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The Northwestern Area (Mellette, SD) varsity volleyball team lost Saturday's neutral non-conference match against Brandon Valley (Brandon, SD) by a score of 2-0.

	S1	S2	Wins
Brandon Valley	25	25	2
Northwestern Area	19	23	0

Final score provided by J. Poppen.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Match Stats

Northwestern Area (25-26)

Brandon Valley

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	2	26	13.0	41.3	63	11	.238
1	Logan McGuire (So)	2	1	0.5	20.0	5	0	.200
2	Mya VanWesten (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
3	Abby Gruber (Sr)	2	3	1.5	27.3	11	4	-.091
4	Jayaunna Stroh (Sr)	2	4	2.0	33.3	12	2	.167
5	Riya Sheley (Sr)	2	5	2.5	55.6	9	3	.222
6	Briley Laber (So)	1	0	0.0	.0	1	0	.000
8	Jersie Melcher (Jr)	2	10	5.0	52.6	19	1	.474
9	Logan Torgrude (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
16	Kennedi Boomsma (Jr)	2	3	1.5	50.0	6	1	.333
20	A. VanderHam (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0

Northwestern Area

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	2	16	8.0		64	12
2	Tara Blachford (Jr)	2
3	Breelyn Satter (Jr)	2	4	2.0	36.4	11	1	.273
4	Ashley Haven (Sr)	2	7	3.5	25.9	27	5	.074
6	E. Boekelheide (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	4	2	-.500
7	Lila Johnson (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	9	2	-.222
8	Sophia Troske (Jr)	2
10	Kylee Henjum (8th)	2			.0	2	2
12	Mikaela Schmitt (Sr)	2
15	Taylor Vetter (Jr)	2	5	2.5	45.5	11

Brandon Valley

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	2	5	2.5	10.2	49	8	83.7	23
1	Logan McGuire (So)	2	2	1.0	22.2	9	1	88.9	4
2	Mya VanWesten (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	4	1	75.0	0
3	Abby Gruber (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	4	1	75.0	1
4	Jayaunna Stroh (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	5	1	80.0	2
5	Riya Sheley (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	7	2	71.4	3
6	Briley Laber (So)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
8	Jersie Melcher (Jr)	2	3	1.5	18.8	16	2	87.5	11
9	Logan Torgrude (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	4	0	100.0	2
16	Kennedi Boomsma (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
20	A. VanderHam (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0

Northwestern Area

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %
	Team Totals	2	4	2.0		39	3	92.3
2	Tara Blachford (Jr)	2	2	1.0	28.6	7
3	Breelyn Satter (Jr)	2
4	Ashley Haven (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	6	1	83.3
6	E. Boekelheide (Sr)	2	1	0.5	20.0	5
7	Lila Johnson (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	5	1	80.0
8	Sophia Troske (Jr)	2	1	0.5	11.1	9
10	Kylee Henjum (8th)	2
12	Mikaela Schmitt (Sr)	2			.0	7	1	85.7
15	Taylor Vetter (Jr)	2

Brandon Valley

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	BA	Tot Blks	B/S
	Team Totals	2	3	4	5	2.5
1	Logan McGuire (So)	2	0	1	1	0.5
2	Mya VanWesten (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0.0
3	Abby Gruber (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0.0
4	Jayaunna Stroh (Sr)	2	1	0	1	0.5
5	Riya Sheley (Sr)	2	0	1	1	0.5
6	Briley Laber (So)	1	0	0	0	0.0
8	Jersie Melcher (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0.0
9	Logan Torgrude (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0.0
16	Kennedi Boomsma (Jr)	2	2	2	4	2.0
20	A. VanderHam (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0.0

Northwestern Area

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BA	Tot Blks	B/S
	Team Totals	2	2	1	0.5
2	Tara Blachford (Jr)	2
3	Breelyn Satter (Jr)	2
4	Ashley Haven (Sr)	2	1	1	0.5
6	E. Boekelheide (Sr)	2	1	1	0.5
7	Lila Johnson (Jr)	2
8	Sophia Troske (Jr)	2
10	Kylee Henjum (8th)	2
12	Mikaela Schmitt (Sr)	2
15	Taylor Vetter (Jr)	2

Brandon Valley

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	D/S
	Team Totals	2	27	13.5
1	Logan McGuire (So)	2	6	3.0
2	Mya VanWesten (Jr)	2	10	5.0
3	Abby Gruber (Sr)	2	1	0.5
4	Jayaunna Stroh (Sr)	2	1	0.5
5	Riya Sheley (Sr)	2	2	1.0
6	Briley Laber (So)	1	1	1.0
8	Jersie Melcher (Jr)	2	4	2.0
9	Logan Torgrude (Jr)	2	1	0.5
16	Kennedi Boomsma (Jr)	2	1	0.5
20	A. VanderHam (Sr)	2	0	0.0

Northwestern Area

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	D/S
	Team Totals	2	14	7.0
2	Tara Blachford (Jr)	2	3	1.5
3	Breelyn Satter (Jr)	2	1	0.5
4	Ashley Haven (Sr)	2
6	E. Boekelheide (Sr)	2	7	3.5
7	Lila Johnson (Jr)	2	3	1.5
8	Sophia Troske (Jr)	2
10	Kylee Henjum (8th)	2
12	Mikaela Schmitt (Sr)	2
15	Taylor Vetter (Jr)	2

