Avery Lepinkski (left), Leah Kircher and the Wadena-Deer Creek Wolverines enter the Section 8AA tournament as the #6 seed (photo: courtesy of Wadena Deer Creek Public Schools)

IT’S HERE!

The brackets for the 2025 Section Tournament for high school volleyball have been released! The tournament begins Monday October 20th with some pigtail games. Here is seeding and schedule for our listening area:

Section 5A West (FULL BRACKET)

#9 Browerville vs #8 Cass Lake-Bena, Monday, October 20 @ 7:00

Winner of Browerville vs Cass Lake-Bena vs #1 Nevis, Wednesday October 22 @ 7:00

#5 Laporte vs #4 Bertha-Hewitt, Wednesday October 22 @ 7:00

#6 Long Prairie-Grey Eagle vs #3 Verndale, Wednesday October 22 @ 7:00

#7 Walker-Hackensack-Akeley vs #2 Sebeka, Wednesday October 22 @ 7:00

Section 6A (FULL BRACKET)

#17 Pelican Rapids vs #17 Rothsay, Monday October 20th @ 7:00

#20 NCE/UH vs #13 Underwood, Monday October 20th @ 7:00

#21 Ashby vs #12 Lake Park-Audubon, Monday October 20th @ 7:00

#18 New York Mills vs #15 Ortonville, Monday October 20th @ 7:00

#19 Brandon-Evansville vs #14 Hancock, Monday October 20th @ 7:00

Winner of Pelican Rapids v Rothsay vs #1 Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa, Wednesday October 22nd @ 7:00

#9 Park Christian vs #8 Wheaton-Herman-Norcross, Wednesday October 22nd @ 7:00

Winner of Underwood vs NCE/UH vs #4 Hillcrest Lutheran, Wednesday October 22nd @ 7:00

Winner of LPA vs Ashby vs #5 Henning, Wednesday October 22nd @ 7:00

Winner of Ortonville v New York Mills vs #2 Parkers Prairie, Wednesday October 22nd @ 7:00

#10 Battle Lake vs #7 Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley, Wednesday October 22nd @ 7:00

Winner of Brandon-Evansville v Hancock vs #3 Breckenridge, Wednesday October 22nd @ 7:00

#11 Benson vs #6 West Central Area, Wednesday October 22nd @ 7:00

Section 6AA (FULL BRACKET)

#9 St. Cloud Cathedral vs #8 Melrose, Wednesday October 22nd @ 7:00 (winner faces #1 Minnewaska Area on 10/24)

#13 Pierz vs #4 Sauk Centre, Wednesday October 22nd @ 7:00

#12 Pillager vs #5 Royalton, Wednesday October 22nd @ 7:00

#10 Holdingford vs #7 Milaca, Wednesday October 22nd @ 7:00 (winner faces #2 Albany on 10/24)

#14 Staples-Motley vs #3 Pequot Lakes, Wednesday October 22nd @ 7:00

#11 Osakis vs #6 Foley, Wednesday October 22nd @ 7:00

Section 8AA (FULL BRACKET)

#9 Barnesville vs #8 Thief River Falls, Wednesday October 22nd @ 7:00 (winner faces #1 Hawley on 10/24)

#13 Crookston vs #4 Perham, Wednesday October 22nd @ 7:00

#12 Warroad vs #5 Frazee, Wednesday October 22nd @ 7:00

#10 Menahga vs #7 East Grand Forks, Wednesday October 22nd @ 7:00 (winner faces #2 Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton on 10/24)

#14 Red Lake vs #3 Roseau, Wednesday October 22nd @ 7:00

#11 Park Rapids vs #6 Wadena-Deer Creek, Wednesday October 22nd @ 7:00

Section 8AAA (FULL BRACKET)

#9 St. Cloud Apollo vs #8 Little Falls, Monday October 20th @ 6:00 (Winner faces #1 Sauk Rapids-Rice on 10/23)

#5 Fergus Falls vs #4 Rocori, Thursday October 23rd @ 7:00

#7 Detroit Lakes vs #2 St. Cloud Tech, Thursday October 23rd @ 7:00

#6 Becker vs #3 Annandale, Thursday October 23rd @ 7:00

Section 8AAAA (FULL BRACKET)

#9 Bemidji vs #8 Brainerd, Monday October 20th @ 6:00 (winner faces #1 Monticello on 10/23)

