CLOQUET — Heidi Anderson has become a frequent flier in the athletic section of local department stores.

Cloquet’s longtime head coach has already made a handful of trips there this season to replace the worn out and destroyed elbow pads of her daughter, Ella Anderson. The junior setter prides herself on being a hustler, and her mangled equipment proves it.

“She has ripped through three pairs of elbow pads,” Heidi said while laughing. “I have to keep buying them because she’s always willing to get on the floor.”

Being a grinder who does all the little things correctly is something Ella embraced early in life. From the day she began competing in organized volleyball in elementary school, she faced legitimate obstacles.

Ella wasn’t the tallest player. She wasn’t the most athletically gif

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