MN high school volleyball state tournament

Near, far, wherever you are. There’s no drive too long to make it to the volleyball state tournament at Xcel Energy Center.

Sixth seed St. Croix Lutheran is a 10-minute drive away, if that. Hawley is nearly four hours away, near Fargo. But as the two schools battled back and forth in a five-set Class 2A quarterfinal thriller that No. 3 Hawley eventually took 19-25, 25-23, 20-25, 25-17, 15-13 Thursday, two well-filled student sections traded jests.

For more on St. Croix Lutheran's victory, click here to read the story on startribune.com.