From Coach Bonnie Keepes:
The Jr. Lady Aces played their first home Volleyball game tonight against Grayville. We started with an inter squad match with the 6th graders. Kim Winters led them to a great start. It was nice for them to play each other and gain confidence.
Next the 7th grade group faced Grayville. The first set we made quite a few serving and hitting errors. Their head coach Kinley Drone was very happy to see they cleaned it up more it the second set, had some good attacks and better serving.
They won both sets 25-18, 25-10.
Highlights against Grayville, Alivia Peach had 1 ace, 3 kills, Journey Loudermilk 2 aces, Quincy Keepes 7 aces, 4 assist, Avery Coston 3 aces, 2 kills, Zoie Randall 4 aces, 4 kills, Bayley Andrews 3 Assists, Ella Turner 2 aces, Ryleigh Gill 1 ace.
The 8th Grade matchup started with a short moment of serve receive struggles, but then we took command and didn’t let up. I was so happy to see them moving better on defense, and attacking with much more confidence. We were playing aggressive, and attacking many more out of system balls. The girls took the win with set scores of 25-16, 25-16.
The 8th grade girls highlights were Lyla Keepes 3 aces, 5 kills, Kyleigh Smith 2 kills, an ace, 1 dig, 1 block, Evie Sellers an ace, 2 kills, 1 dig, Riley Hershey an ace, 3 kills, 1 dig, 1 block, Kinley Harris 4 aces, 4 assists, 1 kill, 1 block, Leah Lewis 2 aces, 3 assists, 1 dig, Mercedes Dillard 1 dig, Brynlie Mounts 1 kill.
The Lady Aces face Albion Tuesday starting with the 6th grade at 5:15 and 7th and 8th to follow.
