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Suttons Bay had the toughest path to a Class C District crown on Saturday, but the Lady Norsemen cruised to a title with wins over Mancelona, Charlevoix and T.C. St. Francis. Suttons Bay advances to the regional at Charlevoix on Saturday against Inland Lakes. The regional also features Kingsley and Lake City.

Leland cruised to another Class D District title with wins over Northport and Central Lake. Leland is now 62-4 on the season and advances to the regional at Twining Arenac Eastern on Saturday.

Read Suttons Bay claims title in the Record Eagle

Class C at Kingsley on March 4
A - Mesick vs. Forest Area at 10 AM
B - Brethren vs. Kingsley at 11:30 AM
Glen Lake vs A Winner at 1 PM
Manton vs B Winner at 2:30 PM
District Final at 4 PM
My Pick: Kingsley

Class C at T.C. St. Francis on March 4
A - Suttons Bay vs. Mancelona at 10 AM
B - East Jordan vs. T.C. St. Francis at 11:30 AM
Charlevoix vs. A Winner at 1 PM
District Final at 2:30 PM
My Pick: Suttons Bay

Class D at Bellaire on March 4
A - Bellaire vs. Central Lake at 10 AM
B - Northport vs. Leland at 11:30 AM
Leelanau School vs. A Winner at 1 PM
District Final at 2:30 PM
My Pick: Leland

Here’s a couple of volleyball articles from the Record Eagle as we approach districts on Saturday, including one about Alisha Glass and her powerful serving and a preview of the area volleyball districts.

Read Blazing Comet in the Record Eagle
Read Nos. 4, 5 collide in the Record Eagle

Suttons Bay finished the quad meet 2-1 with wins over Benzie (25-12, 25-19) and McBain NMC (25-27, 25-22) before falling to Kingsley (28-26, 16-25, 19-25) to improve their record to 46-13-5.

Read Kingsley sweeps quad meet in the Record Eagle

To say Leland has owned the Cherryland in volleyball would be a huge understatement. Leland won another title on Saturday and in process won their 12th straight league title. Leland downed Northport, Leelanau School, T.C. Christian and Buckley to win the crown. T.C. Christian finished second.

Read Another perfect league season for Leland in the Record Eagle [scroll down to read]

Glen Lake went 2-2 on the day at the Forest Area Invitational. The Lakers lost to McBain NMC and Harbor Light, before bouncing back with wins over Manton and Forest Area. Jessica Odziana and Sam Rader led the way.

Read Harbor Light Christian captures tourney title in the Record Eagle [scroll down to read]

The Leland Comets dominated play and captured three wins at Suttons Bay. The Comets defeated Kingsley (25-21, 25-10), Kalkaska (25-17, 25-7) and Suttons Bay (25-8, 25-11). Leland was led by Alisha Glass and Jennifer Hecht.

Suttons Bay also did well scoring wins over Kalkaska (25-17, 25-16) and Kingsley (16-25, 25-20, 26-24). Holly Orban, Kelsey Wick and Christa Nesky led the way for the Lady Norse.

Read Leland sweeps three matches at Suttons Bay in the Record Eagle

Mick McCabe of the Detroit Free Press talks about Leland Comets volleyball star Alisha Glass, her nickname and how she got it.

Read Leland has a ‘terminator’ in the Freep

Kingsley captured the regular season Northwest Conference, but it was Suttons Bay claiming the end of season tourney and share the crown for the second straight year. Suttons Bay bounced back from an early deficit to defeat Kingsley in the championship match 8-25, 25-15, 25-16, 25-19. Holly Orban led the way for Suttons Bay with 40 kills, 12 blocks, 29 digs and a perfect 38 of 38 serving.

Glen Lake played some good matches, but wound up taking 6th place after falling to Mesick 25-21, 22-25, 25-21, 26-28, 15-12.

Read Norse claim tournament, share of title in the Record Eagle

An article by Mark Urban about Leland star volleyball player Jennifer Hecht and the story of her and her mother’s ordeal with an armed intruder last month. Hecht came back to play in a tournament two days later.

Read Hecht played in tourney 2 days after ordeal in the Record Eagle

Suttons Bay played Leland tough, but in the end the Comets continued their winning ways with a 25-7, 20-25, 25-18 victory over the host Norsemen. Leland and Suttons Bay both defeated Forest Area in the triangular meet.

Read Leland takes two victories in the Record Eagle

A short article about Leland senior Daina Parent and being back with the Lady Comets after missing last season as an exchange student in Australia.

Read Parent back after year away in the Record Eagle

The Leland Lady Comets continued their dominance of the Suttons Bay Invitational by defeating Suttons Bay 21-7, 21-12 in the tourney final. It is the fourth straight year the Comets have won. Leland’s Alisha Glass was tournament MVP with teammate Whitney Grant being named MVP of the morning session. Suttons Bay was led by Holly Orban’s 47 of 49 serving and 52 kills. Glen Lake split all of it’s matches in the 2nd place pool and Northport captured the 4th place pool.

Read Leland wins tourney for fourth straight time in the Record Eagle

Northport played tough all day, but finished 1-3 in the Ellsworth Tourney. The defeated Alanson and lost to Ellsworth, Bear Lake and Pickford. Leading the Wildcats was Cecilia Kohler.

Read Northport finishes 1-3 at Ellsworth in the Record Eagle [after clicking scroll down]

Leland defeated Lake Odessa-Lakewood, the #2 ranked team in Class B to claim the Grand Rapids Northview Invitational. The Comets improved to 39-4 overall. Alisha Glass led the way with 91 kills, 31 aces and six blocks.

If you scroll down in the article below, you can also read about Glen Lake and Suttons Bay and how they did at the Charlevoix Invitational.

Read Leland nets tourney title in the Record Eagle

Also here’s a nice article on the Comets win (with kudos to Glass) from the Grand Rapids Press…

Read Leland star dominates Northview volleyball tourney in the Grand Rapids Press

Thanks to Bob Spaulding for directing me to the link!

Kingsley got a big block and then went on a big run to defeat Suttons Bay 25-20, 25-15, 25-12. Kingsley’s Jill Walton got a block with the score tied 15 all in Game 1, which started a 60-32 run the rest of the match. Leading the Lady Norsemen were Holly Orban with 13 kills and Kelsey Wick with 6.

Read Kingsley sweeps Suttons Bay in key Northwest showdown in the Record Eagle

It’s finally here. Weather prevented Suttons Bay and Kingsley from playing earlier this month and now both will put their 3-0 conference records on the line in a battle for first place. Suttons Bay defeated Frankfort 25-15, 25-14, 25-19 to improve to 27-5-4 overall. Glen Lake remains in second place in the conference after a 19-25, 25-11, 25-5, 17-25 over Mesick. The Lakers are 8-10 overall and 3-1 in the Northwest.

Read Northwest showdown set in the Record Eagle