Our Redeemer’s was just a couple points away from a third-place finish at the state tournament, but Edgeley-Kulm-Montpelier made a late run in the fifth set to pull off the come back and claim the third-place match over the Knights, 25-21, 24-26, 25-13, 18-25, 18-16, on Saturday, Nov. 22, at the Bismarck Event Center.

The fourth-place finish was the Knights’ fourth in program history in 12 appearances at the state tournament. They also have two second-place finishes, two third-place finishes, and one finish each of fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth.

“It just goes back to just how much they enjoy playing the sport,” Our Redeemer’s coach Kara Nunziato said. “Even if you’re not in a championship-game situation, which is obviously everyone’s dream to play in the championship match, we still got to come together today and play one last game as a team and it was fun to watch them interact and enjoy the moment.”

Brooklynn Roedocker led the offense with 21 kills to earn a spot on the all-tournament team. Lauren Strom (14) and Noel Pankratz (11) also finished in double figures.

Strom and Roedocker both had two blocks and Roedocker had three aces along with Tessa Carlson and Ellie Streyle. The Knights served up 11 aces for the match. Streyle led the defense with 23 digs.

Central McLean denied Surrey a final opportunity to record its first state tournament victory in program history, knocking off the Mustangs in four sets in the seventh-place match, 23-25, 25-21, 25-20, 25-21, at Bismarck High School.

The Mustangs won the opening set, but dropped the final three to give Central McLean its first win of the tournament. Mekenzie Neighbors led the Mustangs with 13 kills and was named to the all-tournament team.

Surrey finished with 19 blocks as a team, led by Ava Keller, who finished with eight. Braylee Brunsell stuffed four shots and Khloe Spaulding three. Camryn Guy led the defense with 25 digs.

Langdon Area-Munich was the last Class B team under the two-class system to win the state title and now the Cardinals are the first Class B team under the new three-class system to win the state title.

The Cardinals defended their state title, coming back from two sets down to complete the reverse sweep and deny Medina-Pingree-Buchanan its first title, 17-25, 23-25, 25-19, 25-16, 15-12.

Langdon Area-Munich has now won six state titles, breaking a tie with Thompson for the most of any current or former Class B programs.

Hilary Haaven finished with a match-high 23 kills. Emma Hall at 13.

The Thunder struggled to find a path through Taya Feist’s block or the Cardinals’ block in general. Feist had 12 blocks and Langdon Area-Munich recorded 32 blocks as a team. Kemi Morstad and Hallie Overby each recorded six blocks.

Haaven also recorded a match-high 39 digs and four aces.

M-P-B’s Brynn Sorenson was named senior athlete of the year and M-P-B’s Jacie Connell was named coach of the year.