Highlight Reel: Mount Morris/Caro
November 6, 2014
The Mount Morris volleyball team defeated Caro 3-0 in a Class B District game Wednesday. Click the headings below for MHSAA.tv highlights and the final link to watch the match in full.
IF AT FIRST YOU DON'T SUCCEED - Mount Morris used a 13-point run to pull away in the first set against Caro. On this play Sarah Tabit's kill bid is stopped by the Tigers, but she prevails on her seocnd chance down the line.
TABIT TAKES OUT CARO - Sarah Tabit finishes off the first set for Mount Morris with a nice kill.
LEAPING LASKOWSKI - Watch Caro's Lexi Laskowski score for Caro early in the second set of this Class B District Semifinal against Mt. Morris.
ATKINSON FINDS THE OPEN SPOT - Emma Atkinson scores for Caro in the second set when she drops the ball into an opening in the Mount Morris defense.
SORENSON GETS THE POINT - Kalya Sorenson finds the opening to score for Mount Morris.
BRUCE COMES UP ACES - Summer Bruce sets Mount Morris up for the finish of this match with a service ace.
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#TBT: Miss Volleyball Winners Hold Court
October 5, 2017
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
It was likely a coincidence that Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern’s Linsey Taatjes and Fraser’s Angie McGinnis both wore jersey No. 9 as their teams met in the 2003 Class A Volleyball Final at Western Michigan University.
It hardly was a coincidence that both had led their teams to the final day of the season – Taatjes, a senior, was named that winter the state’s first Miss Volleyball Award winner; McGinnis, a junior, would be named Miss Volleyball in 2004.
In fact, the teams also had met in the 2002 Class A Final, won in three sets by Forest Hills Northern.
But the rematch would go to Fraser. Forest Hills Northern still ranks fourth in MHSAA history for winning 81 matches in 2003 but suffered its only loss in that championship decider, winning the first set 15-9 before falling 15-11, 15-4 over the last two. Taatjes had a team-high 14 kills, plus three blocks, four assists, seven digs and a pair of aces. McGinnis, meanwhile, had 36 assists, 11 kills and 10 digs as the Ramblers won their first MHSAA title in the sport. They would go on to sweep East Kentwood in the 2004 Class A Final as well.
Taatjes went on to play at Taylor University in Indiana, an NAIA school, and she was named Mid-Central Conference Player of the Year in 2004.
McGinnis went on to become a three-time All-America selection and two-time Southeastern Conference Player of the Year at Florida, finishing in 2007 as the program’s career leader in assists. She played in a number of events for the U.S. Women’s National Team and was an alternate for the 2008 Olympic team, and also played professionally overseas.
Click to visit the Michigan Interscholastic Volleyball Coaches Association website for this year’s Miss Volleyball Award candidates and all past winners. Among finalists this time is Rockford setter Hailey Delacher, whose father Kelly was Forest Hills Northern’s coach during Taatjes’ career.
PHOTOS: Angie McGinnis, left, set Fraser to the win in the 2003 Class A Final, while inaugural Miss Volleyball Linsey Taatjes put up a strong block and plenty of hitting for Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern.