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

	S1	S2	Wins
Sturgis Brown	21	10	0
Northwestern Area	25	25	2

Final score provided by J. Poppen.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Match Stats

Sturgis Brown (25-26)

Sturgis Brown 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	2	16	8.0	26.7	60	12
2	Tara Blachford (Jr)	2
4	Ashley Haven (Sr)	2	6	3.0	23.1	26	6	.000
5	Elexis Kramp (8th)	2
6	E. Boekelheide (Sr)	2	2	1.0	33.3	6
7	Lila Johnson (Jr)	2	2	1.0	22.2	9	2	.000
8	Sophia Troske (Jr)	2
9	Molly VanHatten (Sr)	2
10	Kylee Henjum (8th)	2	1	0.5	20.0	5
12	Mikaela Schmitt (Sr)	2
15	Taylor Vetter (Jr)	2	4	2.0	33.3	12	3	.083
17	Kyara Ratigan (Sr)	2	1	0.5	50.0	2	1	.000

Northwestern Area

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %
	Team Totals	2	9	4.5		44	6	86.4
2	Tara Blachford (Jr)	2	2	1.0	25.0	8	1	87.5
4	Ashley Haven (Sr)	2			.0	6
5	Elexis Kramp (8th)	2	1	0.5	16.7	6
6	E. Boekelheide (Sr)	2	1	0.5	12.5	8	2	75.0
7	Lila Johnson (Jr)	2	5	2.5	45.5	11	2	81.8
8	Sophia Troske (Jr)	2			.0	5	1	80.0
9	Molly VanHatten (Sr)	2
10	Kylee Henjum (8th)	2
12	Mikaela Schmitt (Sr)	2
15	Taylor Vetter (Jr)	2
17	Kyara Ratigan (Sr)	2

Northwestern Area

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BA	Tot Blks	B/S
	Team Totals	2	10	5	2.5
2	Tara Blachford (Jr)	2
4	Ashley Haven (Sr)	2	2	2	1.0
5	Elexis Kramp (8th)	2
6	E. Boekelheide (Sr)	2	2	2	1.0
7	Lila Johnson (Jr)	2
8	Sophia Troske (Jr)	2
9	Molly VanHatten (Sr)	2	2	2	1.0
10	Kylee Henjum (8th)	2	2	2	1.0
12	Mikaela Schmitt (Sr)	2
15	Taylor Vetter (Jr)	2	2	2	1.0
17	Kyara Ratigan (Sr)	2

Northwestern Area

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	DE	D/S
	Team Totals	2	19	2	9.5
2	Tara Blachford (Jr)	2	4		2.0
4	Ashley Haven (Sr)	2	5		2.5
5	Elexis Kramp (8th)	2
6	E. Boekelheide (Sr)	2	4		2.0
7	Lila Johnson (Jr)	2	6		3.0
8	Sophia Troske (Jr)	2
9	Molly VanHatten (Sr)	2
10	Kylee Henjum (8th)	2
12	Mikaela Schmitt (Sr)	2		2
15	Taylor Vetter (Jr)	2
17	Kyara Ratigan (Sr)	2

Northwestern Area

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA
	Team Totals	2	14	7.0	57
2	Tara Blachford (Jr)	2	2	1.0	4
4	Ashley Haven (Sr)	2	1	0.5	2
5	Elexis Kramp (8th)	2
6	E. Boekelheide (Sr)	2	10	5.0	40
7	Lila Johnson (Jr)	2	1	0.5	8
8	Sophia Troske (Jr)	2
9	Molly VanHatten (Sr)	2
10	Kylee Henjum (8th)	2
12	Mikaela Schmitt (Sr)	2			3
15	Taylor Vetter (Jr)	2
17	Kyara Ratigan (Sr)	2

Northwestern Area

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	2	27	2	13.5
2	Tara Blachford (Jr)	2	12	1	6.0
4	Ashley Haven (Sr)	2	5		2.5
5	Elexis Kramp (8th)	2
6	E. Boekelheide (Sr)	2
7	Lila Johnson (Jr)	2	3		1.5
8	Sophia Troske (Jr)	2
9	Molly VanHatten (Sr)	2
10	Kylee Henjum (8th)	2
12	Mikaela Schmitt (Sr)	2	7	1	3.5
15	Taylor Vetter (Jr)	2
17	Kyara Ratigan (Sr)	2

Match Story

South Dakota High School Volleyball - Sturgis Brown Northwestern Area

August 30, 2025: Mellette, SD 57461

The Sturgis Brown Scoopers volleyball squad (Sturgis, SD), dropped 2-0 in Saturday's non-league battle with the host Northwestern Area Wildcats (Mellette, SD)

With the win, Northwestern Area improves its record to 5-1 on the year. The Wildcats host Brookings (Brookings, SD) to meet the Bobcats in a non-league contest on Saturday, August 30. The Bobcats enter the contest with a record of 1-1. Brookings won 3-2 in their recent non-league contest against Hamlin (Hayti, SD)

Next, the Scoopers meet the Mitchell Kernels (Mitchell, SD) in a AA District 1 contest, on Saturday, August 30. Sturgis Brown will attempt to move on its 1-5 season record.

Sturgis Brown vs NAHS Volleyball Match Info

Sat., Aug. 30, 2025 @ 12p

Huron Invite

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

Rankings & Records

Sturgis Brown (25-26)

SD	Class
75	19

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	SW	SL
8-22	2-13	4-5	2-9	2-8	.267	.133	28	59

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
Sturgis Brown	18.5	18.4	20.9	20.8	7.0	.9
Northwestern Area	24.3	24.8	24.7	24.3	14.0	2.5

Team Stat Comparison

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

Team Leaders

Sturgis Brown		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.
Sturgis Brown	0-5		Northwestern Area	2-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
8/29/25	Sturgis Brown	Mitchell	(L) 3-1	8/30/25	Mitchell	Northwestern Area	(W) 2-0
8/30/25	Sturgis Brown	Mitchell	(L) 2-0
8/30/25	Chester	Sturgis Brown	(L) 2-0	TBA	Chester	Northwestern Area
10/24/25	Sturgis Brown	Brookings	(L) 2-0	8/30/25	Brookings	Northwestern Area	(W) 2-1
10/24/25	Sturgis Brown	Brandon Valley	(L) 2-0	8/30/25	Brandon Valley	Northwestern Area	(L) 2-0

Record Breakdown

Sturgis Brown (25-26)		Northwestern Area (25-26)
8-22	Overall	37-3
2-13	League	5-0
4-6	Non-League	15-1
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
0-5	Common Opponent	2-1
4-5	Home	14-0
2-9	Away	8-0
2-8	Neutral	15-3
0-1	Playoff	5-1
8-21	In-State	37-3
0-1	Out-of-State	0-0