Hills-Beaver Creek sophomore Erin Boeve (left) and senior Tonya Leenderts (not pictured)made the 2001 All-Red Rock Conference Volleyball Team. Senior LaDonna Sandstede (right) drew honorable mention.
By John Rittenhouse
Hills-Beaver Creek's initial season as a member of the Red Rock Conference in volleyball was highlighted by three players drawing post-season honors last week.
Two Patriot athletes were named to the 2001 All-Red Rock Conference Volleyball squad, and another H-BC girl drew honorable mention from the league's coaches.
Senior Tonya Leenderts and sophomore Erin Boeve will go down in history as H-BC's first members of the of the 23-member All-RRC squad.
Both Leenderts and Boeve played the hitter position for H-BC.
LaDonna Sandstede, a senior setter, is one of 14 players to draw honorable mention from the league's coaches.
Mountain Lake-Butterfield-Odin and Southwest Christian, which shared the RRC team title with 10-1 records, led all schools with five and four All-RRC selections respectively.
Seniors Katie Johansen, Erica Peterson and Ann Bucklin, and sophomores Mikkala Junker and Lindsay Nesmoe represent ML-B-O on the roster.
Seniors Ginnie Vis, Jill Talsma, Nicole Hulstein and Brigett Schelhaas grace the list for SWC.
Westbrook-Walnut Grove, which placed third in the loop, placed juniors Katie Hansen, Katie Swenson and Becky Schultz on the team.
Murray County Central, Fulda and Edgerton had two players each make the all-league team.
MCC senior Missy Halbur and sophomore Cara Counter, Edgerton senior Amber Rieck and junior Amber Poppen, and Fulda senior Jenna Wendorff and Erin Oakland are team members.
Rounding out the All-RRC roster are Sioux Valley-Round Lake Brewster junior Ashley Janssen, Southwest Star Concept senior Allison Hay, Comfrey junior Holli Pederson and Red Rock Central senior Kristin Fox.
Adrian SV-RL-B and W-WG placed two girls each on the honorable mention list.
Adrian senior Andrea Burzlaff and junior Jenna Honermann, SV-RL-B junior Kayla Jueneman and sophomore Kim Doeden, and W-WG senior Anne Doubler and junior Shanell Amundson are so honored.
Other honorable mention selections include SWC senior Christa Kuipers, ML-B-O junior Karissa Haglund, MCC sophomore Shelly Halbur, Edgerton senior Kala Menning, Fulda junior Rachel Gunderman, SSC junior Brianna Liepold and RRC senior Wendy Lyle.
Final league standings: SWC 10-1, ML-B-O 10-1, W-WG 9-2, MCC 8-3, H-BC 6-5, Fulda 6-5, Edgerton 6-5, SV-RL-B 4-7, SSC 3-8, RRC 2-9, Adrian 1-10, Comfrey 1-10