Lady Aces Stay Perfect By Drubbing Oblong, 12-2

Lady Aces Softball 

3/21/22

Mt. Carmel - 12

Oblong - 2 

Final in 5 innings 

 

Emma Banks was 2-2 with a walk, 1 RBI and scored 2 runs. 

Stormie Devine was 2-3 with 2 RBI and scored 2 runs. 

Hailey Lang was 1-1 with 1 RBI.

Morgan Meadows was 1-1 and scored 1 run. 

Olivia Stinson was 1-2 with 1 RBI and scored 1 run. 

Carli Merritt was 1-3 and scored 1 run. 

Kami Pearson was 1-3 with a double, 1 RBI and scored 1 run. 

Rachael Johnson was 1-3 with 1 RBI. 

Mackenzie Sisson was 1-4 with 1 RBI and scored 2 runs. 

Selby Patberg walked once and scored 2 runs. 

 

Kami Pearson pitched 4 innings giving up 0 runs on 1 hit, 1 walk, and struck out 7. 

Bella Andrews pitched 1 inning, giving up 2 runs on 3 hits. 

 

The Lady Aces are now 4-0 and play at home again on Wednesday against Flora (weather permitting) 

Jr. Lady Aces Fall In Volleyball Regional Championship

From Coach Bonnie Keepes:

Last night the Jr. Lady Aces Volleyball team won the first round of the SIJHSAA regionals in a close 3 set match against Olney. We came out the first set and must of had some nerves getting to us. We just didn’t play our game and had more errors than we should. Olney won 13-25, but that’s the wonderful thing about this game you get second chances! So with a clean slate, they fired up, kicked the fear out the door, and won the second set in a nail biter 26-24. We used that momentum and stayed up in the third set winning 15-10. I was proud of how they rallied and fought back.

In the game Tenley Davis had 2 aces, an assist, and 2 digs, Jayla Johnson picked up an ace 10 assist, a dig, and 6 kills, Ava Giese an ace, a dig, and 3 kills, Elyse Swanson 4 digs, Mattie Armstrong an ace 12 assists, Maycee Randall, an ace, 10 kills, and 4 blocks, Madelyn Bingham 4 kills, Anastasia Parker a kill, Lyla Keepes 3 aces, and Evie Sellers an ace. The girls fought for this game and I was very proud of them, Olney played much more clean than the 2 previous times we beat them, it was a hard fought battle.

The girls made it to the championship match facing Carmi, who previously in the evening had taken out Flora. Carmi is a tough team that puts together a strong attack almost every single volley. The girls put up a defense and had some good volleys, but we just were not able to score as many and make it a closer game like the last time we played them. Carmi picked up everything on defense as well, and were firing on all cylinders. They were playing seamlessly and can win state with play like that. Our girls don’t need to hang their heads, I know they tried hard, we just were not winning the volleys, with only 2 kills, we were sending over free balls, trying to recover from their attacks. That’s how most of the game went. Scores were 8-25, 12-25.

Tenley had 2 digs, and a kill, Jayla Johnson an ace, an assist, and 2 digs, Ava Giese 4 digs, Elyse Swanson 2 aces, 2 digs, Mattie Armstrong an ace, and a dig, Maycee Randall a block, Madelynn Bingham, a dig, a kill, and a block, and Anastasia Parker with 2 digs. The girls took second in class L SIJHSAA tournament. They ended the season with a 10-9 record. Coach Lezlie Johnson, our helper coach Chuck Turner and I are all proud of them. They are a fun bunch, and I will miss them. I will alway follow them with whatever they choose next.

Lady Aces Softball Stay Unbeaten With LIC Win Over Robinson

Lady Aces Softball

3/17/22

Mt. Carmel - 8

Robinson - 4

Olivia Stinson was 3-3 with a double and scored 2 runs.

Emma Banks was 2-4 with 1 RBI and scored 2 runs.

Avary Daum was 2-4 with 1 RBI and scored 1 run.

Stormie Devine was 2-4 and scored 1 run.

Carli Merritt was 1-4 and scored 2 runs.

Hailey Lang was 1-4.

Rachael Johnson had 1 RBI.

Kami Pearson pitched 7 innings giving up 3 earned runs on 9 hits, while walking 3 and striking out 2.

Lady Aces improve to 3-0 on the season and will be in action next on Monday, March 21st at home against Oblong.

