2013 Season History

2013 Teams

 

July 9-19, 2013 Northern Lights Europe Trip

From July 9-July 19 Northern Lights will be touring Europe visiting Berlin, Gera, Munich, Innsbruck, Verona, & Sicily and playing various European Youth teams.

A day-by-day journal can be viewed by clicking here.

June 28-July 5 USJNC’s Dallas Texas

Mizuno Northern Lights 16-2’s are the National Champions in the 16 USA Division!

See what the 16-2 Team said after winning.

Mizuno Northern Lights 18-1’s place 3rd in the 18 Open Division!

Mizuno Northern Lights 17-2’s place 3rd in the 17 USA Division!

Northern Lights has 9 teams competing in Dallas for the US Junior National Championships.

Northern Lights USJNC All Tournament Selections

Player Name Team
Alyssa Goehner Northern Lights 18-1
Samantha Swenson Northern Lights 18-1
Lydia Dimke Northern Lights 17-1
Afton Sobasky Northern Lights 17-2
Hannah Weidner Northern Lights 17-2
Rebecca Hawkins – MVP Northern Lights 16-2
Tina Hoppe Northern Lights 16-2
Abby Ihrke Northern Lights 16-2

 

Team Final Finish Division
18-1 3rd 18 Open
17-1 7th 17 Open
17-2 3rd 17 USA
17-Black 27th 17 National
16-1 23rd 16 Open
16-2 1st 16 USA
15-1 19th 15 Open
15-2 39th 15 National
14-1 6th 14 Open

June 17-26, 2013 – AAU National Championship Trip

This year Northern Lights placed 13 of it’s 24 teams into the Gold Brackets at the AAU National Championships, and won one National Championship, was 2nd two in two more Open Division finals, was 3rd in two divisions, and was 5th in six divisions. We medaled a total of 5 teams. Congratulations to 18-1, 18-2, 18-Red, 17-1, 17-2, 17-Red, 16-1, 16-2, 16-Red, 15-1, 15-White, 14-1, & 14-2 for making it into the Gold Championship Brackets. Also Thanks to all the players and parents for supporting all of our teams in the finals….you are the BEST cheering club in the nation with Kelley & Abby in the lead!


Mizuno Northern Lights 17-Red place 1st at the AAU National Championships 17 Classic

Mizuno Northern Lights 15-1 place 2nd at the AAU National Championships 15 Open

Mizuno Northern Lights 16-1 place 2nd at the AAU National Championships 16 Open

Mizuno Northern Lights 18-1 place 3rd at the AAU National Championships 18 Open

Mizuno Northern Lights 18-Red place 3rd at the AAU National Championships 18 Classic

Mizuno Northern Lights 16-2 place 5th at the AAU National Championships 16 Club

Mizuno Northern Lights 16-Red place 5th at the AAU National Championships 16 Classic

Mizuno Northern Lights 18-2 place 5th at the AAU National Championships 18 Club

Mizuno Northern Lights 17-1 place 5th at the AAU National Championships 17 Open

Mizuno Northern Lights 14-1 place 5th at the AAU National Championships 14 Open

Mizuno Northern Lights 14-2 place 5th at the AAU National Championships 14 Club


Click here to read a day-by-day journal from all the teams to attended AAUs this year.

Player Name Team
Samantha Swenson Northern Lights 18-1
Sarah Wilhite Northern Lights 18-1
Carlee Hoppe Northern Lights 18-2
Maggie Holcombe Northern Lights 18-Red
Morgan Schultz Northern Lights 18-Red
Hannah Gibbemeyer Northern Lights 17-Red
Megan Hulscher Northern Lights 17-Red
Hannah Veldman Northern Lights 17-Red
Abby Ihrke Northern Lights 16-2
Lynzi Svoboda Northern Lights 16-Red
Natalie Haben Northern Lights 15-1
Brittany McLean Northern Lights 15-1
Lara Schultz Northern Lights 15-1
Taylor Soine Northern Lights 16-1
Jordan Thompson Northern Lights 16-1
Jade Tingelhoff Northern Lights 16-1
Molly Lohman Northern Lights 17-1
Brie Orr Northern Lights 14-1
Makenzie Hesse Northern Lights 14-2

