<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0nWaWM_0vkuTI1R00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0nWaWM_0vkuTI1R00" width="1200" height="630" >ALGONA — Gehlen Catholic and Remsen St. Mary’s competed at the CYO volleyball tournament on Sept. 21. Gehlen finished 3-2 for the day with the two losses coming to ranked teams in higher classes.“We finished the day about where I thought we would. We played Heelan extremely well, leading them for time in the first set, but finally losing 20-22,” Gehlen head coach Dan Goebel said. Heelan is the No. 3 ranked team in Class 4A and Gehlen took them down to the wire in the first set followed by a 21-15 loss in the second set. Class 3A No. 7 ranked Kuemper Catholic handed the Jays their other loss by set scores of 21-14 and 21-8. The Knights were undefeated entering the tournament before falling to Heelan 2-0 for their first loss, ending the tournament with an overall record of 25-1. Gehlen lost the opening set to Fort Dodge St. Edmond 21-16 before bouncing back for a 2-1 victory as they won the second set 21-17 and pulled away for a 15-6 win in the third set. The Jays won 21-12, 21-15 over Bishop Garrigan and also beat conference foe Remsen St. Mary’s in two sets, both being decided by 21-17 scores. Aurora Goebel and Rysaiah Sitzmann led the Jays in attacking for the tournament as both averaged right around five kills per match. Grace Kellen added 13 total kills while Kate Bonderson ended with 11. Addi Castle and Rysaiah Sitzmann split the assists with 35 and 33, respectively. Haley Lubben averaged eight digs per match as she led the team in the back row. She also had the team’s most ace serves with five for the day. Goebel added three aces while Bonderson ended with two.The five matches on the day also allowed Coach Goebel to get some playing time for younger players throughout the day.“A couple of different players were able to get some time on the court Saturday at the varsity level, including sophomore Kora Bonderson (middle hitter) and freshman Ella Ruhland (defensive specialist). They did very well,” Goebel said. “I feel like our team continues to grow and develop. I’m excited to see what the second half of the season holds for us.”Gehlen Catholic (10-6) was represented on the all-tournament team by Aurora Goebel. Remsen St. Mary’s had just one win on the day, beating Bishop Garrigan 2-0 with set scores of 24-22 and 21-16. Grace Galles led the Hawks in the win with seven kills. Brielle Schorg added five kills to go along with six assists. Ava Garvin tacked on four kills. Josie Schwickerath finished with a team-high eight assists and finished with two of the team’s three ace serves. Schorg had the other ace. Hallie Bunkers led the team with six digs, one more than Tessa Tentinger. Galles and Schorg had a block apiece. RSM fell to St. Edmond by a score of 2-0, with set scores of 21-16 and 21-17. Garvin, Bunkers and Tentinger all had four kills in the match. Jada Pottebaum scored on a pair of ace serves while going a perfect 9-of-9 on her serve attempts. Bunkers and Schwickerath added an ace apiece. The Hawks dropped a 21-10, 21-9 contest to Bishop Heelan and lost 21-9, 21-8 to Kuemper Catholic. The team had five kills in each of those matches. “We had the big CYO tournament this weekend which has tough teams,” RSM head coach Stacy Bunkers said. “We battled hard and they never gave up. They never hung their heads low at CYO. They know they’re going against big schools.”Remsen St. Mary’s had a record of 3-8 for the season following the tournament. </div></body>

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ALGONA — Gehlen Catholic and Remsen St. Mary’s competed at the CYO volleyball tournament on Sept. 21. Gehlen finished 3-2 for the day with the two losses coming to ranked teams in higher classes. “We finished the day about where I thought we would. We played Heelan extremely...