Aces Tennis Falls Against Flora

MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL - 2, FLORA HIGH SCHOOL - 7,

Singles:
No. 1 - Bobby Powless, FLORA HIGH SCHOOL def. Tobi Pauli, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL, 6-3 , 6-1 , -;
No. 2 - Brody Sharp, FLORA HIGH SCHOOL def. Lucas Ingram, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL, 6-3 , 6-2 , -;
No. 3 - Andrew Goldman, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL def. Justin Pietz, FLORA HIGH SCHOOL, 4-6 , 6-3 , 10-7 ;
No. 4 - Ollie Collins, FLORA HIGH SCHOOL def. Ivan Holt, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL, 3-6 , 6-3 , 10-7 ;
No. 5 - Braxton Pipher, FLORA HIGH SCHOOL def. Jimmy Lin, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL, 6-2 , 6-0 , -;
No. 6 - Adam Pietz, FLORA HIGH SCHOOL def. Jacob Wall, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL, 6-0 , 6-0 , -;

Doubles:
No. 1 - Bobby Powless, FLORA HIGH SCHOOL - Lawson Spicer, FLORA HIGH SCHOOL def. Lucas Ingram, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL - Tobi Pauli, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL, 7-5 , 6-3 , -;
No. 2 - Andrew Goldman, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL - Ivan Holt, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL def. Justin Pietz, FLORA HIGH SCHOOL - Braxton Pipher, FLORA HIGH SCHOOL, 6-2 , 6-3 , -;
No. 3 - Brody Sharp, FLORA HIGH SCHOOL - Ollie Collins, FLORA HIGH SCHOOL def. Jimmy Lin, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL - Jacob Wall, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL, 6-0 , 6-0 , -;

Pearson & Lady Aces Shut Down Carmi, 11-1

Lady Aces Softball

3/16/22

Mt. Carmel - 11

Carmi - 1


Final in 6 innings


Kami Pearson pitched all 6 innings giving up 1 run on 5 hits, 2 walks, and struck out 4.


Selby Patberg was 4-4 and scored 2 runs.Stormie Devine was 4-5 with 3 RBI and scored 2 runs.Carli Merritt was 3-4 with 1 double, 1 RBI and scored 2 runs.Mackenzie Sisson was 3-4 with a walk, 1 RBI, and scored 2 runs.Olivia Stinson was 2-3 with a triple, 4 RBI and scored 1 run.Emma Banks was 1-3 with a walk, 1 RBI and scored 1 run.Avary Daum was 1-3 and was hit by a pitch.Hailey Lang was 1-4 with 1 RBI.Mackenzie Sanders scored 1 run.


The Lady Aces improve to 2-0 and will travel to Robinson to take on the Lady Maroons on Thursday, March 17th.

Jr. Lady Aces Wrap Up Regular Season At Carmi

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.

Aces Boys' Tennis Post Impressive Win Against Mt. Vernon

MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL - 8, MOUNT VERNON HIGH SCHOOL - 1,

Singles:
No. 1 - Tobi Pauli, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL def. Liam Bullard, MOUNT VERNON HIGH SCHOOL, 6-3 , 7-6 (3), --- ;
No. 2 - Lucas Ingram, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL def. Alex Zinzilieta, MOUNT VERNON HIGH SCHOOL, 6-7 (4), 6-2 , 10-7 ;
No. 3 - Andrew Goldman, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL def. Ryan Bendersky, MOUNT VERNON HIGH SCHOOL, 6-3 , 5-7 , 12-10 ;
No. 4 - Ivan Holt, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL def. Carter Shook, MOUNT VERNON HIGH SCHOOL, 6-0 , 6-1 , -;
No. 5 - Carter Hertenstein, MOUNT VERNON HIGH SCHOOL def. Eli Sherman, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL, 6-3 , 7-5 , -;
No. 6 - Jimmy Lin, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL def. Sawyer Mays, MOUNT VERNON HIGH SCHOOL, 7-5 , 6-2 , -;

Doubles:
No. 1 - Lucas Ingram, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL - Tobi Pauli, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL def. Liam Bullard, MOUNT VERNON HIGH SCHOOL - Alex Zinzilieta, MOUNT VERNON HIGH SCHOOL, 6-2 , 6-2 , -;
No. 2 - Andrew Goldman, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL - Ivan Holt, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL def. Ryan Bendersky, MOUNT VERNON HIGH SCHOOL - Carter Shook, MOUNT VERNON HIGH SCHOOL, 6-4 , 7-6 (5), -;
No. 3 - Eli Sherman, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL - Jimmy Lin, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL def. Carter Hertenstein, MOUNT VERNON HIGH SCHOOL - Kai Walker, MOUNT VERNON HIGH SCHOOL, 3-6 , 6-2 , 11-9 ;

Lady Aces Open Season By Trouncing Wayne City, 15-0

Lady Aces Softball

3/15/22

Mt. Carmel - 15

Wayne City - 0

Final in 4 innings

 

Mackenzie Sisson was 2-3 with a triple and scored 2 runs.

