Thursday at Barron

On Thursday we played at Barron. Going into the match we knew we were going to have to play hard, Barron has had a good team for many years, and this year was no different. We knew we each had skills that would help us in the match. We got a little behind in game one, as far as down 13-23, but our team battled back. Although we played hard, we ended up losing 17-25 to Barron. Our passes were a little off in game one and we knew we would need to take better care of the ball in game two. We came out fired up in game two. We knew we had played a good game one, but also knew we could play a better game two. We lead 11-5 when Barron did some fighting back. We continued to hustle and work hard for every play. The girls really showed their confidence in each other. We battled all the way to the end but ended up losing game two, 23-25. Game three was tiring and hard, but still the girls played as a team and hustled after every ball. I love the way the girls have started to play together. We came up short losing game three 16-25. I am extremely proud of how well my girls are playing this season and at how hard they are working each week. We are 6-4 overall and 3-2 in the conference. We have big goals for the rest of the season and I am excited to watch the girls meet these goals. We play Bloomer at home Thursday for our pink night. We hope to see a big crowd out. Our Cteam also travels to Bloomer on Tuesday for a quad and our JV travels to Cumberland for a quad. 

Also, our 7th and 8th grade teams have been busy. This year there are 16, 7th grade girls out and 21, 8th grade girls. We're seeing a lot of growth in these girls. On Thursday was their pink night. $52 was raised in admissions donations and will be donated to the Mayo cancer research program. 

Another Spooner Victory!

Thank you Parents for your love, support and cheers this season. We also "pumped it up" with our Junior Passers. They bring a lot of excitement to Spooner volleyball!

On Tuesday, September 23rd we took on the Ladysmith Lumberjacks. Ladysmith proved to be a matched competitor. We came out slow in the 1st game with Ladysmith starting off 11-2. Our girls battled back and ended up winning that game 26-24. We seemed to go back and forth in game two, but took the win at 25-23. In game three you could tell we had lost a little momentum. We lost the game 23-25, but not without a lot of fight. We came out slow again in game four, but hit hard, made great blocks, served well and won that game 25-22. I am extremely proud of how my girls are improving in certain areas. We had some extremely smart plays and a lot of really nice hits. We will continue to work on the areas that we need improvement. If you haven't been to a Spooner Volleyball game, now is the time to come watch! Our JV won their match with much intensity. They have made huge gains this year. Our C-team worked hard, but came up short.

We head to Barron on Thursday, September 25th, then our JV heads to Cumberland for a Quad on the 30th, our C-team to Bloomer for a Quad on the 30th, and all our teams will be at home on October 2nd for our Senior and Pink Night!

 

 

Added - 8th Grade Tournament

We apologize for not getting you this information sooner!

8^th Grade Volleyball Tournament on October 11^th!

Bus will leave from Spooner @ 7:40 to be in Rice Lake by 8:10.

 

 8:30                      15 min. OFF net warm-up: ALL TEAMS

 8:45                      WELCOME, ANNOUNCEMENTS, National Anthem

These are approximate times.

Any round could start earlier or later.  If a team is NOT READY to go when it is their time to play, they WILL FORFEIT that round.

1^st team is GUEST -- 2^nd team is HOME

ROUND 1 (8:50 AM):  10 min. warm-up ON net before each match

                                    Spooner  vs.  St. Joseph

 ROUND 2 (10:40 AM):  5 min. warm-up ON net before each match 

                                      RLMS  vs.  Spooner

 

 ROUND 3 (12:30 AM):  5 min. warm-up ON net before each match 

                                      Spooner  vs.  Chetek-Weyerhauser 

 ROUND 4 (2:20 PM):  5 min. warm-up ON net before each match 

                                   Birchwood  vs.  Spooner

 UPDATE STANDINGS BEFORE FINAL ROUND

ROUND 5 (4:00 PM):  5 min. warm-up ON net before each match 

                                   Cumberland  vs.  Spooner

 6:00                AWARDS PRESENTATION      

Added - 7th Grade Tournament

We apologize for not getting you this information sooner!

7^th Grade Volleyball Tournament on October 4^th!

Bus will leave from Spooner @ 7:40 to be in Rice Lake by 8:10.

  8:30                      15 min. OFF net warm-up: ALL TEAMS

 8:45                      WELCOME, ANNOUNCEMENTS, National Anthem

 These are approximate times.

Any round could start earlier or later.  If a team is NOT READY to go when it is their time to play, they WILL FORFEIT that round.

