Volleyball Match 10: Whitehall @ Immanuel

At Immanuel:
Immanuel 3; Whitehall 0

Game Scores:
25-9
25-6
25-20


Video available on PrepsOnTheNet.com (free, but need logon ID)

Current Match Record: 4-4-2
Current Conf. Record: 1-1
Current Game Record: 14-11
Dairyland Conf. Standings


From Prep Roundup in the Eau Claire Leader-Telegram:

Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran 3, Whitehall 0: Heidi Lau had 21 assists and Alyssa Johannes had nine kills to lead Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran over Whitehall, 25-9, 25-6, 25-20.

Christina Hein had five aces and Rebecca Kazemba had 13 digs to help lead Immanuel.

From Prep Statistics in the Eau Claire Leader-Telegram:

Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran 3, Whitehall 0

Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran def. Whitehall 25-9, 25-6, 25-20. Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran leaders: Heidi Lau 21 assists; Alyssa Johannes 9 kills, Christina Hein 5 aces; Rebecca Kazemba 13 digs. Records: Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran 3-3, 1-1.

Varsity Pics: (plus a few JV pics)

Volleyball Rankings - September 14, 2010

WI Volleyball Coaches Assoc. (WVCA) has ranked Immanuel as honorable mention (also listed on the WSN Site):

Rankings 2010 - September 14, 2010

Division 4

Rank	School	Previous Weeks Rank
1	Highland	1
2	Catholic Central	2
3	McDonnell Central	3
4	Rib Lake	4
5	Royall	5
6	Green Bay NEW Lutheran	8
7	Clayton	7
8	Southwestern	NR
9	Turtle Lake	NR
10	Valley Christian	10
	Honorable Mention
	Albany
	Black Hawk
	Cambia - Friesland
	Eau Claire Imm Lutheran
	Northwoods
	Port Edwards

Volleyball Tournament: Dairyland Conf. Invitational Overview

The Immanuel girls ended up with 2nd place in the Dairyland Conference Invitational at Independence yesterday. Tying up matches with both Melrose-Mindoro and Independence, Immanuel had a chance to win the entire event. However, Melrose-Mindoro topped Independence in its closely-contested final set in order to win the match and thus the tournament. Congratulations to the girls for getting 2nd!

The following Immanuel girls were selected to the All-Tournament team: Christine Kazemba, Heidi Lau, Alyssa Johannes, and Katie Oster.

From ILC Bulletin:

COACH'S CORNER: The Varsity volleyball team placed 2nd in a nine team tournament over the weekend. Congratulations to all involved. The following made the 15 girl all-tournament team: Christine Kazemba, Alyssa Johannes, Katie Oster, and Heidi Lau.

We were the only team to have 4 selected.

From Prep Statistics in the Eau Claire Leader-Telegram:

DAIRYLAND INVITATIONAL

At Independence

Championship pools — A: Melrose-Mindoro 3-1, Immanuel Luthern 2-2, Independence 1-3. B: Alma 3-1, Eleva-Strum 2-2, Blair-Taylor 1-3. C: Gilmanton 4-0, Whitehall 2-2, Alma Center Lincoln 0-4. Pool records — 1: Melrose-Mindoro 4-0, Eleva-Strum 1-3, Whitehall 1-3. 2: Immanuel Lutheran 4-0, Alma 1-3, Gilmanton 1-3. 3: Independence 4-0, Blair-Taylor 2-2, Lincoln 0-4.

All-tournament team: Bria Halama (I), Alexis Plachecki (M-M), Katie Boone (M-M), Heidi Lau (ECIL), Alyssa Johannes (ECIL), Abby Plank (G), Stephanie Knutson (E-S), Sophia Redit (A), Caitlin Thomson (W), Lynzi Knudtson (M-M); Katie Oster (ECIL), Courtney Kloes (W), Melanie Hahn (E-S).

Immanuel leaders: Heidi Lau 69 assists, 24-24 serving, 3 aces; Alyssa Johannes 26 kills; Katie Oster 26 kills.

From Jackson County Chronicle:

Published - Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Mel-Min volleyball grabs first conference win, tourney title

by Cassandra Colson, Reporter

The Melrose-Mindoro volleyball team sealed its first conference victory and also claimed a championship trophy at the annual Dairyland Conference Invitational last week.

...

“The Mustangs received some well-balanced play from the entire team,” said head coach Laurie Boone.

...

Last Saturday, Mel-Min traveled to Independence for the annual Dairyland Conference Invitational where it claimed first place.

“(The) Mustangs saw some tough competition,” Boone said. “This tournament revealed that many of the conference schools have potential to pull off wins against each other.”

Teams were randomly placed in pools, and the winners of each pool played each other for the championship trophy. Mel-Min split with Eau Claire Immanuel in championship pool play, winning 25-18 and falling 16-25.

“Immanuel (scored) a total of two more points in the match, which would have given Immanuel the first-place trophy had they beaten Independence both sets,” Boone said. “However, Independence upset Immanuel during one set, which opened up the opportunity for the Mustangs to capture the trophy.”

Mel-Min then sealed first place by defeating Independence 25-16 and 25-19.

...