Kami Pearson was 2-3 with a double, 2 RBI and scored 1 run.

Stormie Devine was 2-3 with a double, 2 RBI and scored 2 runs.

Emma Banks was 2-2 with a walk, 1 RBI and scored 3 runs.

Olivia Stinson was 2-3 with 4 RBI and scored 1 run.

Rachael Johnson was 2-2 with 2 RBI and scored 1 run.

Hailey Lang was 1-2 with a double, a walk, and an RBI.

Selby Patberg was 1-1 with a double and scored 1 run.

Avary Daum was 1-1 and scored 1 run.

Carli Merritt was 0-2 with a walk, 1 RBI and scored 2 runs.

Nora Jones scored 1 run.

Kami Pearson pitched 3 innings and gave up 0 runs on 1 hit, 1 walk, and struck out 8.

Bella Andrews pitched 1 innings and gave up 0 runs on 0 hits and 1 walk.

 

The Lady Aces will play Wednesday, March 16 at home against Carmi at 4:30 at 4th St Ballpark.

Jr. Lady Aces Sweep Flora

From Coach Bonnie Keepes:

Last night the Mt. Carmel Jr. Lady Aces Volleyball team faced Flora at home and won all three matches.

The C team started up first with a 25-20, 18-17 win. Flora kept the ball alive and our girls had to move to the ball. Avery Coston had an ace, Zoie Randall with an ace, an assist, and 2 kills, Alivia Peach had 5 aces, 5 assists, and 2 kills, Journey Loudermilk had an ace, and 4 kills, Quincey Keepes 2 aces, and 3 assists, Madelyn Meadows had an ace, and Addison Mobley with 2 assists.


The JV team won 25-19, 25-13. The first game we started a little shaky with serving errors, but got the momentum going and carried it to the second match. Leah Lewis had 2 aces, an assist, and 1 kill, Kinley Harris had a kill, Kyleigh Smith had 2 aces and a block, Lyla Keepes with 5 aces, an assist, and 2 kills, Mercedes Dillard with a kill, Evie Sellers with a kill and a block.


The Varsity bunch started out a little slow on defense. Flora mixed it up with a good amount of pushed, some tips and a few hits, and we just had to move. We started our momentum a little to late to win the first set, but dominated the second, then had to come from behind in the third for an exciting win. Set scores were 23-25, 25-12, 15-12. Jayla Johnson had 3 aces, 6 assists, 2 digs, and 3 kills, Ava Giese 2 aces, and a kill, Elyse Swanson 2 aces, and 6 digs, Mattie Armstrong 2 aces, 5 assists, Maycee Randall 5 aces, an assist, 5 kills, and 2 blocks, Madellyn Bingham 4 kills and a block, Anastasia Parker a dig.

Next week we play Olney at home on Monday at 5:15. We travel to Carmi on Tuesday. Then we will host the regionals on Thursday. Our match up is against Olney at 6, and the winner will face either Flora or Carmi in the championship, it will follow at 7.

Jr. Lady Aces Sweep On 8th Grade Night

From Coach Bonnie Keepes:

Last night the Jr. Lady Aces took all three matches against the Local St. Mary’s/Allendale team. We had a packed house for 8th grade night and there was so much energy in the gym, it was awesome!

The C- team started us up with a 25-14, 25-9 win.  More aces this match, vs during the weekend we had more kills. Avery Coston 1 ace, and an assist, Zoie Randall 7 aces, Alivia Peach 6 aces, and 3 kills, Journey Loudermilk 8 aces an assist, Quincy Keepes 2 aces, Ty Marie McCleave 1 assist, Madelyn Meadows 1 ace.

The JV team won with commanding scores of 25-9, 25-12, like the C match we had many aces and not as many kills. Girls were louder than last match and I liked seeing that, we still need to clean up our 10 serving errors, but we do have a very aggressive lineup of servers.

