From Coach Bonnie Keepes:
Tuesday night the Mt. Carmel Jr. Lady Aces faced Carmi away. We took 2 of the 3 games.
The 6th grade started off the night and won 11-25, 17-25. We are so proud of these girls! They sealed their undefeated season with a total of 15 wins, and zero losses! Awesome job! Avery Coston had 1 ace, Zoie Randall with 10 aces, an assist, Alivia Peach 4 aces, and a kill, Journey Loudermilk with 3 aces, an assist and a kill, Quincy Keepes with an ace. These girls will be a fun group to watch through the years.
The JV squad won in 2 sets 25-15, 25-23, Leah Lewis had an ace, 2 assists, 2 kills, Kinley Harris, 3 aces, and 1 kill, Kyleigh Smith, 4 aces 2 kills, Lyla Keepes 5 aces, 3 assists, 2 kills, Mercedes Dillard with 2 digs, Evie Sellers 2 kills. I hope this team comes together being more vocal, and gels more next year. They have talent, and can go far if they choose to. This group finished their season 12-5.
The Varsity match looked so much like a High School match, there were many long volleys, big swings, blocks and digs. The girls fought hard, but just had to many serve receive errors against a strong serving Carmi. We lost the match 18-25, 14-25, but I told them not to hang their heads about that match. We have improved a ton since we played them, but they have also. If we don’t get stuck with serve receive errors, we can be right there with them. It was a very fun match to watch with some great volleyball! Our stats against Carmi were Tenley Davis with 4 digs, Jayla Johnson 5 assists, a kill, Ava Giese 3 digs, and a block, Elyse Swanson 3 digs, Mattie Armstrong, 6 assists, and 2 digs, Maycee Randall 3 aces, an assist, a dig, 3 kills, and 2 blocks, Madellyn Bingham a kill, and a block, Anastasia Parker with a dig. Right now the Aces are 9-8 for the season.
Tonight at 6 they face Olney in class L of the SIJHSAA regionals. If we win the match we will go on to the championship at 7 playing the winner of the Carmi and Flora game at 5. Come watch some great Volleyball tonight! Dinner will be available to buy, we are selling pulled pork sandwiches, tacos in a bag, and lemonade shakeups.
Monday night Mt. Carmel Jr. Lady Aces faced Olney at home. The girls won all three matches. Starting first was the 6th grade team, they won 25-17, and 25-19.
Zoie Randall had 2 aces, 2 assists and a kill, Alivia Peach had 4 aces, an assist, and 4 kills, Journey Loudermilk an ace, and 4 assists, Quincy Keepes 5 aces, Gracee Haggard 2 aces.
The 7th grade squad won the match going 3 sets, won the first was 25-21, dropped the second 26-28, and won the last 15-8. Leah Lewis had 2 aces, and 2 assists, 2 digs, and 2 kills. Kinley Harris 5 aces, 2 kills, Kyleigh Smith with an ace, an assist, a dig, 2 kills, and a block, Lyla Keepes with 4 aces, 2 assists, and a block, Mercedes Dillard with 2 dig, Evie Sellers 5 aces, a dig and a block, Brynlie Mounts with an ace, Mylee Farmer with a dig, and Sophie Banks with a dig.
The Varsity team won in 2 sets 25-18, 25-14. This is the best this team has played together all season, attitudes were great, and momentum was up, it translated big on the court. Tenley Davis had 2 assists, and 1 dig, Jayla Johnson had 4 aces, 5 assists, 2 digs and a kill, Ava Giese an assist, 3 digs, and a kill, Elyse Swanson an ace, 3 digs, Evie Knapp 2 assists, and a kill, Mattie Armstrong 6 assists, and a kill, Maycee Randall 6 aces, 6 kills, and 5 blocks, Madellyn Bingham 2 kills, 2 blocks, Anastasia Parker with a dig.
