The Pequot Lakes eighth-grade volleyball program brought two teams to the Mid-State Volleyball tournament at Crosby-Ironton on Saturday, Oct. 5. Both teams won all three of their matches to win the tournament. Pequot Lakes 1 defeated Wadena-Deer Creek, Park Rapids and Staples-Motley while Pequot Lakes 2 defeated Aitkin, Detroit Lakes 2 and Staples-Motley.
The eighth-grade team has a record of 23-0, winning both the Mid-State tournament and the Walker-Hackensack-Akeley tournament.
Front row, from left: Taylor Max, Charlee Sullivan, Vannessa Ostrowski and Danika Dik. Middle row: Aubrey Larsen, Bahati Juma, Kelsi Martini, Lily LaBarre, Tatium Schliek and Selby Fiksdal. Back row: Stella Davis, Alex Schmidtke, Amelia Davis, Grace Hoffard, Lauren Schultz and Izzy Larson. The team is coached by Lisa Martini.