2012 Season History
2012 Teams
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July 10-21, 2012 Northern Lights Europe Trip
From July 10-July 21 Northern Lights will be touring Amsterdam, Belgium, Paris, Geneva, and Milan playing various European Youth teams.
A day-by-day journal can be read by clicking here.
- Day 1 – Arrive in Amsterdam
- Abby & Kylee talk about Day 1 Windows version or Phone version
- Day 2 – Papendal Olympic Training Center – Netherlands
- Rachel & Hannah talking with Jess grilling Windows version or Phone version
- Day 3 – Anne Frank House & Papendal Olympic Training Center – Netherlands
- Playing the Dutch
- Jessica talks about our day after dinner Windows version or Phone version
- Day 4 – Brussels, Belgium
- Hannah in Brussels (with Jess tagging along) Windows version or Phone version
- Day 5 – Brussels to St. Die-Des-Vosges France
- A Day in the life of Brittany Windows version or Phone version
- Day 6 – St. Die-Des-Vosges France
- Van Ride to the match Windows version or Phone version
- The National Anthem Windows version or Phone version
- The USA Cheering section Windows or Phone version
- Mackenzie shows us her Chalet Windows version or Phone version
- Day 7 – St. Die-Des-Vosges France to Paris
- Our Sounds of Music Windows version or Phone version
- Day 8 – Paris
- Lydia at the Eiffel Tower Windows version or Phone version
- Brittany in Paris Windows version or Phone version
- Kylee at Notre Dame Windows version or Phone version
- Hannah & Rachel on top of Notre Dame Windows version or Phone version
- Rachel & Hannah on the steps in Notre Dame Windows version or Phone version
- Jessica Salsa dancing in France Windows version or Phone version
- Day 9 – Paris
- Greta & Abby at Palace of Versailles Windows version or Phone version
- Jess & Rachel in the Metro Windows version or Phone version
- Shelby at Sacre Coeur, church in Paris Windows version or Phone version
- The bus Windows version or Phone version
- Day 10 – Paris to Geneva Switzerland
- Day 11 – Geneva Switzerland
- On top of the Church in Geneva Windows version or Phone version
- WOP Windows version or Phone version
- A race to the top
- A race to the top take 2
- Day 12 – Milan Italy, The final Day
June 28-July 7 USJNC’s Columbus Ohio
Mizuno Northern Lights 17-1’s are the National Champions in the 17 Open Division!
Mizuno Northern Lights 15-2’s place 3rd in the 15 National Division
Northern Lights has 7 teams competing in Columbus for the US Junior National Championships.
Northern Lights USJNC All Tournament Selections
Player Name | Team |
Alyssa Goehner | Northern Lights 17-1 |
Samantha Swenson – MVP | Northern Lights 17-1 |
Sarah Wilhite | Northern Lights 17-1 |
Lydia Dimke | Northern Lights 16-1 |
Samantha Flattum | Northern Lights 16-2 |
Rebecca Hawkins | Northern Lights 15-2 |
Lauren Mattison | Northern Lights 15-2 |
Team | Final Finish | Division |
17-1 | 1st | 17 Open |
17-2 | 17th | 17 National |
16-1 | 6th | 16 Open |
16-2 | 5th | 16 National |
15-1 | 9th | 15 Open |
15-2 | 3rd | 15 National |
14-1 | 10th | 14 Open |
June 18-27 AAU National Championship Trip
This year Northern Lights placed 11 of it’s 22 teams into the Gold Brackets at the AAU National Championships, and won four National Championships and medaled a total of 7 teams. Congratulations to 18-1, 18-2, 17-1, 17-2, 17-Red, 17-White, 16-2, 15-1, 15-Red, 15-2 & 13-1’s for making it into the Gold Championship Brackets.
Mizuno Northern Lights 15-1 win the AAU National
Championships 15 Open
Mizuno Northern Lights 15-Red win the AAU National Championships 15 Classic
Mizuno Northern Lights 17-White win the AAU National Championships 17 Classic
Mizuno Northern Lights 16-2 win the AAU National
Championships 16 Club
Mizuno Northern Lights 17-Red place 2nd at the AAU National Championships 17 Classic
Mizuno Northern Lights 18-2 place 2nd at the AAU National Championships 18 Club
Mizuno Northern Lights 17-1 place 3rd at the AAU National Championships 17 Open
Click here to read a day-by-day journal of AAU’s by Northern Lights players.