#5 Moorhead vs #4 Alexandria, Thursday October 23rd @ 7:00

#7 Buffalo vs #2 St. Michael-Albertville, Thursday October 23rd @ 7:00

#6 Elk River vs #3 Sartell, Thursday October 23rd @ 7:00

Final Regular Season Section Standings:

Section 5A – East Standings

Seed	Team	Section	Overall	For	Agst	QRF Value	QRF Rank	Streak
1	Swanville	14-0-0	21-2-0	57	12	111.8	19	Won 6
2	Pine River-Backus	6-3-0	18-10-0	50	30	100.5	30	Won 2
3	Mille Lacs	3-3-0	11-16-0	39	46	66.4	72	Lost 2
4	Hill City/Northland	4-2-0	12-11-0	39	31	56.9	94	Won 1
5	Ogilvie	5-4-0	11-14-0	31	43	60.7	86	Lost 4
6	Upsala	5-7-0	9-17-0	26	49	52.5	100	Won 1
7	East Central	1-6-0	3-20-0	11	53	34.6	131	Lost 1
8	McGregor	0-4-0	0-15-0	2	45	33.9	133	Lost 15

Source: user-provided standings.

Section 5A – West Standings

Seed	Team	Section	Overall	For	Agst	QRF Value	QRF Rank	Streak
1	Nevis	6-0-0	18-7-0	50	27	109.2	21	Won 1
2	Sebeka	5-2-0	14-12-0	44	33	86.1	48	Lost 2
3	Verndale	5-4-0	10-16-0	34	45	60.3	87	Won 1
4	Bertha-Hewitt	6-3-0	12-14-0	35	40	61.8	80	Lost 2
5	Laporte	4-6-0	11-10-0	32	34	62.2	79	Lost 1
6	Long Prairie-Grey Eagle	5-6-0	9-14-0	33	43	51.3	102	Lost 1
7	Walker-Hackensack-Akeley	3-6-0	6-21-0	21	56	50.8	103	Lost 1
8	Cass Lake-Bena	0-6-0	4-19-0	15	45	31.0	138	Lost 1
9	Browerville-Eagle Valley	1-11-0	2-21-0	19	56	35.8	130	Lost 1

Section 6A Standings

Seed	Team	Section	Overall	For	Agst	QRF Value	QRF Rank	Streak
1	Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa	3-0-0	20-6-0	55	22	133.8	6	Won 5
2	Parkers Prairie	13-3-0	23-4-0	63	19	116.9	16	Lost 1
3	Breckenridge	10-1-0	18-9-0	53	26	100.3	31	Lost 1
4	Hillcrest Lutheran Academy	15-3-0	21-6-0	56	24	102.1	28	Won 2
5	Henning	6-3-0	17-9-0	50	28	95.1	37	Won 6
6	West Central Area	2-2-0	13-14-0	36	43	83.2	51	Won 2
7	Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley	11-5-0	17-5-0	50	21	92.0	44	Lost 1
8	Wheaton/Herman-Norcross	8-6-0	14-9-0	40	34	82.8	52	Won 6
9	Park Christian	6-4-0	15-8-0	45	30	85.2	50	Won 2
10	Battle Lake	14-5-0	15-9-0	42	28	78.3	55	Won 4
11	Benson	2-2-0	10-8-0	31	31	62.6	77	Won 1
12	Lake Park-Audubon	4-4-0	12-12-0	38	40	66.6	71	Won 5
13	Underwood	6-9-0	9-17-0	37	48	59.0	89	Lost 1
14	Hancock	4-8-0	10-14-0	33	42	60.8	85	Lost 1
15	Ortonville	4-3-0	7-13-0	27	43	48.0	110	Lost 1
16	Pelican Rapids	6-8-0	7-17-0	20	49	56.8	96	Won 1
17	Rothsay	5-14-0	5-16-0	19	44	43.6	120	Lost 4
18	New York Mills	3-9-0	4-23-0	17	59	42.3	121	Lost 16
19	Brandon/Evansville	3-12-0	5-18-0	19	51	33.5	134	Won 2
20	NCE/U-H	1-10-0	3-21-0	13	57	33.5	134	Lost 3
21	Ashby	0-15-0	0-22-0	0	58	23.6	145	Lost 22