 

Team Final Finish Division
18-1 3rd – Gold Bracket 18 Open
18-2 5th – Gold Bracket 18 Club
18-Black 16th 18 Club
18-Red 3rd – Gold Bracket 18 Classic
17-1 5th – Gold Bracket 17 Open
17-2 9th – Gold Bracket 17 Club
17-Black 18th 17 Club
17-Red 1st – Gold Bracket 17 Classic
17-White 15th 17 Classic
16-1 2nd – Gold Bracket 16 Open
16-2 5th – Gold Bracket 16 Club
16-Black 39th 16 Club
16-Red 5th – Gold Bracket 16 Classic
16-White 17th 16 Classic
15-1 2nd – Gold Bracket 15 Open
15-2 26th 15 Club
15-Black 56th 15 Club
15-Red 20th 15 Classic
15-White 9th – Gold Bracket 15 Classic
14-1 5th – Gold Bracket 14 Open
14-2 5th – Gold Bracket 14 Club
14-Black 11th – Premier Bracket Champs 14 Classic
13-1 15th 13 Open
12-1 19th 12 Open

 June 14, 2013 – Northern Lights Year End Banquet

The 2013 Northern Lights Year End Banquet was a huge success with 740+ people attending. The 17-1’s winning team video was an overwhelming favorite totally embarassing the parents, the 160 scrapbook pages were very impressive and the raffle prizes were awesome. Thanks to everyone who helped with the banquet and congratulations to Tanya Witzel for winning the 2013 Northern Lights Quilt. Also congratulations to the 17-Red team which won a free team dinner with Curt that we will have in Orlando.

We also would like to extend our congratulations to Maggie Holcombe who was voted by the coaches to receive the 2013 Maurice Batie Award of Excellence at the Banquet. The award was presented to Maggie by Alex Berger, last year’s winner. Pictures of the banquet can be viewed by clicking here.

You can view a couple of the banquet shows from this year by clicking here (it will ask you to download a special viewer).

Northern Lights Wins Two Gold Championships at the National Junior Classic

Congratulations to the 17-2 team for winning the 17 Club Division in an all Northern Lights Championship beating the 17-Black Team. Afton Sobasky earned Tournament MVP while Hannah Weidner, Kelly Madison, Lauren Miller and Rachel Schmidt earned All-Tournament Team honors.

Congratulations to the 15-1 team for winning the 15 Open Division. They went undefeated all weekend. Natalie Haben earned Tournament MVP with Haley Kauth and Brittany McLean also earning All-Tournament Team honors.

Team Finish Division
17-1 5th 17 Open
17-2 1st 17 Club
17-Black 2nd 17 Club
17-Red 9th 17 Club
17-White 14th 17 Club
16-1 4th 16 Open
16-2 5th 16 Club
15-1 1st 15 Open

 

4th Annual 12’s Cup

Congratulations to the Northern Lights 12-1 team for winning the 4th Annual 12’s cup. They played the Northern Lights 11-1 team in the championship match of the Gold Division. The 12-2 team finished 2nd in the Silver Division. Four Northern Lights players were named to the 2013 12’s Cup All Tournament Team.

Northern Lights Wins 14’s, 16, & 18’s Divisions of SMV Spring Tournament

Northern Lights teams again traveled to Rochester for the one-day, SMV Spring Tournament, winning the three top divisions.

Congratulations to the 14-2 team for winning the 14 Gold Division. They played the 14-Black team in the finals. The 14 Red team finished 3rd, and the 14 White & 13 Black teams finished 5th. The 13-2 team won the 14 Silver Division.

Congratulations to the 16-Red team for winning the 16 Gold Division. They played the 16-White team in the finals. The 15-Red and 15-White teams finished third.

Congratulations to the 18-2 team for winning the 18 Gold Division having to beat the 18-Black team in the final. 18 Red finished third losing a close 3 set match to 18 Black.

