Duluth East defeated Cambridge-Isanti 25-15, 25-16, 25-13 in the first round of the Section 7AAA volleyball playoffs on Wednesday night at East.
Brianna Larson led the Greyhounds with 12 kills while Erin Tapper and Krystal Kunst had eight and seven kills, respectivley.
Senior Alison Lothenbach had a team-high 34 set assists while sophomore libero Amy Lothenbach had nine digs.
The Greyhounds (12-15) play at second-seeded Andover (22-4) at 7 p.m. Friday in the 7AAA quarterfinals.
ML-WR 3, Aitkin 1
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Sheenagh Caroline had 10 kills and 10 digs as the Rebels held off the Gobblers 25-14, 25-22, 21-25, 25-17 in a Section 7AA Subsection 1 match in Moose Lake.
Maggie Ackerson led the Rebels with 31 set assists while Karley Rentz had 12 digs. The Rebels (17-12-2) play Esko (21-4-3) at 7 p.m. Friday at Duluth Denfeld. The Eskomos defeated Proctor 3-0 on Wednesday.
Hibbing 3, Marshall 0
The Bluejackets defeat the Hilltopers 25-9, 25-6, 25-10 in a Section 7AA Subsection 2 first-round match in Hibbing.
Hibbing (19-8) plays Virgina (19-8) in the 7AA quarterfinals at 6 p.m. at Duluth East. The Blue Devils defeated Eveleth-Gilbert 3-0 on Wednesday.
silver bay 3, albrook 2
Silver Bay edged AlBrook 18-25, 25-19, 25-21, 12-25, 15-10 in a Section 7A Subsection 1 second-round match.
Sam Downey had seven blocks and Kathryn Michalski had 20 digs for the Mariners. Kayla Blom had 12 kills and Sammy Mountain had 41 set assists for AlBrook (16-8).
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Silver Bay (12-11) won the deciding game to advance to play Babbitt-Embarrass on Friday in Esko.
Hill city 3, cook 1
Lexi Lund had two ace serves and 26 set assists as Hill City won a Section 7A Subsection 2 second-round match 25-19, 25-12, 25-11.
Misty Flynn had 13 kills and three ace blocks. Megan Gustafson had 12 set assists, four kills and 11 digs for Cook.
Girls tennis
Blue Devils knocked out
No. 10-ranked Virginia was swept out of the Minnesota Class A high school team tournament after a difficult assignment Wednesday -- losing to No. 3 Staples-Motley 6-1 in the quarterfinals and losing 7-0 to No. 1 Rochester Lourdes in the consolation semifinals at the Reed-Sweatt Family Tennis Center in Minneapolis.
The Blue Devils (17-4) got one point in the quarterfinals with senior Samantha Hendrickson and ninth-grader Alexis Gunderson at No. 2 doubles. Virginia lost three three-set matches.
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Rochester Lourdes, the 10-time defending champion, beat No. 2 Mounds Park Academy 5-2 in the quarterfinals, but had the outcome reversed by a technicality. Lourdes coach Kevin Rust's submitted lineup was different from one he verbally announced before the 8 a.m. match and the Eagles had to forfeit two matches because of the discrepancies. That meant a 4-3 win for Mounds Park Academy, coached by former Minnesota Duluth captain and former Duluth East coach Justen Seim.
In Class AA, No. 1 Edina's bid for an 11th straight title continued with a 6-1 quarterfinal win over Section 7 representative Elk River at the Baseline Tennis Center in Minneapolis.
Cross country
Golden Bears winsixth straight
The Eveleth-Gilbert boys pursue a sixth straight team title today in the Section 7A meet at Cloquet Country Club. The 5,000-meter boys race is 12:45 p.m. and the 4,000-meter girls race at noon.
Esko senior Kaycee Knutson returns as defending section girls champion, while Ely won the 2006 team title.
In Section 7AA, the Duluth East girls are two-time defending team champions in a 1 p.m. race at Elk River (Minn.) Country Club. North Branch is defending boys champion at 2 p.m.
The top two teams and top 10 individuals in each race advance to the state meet Nov. 3 in Northfield, Minn.
