The Lady Bulldogs volleyball team hosted the Milbank Tournament on Saturday, October 16. It was their first match on the new gym floor at the Milbank Armory. In pool play, Milbank defeated Langford Area 2-0; lost to Beresford 0-2; and lost to Miller 1-2. That put the Lady Bulldogs... Read more

The Lady Bulldogs varsity volleyball team took a 1-3 loss against Groton on Thursday, October 14. Set scores were 22-25, 18-25, 25-23, and 18-2. Milbank, as usual, spread the wealth around with their hitting attack, getting 14 kills from Rachel Schulte; eight from Skyler Skoog; four from Averie Engebretson; and... Read more

The Lady Bulldogs varsity volleyball team defeated the Britton Braves 3-0 on Thursday, October 7. Set scores were 25-22, 25-14, and 25-15.Milbank’s head coach, Nancy Hoeke, said “We played a good match and got the job done against Britton. Our serving was agressive, and we got 12 aces.” The... Read more

The Lady Bulldogs varsity volleyball team was defeated by Deubrook on October 5.Set scores were 25-21, 13-25, 19-25, 25-22, and 3-15.Coach Nancy Hoeke said, “We started out strong and had a good game plan that was working. Deubrook made adjustments and played a much better second set, but I didn’t... Read more

The Lady Bulldogs junior varsity volleyball team suffered a loss to Deubrook on Tuesday, October 5, in Milbank. Set scores were 25-17, 22-25, and 10-15.  Coach Kelli Pillatzki, says, “The girls played aggressively in the first set, but struggled in the match with passing.”  Laney Forrette led the team... Read more

The seventh-grade volleyball team took a loss in their match against Deubrook on Tuesday, October 5. Set scores were 12-25, 12-25, 18-25, and 12-25.   Coach Jenna Schulte said, “Deubrook was a tough team. We struggled with serve receive as Deubrook had some good servers.”   Leading servers for Milbank were Macyn Dunnihoo,... Read more

The MHS varsity volleyball team took a loss to the Lady Pheasants of Redfield on Thursday, September 30.  Set scores of 25-23, 16-25, 25-22, 23-25, and 11-15 show the Lady Bulldogs were in the hunt the entire match.Coach Nancy Hoeke said, “The momentum swings were so evident in this match.... Read more

MHS junior Hallie Schulte reached an individual milestone by recording the 1000th dig of her career. Hallie achieved this when the Lady Bulldogs’ volleyball team defeated Clark-Willow Lake 3-0 on Thursday, September 9. Coach Nancy Hoeke said, “Congratulations to Hallie. She got her 1000th dig near the end of the... Read more

The Lady Bulldogs traveled to Sioux Falls to compete in the 2021 Sandford Pentagon Invitational Tournament on Saturday, September 25. Milbank brought home seventh place in their bracket. They suffered losses to Oldham-Ramona-Rutland (ORR) at 0-2, Howard at 0-2, and Alcester-Hudson at 0-2. They defeated Hanson 2-0. ORR went on... Read more

Despite displaying excellent serving, the Lady Bulldogs volleyball team suffered a 0-3 loss against Florence-Henry on Thursday, September 23. Set scores were 15-25, 16-25, 11-25. Milbank’s servers hit 37 of 41 for 90 percent.The Lady Bulldogs’ head volleyball coach, Nancy Hoeke, said, “Florence-Henry was one of the best teams we’ve... Read more