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Escanaba Volleyball Sweeps Shorthanded Broncos
 Click the thumbnails to see photos and video highlights from the match, and click the AUDIO buttons to listen to interviews with both head coaches. ESCANABA---The Escanaba High School girls volleyball team picked up a non-conference win Tuesday night, beating the injury-plagued Bark River-Harris Broncos, 3-0. The scores were 25-13, 25-16, and 25-20. "They executed their hits very well tonight," Escanaba Coach Bev Ziebell said of her girls. "We had some great digs. Their blocking was a lot better. We're getting there now to where I really think we need to be. So, it's all coming together."  "We just talk about serving aggressive and doing everything aggressive with no points off," Anderson said. "I mean, credit to Mira Johnson (7-0 service run in second set). She's a sophomore, but she's a stud sophpmore. She got into a serving run there and that helped our momentum." Anderson says that Escanaba's size at the net was a problem for her girls. Escanaba's Grayson LaMarche and Susie Moberg took turns dominating with blocks and strong hits from the front row. LaMarche wound up with a dozen kills, five service aces, six digs, and four blocks. "I mean, you relaly can't coach height," Anderson said. "I mean, credit to them. They're tall, athletic girls. They came out swinging. We played them on Saturday (at the Escanaba Invitational, a tough 25-22, 25-22 Esky win), and they came out a different team tonight. They came out hard. They came out swinging. So, credit to them."  "I think we came into the game with a lot of energy because of Saturday," Ziebell said. "They looked good to me. The girls really, to me, looked like rock stars tonight." For the Eskymos, the match ended a grueling stretch that included multiple matches on Saturday in the tournament on their home court. They'll have only one more home match this regular season, on Oct. 17, against Sault Ste. Marie. "Just practicing the things we've been working on," Ziebell said. "More plays, more digging, more blocking. The whole game." TUESDAY'S OTHER U.P. MATCHES Marquette 3, Gladstone 0 (25-11, 25-10, 25-19) Kingsford 3, Iron Mountain 0 (25-12, 25-22, 25-10) Calumet 3, Houghton 0 (25-16, 25-10, 25-17)4, 25-19) Carney-Nadeau 3, Munising 0 (25-12, 25-22, 25-10) West Iron County 3, Chassell 1 (24-26, 25-19, 25-14) St. Ignace 3, Brimley 1 (22-25, 25-18, 25-16, 25-16) North Dickinson 3, Rapid River 0 (25-16, 25-15, 25-19) Lake Linden-Hubbell 3, L'Anse 2 (25-19, 18-25, 25-23, 17-25, 15-13) Dollar Bay 3, Ironwood 2 (10-25, 14-25, 25-21, 27-25, 15-12) Forest Park 3, North Central 0 (25-7, 25-9, 25-11) Painesdale-Jeffers 3, Ewen-Trout Creek 2 (15-25, 14-25, 25-23, 25-22, 15-11) Manistique vs Negaunee Hancock ve Gwinn Stephenson vs Mid Peninsula Bessemer vs Ontonagon  |