Northern Lights AAU All American Selections
Player Name | Team |
Maggie Holcombe – MVP | Northern Lights 17-White |
Anne Ladwig | Northern Lights 17-White |
Morgan Schultz | Northern Lights 17-White |
Brianna Pernsteiner | Northern Lights 17-Red |
Camille Schultz | Northern Lights 17-Red |
Ida Steingas | Northern Lights 17-Red |
Samantha Flattum – MVP | Northern Lights 16-2 |
Sydney Foss | Northern Lights 16-2 |
Afton Sobasky | Northern Lights 16-2 |
Kelsey Chambers | Northern Lights 18-2 |
Ashley Dahly | Northern Lights 18-2 |
Emilee Gutzmer | Northern Lights 18-2 |
Alyssa Goehner | Northern Lights 17-1 |
Samantha Swenson | Northern Lights 17-1 |
Mira Grinsfelder | Northern Lights 15-1 |
Natalie Haben – MVP | Northern Lights 15-1 |
Jade Tingelhoff | Northern Lights 15-1 |
Jesse Noltimier | Northern Lights 15-Red |
RubySummer Lord-Moreland | Northern Lights 15-Red |
Ingrid Werner – MVP | Northern Lights 15-Red |
Abby Ihrke | Northern Lights 15-2 |
Team | Final Finish | Division |
18-1 | 9th – Gold Bracket | 18 Open |
18-2 | 2nd – Gold Bracket | 18 Club |
18-Black | 55th | 18 Club |
17-1 | 3rd – Gold Bracket | 17 Open |
17-2 | 9th – Gold Bracket | 17 Club |
17-Black | 22nd | 17 Club |
17-Red | 2nd – Gold Bracket | 17 Classic |
17-White | 1st | 17 Classic |
16-1 | 15th | 16 Open |
16-2 | 1st | 16 Club |
16-Black | 57th | 16 Club |
16-Red | 11th | 16 Classic |
16-White | 14th | 16 Classic |
15-1 | 1st | 15 Open |
15-2 | 5th – Gold Bracket | 15 Club |
15-Black | 35th | 15 Club |
15-Red | 1st | 15 Classic |
15-White | 15th | 15 Classic |
14-1 | 15th | 14 Open |
14-2 | 23rd | 14 Club |
13-1 | 5th – Gold Bracket | 13 Open |
12-1 | 17th | 12 Open |
June 3, 2012 – Northern Lights Year End Banquet
The 2012 Northern Lights Year End Banquet was a huge success with 760+ people attending. The 17-Black’s winning team video was an overwhelming favorite, the 150 scrapbook pages were very impressive and the raffle prizes were a hit. Thanks to everyone who helped with the banquet and congratulations to Thuy Vo for winning the 2012 Northern Lights Quilt.
We also would like to extend our congratulations to Alex Berger who was voted by the coaches to receive the 2012 Maurice Batie Award of Excellence at the Banquet. The award was presented to Alex by Taylor Voss, last year’s winner. Pictures of the banquet can be viewed by clicking here
You can view a couple of the banquet shows from this year by clicking here.
Northern Lights Wins Gold and Silver at National Junior Classic
Congratulations to the 17-2s team for winning the 17 Club Division in an all Northern Lights Championship beating the 17-Black Team. Lauren Houg earned Tournament MVP while Sara Biermaier, Nora Reed, Alex Brown and Maggie Perrel earned All-Tournament Team honors.
Congratulations to the 16-2s team for winning the 16 Club Division. Samantha Flattum earned Tournament MVP while Sydney Foss and Kelly Madison earned All-Tournament Team honors.
Congratulations to the 16-1s team for finishing 2nd in the 16 Open Division. Kylee Zumach and Lydia Dimke earned All-Tournament Team honors.
Congratulations to the 15-1s team for finishing 2nd in the 15 Open Division. Natalie Haben and Jessica Wolf earned All-Tournament Team honors.