1^st team is GUEST -- 2^nd team is HOME

ROUND 1 (8:50 AM):  10 min. warm-up ON net before each match

                         Chetek-Weyerhauser  vs.  Spooner

 

 ROUND 2 (10:40 AM):  5 min. warm-up ON net before each match 

 

                                      Spooner  vs.  St. Joseph

 

ROUND 3 (12:30 AM):  5 min. warm-up ON net before each match 

                                      Cumberland  vs.  Spooner

 ROUND 4 (2:20 PM):  5 min. warm-up ON net before each match 

                                   Spooner  vs.  St. Anthony

 UPDATE STANDINGS BEFORE FINAL ROUND

ROUND 5 (4:00 PM):  5 min. warm-up ON net before each match 

                                   Spooner  vs.  RLMS

 

 5:45                AWARDS PRESENTATION     

7/8 GRADE PINK NIGHT

Tomorrow night is 7th and 8th Grade Pink Night. Wear your pink to the game and join us in saying "Rails and Warriors Wear Pink!" There will be donation jar for admissions that will be sent to the Rochester cancer research center. Thank you for your support of this great cause!

Photos from Middle School Pink Night: click here

Parents & Jr. Passer Night

On Tuesday we play at home against Ladysmith. Join us in celebrating Jr. Passers and honoring our parents! Parents & Jr. Passers should arrive by 6:15pm. Jr. Passers will line up by the fitness center and parents will line up in the locker room hallway.

Off to Northwestern

Yesterday we traveled to Northwestern for our third conference match. It was a late night with some hard play. Varsity started off behind, but fought the whole way. On Wednesday in practice Megan Mesiberger went down with a sprained ankle with a slight break. She will now be out most of the season and will be greatly missed. In practice we worked on a few rotations, but we also had a player out sick, which made it even tougher. The chemistry in game one and two was off just a little bit with two players playing positions that they were not completely comfortable in. We ended up losing those games 9-25 and 16-25. In game three we went back to our normal rotation and added in a JV middle, Meagan VanderHeyden. Meagan stepped up nicely and this helped us get into our groove. We were strong and hustling. We had great blocks, nice serves, and hard hits. We won this game 25-16. We tried to use this momentum in game four, but were a little tired. We continued to hustle and fought back and forth with Northwestern though. We just about took the game, but ended up losing 21-25. Although we lost this match I was very proud of how the girls played and changed with each situation. We have two nights of practice before Tuesday’s game and we will be ready with our new rotation. Our C-team and JV lost their matches, but we are seeing some great leaders emerge.

On Tuesday we play at home against Ladysmith. It is Parents night and Jr. Passers night so we hope to see everyone out for a great night of volleyball. We invite all fans to come out and cheer on our girls.


JV & Cteam Pictures from Northwestern

Varsity Pictures from Northwestern

Lots In The News

We've been in the news a lot lately. Be sure to check the Spooner Advocate and Washburn Register out!

Another Spooner Win

Last night Spooner volleyball had three exciting matches. JV and Cteam started it off with JV taking a win against Cumberland, 26-24 (S), 20-25, 15-11 (S) and Cteam taking a win against Cumberland 23-25, 25-20 (S), 15-13 (S). We are very proud of how much they’ve improved in our month of practices.

Varsity was up next and we came off with a bang. Our girls were pumped up and ready to play. The smiles and excitement in their faces could be seen on the court. We won the first game 25-22. In the 2^nd game we came off strong. Our serving was on and so were our hits. We won that game 25-14. In the 3^rd game we lost a little of our energy, but fought back and forth with Cumberland. We ended up losing that game 21-25. In the 4^th game we came out strong and rallied our energy. Playing long games is tiring on a player and our girls fought through that. We won this game 25-16 to beat Cumberland in the match. This is our 2^nd conference win of the season and our team couldn’t be more excited. You could hear the girls after the game remarking that they were excited that all three teams took home a win. As a coach I love that the girls care about each other and are proud to be one whole high school team. Varsity is 2-0 in conference play and 5-2 overall. We want to say thank you to all the community members, family members, friends, and high school students who came out to cheer us on last night. Your support is great and it’s what keeps Spooner sports alive. We always play better with a crowd too. Also a thank you goes out to the select choir led by Destiny Schultz that sang our national anthem to start the Varsity match.

 

We play Thursday at Northwestern. Our JV also travels to Shell Lake on Saturday for the Shell Lake tournament. All three teams will play at home next Tuesday for parents and Jr. Passer night against Ladysmith.

JV and Cteam Pictures

Varsity Pictures

Click for invitation for parents to High School Parent's Night. RSVP needs to be turned in by Friday. These were given to players at practice.

Chicken Dinner Coming Soon

Tickets are for sale for our upcoming chicken dinner. Find any volleyball player to purchase!

Middle School Volleyball

Middle School volleyball has been busy and working hard.