Zumba & Ice Cream during the NL Annual Ice Cream Social

The younger teams had a fun Tuesday night as they skipped SAQ in favor of Zumba, and then had Ice Cream with Strawberries, Bananas, chocolate & whip cream to finish off our crazy dress night. Here’s some clips of the Early wave doing Zumba and the Late wave doing Zumba. On Wednesday it was the older teams chance to show their stuff. Here’s some clips of Wednesday’s Early wave doing Zumba and then the Late wave.

Northern Lights Wins Gold, Silver, & Bronze in 14’s & 16’s Divisions of the Rochester Cup

Northern Lights teams traveled to Rochester for the two-day, Rochester Cup, winning both of the top divisions and placing all 4 of our teams in the 16’s into the semi finals.

Congratulations to the 14-1 team for winning the 16’s Division, defeating the NL 15-2 team in the finals.  NL 14-1, NL 16-Black, NL 15-2, and NL 15-Black all made the final four. The 16-Black team placed third defeating the 15-Black team in the 3rd/4th place match.

Congratulations to the 13-1 team for placing 2nd and taking home the Silver medals in the 14 Gold Division in the first weekend of the Rochester Cup.

Northern Lights Wins all Divisions at the AAU Super Regional

Northern Lights hosted the 2nd Annual Northern Lights AAU Super Regional on the weekends of May 4/5 and 11/12. During the first weekend of competition NL won all 3 age divisions. During the second weekend of competition NL won both age divisions.

Congratulations to the 18-1 team for winning the 18’s division. They defeated M1 181 in the finals.

Congratulations to the 17-1 team for winning the 17’s division. They defeated M1 171 in the finals.

Congratulations to the 17-Black for placing 3rd in the 17’s division.

Congratulations to the 16-1 team for winning the 16’s division. They defeated the NL 16-2 team in the finals in a great 3 set match.

Congratulations to the 15-1 team for winning the 15’s division. They defeated our 15-2 team in the finals.

Congratulations to the 14-1 team for winning the 14’s division. They defeated our 14-2 team in the finals.

Team Finish Division
18-1 1st (Gold Bracket) 18’s
18-2 5th (Gold Bracket) 18’s
18-Black 6th (Gold Bracket) 18’s
18-Red 8th 18’s
17-1 1st (Gold Bracket) 17’s
17-2 4th (18’s Gold Bracket) 18’s
17-Black 3rd (Gold Bracket) 17’s
17-Red 9th 17’s
17-White 7th 17’s
16-1 1st (Gold Bracket) 16’s
16-2 2nd (Gold Bracket) 16’s
16-Black 4th (Gold Bracket) 16’s
16-Red 7th 16’s
16-White 9th 16’s
15-1 1st (Gold Bracket) 15’s
15-2 2nd (Gold Bracket) 15’s
15-Black 4th (Gold Bracket) 15’s
15-Red 8th 15’s
15-White 11th 15’s
14-1 1st (Gold Bracket) 14’s
14-2 2nd (Gold Bracket) 14’s
14-Black 3rd (Gold Bracket) 14’s
14-Red 7th (Gold Bracket) 14’s
14-White 4th (Gold Bracket) 14’s
13-2 9th 14’s
13-Black 6th (Gold Bracket) 14’s
12-1 8th (Gold Bracket) 14’s

 

Northern Lights 16-1’s awarded 16 Open Bid

Congratulations to the 16-1 team for being awarded an At Large Bid into the 16 Open Division of the USJN Championships. The 16-1 team had missed qualifying at two the toughest Qualifers, Big South and Northern Lights, by just 1 position at each event.

With this Open Bid, Northern Lights has now qualified a team in each of the 5 Open Divisions (14 Open, 15 Open, 16 Open, 17 Open, & 18 Open) at the USJN Championships the #1 tournament in the USA.

NL medals 3 teams at the Northern Lights Qualifier & puts 10 teams in the Gold!

Congratulations to the 18-1 team for winning the Northern Lights National Qualifier 18 Open Division by defeating Sky High in the finals. This is the 2nd National Qualifier that the 18-1 team has won and Qualified at for the 18 Open Division of the USJN Championships in Dallas late this June.

