From Coach Bonnie Keepes:

The 6th grade tournament we hosted this weekend went very well. The host team Mt. Carmel came away with the first place trophy and St. Mary’s 6th grade took second. Albion grade school came away with 3rd and the the St. Mary’s 5th finished 4th.

The 6th grade teams are usually refereed by 8th graders, so this tournament helps them learn in a more official atmosphere and get comfortable with the way a game is run with certified referees before stepping up the next year.

Starting the day we faced the SMS 6th grade team and won with scores of 25-16, 27-25. The second match the girls struggled with keeping serves in, and went behind 21-24. Coming back and winning from that deficit was very big. It was an exciting win for them. Next up we faced SMS 5th grade, and won 25-11, 25-12.

The last match of the day we were up against AGS. The girls were able to seal the first place trophy with 25-17, 25-19 scores.

Lezlie and I were very happy with the way the girl kept trying to pass, set, hit. At this age it is key for them to understand attacking the ball will always create wins.

We had stats of 39 kills for the day as a team total….Wow! That’s so awesome for 6th grade, and a big jump from where they started at the beginning.

Takeaways from all 3 games combined were Avery Coston 8 aces, 4 assist, and 2 kills. Zoie Randall 13 aces, 5 assists, and 9 kills, Alivia Peach took away 2 aces, and 11 kills, Journey Loudermilk 1 ace, 3 assist, and 5 kills, Quincy Keepes 8 aces, 2 assists, and 5 kills, Gracee Haggard 2 aces, 1 assist, 2 kills, Ty Marie McCleave 1 ace, 1 kills, Madelyn Meadows 1 ace, Addison Mobley 2 aces, 1 assist, and 4 kills. Go aces!