Brandon Valley

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA
	Team Totals	2	25	12.5	61
1	Logan McGuire (So)	2	16	8.0	39
2	Mya VanWesten (Jr)	2	4	2.0	9
3	Abby Gruber (Sr)	2	0	0.0	1
4	Jayaunna Stroh (Sr)	2	0	0.0	1
5	Riya Sheley (Sr)	2	0	0.0	1
6	Briley Laber (So)	1	0	0.0	0
8	Jersie Melcher (Jr)	2	1	0.5	1
9	Logan Torgrude (Jr)	2	0	0.0	0
16	Kennedi Boomsma (Jr)	2	1	0.5	3
20	A. VanderHam (Sr)	2	3	1.5	6

Northwestern Area

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA
	Team Totals	2	16	8.0	61
2	Tara Blachford (Jr)	2			3
3	Breelyn Satter (Jr)	2
4	Ashley Haven (Sr)	2			1
6	E. Boekelheide (Sr)	2	11	5.5	46
7	Lila Johnson (Jr)	2	5	2.5	11
8	Sophia Troske (Jr)	2
10	Kylee Henjum (8th)	2
12	Mikaela Schmitt (Sr)	2
15	Taylor Vetter (Jr)	2

Brandon Valley

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	2	35	1	17.5
1	Logan McGuire (So)	2	0	0	0.0
2	Mya VanWesten (Jr)	2	11	0	5.5
3	Abby Gruber (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0
4	Jayaunna Stroh (Sr)	2	6	0	3.0
5	Riya Sheley (Sr)	2	1	0	0.5
6	Briley Laber (So)	1	3	0	3.0
8	Jersie Melcher (Jr)	2	9	0	4.5
9	Logan Torgrude (Jr)	2	4	0	2.0
16	Kennedi Boomsma (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0
20	A. VanderHam (Sr)	2	1	1	0.5

Northwestern Area

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	2	41	4	20.5
2	Tara Blachford (Jr)	2	7		3.5
3	Breelyn Satter (Jr)	2
4	Ashley Haven (Sr)	2	12	1	6.0
6	E. Boekelheide (Sr)	2
7	Lila Johnson (Jr)	2	11	2	5.5
8	Sophia Troske (Jr)	2
10	Kylee Henjum (8th)	2
12	Mikaela Schmitt (Sr)	2	11	1	5.5
15	Taylor Vetter (Jr)	2

Brandon Valley's stats are presented by HudlHudl

Match Story

South Dakota High School Volleyball - Northwestern Area Brandon Valley

August 30, 2025: Brandon, SD 57005

The Brandon Valley Lynx topped the visiting Northwestern Area Wildcats volleyball squad by a final score of 2-0 in Saturday's non-league game.

Next up, the Lynx face the Watertown Arrows (Watertown, SD) in a non-league game, on Saturday, August 30. Brandon Valley will attempt to advance on its 3-2 season record. The Arrows go into the game with a 2-0 record after their 3-2 league win over Washington (Sioux Falls, SD).

With the loss, Northwestern Area drops to 5-1 on the campaign. The Wildcats host Sturgis Brown (Sturgis, SD) to play the Scoopers in a non-league outing on Saturday, August 30. The Scoopers come into the outing with a record of 1-0. Sturgis Brown won 3-0 in their recent non-league outing against Belle Fourche (Belle Fourche, SD)

BVHS vs NAHS Volleyball Match Info

Sat., Aug. 30, 2025 @ 10a

Huron Invite

The Northwestern Area (Mellette, SD) varsity volleyball team lost Saturday's neutral non-conference match against Brandon Valley (Brandon, SD) by a score of 2-0.

Rankings & Records

Brandon Valley (25-26)

SD	Class
3	3

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	SW	SL
27-4	21-2	14-3	9-0	4-1	.871	.913	77	18

Northwestern Area (25-26)

SD	Class
9	2

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	SW	SL
37-3	5-0	14-0	8-0	15-3	.925	1.000	98	17

Team Scoring Averages

	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	Wins
Brandon Valley	24.4	24.2	23.9	23.3	14.5	2.5
Northwestern Area	24.3	24.8	24.7	24.3	14.0	2.5

Team Stat Comparison

Brandon Valley		Northwestern Area
1129	Kills	1377
105	Total Blocks	192
225	Serving Aces	317
1349	Digs	2117
1063	Assists	1212
1246	Receptions	1588

Team Leaders

Brandon Valley		Northwestern Area	National Avg.
#3 Abby Gruber245	Kills	#4 Ashley Haven565	53
#16 Kennedi Boomsma48	Total Blocks	#4 Ashley Haven96	11
#1 Logan McGuire56	Serving Aces	#7 Lila Johnson53	16
#2 Mya VanWesten374	Digs	#4 Ashley Haven349	84
#1 Logan McGuire853	Assists	#6 Ella Boekelheide836	50
#2 Mya VanWesten391	Receptions	#2 Tara Blachford382	86

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Brandon Valley	3-0		Northwestern Area	3-0

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
9/16/25	Brandon Valley	Brookings	(W) 3-0	8/30/25	Brookings	Northwestern Area	(W) 2-1
10/24/25	Sturgis Brown	Brandon Valley	(W) 2-0	8/30/25	Sturgis Brown	Northwestern Area	(W) 2-0
11/4/25	Mitchell	Brandon Valley	(W) 3-1	8/30/25	Mitchell	Northwestern Area	(W) 2-0

Record Breakdown

Brandon Valley (25-26)		Northwestern Area (25-26)
27-4	Overall	37-3
21-2	League	5-0
2-0	Non-League	15-1
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
3-0	Common Opponent	3-0
14-3	Home	14-0
9-0	Away	8-0
4-1	Neutral	15-3
3-1	Playoff	5-1
27-4	In-State	37-3
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0