During the JV match Leah had 4 ace, 2 assists. Kinley Harris 3 aces, Kyleigh Smith an ace, a block, and a kill, Lyla Keepes 12 aces, and 1 kill, Mercedes Dillard a kill, Evie Sellers 2 aces, Brynlie Mounts 2 aces, and Madison Riggs with 2 aces.

In the Varsity match you could feel the energy! We had a huge loud student section and the girls were feeding off of it. The SMS team put up a scrappy defense and we had some very long volleys. The final scores were Aces 25-19, 25-18. Girls were playing aggressively, but we did get caught a few times in miscommunication so we hope to get that out of our system before regionals. I was glad to see some of our players come out with big excitement that I haven’t seen yet.  Tenley Davis had 1 kill, Jayla Johnson 9 assists, 3 kills, Ava Giese 2 aces, 2 assists, 1 dig, Elyse Swanson with 5 digs, Evie Knapp with 1 kill, and 2 assists, Mattie Armstrong  with 2 aces, 6 assists, Maycee Randall 3 aces 4 kills and a block, Madellyn Bingham 2 kills and 1 block, Anastasia Parker 3 digs, and Miley Peach with an assist. It was a very fun night of Aces Volleyball!  We play Fairfield away tomorrow night, then come watch us play at home again on Wednesday against Flora.

Jr. Lady Aces Win Own 6th Grade Tourney

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!

Jr. Lady Aces Defeat Ice & Olney

From Coach Bonnie Keepes:

Wow what an exciting night last night for Mt. Carmel Volleybal! With the threat of Ice we will braved the way to Olney and came up big with 3 wins.


The C team started us off with a 16-25, 11-25 win. We just all around controlled the ball better with our passes, and had good serving. Highlights were Zoie Randall 1 kill, Alivia Peach 12 aces, a kill, Journey Loudermilk 2 aces, an assist, and a kill. Quincy Keepes 7 aces, Madelyn Meadows an ace, Addison Mobley 2 aces, one assist.


The JV team rallied from behind in the first set to win 21-25, the second set we dropped 25-15, we got in a serve receive funk, along with some hitting errors. The third set the girls came out with aggressive serves racking up aces, passing on target to setter and getting kills winning 15-25. Takeaways were Leah Lewis with 1 ace, 7 assists, 2 kills, Kinley Harris 4 aces, an assist, 4 digs, and 2 kills, Kyleigh Smith picked up 5 aces, and 2 kills, Lyla Keepes 7 aces, 9 assists, 2 kills, Mercedes Dillard a dig, Evie Sellers 3 aces, 6 kills, and a block, Mylee Farmer had a dig, Sophie Banks with 2 aces.

The Varsity squad started slow in the first set, Olney had some servers sending over bullets that we struggled with. We were down 19-11 before we started gaining momentum with good serving, and attacking, to outscore them 14-3 to close the set with a 22-25 win. That is an awesome comeback and hard to do! The next set we had command of the entire match. The momentum was ours and we never lost it. The girls put it all together, serving, passing attacking, beautiful sets, and having fun! Taking the win 8-25. Some stats were Tenley Davis 4 aces, Jayla Johnson 1 ace. 6 assists, and a dig, Ava Giese 2 aces, a dig, and 2 kills, Else Swanson an ace, and 2 digs, Mattie Armstrong 2 aces 6 assists, Maycee Randall 5 aces, 4 kills, Madellyn Bingham 3 kills, and Anastasia Parker with solid passing.


We were so thankful everyone made it home safely after the roads iced over. These girls are starting to find their groove with 15 combined wins over the last 5 match-ups. For the season the Varsity squad has a 6-5 win loss record, they are playing different ball now versus the start of the season. The JV has an 8-4 win loss, and our 6th graders are still undefeated with 7 wins. Let’s Go!

Jr. Lady Aces Continue To Roll With Sweep Of New Hope

From Coach Bonnie Keepes:

The Jr. Lady Aces traveled to Fairfield to face New Hope last night. All three teams took the win. The C team started us off with a 25-13, 25-18 win. The girls kept the ball going on some long volleys and really scrambled for the ball. Highlights were Zoie Randall with 3 aces, Alivia Peach 6 aces and 2 kills, Quincy Keepes 5 aces, Ty Marie McCleave 1 ace, Madelyn Meadows an ace, and an assist, Addison Mobley 4 aces.