8th grade info:

Us - Bloomer
9-25, 10-25, 14-25, 16-25

Us- Cumberland
19-25, 25-11, 23-25

Us - Barron
22-25, 19-25, 19-25, 25-12

7th grade info:

Coming soon

A Great Night of Volleyball

We hope to see you all out for our 1st home match against Cumberland! JV and Cteam play at 5:45 and Varsity plays at 7:00 pm. It's going to be a great night of volleyball!

Concessions Stand

It turns out that the group that normally does concessions stands during our home games is not doing them this year. Would you be willing to help us out? Please email or call me. 715-635-2174 ext. 1224 & smithm@spooner.k12.wi.us

Tuesday, September 16th
4:30 - 6:45
6:45 - 9:00 (or end of varsity match)

Tuesday, September 23rd
4:30 - 6:15
(closed from 6:15 - 6:45 unless I can find a non-parent volunteer)
6:45-9:00 (or end of varsity match)

Thursday, October 2nd
4:30 - 6:45
6:45 - 9:00 (or end of varsity match)

A SPOONER win!

Our Cteam, JV and varsity played at Chetek this past Thursday. Our varsity took home a win, 3-0, with scores of 25-18, 25-16, and 25-17. Our girls came out strong and pumped up. We hustled for everything and played our heart out. Our hits were on, along with our serves. I was very proud of our girls and very excited to win our 1st conference match of the season.

Pictures from Chetek

Our Cteam and JV didn't win their matches but we did have some positives and will get better each game.

On Saturday our Cteam traveled to Shell Lake for a tournament. This year we have 16 girls on Cteam so our team was split evenly into two teams. They are showing growth and getting to know how to play together. Our two teams placed third and fourth out of six teams.

Pictures from Shell Lake

We also held our 1st of three Jr. passer clinics. Girls grades 3rd-8th attend a clinic put on by our high school teams. We have over 50 girls signed up. These clinics will take place the next two Saturdays. Jr. passer and Parents Night will take place on September 23.

Look out for our 7th-12th grade players who are selling tickets to our tailgate chicken dinner, which will take place before football's homecoming on Friday, October 3rd against Barron. Tickets are $9 for adults and $5 for children. The menu includes chicken, mashed potatoes, coleslaw, a dinner roll, and desert from Riverstreet Family Restaurant in Spooner. Money from this will go towards purchasing new equipment and a college game visit next fall.

7th and 8th Grade Tonight

7th Grade will play at 5:00 pm and 8th Grade will play at 6:30 pm TONIGHT at home. The games will be played at the high school.

College Volleyball Game Trip to Concordia vs Wheeling Jesuit

61 girls traveled on two busses to Concordia on Saturday, September 6th. It was a great day for bonding and a chance to watch a college volleyball game.

Pictures of Concordia Game

After the game the players signed volleyballs and t-shirts.

Added Games - this Tuesday and October

• Cteam and JV will travel to Shell Lake on Tuesday for an added match.
• Cteam - Team Black will play at 4:30pm and JV will play at 6:00 pm

• On Saturday, October 4th our 7th grade team will travel to RiceLake for a tournament. Games will start at 8:30am

• On Saturday, October 11th our 8th grade team will travel to Rice Lake for a tournament. Games will start at 8:30 am

Tuesday, September 2nd at Amery

Our first nightly match took place on September 2nd at Amery. It was a trying day being the first day of school. Our girls played hard, but were unable to take home any wins. Varsity scores were 27-25, 25-21, and 25-20. We are looking forward to our first conference match on Thursday, September 11th at Chetek.

Pictures from Amery - JV and Varsity

Spooner Invitational Photos

Spooner Invitational Photos



In the Washburn Register





In the Spooner Advocate

Spooner Rails Play From The Heart

An anonymous buddy donated water bottles to the entire Varsity squad. We want to send a big THANK YOU out to whoever that person is. We appreciate you!

Ice Bucket Challenge

The volleyball team was nominated by the golf team to take park in the ALS ice bucket challenge. We nominated the Spooner football, cross country, and soccer team.

 

Junior Passers

Jr. Passers starts this Saturday. 3^rd -5^th grade is from 8-9am, 6^th-8^th grade is from 9-11am at the High school. Registration was due on Friday, but can be emailed to Coach Smith at smithm@spooner.k12.wi.us or dropped off at the ES office as soon as possible. As of right now 53 girls 3^rd-8^th grade are signed up.

 Jr. Passer Clinic Form

Tomorrow - Concordia College Game

Tomorrow we will head to Concordia to Watch the College Game

If you had originally said you were going, but are not going, please let us know asap.

We are looking for 5-10 adults to chaperone the trip with us. If you are available, please contact Coach Smith at smithm@spooner.k12.wi.us

We will leave at 8:30 am sharp from the high school, stop for lunch, watch the game at noon, meet the players after the game, and head home. We should arrive back between 4:30 and 5:30.

It should be an exciting day!