Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Mercer's Rylinn Rossi (12) meets Mellen's Trinity Conley at the net during Saturday night's WIAA Division 5 regional championship match at Mercer.
By JASON JUNO
MERCER, Wis. - It took Mercer a little bit of time to get going Saturday night.
But once they kicked it in gear, they were celebrating their ninth straight WIAA regional championship in a hurry.
The No. 1 seeded Tigers rallied past No. 4 Mellen in the first set for a 25-18 win, won the next easily 25-8 and led the third 18-1 before closing it out for a 25-9 win.
"This is our ninth one in a row, it feels amazing," Mercer senior Jenny Klopatek said. "We had the jitters in the beginning since they took a set from us in the last conference game. ... But in t...