The JV team won a 2 set match, first set 25-17 and second one they came away with an exciting 29-27 win. The end was back and forth for a good bit, and gave the crowd a show. They improved on transitioning off the net to get in bigger approaches. Takeaways were Leah Lewis with 6 assists, a dig, Kinley Harris 4 aces, and a kill, Kyleigh Smith picked up an ace, and a kill, Lyla Keepes 5 aces, 7 assists, 3 kills, Mercedes Dillard a kill, Evie Sellers an 5 aces, 3 kills, and a block, Sophie Banks with 3 aces, and one dig.

The Varsity had a commanding lead of the first match winning 25-9, they took the second set as well 25-22. They were also getting off the net faster, calling hits, and taking big swings. I’m happy tonight with their confidence to attack often. Some highlights were Tenley Davis with a Dig, Jayla Johnson 4 aces, 4 assists, and 2 kills, Ava Giese with a kill, Elyse Swanson with 2 aces, and a dig, Mattie Armstrong 5 aces, 5 assists, Maycee Randall 9 aces, 3 kills, Madellyn Bingham 4 kills, Anastasia Parker with solid serve receive and Miley Peach with 2 aces.

The win sweep was nice, but we will be tested more tonight as we face Olney who is one of our regional competitors. The game is Away starting with C team at 5:15.

Jr. Lady Aces Sweep West Salem

From Coach Bonnie Keepes:

The Jr. Lady Aces had an exciting home match last night facing West Salem. The C team started us off with a 25-17, 25-19 win. The girls had many pass, set, and kill series. These make the coaches super happy, especially at the C level. Avoiding free balls and attacking, sealed the win. Highlights were Avery Coston with an assist, Zoie Randall with an ace, an assist, and a kill, Alivia Peach with an assist, and 3 aces, Journey Loudermilk with 6 aces, and 2 kills, Quincy Keepes picked up 6 aces, 2 assist, 2 kills, Morgan Meadows 1 assist, and Addison Mobley 1 kill.

The JV team won an exciting 3 set series dropping the first 23-25, then taking next 25-20, 15-9. We struggled at the beginning of the first match in serve receive, but once we started passing we were able to set up many hitters, and that kept them giving us many free balls. They are getting more aggressive each match. Takeaways were Leah Lewis with one ace, 4 assists, and 2 kills, Kinley Harris 1 kill, Kyleigh Smith an ace, a block, and a kill, Lyla Keepes 4 aces, 5 assists, 1 kill, Mercedes Dillard a dig, Evie Sellers with 5 aces, 3 kills, and a block, Brynlie Mounts an ace, Mylee Farmer with a dig.

The Varsity had good control of the match, also setting up many attackers. They moved really well on defense and we had many hitters ready, and calling to attack the ball. They won in 2 sets 25-16, 25-19. Some highlights were Tenley Davis with an Ace, and 2 digs, Jayla Johnson 3 aces, 8 assists, 2 digs, and 2 kills, Ava Giese with 2 digs, and a kill, Elyse Swanson with an ace, and a dig, Mattie Armstrong 3 assists, 1 dig, Maycee Randall 2 aces, 8 kills, Madellyn Bingham 3 kills, and Anastasia Parker with a dig.

It’s always a fun night when all three groups take the win. I was happy to see the girls get their victory’s on their home court. They have been practicing hard and it’s paying off. Tonight all 3 teams face New Hope away in Fairfield.

Jr. Lady Aces Sweep Jackets

The Jr Lady Aces Volleyball team played the local SMS/Allendale school and took home three wins.

The C-Team has a little bit of a slow start, but then started moving the score winning 25-12, 25-15. Zoie Randall had 3 aces, Alivia Peach with 1 ace and 2 kills, Quincy Keepes had 7 aces, Madelyn Meadows 4 aces, and Addison Mobley had 5.

The JV team started off strong with 25-5 set and then clinched win with 25-21 score. Leah Lewis had 2 assists, and 2 kills. Kinley Harris with 4 aces, Lyla Keepes 6 aces, 3 assists, and 2 kills, Evie Sellers had 6 aces, an assist and a kills. Mylee Farmer with 1 dig. We had more errors in the second set, but the girls got the job done against a scrappy SMS team.