Congratulations to the 17-1 team for winning the Northern Lights National Qualifier 17 Open Division by defeating KC Power in the finals. This is the 2nd National Qualifier that the 17-1 team has Qualified at for the 17 Open Division of the USJN Championships in Dallas late this June.

Congratulations to the 17-Black team for placing third at the Northern Lights National Qualifier 17 USA Division to take home a bronze medal. They defeated Platform Elite in the 3rd place match. The 17-Black team was also previously qualified for the USJN Championships in Dallas late this June.

10 of our 14 teams who played in this event were in the Gold Brackets/Pools and NL had teams in the Gold of all 9 divisions of the tournament!

Team Finish Division
18-1 1st (Gold Bracket) 18 Open
18-2 4th (Gold Bracket) 18 USA
18-Black 8th 18 USA
18-Red 5th (Gold Bracket) 18 American
17-1 1st (Gold Bracket) 17 Open
17-2 13th 17 Open
17-Black 3rd (Gold Bracket) 17 USA
17-Red 5th (Gold Bracket) 17 American
17-White 9th (Gold Bracket) 17 American
16-1 6th (Gold Pools) 16 Open
16-2 14th 16 Open
16-Black 5th (Gold Bracket) 16 USA
16-Red 9th (Gold Bracket) 16 American
16-White 23rd 16 American

Northern Lights wins 3 of the 5 Divisions entered at the North Country Region Metro Championships.

The weekend of April 27-28 was very successful for 7 of our younger Northern Lights teams. The club entered 5 age divisions at the NCR Metro Championships and won 3 of the divisions and was 2nd in the other two! This was another great performance by our younger teams.

Congratulations to the 12-1 team for winning the 12 Blue Gold Division. They defeated Wicked Moose in the finals.

Congratulations to the 12-2 team for winning the 12 Blue Silver Division. They defeated Team Edge in the finals.

Congratulations to the 13-Black team for placing 2nd in the 13 Blue Gold Division. They lost to Cannon Falls Crush in the finals.

Congratulations to the 14-Red team for placing 2nd in the 14 Blue Gold Division. They lost to M1-141 in the finals.

Congratulations to the 14-White team for winning the 14 Blue Silver Division. They defeated Kokoro 141 in the finals.

Team Finish Division
14-Red 2nd(Gold Bracket) 14 Blue
14-White 1st (Silver Bracket) 14 Blue
13-2 3rd (Gold Bracket) 13 Blue
13-Black 2nd(Gold Bracket) 13 Blue
12-1 1st (Gold Bracket) 12 Blue
12-2 1st (Silver Bracket) 12 Blue
11-1 3rd (Gold Bracket) 12 Blue

NL 14-2 Wins Northern Lights Qualifier & NL puts 6 teams in the Gold!

Congratulations to the 14-2 team for winning the Northern Lights National Qualifier 14 USA Division by defeating Iowa Rockets in the finals.

Congratulations to the 14-1 team for placing 2nd in the 14 Open Division. This 2nd place finish Qualified them for the 14 Open Division of the USJN Championships in Dallas late this June.

Six of our 16 teams who played in this event were in the Gold Brackets/Pools and 3 were in the Silver Brackets.

Team Finish Division
15-1 4th (Gold Pools) 15 Open
15-2 5th (Gold Bracket) 15 USA
15-Black 13th 15 USA
15-Red 37th 15 American
15-White 19th 15 American
14-1 2nd (Gold Pool) 14 Open
14-2 1st (Gold Bracket) 14 USA
14-Black 13th 14 USA
14-Red 9th (Gold Bracket) 14 American
14-White 43rd 14 American
13-1 7th (Silver Div Champions) 13 USA
13-2 13th 13 USA
13-Black 4th (Gold Bracket) 13 American
12-1 6th 12 National
12-2 11th 12 National
11-1 6th 12 American

NL 17-1 Places 2nd and Qualifies at Big South!

Congratulations to the 17-1 team for placing 2nd in the 17 Open Division at the Big South National Qualifier. This also Qualified them for the USJN Championships in the 17 Open Division to be held this June in Dallas Texas.