3rd Annual 12’s Cup
Congratulations to the Northern Lights 12-1 team for winning the 3rd Annual 12’s cup. They defeated Cannon Crush 12-1 in two sets for the championship. The 12-2 team finished 6th and the 11-1 team finished 8th.
Northern Lights Wins Gold Divisions of SMV Spring Tournament
Northern Lights teams again traveled to Rochester for the one-day, SMV Spring Tournament, winning the three top divisions.
Congratulations to the 14-2 team for winning the 14 Gold Division. The 13-2 and 14-Black teams finished third.
Congratulations to the 15-Black team for winning the 16 Gold Division. The 16-White team finished second, while the 15-Red and 15-White teams finished third.
Congratulations to the 18-2s for winning the 18 Gold Division having to beat the 18-Black team in the final.
Northern Lights Wins Gold Divisions of 14th Annual Rochester Cup
Northern Lights teams traveled to Rochester for the two-day, 14th Annual Rochester Cup, winning both of the top divisions.
Congratulations to the 16-Red team for winning the 16 Gold Division, defeating the NL 15-2 team in the final. NL 16-Black, NL 15-2, and NL 16-Red all made the final four, with 15-2 defeating 16-Black in the first semi-final.
Congratulations to the 13-1 team for winning the 14 Gold Division, defeating the WA Lightning 14-1 in the final.
Northern Lights Wins All Divisions at the AAU Super Regional
Northern Lights hosted the 1st Annual Northern Lights AAU Super Regional on the weekends of May 5/6 and 12/13, with our teams sweeping ALL of the divisions!
Congratulations to the 18-1 team for winning the 18’s division. They defeated MN Select 18-1 in the final.
Congratulations to the 17-1 team for winning the 17’s division. They defeated M1 17-1 in the final.
Congratulations to the 16-1 team for winning the 16’s division. They defeated M1 16-1 in the final.
Congratulations to the 15-2 team for winning the 15’s division. They defeated our 15-1 team an a tremendous 23-25, 27-25, 18-16 final match.
Congratulations to the 14-1 team for winning the 14’s division. They defeated our 14-2 team in the final.
Northern Lights wins all Divisions at the North Country Region Metro Championships.
The weekend of April 28-29 was very successful for all of the Northern Lights teams. The club won all age divisions we were entered in. NCR calls the top Division the “Red” Division and the 2nd level the “Blue” Division.
Congratulations to the 18-2 team for winning the 18’s division. They defeated our NL 18-Black team in the finals.
Congratulations to the 17-1 team for winning the 17 Red Division. They defeated M1 171 in the finals.
Congratulations to the 17-White team for winning the 17 Blue Division. They defeated Burnsville 17 in the finals.
Congratulations to the 16-1 team for winning the 16 Red Division. They defeated M1 161 in the finals.
Congratulations to the 15-1 team for winning the 15 Red Division. They defeated our NL 15-Black team in the finals.
Congratulations to the 15-White team for winning the 15 Blue Division.
Congratulations to the 14-1 team for winning the 14 Red Division. They defeated Club 43 in the finals.
Congratulatioins to the 13-1 team for winning the 13 Red Division. They defeated NL 13 Red in the finals.
Congratulations to the 12-1 team for winning the 12 Red Division. They defeated Lakeville North 12’s in the finals.
24 of the 29 NL teams were in the Gold Championship brackets and many ended up playing each other in the quarter & semi finals.
