Volleyball Senior Night

September 26

It seems school has just started . . . and we have a senior night? Already?

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[And since you can’t tell the players without a scorecard . . . ]

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[The evening begins when the Amazing Mr. Ripley arrives and upstages me with his gigantic white lens . . . ]

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[And when I spot classmate Ruth Helie Anderson on the other side, with her posse of Bud and Will . . . ]

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[The Cards were hosting conference rival, the St. Cloud Tech Tigers. After polishing off the TIgers, the Cards would be a perfectly summetrical .500 team: 8 – 8 on the season, 3 – 3 in conference, and 4 – 4 on weekend trips to The Cities. But we’re .500 with a bullet. Two nights later on a road trip, we beat the 7th-in-the-state ranked Sartell Spartans in four games!]

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[These obviously are player introductions. Some shots come out, some don’t?]

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[I have no idea?]

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[And after all these years, I still don’t know what they’re tossing in the stands? Maybe I ought to call for one?]

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[Let the match begin! Lest you can’t read the program, I believe that’s Tori Jeseritz (number not visible), Mia McGrane (5), and Kendra Hardy (13).]

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[Mya and Mia]

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[Yup, that’s Mya Lesnar (10) going up here.]

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[McKenzie Carlson (3) on serve . . . ]

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[Mia, then . . . ]

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[Mya]

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[Erica Roderick (7) and Mya, two sophomores tending the net.]

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[McKenzie Duwenhoegger (11) on serve . . . ]

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[Then the southpaw swings of Kendra . . . ]

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[An all sophomore front line . . . ]

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[Mia up for a hit . . . ]

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[With great physical dexterity, Mr. Ripley is able to shoot the students doing push-ups in the number of Cardinal points . . . ]

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[Big win in game 1.]

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[McKenzie leads off game 2 . . . ]

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[Well, on this serve Serena Williams must have been the returner because McKenzie didn’t have a chance . . . ]

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[Then McKenzie on serve (are you confused?) . . . ]

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[Then Erika . . . ]

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[The scoreboard in game 2 was “erased” before I could get a shot. We won 26 – 24 – our setting was out of sync the whole game. And now in game 3, Erika and Mya upfront . . . ]

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[Let’s wrap it up in three!]

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[Courtney Gould (12) came in to play – we’ll see more of her in basketball season . . . ]

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[As a team we didn’t serve as well as we did in the first game of the season, but the number of service errors were probably average and not a factor in the overall scheme of things . . .]

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[We win! We win!]

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[Woo-hoo!]

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[Well done. The team may make the end of the season interesting.]

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September 28

[The Class of ’65 monthly luncheon . . . ]

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[Used to be Jerry’s Bar & Grill . . . ]

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[Perfectly located as a go to place pre- and post Cardinal hockey games!]

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[Feed us!]

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[The manager asked to take our photo for their Facebook page!]

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September 29

[A big Cardinal home football game v. St. Cloud Tech – we were likely an underdog, but came away with a big 36 – 27 win! But since BAT was at the Garden Bar on 6th . . . ]

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[All photos by the Super, who also gifted the socks to BAT!]

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I love being middle hitter! Blocks and hits, baby. 😉 ~ Stacy Durbin (volleyballer)

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The Journey Begins Thanks for joining me! This is the follow-up to the original, “alexandriacardinals.wordpress.com,” which overwhelmed the system’s ability to handle it any more. Thus, this is “Part 2.” As the original was initially described: 10-26-07-4 “It all began in a 5,000 watt radio station in Fresno, California” . . . wait a minute, that was Ted Baxter on the Mary Tyler Moore Show! Let’s see . . . oh yeah, it all began in 2003 when retirees, i.e., old people, in Alexandria, Minnesota, who had no desire to become snow birds, went looking for mid-winter entertainment here in the frozen tundra of West Central Minnesota. We discovered girls’ high school hockey, fell in love immediately, and it remains our favorite spectator sport to this day. Initially, and for several years, reports on these games were e-mailed to those who were actually snowbirds but wanted to keep abreast of things “back home.” It was ultimately decided a blog would be more efficient, and it evolved into a personal diary of many things that attracts tens of readers on occasion. It remains a source of personal mental therapy and has yet to elicit any lawsuits. ~ The Editor, May 9, 2014 p.s. The photo border around the blog is the Cardinal girls’ hockey team after just beating Breck for the state championship in 2008. It’s of the all-tournament team. The visible Breck player on the left is Milica McMillen, then an 8th-grader – she is now an All-American for the Gophers. The Roseau player in the stocking cap I believe is Mary Loken, who went on to play for UND; and the Cardinal player on the right, No. 3, is Abby Williams, the player we blame most for making us girls’ hockey fans who went on to play for Bemidji State. *********************************************************************************** Photos contained herein are available for personal use. All you have to do is double click on any of the photos and they will become full screen size. You can then save them into your personal “My Pictures” file. They make lovely parting or hostess gifts, or holiday gifts for such as Uncle Ernie who wants to see how his grand niece is doing on the hockey team. If any are sold for personal profit, however, to, for example, the Audubon Society, National Geographic, Sven’s Home Workshop Monthly, Curling By The Numbers, or the World Wrestling Federation, I only request that you make a donation to the charitable organization of your choice. You have two hours and fifteen minutes. Pencils ready? Begin! **********************************************************************************

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