Will the Pirates Repeat? A "Preview" of Girls Division Three Sectional One

CONTENDERS

Regional A: Clear Lake, Glenwood City, Grantsburg, Prescott, Saint Croix Central, Spring Valley, Unity, Webster

Regional B: Cameron, Chequamegon, Chetek-Weyerhaeuser, Flambeau, Hurley, Ladysmith, Phillips, Washburn

Regional C: Augusta, Boyceville, Colfax, Elk Mound, Eleva-Strum, Fall Creek, Mondovi, Regis

Regional D: Arcadia, Blair-Taylor, Melrose-Mindoro, Necedah, Neillsville, New Lisbon, Osseo-Fairchild, Whitehall

2009 RECAP

Team over team in number

2010 RANDOM NOTES

Regional A

• Clear Lake The Warriors graduated their only two representatives on the Lakeland West all-conference list.
• Glenwood City The Hilltoppers graduated their only representative on the Dunn-St. Croix all-conference list.
• Grantsburg Last year's D3 state champions graduated two Lakeland West first-teamers, but return senior Kortney Morrin, who was first-team Lakeland West all-conference in 2009. Junior setter/right side Carly Larson (60 kills and 71 assists) and senior outside Lauren Finch (44 kills) will likely be counted on for offense this fall.
• Prescott The Cardinals graduated their only Middle Border all-conference performer last season.
• Saint Croix Central Senior Nikki Brooks was first-team Dunn-St. Croix all-conference last season.
• Spring Valley The Cardinals graduated all three of their representatives on the Dunn-St. Croix all-conference list.
• Unity Senior Crystal Donahue was honorable mention Lakeland West all-conference in 2009.
• Webster Junior setter Siri Larsen was honorable mention Lakeland West all-conference last season. One of the offensive weapons she'll turn to will be junior outside Michelle Gibbs.

Regional B

• Cameron Junior Molly Brion was a first-team Lakeland East all-conference performer for the Comets last season.
• Chequamegon Senior setter Kendra Zierer and senior libero Shawna Bonney were both honorable mention Marawood North all-conference last season. Learn more about the Screaming Eagles at this Marawood North conference preview.
• Chetek-Weyerhaeuser The newly consolidated school team will return Kayla Hecimovich, a first-team Lakeland East all-conference performer and sophomore Caitlyn Jiskra, who was honorable mention in 2009.
• Flambeau Senior Shelby Sterba made first-team Lakeland East all-conference in 2009.
• Hurley They graduated all three of their Indianhead all-conference players from last season.
• Ladysmith The Lumberjacks graduated both of their Heart O' North all-conference players from last season.
• Phillips Seniors Eryn Moon was honorable mention Marawood North all-conference last season.
• Washburn We'll update as we can.

Regional C

• Augusta We'll update as we can.
• Boyceville We'll update as we can.
• Colfax We'll update as we can.
• Elk Mound We'll update as we can.
• Eleva-Strum We'll update as we can.
• Fall Creek We'll update as we can.
• Mondovi We'll update as we can.
• Regis We'll update as we can.

Regional D

• Arcadia We'll update as we can.
• Blair-Taylor We'll update as we can.
• Melrose-Mindoro We'll update as we can.
• Necedah We'll update as we can.
• Neillsville We'll update as we can.
• New Lisbon We'll update as we can.
• Osseo-Fairchild We'll update as we can.
• Whitehall We'll update as we can.

PREDICTION

Grantsburg

Note: As you probably know, we were not able to get all of our previews up this August. We still want to put up all of them in whatever form we can. This is the beginning of that feeble effort.