Highlight Reel: Calumet/Hancock
November 5, 2014
The Calumet volleyball team defeated Hancock 3-0 on Tuesday in a Class C District opener. Click the headings below for MHSAA.tv highlights and the final link to watch the match in full.
CALUMET STARTS FIRST-SET COMEBACK - Trailing 13-8 in the first set, Calumet starts a 17-5 run when Terilynne Budreau sets Carissa Pavolich for the kill. The Copper Kings took the first set, 25-18.
ANDERSON TO ANDERSON - Shannon Anderson scores off the set by Nicole Anderson to start off the second set for Hancock. Calumet, however won the set, 25-21.
ROWE ACES OUT - Calumet's Alexis Rowe served back-to-back aces to end the second set against Hancock. Here's the second ace which gave the Kings a 25-21 decision in the set.
ROWE SEALS THE DEAL - Calumet went on an 8-1 run to finish the third set, with Alexis Rowe's spike on match point finishing things up. Calumet's 3-0 win over Hancock sent the Copper Kings into the Class C District Final against L'Anse.
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#TBT: Marysville Domination Unmatched
August 20, 2015
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
The Marysville volleyball program built a pair of incredible streaks at the turn of this century, one that was equaled last season – and a second that likely won’t be approached.
Battle Creek St. Philip enters this fall with a chance to break Marysville’s record of eight straight MHSAA championships won from 1997-2004 – the Tigers tied that streak by again winning Class D a year ago. But no team in MHSAA history has come within 90 wins of Marysville’s incredible 192-match winning streak from 1996 into 2000.
The 192-match winning streak also remains fourth nationally – Amherst’s Sweet Home Central won a ridiculous 292 straight matches from 1978-87.
The photos above and below are from the 2000-01 Class B Final, a sweep of Fruitport 15-2, 15-9, that left the Vikings a mere 60-1 on the season after suffering that streak-breaking loss. Four players – Karen Conger with 19, Megan Harrison 15 and Kelly Thomas and Brittny Godlewski with 14 apiece – had double-digit kills in the match, and Thomas also had 22 assists. Marysville faced and defeated Fruitport in three straight Class B Finals from 2001-2003.
This summer, longtime Marysville coach John Knuth was inducted into the National High School Athletic Coaches Association Hall of Fame. He led the program from the 1983-84 season through 2007, then came back as co-coach for 2011, and finished with a record of 1,135-84-38 to rank fourth on the MHSAA coaching wins list in his sport.
PHOTOS: (Top) Marysville players celebrate match point against Fruitport in the 2001 MHSAA Class B Final at Western Michigan University. (Middle) Longtime Marysville coach John Knuth remains fourth in MHSAA history for volleyball wins with 1,135.