Section 6AA Standings

Seed	Team	Section	Overall	For	Agst	QRF Value	QRF Rank	Streak
1	Minnewaska Area	6-0-0	25-0-0	64	5	155.7	4	Won 25
2	Albany	15-1-0	24-3-0	64	16	155.3	5	Won 14
3	Pequot Lakes	10-3-0	19-9-0	56	28	135.4	11	Won 1
4	Sauk Centre	3-5-0	18-8-0	51	27	128.1	14	Won 1
5	Royalton	9-4-0	19-7-0	52	27	113.3	28	Lost 2
6	Foley	12-5-0	17-6-0	49	19	118.7	21	Won 4
7	Milaca	7-7-0	17-8-0	43	29	100.5	49	Won 5
8	Melrose	1-4-0	11-15-0	38	47	88.8	59	Lost 2
9	St. Cloud Cathedral	3-11-0	10-16-0	33	47	85.2	62	Lost 1
10	Holdingford	2-5-0	10-15-0	36	40	74.0	78	Lost 1
11	Osakis	1-5-0	14-12-0	43	38	77.6	69	Won 3
12	Pillager	1-5-0	10-16-0	28	46	68.5	86	Lost 4
13	Pierz	2-13-0	8-18-0	31	51	62.7	95	Lost 1
14	Staples-Motley	1-5-0	7-19-0	25	49	61.1	100	Lost 1

Section 8AA Standings

Seed	Team	Section	Overall	For	Agst	QRF Value	QRF Rank	Streak
1	Hawley	12-0-0	26-2-0	68	9	161.9	2	Lost 1
2	Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton	8-1-0	22-7-0	59	21	142.2	8	Won 3
3	Roseau	6-2-0	21-6-0	59	26	114.7	27	Won 2
4	Perham	6-5-0	16-10-0	45	33	109.4	36	Won 1
5	Frazee	4-5-0	18-6-0	50	19	106.3	39	Lost 2
6	Wadena-Deer Creek	4-3-0	16-11-0	48	26	106.1	40	Lost 2
7	East Grand Forks	7-8-0	16-13-0	46	39	99.9	52	Won 1
8	Thief River Falls	7-6-0	18-8-0	54	25	98.0	53	Won 2
9	Barnesville	3-9-0	13-13-0	38	38	94.5	56	Won 3
10	Menahga	1-5-0	10-13-0	33	37	65.5	92	Won 1
11	Park Rapids Area	2-8-0	6-21-0	22	57	57.0	105	Lost 2
12	Warroad	2-5-0	5-22-0	20	58	43.0	119	Lost 3
13	Crookston	0-5-0	1-20-0	9	57	33.0	123	Lost 13
14	Red Lake	0-0-0	2-14-0	5	33	23.2	127	Lost 1

Section 8AAA Standings

Seed	Team	Section	Overall	For	Agst	QRF Value	QRF Rank	Streak
1	Sauk Rapids-Rice	8-0-0	22-2-0	61	10	179.7	5	Won 4
2	St. Cloud Tech	7-1-0	23-5-0	58	25	147.9	11	Lost 1
3	Annandale	1-1-0	20-7-0	56	24	144.5	13	Won 1
4	Rocori	3-4-0	15-13-0	49	39	119.5	21	Lost 1
5	Fergus Falls	6-3-0	15-11-0	44	36	107.4	27	Won 2
6	Becker	1-4-0	9-14-0	25	41	89.1	34	Won 2
7	Detroit Lakes	1-5-0	7-17-0	29	50	75.6	45	Lost 1
8	Little Falls	1-1-0	3-18-0	16	51	57.8	51	Lost 5
9	St. Cloud Apollo	0-9-0	0-23-0	3	62	37.8	64	Lost 23

Section 8AAAA Standings

Team	Section	Overall	For	Agst	QRF Value	QRF Rank	Streak
Monticello	1-1-0	19-9-0	51	33	167.9	12	Lost 2
St. Michael-Albertville	4-1-0	15-13-0	43	39	133.6	22	Won 1
Sartell	5-2-0	17-12-0	52	37	131.4	25	Won 1
Alexandria	4-1-0	11-16-0	37	50	102.2	41	Won 2
Buffalo	2-4-0	10-14-0	31	42	100.2	43	Won 2
Moorhead	4-3-0	10-17-0	31	47	97.2	44	Lost 1
Elk River	2-2-0	8-20-0	32	51	93.4	47	Lost 2
Brainerd	1-5-0	5-20-0	20	54	64.2	61	Lost 1
Bemidji	0-4-0	2-24-0	11	61	53.8	63	Lost 5

By Zeke Fuhrman | October 19, 2025

Section Volleyball Schedule is Released; tournaments begins on Monday evening