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The Northwestern Area (Mellette, SD) varsity volleyball team won Saturday's neutral non-conference match against Brookings (SD) by a score of 2-1.

	S1	S2	S3	Wins
Brookings	13	25	24	1
Northwestern Area	25	22	26	2

Final score provided by J. Poppen.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Match Stats

Brookings (25-26)

Brookings has not entered stats for this match.

Northwestern Area (25-26)

Northwestern Area

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	3	33	11.0		107	17
2	Tara Blachford (Jr)	3
4	Ashley Haven (Sr)	3	19	6.3	39.6	48	5	.292
5	Elexis Kramp (8th)	3	1	0.3	14.3	7	3	-.286
6	E. Boekelheide (Sr)	3	2	0.7	22.2	9	2	.000
7	Lila Johnson (Jr)	3	4	1.3	23.5	17	4	.000
8	Sophia Troske (Jr)	3
9	Molly VanHatten (Sr)	3			.0	1	1
10	Kylee Henjum (8th)	3	1	0.3	25.0	4
12	Mikaela Schmitt (Sr)	3
15	Taylor Vetter (Jr)	3	6	2.0	30.0	20	2	.200
17	Kyara Ratigan (Sr)	3			.0	1

Northwestern Area

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %
	Team Totals	3	6	2.0		72	4	94.4
2	Tara Blachford (Jr)	3			.0	9
4	Ashley Haven (Sr)	3	2	0.7	14.3	14	1	92.9
5	Elexis Kramp (8th)	3			.0	9
6	E. Boekelheide (Sr)	3	2	0.7	13.3	15	1	93.3
7	Lila Johnson (Jr)	3	1	0.3	8.3	12	2	83.3
8	Sophia Troske (Jr)	3	1	0.3	7.7	13
9	Molly VanHatten (Sr)	3
10	Kylee Henjum (8th)	3
12	Mikaela Schmitt (Sr)	3
15	Taylor Vetter (Jr)	3
17	Kyara Ratigan (Sr)	3

Northwestern Area

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BA	Tot Blks	B/S
	Team Totals	3	6	3	1.0
2	Tara Blachford (Jr)	3
4	Ashley Haven (Sr)	3	2	2	0.7
5	Elexis Kramp (8th)	3
6	E. Boekelheide (Sr)	3	1	1	0.3
7	Lila Johnson (Jr)	3
8	Sophia Troske (Jr)	3
9	Molly VanHatten (Sr)	3
10	Kylee Henjum (8th)	3	2	2	0.7
12	Mikaela Schmitt (Sr)	3
15	Taylor Vetter (Jr)	3	1	1	0.3
17	Kyara Ratigan (Sr)	3

Northwestern Area

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	D/S
	Team Totals	3	47	15.7
2	Tara Blachford (Jr)	3	4	1.3
4	Ashley Haven (Sr)	3	18	6.0
5	Elexis Kramp (8th)	3	4	1.3
6	E. Boekelheide (Sr)	3	6	2.0
7	Lila Johnson (Jr)	3	10	3.3
8	Sophia Troske (Jr)	3	1	0.3
9	Molly VanHatten (Sr)	3
10	Kylee Henjum (8th)	3
12	Mikaela Schmitt (Sr)	3	3	1.0
15	Taylor Vetter (Jr)	3	1	0.3
17	Kyara Ratigan (Sr)	3

Northwestern Area

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA
	Team Totals	3	32	10.7	106
2	Tara Blachford (Jr)	3	1	0.3	5
4	Ashley Haven (Sr)	3	1	0.3	4
5	Elexis Kramp (8th)	3			1
6	E. Boekelheide (Sr)	3	29	9.7	83
7	Lila Johnson (Jr)	3			10
8	Sophia Troske (Jr)	3
9	Molly VanHatten (Sr)	3			1
10	Kylee Henjum (8th)	3
12	Mikaela Schmitt (Sr)	3	1	0.3	2
15	Taylor Vetter (Jr)	3
17	Kyara Ratigan (Sr)	3

Northwestern Area

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	3	56	8	18.7
2	Tara Blachford (Jr)	3	14	1	4.7
4	Ashley Haven (Sr)	3	15	3	5.0
5	Elexis Kramp (8th)	3	1		0.3
6	E. Boekelheide (Sr)	3	4	2	1.3
7	Lila Johnson (Jr)	3	8		2.7
8	Sophia Troske (Jr)	3
9	Molly VanHatten (Sr)	3
10	Kylee Henjum (8th)	3
12	Mikaela Schmitt (Sr)	3	14	2	4.7
15	Taylor Vetter (Jr)	3
17	Kyara Ratigan (Sr)	3

Match Story

South Dakota High School Volleyball - Northwestern Area tips Brookings

August 30, 2025: Mellette, SD 57461

The Northwestern Area Wildcats (Mellette, SD) volleyball held off the visiting Brookings Bobcats (Brookings, SD), 2-1 in Saturday's non-league bout.

The Wildcats now possess a 5-1 record. They play next when they travel to Mitchell for a non-league bout on Saturday, August 30.

With the loss, Brookings drops to 1-4 on the campaign. The Bobcats travel to Lincoln (Sioux Falls, SD) to clash with the Patriots in a AA District 1 bout on Saturday, August 30. The Patriots enter the match with a record of 1-0. Lincoln won 3-2 in their recent league match against Jefferson (Sioux Falls, SD)

Brookings vs NAHS Volleyball Match Info

Sat., Aug. 30, 2025 @ 1p

Huron Invite

The Northwestern Area (Mellette, SD) varsity volleyball team won Saturday's neutral non-conference match against Brookings (SD) by a score of 2-1.

Rankings & Records

Brookings (25-26)

SD	Class
48	14

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	SW	SL
10-23	6-18	1-7	3-7	6-9	.303	.250	35	64

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
Brookings	19.2	20.9	18.7	21.5	9.7	1.1
Northwestern Area	24.3	24.8	24.7	24.3	14.0	2.5

Team Stat Comparison

Brookings		Northwestern Area
-	Kills	1377
-	Total Blocks	192
-	Serving Aces	317
-	Digs	2117
-	Assists	1212
-	Receptions	1588

Team Leaders

Brookings		Northwestern Area	National Avg.
-	Kills	#4 Ashley Haven565	53
-	Total Blocks	#4 Ashley Haven96	11
-	Serving Aces	#7 Lila Johnson53	16
-	Digs	#4 Ashley Haven349	84
-	Assists	#6 Ella Boekelheide836	50
-	Receptions	#2 Tara Blachford382	86

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Brookings	1-3		Northwestern Area	2-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
8/30/25	Mitchell	Brookings	(L) 2-0	8/30/25	Mitchell	Northwestern Area	(W) 2-0
9/23/25	Brookings	Mitchell	(L) 3-2
9/16/25	Brandon Valley	Brookings	(L) 3-0	8/30/25	Brandon Valley	Northwestern Area	(L) 2-0
10/24/25	Sturgis Brown	Brookings	(W) 2-0	8/30/25	Sturgis Brown	Northwestern Area	(W) 2-0

Record Breakdown

Brookings (25-26)		Northwestern Area (25-26)
10-23	Overall	37-3
6-18	League	5-0
4-4	Non-League	15-1
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
1-3	Common Opponent	2-1
1-7	Home	14-0
3-7	Away	8-0
6-9	Neutral	15-3
0-1	Playoff	5-1
10-23	In-State	37-3
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0