Team | Finish | Division |
18-1 | 3rd (Gold Bracket) | 18’s |
18-2 | 1st (Gold Bracket) | 18’s |
18-Black | 2nd(Gold Bracket) | 18’s |
17-1 | 1st (Gold Bracket) | 17 Red |
17-2 | 5th (Gold Bracket) | 17 Red |
17-Black | 5th (Gold Bracket) | 17 Red |
17-Red | 11th | 17 Red |
17-White | 1st (Gold Bracket) | 17 Blue |
16-1 | 1st (Gold Bracket) | 16 Red |
16-2 | 3rd (Gold Bracket) | 16 Red |
16-Black | 9th (Silver Bracket winner) | 16 Red |
16-Red | 10th | 16 Red |
16-White | 5th (Gold Bracket) | 16 Red |
15-1 | 1st (Gold Bracket) | 15 Red |
15-2 | 3rd (Gold Bracket) | 15 Red |
15-Black | 2nd(Gold Bracket) | 15 Red |
15-Red | 5th (Gold Bracket) | 15 Red |
15-White | 1st (Gold Bracket) | 15 Blue |
14-1 | 1st (Gold Bracket) | 14 Red |
14-2 | 3rd (Gold Bracket) | 14 Red |
14-Black | 5th (Gold Bracket) | 14 Red |
14-Red | 10th | 14 Red |
13-1 | 1st (Gold Bracket) | 13 Red |
13-2 | 3rd (Gold Bracket) | 13 Red |
13-Black | 5th (Gold Bracket) | 13 Red |
13-Red | 2nd(Gold Bracket) | 13 Red |
12-1 | 1st (Gold Bracket) | 12 Red |
12-2 | 9th (Silver Bracket winner) | 12 Red |
11-1 | 5th (Gold Bracket) | 12 Red |
NL 15-2 Wins Northern Lights Qualifier & puts 4 teams in the Gold!
Congratulations to the 15-2 team for winning the Northern Lights National Qualifier 15 National Division by defeating TAV 15 Blue in the finals. Their 1st place finish qualified them for the 15 National Division at the USJN Championships in Columbus late this June.
Congratulations to the 15-Black team for placing 3rd in the 15 National Division. They won the 3rd/4th place match against OVA 15 Molten.
Four of our nine teams who played in this event were in the Gold Brackets, and two other teams won their Silver Division Brackets.
Team | Finish | Division |
15-1 | 7th | 15 Open |
15-2 | 1st (Gold Bracket) | 15 National |
15-Black | 3rd (Gold Bracket) | 15 National |
15-Red | 5th (Gold Bracket) | 15 American |
15-White | 9th (Gold Bracket) | 15 American |
14-1 | 7th | 14 Open |
14-2 | 29th | 14 National |
14-Black | 55th | 14 National |
14-Red | 56th | 14 National |
NL 18-1 & 13-1 Win Northern Lights Qualifier & puts 13 teams in the Gold and 7 teams into the Finals!
A total of 13 of the 20 teams who played in this event were in the Gold Brackets. Seven of those teams were in the Finals of their division. 7 Northern Lights teams medaled.
Congratulations to the 18-1 team for winning the Northern Lights National Qualifier 18 National Division. They played the finals against Northern Lights 18-2’s!
So, Congratulations are also in order to the 18-2 team for placing 2nd at the Northern Lights National Qualifier 18 National Division, losing to our 18-1 team in the finals.
Congratulations to the 17-1 team for placing 2nd at the Northern Lights National Qualifier 17 Open Division. This is the 2nd Qualifier they have “Qualified” at for the USJN Championships in Columbus late this June.
Congratulations to the 16-1 team for placing 2nd at the Northern Lights National Qualifier 16 Open Division. This is the 2nd Qualifier they have “Qualified” at for the USJN Championships in Columbus late this June.
Congratulations to the 16-2 team for placing 2nd at the Northern Lights National Qualifier 16 National Division. Their 2nd place finish qualified them for the 16 National Division at the USJN Championships in Columbus late this June.
Congratulations to the 13-1 team for winning the Northern Lights National Qualifier 13 National Division. The 13-1’s lost only one set the entire tournament and defeated Gainesville Juniors in the finals! Way to go Ladies.
Congratulations to the 12-1 team for placing 2nd at the Northern Lights National Qualifier 12 National Division. They lost to Rockwood Thunder in the Finals.
