Deer River, unranked and not receiving any Class A votes in the polls, won the second Class A Showcase with a three set win over #7-ranked Bertha-Hewitt with a margin of 9 points. The first two sets were 2 point margins for each team. Deer River (9-2-1 overall) got hot in the third set, winning 15-6.
Consolation bracket -
Quarterfinals
Underwood def Carlton 25-23, 25-19
Meadow Creek def Lion's Gate 25-12, 25-6
Sebeka def Onamia 25-16, 25-10
Nevis def Buffalo Lake-Hector 25-22, 25-23
Semifinals
Meadow Creek def Underwood 17-25, 25-19, 15-2
Nevis def Sebeka 26-24, 24-26, 15-11
Loser's Semis
Carlton def Lion's Gate 25-15, 25-8
Onamia def Buffalo Lake-Hector 25-21, 25-22
Winner's bracket:
Quarterfinals
Parkers Prairie def Win-E-Mac 25-18, 25-19
Bertha-Hewitt def Lake of the Woods 17-25, 25-19, 15-11
Southwest Christian def Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 25-17, 25-18
Deer River def LeRoy-Ostrander 26-24, 16-25, 15-5
Semifinals
Bertha-Hewitt def Parkers Prairie 23-25, 25-16, 15-10
Deer River def Southwest Christian 25-18, 25-22
Loser's Semis
Lake of the Woods def Win-E-Mac 25-18, 25-17
B-B-E def LeRoy-Ostrander 25-19, 25-17
Championship round, including the state-rankings of Top-10 teams:
15th Place
Buffalo Lake-Hector def Lion's Gate 1-0, 1-0 forfeit
13th Place
Carlton def Onamia 18-25, 27-25, 15-13
11th Place
Sebeka def Underwood 25-20, 25-16
9th Place
Nevis def #9 Meadow Creek 25-18, 21-25, 15-9
7th Place
#10 LeRoy-Ostrander def Win-E-Mac 25-23, 25-21
5th Place
B-B-E def #4 Lake of the Woods 25-15, 25-21
3rd Place
#7 Southwest Christian def Parkers Prairie 25-16, 25-17
Championship
Deer River def #7 Bertha-Hewitt 28-26, 24-26, 15-6
Lake of the Woods is now 6-2-2 overall. They tied Deer River and Nevis in pool play (1-1 in games) during Friday night's action. The Jaguars can be very proud of their showing at the tournament, winning five matches via sweep and losing only one match - to the #7-ranked Southwest Christian Stars team that ended up winning third place by beating Parkers Prairie.
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