RAPID CITY – Seventh-seeded Deubrook Area capped its second appearance in school history with a 25-22, 25-14, 21-25, 25-16 defeat of Faith to place seventh in the Class B State Volleyball Tournament on Saturday at the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center.

The Dolphins, who won the title in 1998, finished the year with a 26-9 record.

“I am so proud of these kids,” said Deubrook coach Rachelle DeBeer. “I am so proud of their efforts and proud of these seniors and their leadership.

“It is fun to end our season on a win. Only four teams in Class B get to do that.”

Shaylee DeBeer had a standout all-around match with 14 kills, four service aces, 2 1/2 blocks (one solo), 15 set assists and 15 digs.

Ashley Vandermeer finished with 10 kills, 1 1/2 blocks, an ace and 10 digs.

Mattie Nepodal and Sarah Urevig both had five kills, Cortney Bauman added three and Shelby Andrews two.

Bauman, an all-tournament team honoree, posted a match-best 24 digs and Tori Berndt added 15. Urevig notched 17 set assists.

It marked the final high school match for the Dolphins’ Berndt, Bauman, Andrews, Cassie Quail and Samantha Sween.

The eighth-seeded Longhorns (21-14), making their fifth state tourney appearance, got nine kills and 1 1/2 blocks (one solo) from Mikenzey Miller.

Championship

• Northwestern 3, Warner 1

In the championship matchup many have been waiting for for more than a decade, top-seeded and defending champion Northwestern defeated No. 3 Warner 25-17, 23-25, 25-20, 28-26.

The championship matchup between the former District 1B rivals was finally made possible by the introduction of the Sweet 16 format in Class B volleyball this season.

Northwestern and Warner are both in Region 1B now and advanced to the regional final before being reseeded for the Sweet 16. The Wildcats allowed 32 total points in a sweep of No. 16 Alcester-Hudson, while the Monarchs gave up 33 points in a sweep of No. 14 Bridgewater-Emery.

Since 1992, one of the two schools have been in the state tournament every year except 1995. They’ve combined to reach the title match 24 times with 15 titles in 27 tourney appearances – Northwestern has 18 appearances (15 finals with 10 titles) and Warner has nine appearances (nine finals with five titles).

Getting out of District 1B was usually the toughest part, until now.

For the Wildcats (35-1), Caitlyn Fischbach had 19 kills and 3 1/2 blocks (one solo).

Riley Grandpre added 18 kills and a block assist.

Evy Peterson tallied seven kills, two aces, 1 1/2 blocks (one solo) and 14 digs. Sydney Schell chipped in with seven kills and 1 1/2 blocks (one solo). 

Madalyn Groft contributed five kills, 1 1/2 blocks, 47 set assists and 13 digs. Peyton Groft came up with 25 digs, Addison Sparling 15 and Tya Weideman 14.

For the Monarchs (30-5), Laurie Rogers totaled 21 kills, an ace and a solo block. Peyton Ellingston contributed 16 kills and a block. Ashley Fischbach notched seven kills, two aces and 16 digs.

Morgan Rozell dished out 46 set assists. Laura Ochsner had 28 digs and Sydney Leidholt, who had four kills and an ace, added 23 digs.

Notes: It is worth noting that both teams participated in the state tournament in 2002; however, Warner qualified in the winter and Northwestern in the fall. It was the year volleyball switched seasons from winter to fall, as Harding County made history by winning two state titles in the same calendar year. … Northwestern’s lone loss this season was to Class A Parker in a three-set match. … Warner was beaten three times by Northwestern (swept on the road on Sept. 7 and in four sets at home on Sept. 21), once by Class A Madison and once by Western Christian, Iowa.

NORTHWESTERN

15th final in 18 state tourney appearances

10-5 (all in B)

First – 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 (co-op with Cresbard), 2004, 2005, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2017

Second – 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2008

Others – 1992 (third), 1996, 2002-Fall

WARNER

Ninth final in nine state tourney appearances

5-4 (all in B)

First – 2007, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014

Second – 2002-Winter, 2010, 2015, 2017

Third place

• Chester Area 3, Herreid/Selby Area 1

The second-seeded Flyers (27-5) topped the Wolverines (30-4) 23-25, 25-21, 26-24, 27-25.

Dakota Alfson totaled 21 kills and two blocks (one solo) Jadon Wages had 20 kills, a solo block and 25 digs.

Makenna Larson ended up with 12 kills, two aces and 25 digs. Jennilee Hoyer chipped in with seven kills and three blocks (one solo).

Hailey Ewoldt dished out 56 set assists and came up with 13 digs. Hanna Reiff racked up 36 digs.

HSA’s Charlie Tisdall finished with 31 kills, an ace and 27 digs. Rachel Riedler added 12 kills, three aces, 2 1/2 blocks (two solo) and 29 digs. Madalyn Schumacher tallied 11 kills, 2 1/2 blocks (two solo) and 11 digs.

Cassie Anderson dished out 54 set assists and came up with 22 digs. Madison Eisemann totaled 27 digs and Micah Schaefbauer 22.

Fifth place

• Hanson 3, Burke/South Central 1

The Beaverettes (29-3) topped the Cougars (29-7) by the set scores of 25-19, 25-14, 17-25 and 27-25.

Jada Campbell posted 18 kills and three solo blocks in the win. Heather Kayser notched 39 set assists and 20 digs.

BSC’s Taylee Indahl had 20 kills and Lahna Matucha added 14 to go with three aces.