Team | Finish | Division |
18-1 | 1st (Gold Bracket) | 18 National |
18-2 | 2nd (Gold Bracket) | 18 National |
18-Black | 5th (Gold Bracket) | 18 American |
17-1 | 2nd (Gold Bracket) | 17 Open |
17-2 | 7th | 17 Open |
17-Black | 5th (Gold Bracket) | 17 National |
17-Red | 28th | 17 National |
17-White | 28th | 17 National |
16-1 | 2nd(Gold Bracket) | 16 Open |
16-2 | 2nd (Gold Bracket) | 16 National |
16-Black | 9th (Gold Bracket) | 16 National |
16-Red | 5th (Gold Bracket) | 16 American |
16-White | 9th (Gold Bracket) | 16 American |
13-1 | 1st (Gold Bracket) | 13 National |
13-2 | 5th (Gold Bracket) | 13 National |
13-Black | 26th | 13 National |
13-Red | 21st | 13 National |
12-1 | 2nd(Gold Bracket) | 12 National |
12-2 | 13th | 12 National |
11-1 | 15th | 12 National |
NL 18-1 & 18-2 travel to Italy
The Northern Lights 18-1, 18-2 & 18-Black teams will be traveling and competing in Italy from April 1- April 10 with BringitUSA. They will be spending the first few days sightseeing in Rome, Florence, and Venice. After that they will be competing in a high level tournament in Pordenone Italy (18-1) and Falconara (18-2) and Milan (18-Black) with Junior teams from around the world. The team’s written journals and pictures can be seen by clicking here.
Big South Results: NL 17-1, 16-1 & 14-2 all Qualify in Open
Northern Lights 17-1, 17-Black, 16-1, 15-Black and 14-1 teams traveled to Atlanta to compete in the Big South National Qualifier. The 17-1 team finished 2nd, receiving an Open Bid for the USA Volleyball National Tournament in Columbus. The 16-1 team finished 3rd also receiving an Open Bid for the USA Volleyball National Tournament in Columbus. The 14-1 team also finished 3rd and also received an Open Bid for the USA Volleyball National Tournament in Columbus.
The 15-Black and 17-Black teams also had a very good weekend. Both teams were in the Gold Championship Brackets. The 17-Black team finished 5th, and the 15-Black team finished 9th.
Congratulations to all 5 teams for a great weekend!
NL 15-1 & 17-2 Place 2nd at Colorado Crossroads!
Congratulations to the 15-1 team for placing 2nd at the Colorado Crossroads National Qualifier 15 Open Division. This also Qualified them for the USJN Championships in the 15 Open Division to be held this June in Columbus Ohio.
Congratulations to the 17-2 team for placing 2nd at the Colorado Crossroads National Qualifier 17 National Division.
Northern Lights sent 7 teams to the tournament and had 4 of them in the Gold Championship Brackets, and one in the Silver Bracket.
Team | Finish | Division |
17-2 | 2nd (Gold Bracket) | 17 National |
17-Red | 25th out of 93 | 17 American |
17-White | 5th out of 93 (Gold Bracket) | 17 American |
16-2 | 17 out of 101 (Silver Bracket winner) | 16 National |
16-Black | 40 out of 101 | 16 National |
15-1 | 2nd (Gold Bracket) | 15 Open |
15-2 | 9th out 92 (Gold Bracket) | 15 National |
NL wins 6 divisions of the Omaha President’s Day Tournament
Congratulations to the Northern Lights 15-1 team for winning the 15 Open Division of the Omaha President’s Day tournament. They played Colorado Jrs in the finals.
Congratulations to the Northern Lights 16-1 team for winning the 16 Open Division of the Omaha President’s Day tournament. The 16-1’s went undefeated in the tournament and played Colorado Jrs in the finals.
Congratulations to the Northern Lights 17-1 team for winning the 17 Open Division of the Omaha President’s Day tournament. The 17-1’s went undefeated in the tournament and played Invasion in the finals.
Congratulations to the Northern Lights 16-2 team for winning the 16 Club Division of the Omaha President’s Day tournament. The 16-2’s went undefeated in the tournament and played Nebraska Elite in the finals.
Congratulations to the Northern Lights 17-Black team for winning the 17 Club Division of the Omaha President’s Day tournament. The 17-Black team went undefeated in the tournament and played OK Charge in the finals.
Congratulations to the Northern Lights 18-Black team for winning the 18 Club Division of the Omaha President’s Day tournament. 18-Black played Iowa Rockets in the finals.
Congratulations to the Northern Lights 15-2 team for placing second in the 15 Club Division of the Omaha President’s Day tournament. The 15-2’s went undefeated in the tournament until their last match against Norco in the finals.
Congratulations to the Northern Lights 14-1 team for placing second in the 14 Open Division of the Omaha President’s Day tournament. The 14-1’s lost their last match against Nebraska Elite in the finals.