Congratulations to the 16-1 team who made it to the Gold Pool on day 3 and finishted tied for 5th.

Team Finish Division
17-1 2nd (Gold Bracket) 17 Open
16-1 5th (Gold Pools) 16 Open

NL 18’s teams travel to Italy

The Northern Lights 18-1, 18-2, 18-Black, & 18-Red teams will be traveling and competing in Italy from March 24- April 2 with BringitUSA. They will be spending the first few days sightseeing in Rome, Milan, and Venice. After that they will be competing in a high level tournament in Pordenone Italy (18-1), Falconara (18-2), Milan (18-Black), and Albisola (18-Red) with Junior teams from Italy and around the world. The team’s written journals and pictures can be seen by clicking here.

NL 15-1 Places 3rd and Qualifies at Colorado Crossroads!

Congratulations to the 15-1 team for placing 3rd in the 15 Open Division at the Colorado Crossroads National Qualifier. This also Qualified them for the USJN Championships in the 15 Open Division to be held this June in Dallas Texas.

Northern Lights sent 4 teams to the tournament and had 3 of them in the Gold Championship Brackets, and one in the Silver Bracket.

Team Finish Division
15-1 3rd (Gold Bracket) 15 Open
15-2 19th (Silver Bracket) 15 USA
15-Black 9th(Gold Bracket) 15 American
14-1 7th (Gold Pools) 14 Open

NL 18-1 Wins & 17-2 Places 2nd at Colorado Crossroads!

Congratulations to the 18-1 team for winning the 18 Open Division at the Colorado Crossroads National Qualifier. This also Qualified them for the USJN Championships in the 18 Open Division to be held this June in Dallas Texas.

Congratulations to the 17-2 team for placing 2nd at the Colorado Crossroads National Qualifier 17 USA Division. This also Qualified them for the USJN Championships in the 17 USA Division to be held this June in Dallas Texas.

Congratulations to the 16-2 team for placing 3rd at the Colorado Crossroads National Qualifier 16 USA Division. This also Qualified them for the USJN Championships in the 16 USA Division to be held this June in Dallas Texas.

Northern Lights sent 7 teams to the tournament and had 6 of them in the Gold Championship Brackets, and one in the Silver Bracket.

Team Finish Division
18-1 1st (Gold Bracket) 18 Open
17-2 2nd (Gold Bracket) 17 USA
17-Black 17th (Silver Bracket winner) 17 USA
17-Red 5th (Gold Bracket) 17 American
17-White 5th (Gold Bracket) 17 American
16-2 3rd (Gold Bracket) 16 USA
16-Black 5th (Gold Bracket) 16 USA

NL wins 8 divisions of the Omaha President’s Day Tournament

Congratulations to the Northern Lights 12-1 team for winning the 12’s Division of the Omaha President’s Day tournament. They played Nebraska Elite in the finals.

Congratulations to the Northern Lights 14-1 team for winning the 14 Open Division of the Omaha President’s Day tournament. The 14-1’s played MN Select 141 in the finals.

Congratulations to the Northern Lights 15-1 team for winning the 15 Open Division of the Omaha President’s Day tournament. They played Colorado Jrs in the finals. This is the 2nd year in a row that the 15-1 team has played Colorado Jrs in the finals, and both times NL has won.

Congratulations to the Northern Lights 16-2 team for winning the 16 Club Division of the Omaha President’s Day tournament. The 16-2’s went undefeated in the tournament and played our own 16-Black team in the finals….so Congratulations also to the 16 Black team for placing 2nd.

Congratulations to the Northern Lights 17-1 team for winning the 17 Open Division of the Omaha President’s Day tournament. The 17-1’s went undefeated in the tournament and played KC Power in the finals.

Congratulations to the Northern Lights 17-2 team for winning the 17 Club Division of the Omaha President’s Day tournament. The 17-2 team played our own 17-Black team in the finals . . . so once again Congratulations also to the 17 Black team for placing 2nd.

Congratulations to the Northern Lights 18-1 team for winning the 18 Open Division of the Omaha President’s Day tournament. They went undefeated for the tournament and played Iowa Rockets in the finals.