Volleyball Match 9: Immanuel v. Independence

Dairyland Invitational at Independence:
Championship Pool Play
Immanuel 1; Independence 1

Game Scores:
25-15
21-25

Current Match Record: 3-4-2
Current Conf. Record: 0-1
Current Game Record: 11-11
Dairyland Conf. Standings

Volleyball Match 8: Immanuel v. Melrose-Mindoro

Dairyland Invitational at Independence:
Championship Pool Play
Immanuel 1; Melrose-Mindoro 1

Game Scores:
18-25
25-16

Current Match Record: 3-4-1
Current Conf. Record: 0-1
Current Game Record: 10-10
Dairyland Conf. Standings

Volleyball Match 7: Immanuel v. Alma

Dairyland Invitational at Independence:
Pool Play
Immanuel 2; Alma 0

Game Scores:
20-10
20-18

Current Match Record: 3-4
Current Conf. Record: 0-1
Current Game Record: 9-9
Dairyland Conf. Standings

Volleyball Match 6: Immanuel v. Gilmanton

Dairyland Invitational at Independence:
Pool Play
Immanuel 2; Gilmanton 0

Game Scores:
20-14
20-11

Current Match Record: 2-4
Current Conf. Record: 0-1
Current Game Record: 7-9
Dairyland Conf. Standings

Volleyball Match 5: Immanuel @ Cochrane-Fountain City

At Cochrane-Fountain City:
Immanuel 1; Cochrane-Fountain City 3

Game Scores:
25-15
9-25
13-25
21-25


Current Match Record: 1-4
Current Conf. Record: 0-1
Current Game Record: 5-9
Dairyland Conf. Standings

(news info to be updated)

Varsity Pics (Plus a few JV):

Volleyball Match 4: Elmwood @ Immanuel

At Immanuel:
Immanuel 3; Elmwood 0

Game Scores:
25-15
25-22
25-20


Video available on PrepsOnTheNet.com (free, but need logon ID)

Current Match Record: 1-3
Current Conf. Record: 0-0
Current Game Record: 4-6
Dairyland Conf. Standings

See sports highlight video from WQOW.
(Under Featured Video, click on HS Sports - Thursday)
(Note: Immanuel highlight starts around 3:15 mark)

See Prep Roundup in the Eau Claire Leader-Telegram:

Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran 3, Elmwood 0: Setter Heidi Lau had 29 assists to help the Lancers to a 25-15, 25-22, 25-20 victory.

Eleven of those assists resulted in Katie Oster kills.

See Prep Statistics in the Eau Claire Leader-Telegram:

Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran 3, Elmwood 0

Immanuel Lutheran def. Elmwood 25-15, 25-22, 25-20. Immanuel Lutheran leaders: Heidi Lau 29 assists; Katie Oster 11 kills; Rebecca Kazemba 9 digs, 3 aces. Records: Immanuel Lutheran 1-0.

Varsity Pics:

WIAA Sets Up Its Five Division Format for Basketball

The WIAA announced its final breakdown of its new five division format for the WIAA tournament. Eau Claire Immanuel will be in Division 5 which includes all schools that are under 200 students in enrollment. Here is the WIAA setup. The Immanuel girls will be in Regional A of Sectional 3 which includes the following teams:

Regional A
Alma/Pepin
Cochrane-Fountain City
Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran
Elmwood
Gilmanton
Independence
McDonell Central
Plum City

The coaches will be allowed to vote as to whether or not to seed by the Regional or by the half-sectional. Should it be by the half-sectional, Regional B schools will be involved which include:

Regional B
Brookwood
Cashton
Hillsboro
Lincoln
Royall
Wonewoc-Center


John Casper of the Eau Claire Leader-Telegram writes the following in his blog:

WIAA sets divisions for basketball

Posted: Thursday, September 2, 2010 1:05 pm

By John Casper Jr. Leader-Telegram staff

The WIAA announced today that the basketball divisions for the upcoming state tournaments have been finalized. This is the first year that Wisconsin will crown a state champion in five divisions.

Schools were given the opportunity to opt up a division from where their enrollment might place them. Only three took the WIAA up on the offer. The Milwaukee Washington boys team will jump from Division 2 to Division 1, while on the girls side Nicolet and Milwaukee Pius will jump from Division 2 to Division 1.

Tip of the hat to them. I wish more schools (cough, Racine St. Catherine's, cough) would have done the same.

I haven't had a chance to pour through the brackets yet, but some quick observations:

*The road for a Division 1 team from this area to go to state will go through UW-Stevens Point. The D1 field no longer has eight representatives at the state touranment, only four, but the WIAA set up a Super Tuesday format after the sectional finals. The D1 sectional winner in this area will play a sectional winner from the east side of the state to go to Madison.

*Quite a few schools basically dropped a division. Rice Lake stayed in Division 2 and Ladysmith stayed in Division 3 but many others dropped down. The big division in this area used to be D3, but now it looks like it'll be D4, which is where many of the Cloverbelt teams are placed.

*Coaches will have the option of voting to seed the sectional half or just the regional groupings. I'm hoping coaches opt to seed the sectional half. And I'm guessing many will, including the girls Division 4 regional that includes Colfax, Fall Creek, Regis and Osseo-Fairchild.

To view the brackets, go to the WIAA website.