Aces Tennis Picks Up Big Win Against Mt. Vernon

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

Singles:
No. 1 - Tobi Pauli, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL def. Liam Bullard, MOUNT VERNON HIGH SCHOOL, 10-4 , -, -;
No. 2 - Alex Zinzilieta, MOUNT VERNON HIGH SCHOOL def. Lucas Ingram, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL, 10-4 , -, -;
No. 3 - Eli Bertram, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL def. Ryan Bendersky, MOUNT VERNON HIGH SCHOOL, 10-2 , -, -;
No. 4 - Carter Shook, MOUNT VERNON HIGH SCHOOL def. Andrew Goldman, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL, 10-8 , -, -;
No. 5 - Ivan Holt, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL def. Carter Hertenstein, MOUNT VERNON HIGH SCHOOL, 10-0 , -, -;
No. 6 - Jimmy Lin, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL def. Izak Wisneski, MOUNT VERNON HIGH SCHOOL, 10-5 , -, -;

Doubles:
No. 1 - Eli Bertram, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL - Tobi Pauli, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL def. Alex Zinzilieta, MOUNT VERNON HIGH SCHOOL - Ryan Bendersky, MOUNT VERNON HIGH SCHOOL, 10-1 , -, -;
No. 2 - Lucas Ingram, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL - Ivan Holt, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL def. Liam Bullard, MOUNT VERNON HIGH SCHOOL - Carter Shook, MOUNT VERNON HIGH SCHOOL, 10-8 , -, -;
No. 3 - Andrew Goldman, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL - Jimmy Lin, MOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL def. Sawyer Mays, MOUNT VERNON HIGH SCHOOL - Izak Wisneski, MOUNT VERNON HIGH SCHOOL, 10-4 , -, -;

Lady Aces Soccer Even Record With Win At Mt. Vernon

Lady Aces Soccer Report From Coach Ed Berberich:

The MCHS Lady Aces soccer team traveled to Mt Vernon to take on the Lady Rams Tuesday night, winning 2-0. Chandler Cusick scored the first goal in the 17th minute, assisted by Flynn Guard. Guard scored a goal of her own, & the final of the game, in the 34th minute to give the Aces a bit of a cushion heading into the 2nd half. Katelyn Kline had 5 saves & a shutout in goal. The Lady Aces took 19 shots for the match, 13 on frame, had 8 chances created, took 5 corner kicks, & had 3 interceptions. The Rams took 6 shots, 1 on frame, & took 1 corner kick.

The girls really controlled the match from start to finish, possessing the ball well & creating a lot of scoring opportunities. They defended as well as they attacked, with solid defense all over the field but especially in the back line. The strong defense mostly shut down the Mt Vernon attack & denied the Rams many opportunities, with the few chances they did get not really being dangerous outside of a couple. The team's played really well to start the season & have impressed us coaches. They should be proud of the improvement they've made & of the potential they've shown.

The win brings the Lady Aces' record to 1-1 on the season. Their next match will be a rematch with Mt Vernon at noon on Saturday April 9th at the WVC soccer field.

Stevens, Wankel, & Walker Lead Lady Aces Track At Lawrenceville

The MCHS Lady Aces track team traveled to Lawrenceville Wednesday for a four team track meet and came away with a second place finish.


Robinson - 97.5
Mt. Carmel - 59
Red Hill - 42.5
Lawrenceville - 7

Leading the way for Lady Aces were first place finishes by Madi Stevens in high jump (4’8”); Eden Wankel in the long jump (13’8.5”)and Kali Walker in the 300 meter hurdles (1:05.42).

The Lady Aces earned several second place finishes by Ava Harrington in 100 meter hurdles (19.52); Ava Harrington & Selby Patberg in the 100 meter (13.74 tie); Eden Wankel in the high jump (4’8”); and the 4x800 relay team of Kali Walker, Lily Keepes, Annie Lin and Jayla Smith (12:44.8).

Also scoring for the Lady Aces:
4x100 relay - 3rd - Taylor Woods, Nora Jones, Ava Harrington and Selby Patberg (59.8).
800 meters - Lily Keepes 4th (3:01.7)
Jayla Smith 5th (3:10.9)
4x200 relay - 3rd - Taylor Woods, Nora Jones, Eden Wankel and Kali Walker (2:10.51).
400 meters - Annie Lin 4th (1:19.7)
200 meters - Ava Harrington 4th (32.18), Selby Patberg 5th (33.05)
4x400 relay - 3rd - Jordis Riley, Annie Lin, Jayla Smith, Lily Keepes (5:25.75)
Long Jump - Madi Stevens 4th (12’10.25”)
Triple Jump - Madi Stevens 3rd (27’2.25”), Eden Wankel 4th (25’10.5”)

The Lady Aces next meet is April 11th at Olney.

Lady Aces Finish 2nd At Robinson

The MCHS Lady Aces opened their track season Tuesday finishing 2nd in a 5 team track meet at Robinson.

Robinson - 141
Mt. Carmel - 77
Oblong - 36
Palestine - 26
Toledo - 22

The Lady Aces were led by Madi Stevens and Eden Wankel’s one-two finish in the high jump at 4’6”. All four Lady Aces relay teams had second place finishes:
4x100 (Ava Harrington, Selby Patberg, Grace Thacker, Taylor Woods) 57.7
4x200 (Selby Patberg, Nora Jones, Eden Wankel, Ava Harrington) 2:04.7
4x400 (Annie Lin, Kali Walker, Lily Keepes, Nora Jones)
4x800 (Kali Walker, Lily Keepes, Annie Lin, Mollie Hagerty)

Also scoring for the Lady Aces:
100 meters - Selby Patberg 3rd, Ava Harrington 4th
200 meters - Selby Patberg 5th
800 meters - Molly Hagerty 4th, Kelsey Miller 5th
1600 meters - Lily Keepes 3rd
100 meter hurdles - Madi Stevens 3rd, Ava Harrington 4th
300 meter hurdles - Kali Walker 3rd
Shot Put - Karrah Lewis 3rd, Rilee Riggs 4th
Discus - Rilee Riggs - 4th, Karrah Lewis 5th
High Jump - Rilee Riggs 4th
Long Jump - Nora Jones 5th
Triple Jump - Madi Stevens 3rd, Eden Wankel 4th

Lady Aces next meet is today at Lawrencville.

Jr. Lady Aces Track Team Opens Season At Olney

From Coach Kristina Kelsey:

The MCJHS Girls Track team competed in a triangular meet on April 5th in Olney. This was the first meet of the year. The team shows lots of potential, and they performed well at their first meet.


Olney 80 Fairfield 32 Mt. Carmel 20

1st place finishes:
Elyse Swanson - long jump 13’8”
Lyla Keepes - 400m 1:09

2nd place finishes:
Zoi Randall - High Jump 4’
Elyse Samson - 8th grade 100m Dash 13.67
Elyse Swanson - 200m Dash 31.12
4 x 100m Relay - 53.32
Sadie Klaus, Ava Brummgin, Zeme Moore, Elyse Swanson
4 x 200m Relay - 2:14.72
Klaus, Lewis, Mariska Hoper, Keepes

3rd Place Finishes:
Leah Lewis - Shot Put 25’1
6th grade 400m Relay - 1:05.94
Avery Coston, Randall, Elie Couch, Graycee Haggard

Fourth Place Finishes:
Mariska Hoper - High Jump 3’8
Keepes - 7th grade 100m 15.33
Zeme Moore - 800m 3:09.

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.