Congratulations to the Northern Lights 18-2 team for winning the 18 Club Division of the Omaha President’s Day tournament. 18-2 played Club Iowa Jrs in the finals.

Northern Lights placed 20 of it’s 24 teams into the Gold Brackets of the tournament. This was an excellent showing for all Northern Lights teams!

Team Finish Division
18-1 1st (Gold Bracket) 18 Open
18-2 1st (Gold Bracket) 18 Club
18-Black 5th (Gold Bracket) 18 Club
18-Red 9th (Gold Bracket) 18 Club
17-1 1st (Gold Bracket) 17 Open
17-2 1st (Gold Bracket) 17 Open
17-Black 2nd (Gold Bracket) 17 Club
17-Red 3rd (Gold Bracket) 17 Club
17-White 37th 17 Club
16-1 3rd (Gold Bracket) 16 Open
16-2 1st (Gold Bracket) 16 Club
16-Black 2nd (Gold Bracket) 16 Club
16-Red 9th (Gold Bracket) 16 Club
16-White 27th 16 Club
15-1 1st (Gold Bracket) 15 Open
15-2 9th (Gold Bracket) 15 Club
15-Black 25th 15 Club
15-Red 9th (Gold Bracket) 15 Club
15-White 21st 15 Club
14-1 1st (Gold Bracket) 14 Open
14-2 5th (Gold Bracket) 14 Club
13-1 19th 13 Club
13-2 5th (Gold Bracket) 13 Club
12-1 1st (Gold Bracket) 12 Club

Northern Lights 13-Black wins the local President’s Day Tournament

Northern Lights 6 teams in the local Presidents Day tournament, and place all 6 of those teams in the Gold Brackets. This was an excellent showing for our young Northern Lights teams!

Congratulations to the Northern Lights 13-Black for winning the 13’s age division. They defeated M1 13-1 in the finals.

Congratulations also to the Northern Lights 14-Red team which finished 2nd in the 14’s age division.

Team Finish
11-1 3rd in Gold Bracket
12-2 5th in Gold Bracket
13-Black 1st in Gold Bracket
14-Black 3rd in Gold Bracket
14-Red 2nd in Gold Bracket
14-White 5th in Gold Bracket

Congratulations to our January Thaw Champions

Congratulations to these teams for winning their respected club divisions at the January Thaw:  18-1s, 17-2s, 16-2s, 15-2s, 14-1s and 13-1s.  All of the teams did great.

November 11, 2012 —-15’s-18’s Tryouts completed

Congratulations to the 186 new players ages 15-18 selected for the Northern Lights 2013 teams. The first practice for the 15’s-18’s will be on Monday November 12th, check the schedules link on the left side of this page for exact times.

November 11, 2012 —-Congrats to State Tournament Champions

School Division
Bethlehem Academy Classs A
Marshall Class AA
Lakeville North Class AAA

Northern Lights would also like to congratulate all the players who were named to the All Tournament teams, including NL players: Jamie Cairncross, Lydia Dimke, Samantha Flattum , Alyssa Goehner, Erica Handley, Carlee Hoppe, Mackenzie Horkey, Afton Sobasky, & Sarah Wilhite.

Congratulations to Sarah Wilhite, 2012 Baden Ms. Volleyball

Congratulations to Sarah Wilhite who was selected by the MN Coaches Association as the 2012 Ms. Volleyball. Sarah plays for Eden Prairie High School. Last year she played for NL 17-1 and will be completing her club career on a NL 18’s team this year.

