasions, but they didn’t, and I am very proud of them for that.”
The Tigers were led by Amanda Ogren and Cheyenne Johnson with 15 kills apiece; Lexi Janigo, 14 kills; Daisy Mack, 43 set assists; and Alyssa Frick, 21 digs.
The loss drops Northwestern to 1-3 in the Heart O’ North Conference and 5-4 overall.
In action on Sept. 18, an aggressive Tiger volleyball team defeated the Spooner Rails 3-1 (25-9, 25-16, 16-25, 25-21) Sept. 18 in Maple.
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“We played very aggressively in all aspects of the game,” Hessel said. “Our passing was much better than Tuesday, which led to more aggressive setting and better swings.”
Leading the Tigers were Janigo, 12 kills and 10 digs; Ogren and Johnson, 10 kills apiece; Beccah Wester, eight kills; Mack, 40 set assists; and Frick, 25 digs.
“Serving was a little off for us, but everything else was clicking for the most part,” Hessel said. “Spooner was a tough team; they picked up a lot of our hits and were also aggressive at the net. This was a nice win for us.”
The Tigers host a tournament at 10 a.m. Saturday. Scheduled to play in the tournament at Amery, Drummond, Hudson, Solon Springs, Washburn, Ironwood and Luck.
