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Two Hillsboro Burro volleyball players have been named to the all-District 3 volleyball team.
Junior  Ashley Doeden, Hillsboro’s 6 ft. middle hitter, and freshman Mikkaela Toenies, another front line player for the Burros, were selected this week to the all district team.
Katrina Meyer, senior outside hitter, was named to the honorable mention all-district team.
Twelve District 3 players were named to the elite first team.
Brittany Reinke, Thompson, was named the district’s outstanding senior.

A year after winning the Region 2 title and the state championship 11 days later, Hillsboro was denied a return trip to the state classic when the Burros were defeated in the first round of this year’s regional volleyball tournament.
Eclipsed from the spotlight by Cavalier Monday at Grafton, the defending Class B volleyball champion’s run at fame ended unceremoniously Monday afternoon in a 3-1 loss to the Tornadoes.
Hillsboro’s season ended at 22-14. (more…)

The No. 1 seed in this week’s District 3 girls volleyball tournament in Hillsboro will be the No. 3 seed in next week’s Region 2 tourney in Grafton.

The Hillsboro Burros, the regular season champs in District 3 and seeded No. 1 in the district tournament played this week in Hillsboro, were regulated to the consolation bracket when they were beaten by Central Valley, 3-0, Monday night at the Events Center.

The Burros bounced back Tuesday night, beating Griggs County Central, 3-0. The win gave the Burros an automatic bid in the Region 2 tournament starting Monday in Grafton. (more…)

With the start of the District 3 volleyball tournament a week away, Hillsboro has one match remaining on its 2007 regular season schedule.
The Burros play in Fargo Monday night at Oak Grove.
The District 3 tournament, hosted by Hillsboro, starts Thursday. The tourney at the Hillsboro Events Center ends Tuesday night.
The Burros, who beat West Fargo JV, 3-2, Monday night, remain at the top of the district standings.
All of coach Jamie Rerick’s players participated in the Monday night match at West Fargo.
And they were all tired at the end of the match, said the Burro coach.
“That’s a good sign, they all worked very hard. They deserved the win.” (more…)

Hillsboro continues to lead District 3, despite losing a 5-game match to Hatton-Northwood Tuesday night on the Burros’ home court.
The Burros, coached by Jamie Rerick have a 6-1 district record. They’re 19-12 overall. In the all-important points standings, the Burros are 12-2.
Hillsboro plays at West Fargo Monday and at Fargo Oak Grove the following week (Oct. 22).
The District 3 volleyball tournament in Hillsboro starts Thursday, Oct. 25.
The Burros defeated Dakota Prairie 3-0 last Thursday in Hillsboro.
Scores in Tuesday’s exciting match with the Thunder from Hatton-Northwood were 22-25, 25-22, 25-10, 19-25 and 14-16. (more…)

Hillsboro remains alone at the top of the District 3 volleyball standings.
The Burros, 5-0 against district teams and 18-10 overall, are in the final month of regular-season play. Hillsboro, which is a perfect 10-0 in the district point standings, hosted Dakota Prairie last night. Hatton-Northwood is here Tuesday night.
The District 3 tournament opens Oct. 25 in Hillsboro.
MayPort-CG and Thompson trail the Burros in the district standings.
Hillsboro coach Jamie Rerick expected the Burros, Thompson and MPCG to be in a battle for the district lead. She wasn’t convinced, however, at the start of the year that the Burros would be leading the pack entering the final month of the regular season schedule. She anticipated her team would be playing championship volleyball by tournament time. (more…)

The defending state volleyball champion remains unbeaten and on top of the District 3 standings.
Hillsboro, with its 4-0 conference record (8-0 points), has a slim lead over Thompson (4-2, 8-3). Hillsboro, coached by Jamie Rerick is 13-10 overall.
The Burros, who played at Cooperstown last night, beat Central Valley, 3-0, Tuesday night at Buxton.
Hillsboro on Saturday competed in the Ulen-Hitterdal volleyball tournament, winning four matches and losing two. (more…)

With a 3-0 record, the Hillsboro Burros volleyball team sits at the top of the District 3 rankings.
They earned the top spot this week with a 3-2 win on the road against the Thompson Tommies Tuesday. The Burros won 25-12, 25-27, 26-24, 17-25 and 15-13.
In a contentious match, the Burros prevailed in what their coach called a true “team effort.”
“The girls came to play at Thompson,” commented coach Jamie Rerick. “They never gave up. Everybody played well and played as a team. They showed they wanted to play hard and win.”
Rerick noted a “great match” by junior middle hitter Ashley Doeden, who tallied 13 kills and six stuff blocks on the night. (more…)

Back from a respectable showing at the invitational volleyball tournament at Casselton Saturday, the Burros, who won four matches at the Volley in the Valley invite, were in no hurry to return to the Central Cass gymnasium.
Sandwiched in Hillsboro’s hectic September schedule, however, was a match at Casselton Tuesday night.
The Burros accommodated the schedule, only to lose to the Central Cass Squirrels, 3-0.
The 6-3 Burros, who hosted Central Cass last night, will participate in the Valley City tournament Saturday. Hillsboro is on the court again Tuesday night in Thompson.
The early season schedule is unrelenting for high school volleyball teams.
Nearing the halfway point in the September part of the schedule, the Burros have won six matches and lost three.
The Central Cass loss was a tough one to watch and sit through, admitted coach Jamie Rerick.
“We couldn’t piece it together.”
Hillsboro lost 25-23, 25-23, 25-13.
At the Volley in the Valley tourney Saturday, the Burros beat Park River, Thompson, Litchville-Marion-Montpelier and Des Lacs Burlington. Hillsboro’s only loss came to Park River, the team they beat in the tourney’s pool play. The loss to Park River came in the tourney’s semi-final gold bracket.
“It was a great tournament,” said Rerick. “Our aggressiveness and intensity carried over from the MayPort match.”
The Burros beat MayPort-CG, 3-2, last Thursday (Sept. 6).
Katrina Meyer had a strong Central Cass tournament, said Rerick.
But it was a long day for the team, she added.
“The girls ran out of gas.”
The Burros’ first match was played at 8:30 a.m.; their last match started at 6:15 p.m.
But when they were playing hard, both physically and mentally, they were a joy to watch, noted the Burro coach.
Hillsboro rolled over highly-regarded MayPort-CG, 3-2, at the Burros’ home gym last week.
“We were ready to play,” suggested Rerick. The scores: 25-23, 24-26, 26-28, 25-22 and 15-11.
Katrina Meyer had 11 kills. Ashley Doeden added nine kills. Joelle Evenson and Mikkaela Toenies each had eight kills.
Brittany Wilson had 31 digs in the match. Joelle Evenson and Kiley Coles had 22 and 20 assists, respectively.
Allison Bertsch had five serve aces against the Patriots.
Bertsch also had five aces against Central Cass Tuesday night at Casselton.

The defending state volleyball champions are 1-1 after the first week of the 2007 season.
Hillsboro, after dropping a 3-1 match at Northern Cass Aug. 30, beat Larimore, 3-0, Tuesday night.
The Burros, who played MayPort-CG in Hillsboro last night, will participate in the annual Central Cass tournament Saturday at Casselton. Hillsboro went 5-1 in the Volley in the Valley tourney last year.
The Burros had little trouble in dispatching Larimore Tuesday. Scores of the match were 25-7, 25-19 and 25-21. The three-game match was played in an hour.
Jamie Rerick, a first-year coach in Hillsboro’s 2006 title year and coaching the Burros against this year, saw an improved team beat the Polar Bears. (more…)