Cook County Vikings Volleyball Team on to State!

The Cook County Vikings volleyball team is heading to the state tournament Thursday after defeating the Carlton Bulldogs in 4 sets at Duluth Denfield Saturday afternoon.  The Vikings were down after the first set but came back to win the final 3. The scores of the games were Bulldogs 25-19, Vikings 25-18, 25-19, 25-23.
 
State tournament play begins Thursday at the Excel Energy Center in St. Paul. The brackets for this week’s Minnesota high school volleyball state tournament were released Sunday. Class A Section 7 champs Cook County didn’t receive a seed. At 25 and 0 the Vikings meet powerhouse and top-seeded Faribault Bethlehem Academy -- who are 23 and 7 at 1 p.m. Thursday. The Cardinals almost annually reach the championship match — they did so every year from 2002-09 — and won Class A titles every odd year from 2003 to 2011. They also won in 2012 and last year.

Thursday afternoon’s winner will play either Heritage Christian Academy or Verndale in the semifinals. The loser goes to the consolation semis. 

WTIP will continue to bring you live broadcasts from the state tournament. 

Photo courtesy of Cook County High School