From Coach Bonnie Keepes:
Last night the girls traveled for away matches against West Salem.
The 6th grade team started the first set with winning score of 25-23, and dropped the 2nd set 15-25. Even though they didn’t win both sets, we were happy to see the girls trying to get three contacts and attacking the ball often.
Some stats to share are Opal Earnest with 2 aces, 7 assists, Jersey Mounts 1 ace, 1 kill, Annie Kanipe 1 ace, 1 kill, Haleigh Prosise 2 kills, Peyton King 1 ace, 3 kills, Farryn King 1 ace, Addie White 2 aces, Peyton Simpson 1 ace, Erin Delong 2 aces.
The 7th grade team had a better attacking game tonight, and serves were much better as well. They took each set, with scores of 25-17, 25-16.
Highlights were Alivia Peach had 1 ace, 5 kills, Journey Loudermilk 3 aces, Quincy Keepes 3 aces, 11 assists, 1 kill, Avery Coston 2 aces, 5 kills, Zoie Randall 2 aces, 3 kills, 1 dig, Bayley Andrews 1 assist, Addison Mobley 1 dig, Ella Turner 1 kill, Ryleigh Gill 1dig.
The 8th grade team started out with some good defense, but with so many attacking errors we couldn’t get in a rhythm. I did see some good rally’s but we dropped the first set 25-20. The second set everything that can go wrong in a set did, the girls did not serve receive, communicate, or attack well. We sent over too many free balls, and then we were missing defensive reads. It was a recipe for a big takedown, with a score of 5-25. Sets like that are tough but if you don’t win you learn. There are many things we can take away from the whole match. West Salem really stepped up their game from the last time we beat them, and we did not bring our A game last night.
The takeaways were Lyla Keepes 1 kill, 5 digs, Kyleigh Smith 1 block, 1 dig, Evie Sellers 1 kill, Riley Hershey 1 kill, Kinley Harris 2 assist, Leah Lewis 1 assist 2 digs. Mercedes Dillard 3 digs, Mylee Farmer 1 dig.
This weekend we host the 6th grade tournament starting at 9 on Saturday at the grade school. Our 8th grade team will be heading to Fairfield starting at 9 to play in a big 16 team tournament. It will be a great warm up before regionals.
Comments by coach Bonnie Keepes