Oakes, ND (NewsDakota.com) – The District 5 Tournament wraps up in Oakes on Monday Oct 30th where a champion will be crowned and two teams eliminated from the postseason. All games can be heard on KDDR The Tornado, 98.3 Thunder Country, and online at NewsDakota.com. Games will be updated as they end.

Game 1 (Region Qualifier) – Oakes 3 – 0 Griggs-Midkota (25-15, 25-8, 25-23)

The Tornadoes punched their ticket to a 12th straight appearance to a Region Tournament in either Region 1 or 3. The game started with a back an forth affair all the way to 9-9 before Oakes went on a 12 point run to take a 21-9 lead. They’d trade points till they took the set 25-15. Set two was all Oakes as they jumped out to a 17-4 lead and traded points till they took the set 25-8. Set 3 was a tale of 2 halves Oakes dominated early building up a lead of 20-12 before the Titans battled it to within 1 at 22-21 however the Tornadoes would do just enough to win the set 25-23.

Griggs-Midkota’s season comes to an end with a (2-4, 6-20) record. The Tornadoes advance to the Region 3 Tournament as the #3 seed.

The Oakes Player of the Game was Ann Muggli. The Titans Player of the Game was Vanessa Vollmer

Game 2 (Region Qualifier) – Carrington 3-0 Ellendale (25-17, 25-23, 25-9)

The Carrington Cardinals punched their 17th straight Region Tournament appearance (Region 3 & 4) as they sweep the Ellendale Cardinals. Carrington and Ellendale battled back and forth early in set 1 as they were 1 point apart at 13-12 with Carrington on top. Carrington would then go on a 7-2 run to take a 20-14 lead and then take the set 25-17. Set 2 started as all Ellendale as they built a 19-11 lead late into the set however Carrington would go on a huge run to tie it back up at 23-23 and take the set on 25-23. Set 3 was Carrington dominance as they controlled all aspects of play to win the set 25-9.

Ellendales season comes to an end with a record of (1-5, 13-7). Carrington advances to the Region 3 Tournament as the #4 seed.

Carrington’s Player of the Game was Madison Johnson. Ellendale’s Player of the Game was Ariel Hagen.

Game 3 (District 5 Championship) – #9 Edgeley/Kulm/Montpelier 3-2 LaMoure-LM (23-25, 16-25, 25-22, 25-17, 15-10) 

The EKM Rebels won their first District 5 Chamiopnship for the first time since 2007 (As Edgeley-Kulm) beating the LaMoure-LM Loboes by a reverse sweep 3-2. The game started with the Loboes and Rebels battling back and forth all the way to 19-19 when LaMoure-LM would take the lead and win the set 25-23. The second set saw LLM take a big lead after 9-9 up to 18-12 before winning the set 25-16. Set 3 was a battle back and forth till 13-13 when LLM would build a 18-14 lead EKM would battle back and take the lead at 23-22 for good winning the set 25-22. Set 4 saw EKM dominate the pace of play taking a 7-2 lead and later a 20-11 lead. They’d take the set 25-17. Set 5 was back and forth till 5-5 when the Rebels would take the lead for good and build it to 11-6 winning the set 15-10.

EKM earns the top spot in District 5 and the District 5 Championship. LLM earns the #2 spot in the District.

The EKM player of the game was Mataeya Mathern. The Loboes Player of the Game was Heidi Steffes.

All District Team:

Madison Johnson – Carrington

Kacie Rexin – Carrington

Isabel Wendel – Carrington

Abby Mathern – EKM

Mataeya Mathern – EKM

Tiahana Wald – EKM

Ariel Hagen – Ellendale

Bailie Kelley – LLM

Heidi Steffes – LLM

Ann Muggli – Oakes

Lily Thorpe – Oakes

District 5 Senior Athlete of the Year

Tiahna Wald – EKM

District 5 Coach of the Year

Darci Moch – EKM