Sheyenne holds off Horace challenge to take East Region volleyball crown

GRAND FORKS — The West Fargo Horace volleyball team stressed West Fargo Sheyenne more than any North Dakota opponent all season Saturday in the championship match of the Division AA East Region tournament. Still, the Mustangs remain the team to beat. No. 1 Sheyenne went five sets for the first time all season but knocked off No. 2 Horace 25-22, 20-25, 26-24, 16-25, 15-8 in the Grand Forks Central gym. Sheyenne's only losses were best-of-three matches to Minnesota opponents earlier this season. The Mustangs have won three of the last four state championships (2022, 2023, 2025). Both Horace and Sheyenne advance to next weekend's state tournament in Bismarck. "We had a lot of pressure on us, but we played our game," Sheyenne senior Peyton Saxlund said. "I think we really came together as a team." Horace entered the fifth set with all of the momentum after running away with a fourth-set win. But Saxlund started the fifth set with back-to-back kills to take a 2-0 lead.

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