November 7, 2012 —-Congrats to All State Players

Northern Lights would like to extend our congratulations to all of the High School Players in Minnesota who were selected for the MN Coaches Association All State teams. 16 players from Northern Lights were selected, they are:

Player Name Team Award
Mackenzie Horkey SW Christian Class A – All State
Haley Fogarty Belle Plaine Class AA – All State
Hannah Tapp Stewartville Class AA – All State
Paige Tapp Stewartville Class AA – All State
Kirsten Johnson Belle Plaine Class AA – Honorable Mention
Alex Brown Blaine Class AAA – All State
Jamie Cairncross Eden Prairie Class AAA – All State
Lydia Dimke Blaine Class AAA – All State
Alyssa Goehner Lakeville North Class AAA – All State
Erica Handley Lakeville North Class AAA – All State
Lauren Houg Wayzata Class AAA – All State
Samantha Swenson Hopkins Class AAA – All State
Shelby Seurer Delano Class AAA – All State
Sarah Wilhite Eden Prairie Class AAA – All State
Kylee Zumach Buffalo Class AAA – All State
Nora Reed Hopkins Class AAA – Honorable Mention

 

November 6, 2012 —-Congrats to Star Tribune & Pioneer Press All Metro Players

Minneapolis Star Tribune and St. Paul Pioneer Press 2012 Metro Volleyball Player of Year.
Alyssa Goehner Lakeville North

 

Northern Lights would also like to extend our congratulations to the 12 Northern Lights Players who were selected to either the Star Tribune All Metro Teams and/or the Pioneer Press All Metro teams.

Player Name Team Award
Lydia Dimke Blaine Star Tribune & Pioneer Press
Samantha Swenson Hopkins Star Tribune & Pioneer Press
Sarah Wilhite Eden Prairie Star Tribune & Pioneer Press
Erica Handley Lakeville North Star Tribune & Pioneer Press
Lauren Houg Wayzata Star Tribune
Shelby Seurer Delano Star Tribune
Kylee Zumach Buffalo Star Tribune
Mackenzie Horkey SW Christian Star Tribune
Abby Monson Lakeville North Star Tribune
Brianna Pernsteiner Eagan Star Tribune
Nora Reed Hopkins Star Tribune
Bella Nelson Luck, Wisc Pioneer Press

 

November 4, 2012 —-Congrats to State Tournament Players

Northern Lights would like to congratulate the 43 players from the club who qualified for the Minnesota High School State Tournament or the Wisconsin State High School Tournament. Have a great tournament!

Player Name Team
Mikayla Hong Anoka
Haley Fogarty Belle Plaine
Kirsten Johnson Belle Plaine
Payton Nutter Bethlehem Academy
Alex Brown Blaine
Lydia Dimke Blaine
Rebecca Hawkins Blaine
Katherine Hawkins Blaine
Jessica Jorgensen Blaine
Sierra Trost Blaine
Jamie Cairncross Eden Prairie
Aulora Campbell Eden Prairie
Abby Ihrke Eden Prairie
Lauren Mattison Eden Prairie
Jena Meyer Eden Prairie
Elizabeth Mohr Eden Prairie
Hannah Redman Eden Prairie
Maddie Reese Eden Prairie
Camille Schultz Eden Prairie
Erin Schwarz Eden Prairie
Sarah Wilhite Eden Prairie
Samantha Flattum Lakeville North
Alyssa Goehner Lakeville North
Erica Handley Lakeville North
Maddie Konopa Lakeville North
Anna Michaels Lakeville North
Abigail Monson Lakeville North
Janae Neuenschwander Lakeville North
Katie Parker Lakeville North
Haley Walker Lakeville North
Bella Nelson Luck Wisconsin
Kaylea Ahrens Owatonna
Haley Kauth Roseville
Bre Maloney Roseville
Abby Fernholz Shakopee
Maggie Holcombe Shakopee
Carlee Hoppe Shakopee
Tina Hoppe Shakopee
Taylor Koehn Shakopee
Kaylee Lemke Shakopee
Mackenzie Pieper Shakopee
Afton Sobasky St. Croix Lutheran
Mackenzie Horkey SW Christian

October 28, 2012 —-11’s-14’s Tryouts completed

Congratulations to the 111 new players ages 10-14 selected for the Northern Lights 2013 teams. The first practice for the 11’s-14’s will be on Tuesday October 30th.

Northern Lights Ranked as #1 Club!

The November issue of Volleyball Magazine, which each year issues the National Club Rankings, has ranked Northern Lights as the #1 club in the 17’s and 15’s age divisions.   Congratulations to all the players who made this possible!