Northern Lights placed 19 of it’s 23 teams into the Gold Brackets of the tournament. This was an excellent showing for all Northern Lights teams!
Team | Finish | Division |
18-1 | 5th (Gold Bracket) | 18 Open |
18-2 | 13th | 18 Open |
18-Black | 1st (Gold Bracket) | 18 Club |
17-1 | 1st (Gold Bracket) | 17 Open |
17-2 | 9th (Gold Bracket) | 17 Open |
17-Black | 1st (Gold Bracket) | 17 Club |
17-Red | 3rd (Gold Bracket) | 17 Club |
17-White | 22nd | 17 Club |
16-1 | 1st (Gold Bracket) | 16 Open |
16-2 | 1st (Gold Bracket) | 16 Club |
16-Black | 29th | 16 Club |
16-Red | 3rd (Gold Bracket) | 16 Club |
16-White | 5th (Gold Bracket) | 16 Club |
15-1 | 1st (Gold Bracket) | 15 Open |
15-2 | 2nd(Gold Bracket) | 15 Club |
15-Black | 5th (Gold Bracket) | 15 Club |
15-Red | 5th (Gold Bracket) | 15 Club |
15-White | 19th | 15 Club |
14-1 | 2nd(Gold Bracket) | 14 Open |
14-2 | 5th (Gold Bracket) | 14 Club |
13-1 | 3rd (Gold Bracket) | 13 Club |
13-2 | 5th (Gold Bracket) | 13 Club |
12-1 | 3rd (Gold Bracket) | 12 Club |
Northern Lights 3rd & 5th at the local President’s Day Tournament
Congratulations to the Northern Lights 14-Black team for placing 3rd in the 14’s age division.
Congratulations also to the Northern Lights 13-Black team which finished 3rd in the 14’s age division.
Congratulations to the Northern Lights 12-2 team for placing 5th in the 12’s age division.
Team | Finish |
11-1 | 9th in Gold Division |
12-2 | 5th in Gold Bracket |
13-Black | 3rd in Gold Bracket |
13-Red | 7th in Gold Division |
14-Black | 3rd in Gold Bracket |
14-Red | 18th in Gold Division |
November 19, 2011 —-Emilee Gutzmer ties State Record
Congratulations to Emilee Gutzmer, setter for Northern Lights 18-2’s, for tieing the State Record for the most assists in a High School Season. She had 1190 which tied Courtney Cowles who set the record in 2004. (Courtney is now a coach at Northern Lights.) Way to go Emilee!
November 13, 2011 —-15’s-18’s Tryouts completed
Congratulations to the 184 new players ages 15-18 selected for the Northern Lights 2012 teams. The first practice for the 15’s-18’s will be on Monday November 14th, check the schedules link on the left side of this page for exact times. Please note that some of the age levels have SAQ training before their practice time, and some have it after their practice time. This is shown on the schedule.
November 12, 2011 —-Congrats to State Tournament Champions
Team | Division |
Bethlehem Academy | Classs A |
Marshall | Class AA |
Eden Prairie | Class AAA |
Northern Lights would also like to congratulate all the players who were named to the All Tournament teams, including NL players: Kelsey Chambers, Samantha Flattum , Alyssa Goehner, Emilee Gutzmer, Lauren Schlobohm, & Sarah Wilhite.
Congratulations to Leigh Pudwill, 2011 Baden Ms. Volleyball
Congratulations to Leigh Pudwill who was selected by the MN Coaches Association as the 2011 Ms. Volleyball. Leigh plays for Centennial High School. Last year she played for NL 17-1 and will be completing her club career on a NL 18’s team this year.
