Newsletter-Late-Week

Another strong season for the Redwood Valley girls volleyball team came up just short this time as they fell 3-0 to NL/Spicer in the Section 3AA championship game Saturday night in Marshall.The Cardinals (24-7) topped rival Jackson Co.

It was a dominating afternoon for the Redwood Valley boys and girls cross country teams Thursday in Luverne as they rolled to a pair of titles at the Section 3A Meet.After dominating the regular season the state-ranked Cardinals saved their best for the Section 3A Meet and will now move on to the State Tournament Saturday afternoon at the U of M Les Bolstad course in the Twin Cities.The Redwood Valley girls weren’t even challenged as they finished with 37 team points to easily outdistance runner-up Canby (72) and third place Luverne (119).Junior Addie Thomes (19:06) and senior Ellie Nelson (19:18) finished one-two respectively and Lola Luze (19:40) was fourth to lead the Cards.Reese Prescott battled through a foot injury to finish 15th (20:25), Mary Slavin was 17th (20:40), Madi Munsell was 25th (21:34) and Heather Panitzke 42nd (22:20).The Cardinal girls return to State with five of their seven runners in tact from a season ago.