VOLLEYBALL: Spuds end Lumberjacks' season in Section 8-3A finals

ALEXANDRIA - Bemidji beat Moorhead in five sets in last season’s Section 8-3A championship game, upsetting the Spuds and making its third Class AAA state tournament appearance in four years.
This season, the Spuds got one back on their rival Lumberjacks.
Moorhead beat Bemidji in four sets (25-23, 17-25, 25-14, 25-14) on Saturday night in Alexandria to win the second title and deny BHS its second-straight state tournament appearance.
The Lumberjacks, who finish with an 18-12 overall record, kept it close in the first set but lost 25-23.
But they rallied in the second set, evening the score at 25-17.
But the Spuds, who are now 26-4, proved too much for BHS in the final two sets, winning by 25-14 scores each time.
The Lumberjacks trailed early in the fourth set but battled back with a nice run to pull within 15-10.
However, the Spuds finished the Lumberjacks off with a 10-4 run to finish the set and the match.
Full stats for the match were not available to presstime.