November 9, 2011 —-Congrats to All State Players
Northern Lights would like to extend our congratulations to all of the High School Players in Minnesota who were selected for the MN Coaches Association All State teams. 16 players from Northern Lights were selected, they are:
Player Name | Team | Award |
Mackenzie Horkey | SW Christian | Class A – All State |
Haley Fogarty | Belle Plaine | Class AA – All State |
Abby Wolpern | Belle Plaine | Class AA – All State |
Kelsey Chambers | Jordan | Class AA – All State |
Emilee Gutzmer | Jordan | Class AA – All State |
Jessica Theleman | Le Sueur-Henderson | Class AA – Honorable Mention |
Leigh Pudwill | Centennial | Class AAA – All State |
Julianne Blomberg | Chanhassen | Class AAA – All State |
Sarah Wilhite | Eden Prairie | Class AAA – All State |
Alyssa Goehner | Lakeville North | Class AAA – All State |
Monica Turner | Lakeville South | Class AAA – All State |
Claire Sames | Shakopee | Class AAA – All State |
Maren Loe | Apple Valley | Class AAA – Honorable Mention |
Lydia Dimke | Blaine | Class AAA – Honorable Mention |
Jocelyn Youngdahl | Hill Murray | Class AAA – Honorable Mention |
Alex Berger | Shakopee | Class AAA – Honorable Mention |
November 8, 2011 —-Congrats to Star Tribune All Metro Players
Northern Lights would like to extend our congratulations to the 13 Northern Lights Players who were selected to the Star Tribune All Metro Teams.
Player Name | Team |
Leigh Pudwill | Centennial |
Alyssa Goehner | Lakeville North |
Monica Turner | Lakeville South |
Sarah Wilhite | Eden Prairie |
Claire Sames | Shakopee |
Kelly Wollak | Bloomington Jefferson |
Julianne Blomberg | Chanhassen |
Lydia Dimke | Blaine |
Camille Benson | Burnsville |
Emily Schadow | Bloomington Jefferson |
Taylor Lockett | Hopkins |
Maren Loe | Apple Valley |
Emilee Gutzmer | Jordan |
November 7, 2011 —-Congrats to State Tournament Players
Northern Lights would like to congratulate the 30 players from the club who qualified for the Minnesota High School State Tournament. Have a great tournament!
Player Name | Team |
Janelle Rupkalvis | Andover – 3rd Class AAA |
Payton Nutter | Bethlehem Academy – 1st Class A |
Nora Richie | Bethlehem Academy – 1st Class A |
Alex Brown | Blaine – 7th Class AAA |
Lydia Dimke | Blaine – 7th Class AAA |
Rebecca Hawkins | Blaine – 7th Class AAA |
Katherine Hawkins | Blaine – 7th Class AAA |
Jessica Jorgensen | Blaine – 7th Class AAA |
Sierra Trost | Blaine – 7th Class AAA |
Hannah Gibbemeyer | Cretin-Derham Hall – 6th Class AAA |
Heather Sawchuk | Cretin-Derham Hall – 6th Class AAA |
Jamie Cairncross | Eden Prairie – 1st Class AAA |
Jena Meyer | Eden Prairie – 1st Class AAA |
Hannah Redman | Eden Prairie – 1st Class AAA |
Maddie Reese | Eden Prairie – 1st Class AAA |
Camille Schultz | Eden Prairie – 1st Class AAA |
Sarah Wilhite | Eden Prairie – 1st Class AAA |
Brianne Stamer | Hutchinson – 4th Class AAA |
Kelsey Chambers | Jordan – 3rd Class AA |
Rachel Freund | Jordan – 3rd Class AA |
Emilee Gutzmer | Jordan – 3rd Class AA |
Paige Smith | Jordan – 3rd Class AA |
Samantha Flattum | Lakeville North – 2nd Class AAA |
Alyssa Goehner | Lakeville North – 2nd Class AAA |
Abigail Monson | Lakeville North – 2nd Class AAA |
Haley Walker | Lakeville North – 2nd Class AAA |
Rachel Schmidt | Mayer Lutheran – 6th Class A |
Kaylea Ahrens | Owatonna – 5th Class AAA |
Lauren Schlobohm | Owatonna – 5th Class AAA |
Mary Mullen | Visitation – 7th Class AA |
October 31, 2011 —-11’s-14’s Tryouts completed
Congratulations to the 110 new players ages 10-14 selected for the Northern Lights 2012 teams. The first practice for the 11’s-14’s will be on Tuesday November 1st, check the schedules link on the left side of this page for exact times. Please note that some of the age levels have SAQ training before their practice time, and some have it after their practice time. This is shown on the schedule.