The Varsity Squad also won with a score of 25-15, 25-10, Jayla Johnson had 3 aces, 4 assists, a dig, and a kill, Ava Giese picked up 2 kills, Evie Knapp with an ace, and a dig, Mattie Armstrong picked up 1 ace 4 assists, and a kill, Maycee 6 kills, an ace and a dig , Anastasia Parker with an ace, a kill, and a dig. The score did not reflect how well the St. Mary’s team moved, I was very impressed with their scrappy team. I was proud the Aces were able to also move well, and put up attacks. They also served well. The girls have a break from games and will play a tough West Salem team at home on Monday the 21st. Go Aces!


-Coach Bonnie Keepes

Jr. Lady Aces Sweep Parkview

From Coach Bonnie Keepes: The Jr Lady Aces Volleyball team traveled to Parkview and took home two big wins! The JV team started off strong with 25-14 set and then clinched win with 25-16 score. Leah Lewis had an ace, 2 assists, and 2 kills. Kyleigh Smith had a dig, and 2 kills, Lyla Keepes with 6 aces, 5 assists, and a kill, Mercedes Dillard picked up 3 aces, Evie Sellers had one ace 3 kills. Mylee Farmer with 1 dig. Girls had a fun night on the court!

The Varsity Squad also won with a commanding lead 25-11, 25-15. Tenley Davis picked up 4 aces, 2 digs, 2 kills. Jayla Johnson had 4 aces, 5 assists and a kill, Evie Knapp picked up an assist, Mattie  Armstrong picked up 5 aces, 2 digs and a kill, Maycee 3 kills, and a block, Madellyn Bingham with one kill, Anastasia Parker had an ace and 3 digs.  I was happy with better serve receive, many hitters were able to get kills. Communicate was much better. Girls will face the local St. Mary’s Allendale team Tuesday night 5:15 at SMS.   Go Aces! 

Jr. Lady Aces Finish 2nd In Albion Tourney

From Coach Bonnie Keepes: The Jr Lady Aces traveled to Albion Saturday for a 6 team tournament. The JV squad started the day against host Albion and came up with the win. They won first set 25-22, lost second 15-25, and took the match with a commanding 15-6 score of third set. Leah Lewis put up 5 aces, 3 assists, 1 kill, Kinley Harris also with 5 aces, 1 dig, and 1 block, Kyleigh Smith had a block, Lyla Keepes had 3 aces 4 assists, 1 kill, Evie Sellers with 2 kills and a block, Brynlee Mounts had 2 kill, Mylee Farmer 1 dig, and Quin Keepes with 2 aces. The girls serve receive broke down the second match, but they communicated much better today.

The second match up was against Love Joy a team from the St. Louis area. The girls won the first set 25-18, and the second 25-8. We served well and had a good amount of aces, they scored more on us the first match with some shanking of passing going on in serve receive. Leah Lewis had 2 aces and 2 assist. Kinley Harris had 2 kills, Kyleigh Smith 4 aces, and 2 kills, Lyla Keepes had 11 aces, and 2 assists, Evie Sellers had 1 ace and 1 kill. Madison Riggs had 1 ace, and Sophie Banks with 1 kill.

The JV team won their pool and advanced to the championship against West Salem.


The opposition took the first set 16-25,but the Aces rallied mirroring the score of the second 25-16. They final set was back and forth till the end with a final score of 14-16 West Salem. The Aces were down 14-10 but came back and tied up the nail bitter 14 all before WS took the last two points. Aces ended up 2nd for the day, and I was very pleased with their improvement over the first 3 games.

IHSA Sends Aces To Robinson Class 2A Regional

Robinson Regional

Sat., Feb. 19

Game 1 at TBA: (8) Marshall at (6) Flora

Game 2 at TBA: (12) Hutsonville [Coop] at (3) Fairfield

Game 3 at TBA: (10) Lawrenceville at (5) Robinson

Wed., Feb. 23

Game 4 at 6:00 pm: (2) Mt. Carmel vs. Winner Game 1

Game 5 at 7:30 pm: Winner Game 2 vs. Winner Game 3

Fri., Feb. 25

Game 6 at 7:00 pm: Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5

Arthur (A.-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond) Regional

Sat., Feb. 19

Game 1 at TBA: (11) Shelbyville at (9) Arthur (A.-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond)

Game 2 at TBA: (13) Sullivan at (7) Paris

Wed., Feb. 23

Game 3 at 6:00 pm: (1) Teutopolis vs. Winner Game 1

Game 4 at 7:30 pm: (4) Newton vs. Winner Game 2

Fri., Feb. 25

Game 5 at 7:00 pm: Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4