Highland wins 127th straight conference match, 3-0 over Pleasant
Highland continued its perfect season and moved to 5-0 with a 3-0 win over Marion Pleasant (1-4) by scores of 25-12, 25-14, 25-12 on Aug. 30. The league win is the Lady Scots’ 127th in a row, dating back to October of 2012, and good enough to be the second longest conference winning streak in OHSAA volleyball history. (Dublin Coffman holds the record at 145.)
The Scots jumped out to a 10-4 lead in the first set, forcing a Pleasant timeout. They then quickly stretched it to 19-7 and another Pleasant timeout. The Scots had 12 kills, three aces and a block in the opening set. Set two saw the Scots open a 16-9 lead, and Pleasant called a timeout, but a quick 4-0 run by the Spartans forced a Scot timeout at 16-13. The Scots responded with a 9-1 run to finish the set. Kameron Stover had 11 of the Scots' 19 kills in the set. Set three was tight at the start, at 5-all, but a 10-1 run forced another Spartan timeout at 15-6, and from there the Scots cruised to their second MOAC win of the season.
Stover led the Lady Scots’ attack with 18 kills, and Larsen Terrill added 10 for Highland. Alexis Eusey served three aces, and four Lady Scots kept plays going with high dig amounts. Stover and Camryn Miller with 12 digs each, Terrill with 11 and Eusey with 10. Terrill also tapped off 26 assists.
Brininger surpasses 1,000 career kills; C-L tops Danville, 3-0
The Cardington-Lincoln Lady Pirates raised their early-season mark to 5-1 with a 3-0 win over Danville (2-2) on Aug. 30 by scores of 25-13, 25-11, 25-21.
Cardington-Lincoln was led by Audrey Brininger, who tallied 17 kills for the third time this season and, in doing so, exceeded 1,000 kills for her career. Other strong C-L performances included Izzy Wickline with 13 kills and Alexis Crone with 10 kills. Wickline had five blocks and Crone added three, while Maddie Linkous inspired the Lady Pirates with 12 digs. Jadine Mills fed 42 assists, and Cadie Long served four aces.
Lady Pirates volleyball coach Ryan Treese saw that his team had the match in hand and emptied the bench.
“I was able to get some young kids into the game in the third set and get some seniors some rest and that will help during the year," Treese said. "And we were all excited with Audrey Brininger’s performance, her breaking the 1,000-kill mark for her career.”
Centerburg sweeps Mount Gilead, 3-0
Centerburg improved to 4-0 and 3-0 in KMAC play with a 3-0 sweep of Mount Gilead (0-3) by scores of 25-13, 25-20, 25-17 on Aug. 30.
Stella Weisbrod had nine kills to lead a 34-kill attack for the Lady Trojans. Kennedi Glenn had seven kills, and Gwyn Sands added six. Weisbrod also served four service aces, as did Emma McCombs. Of Centerburg’s 25 digs, Eva Joering had eight and Katelyn Johnson dug five. McCombs and Glenn were the team’s top assist makers with 18 and 13, respectively.
Wooster hands Mount Vernon first loss, 3-0
Mount Vernon (2-1) suffered its first loss of the season, 3-0, to Wooster (3-1) on Aug. 30 by scores of 25-16, 25-10, 25-17. The Lady Jackets finished with 15 kills, led by Kaitlyn Thompson and Emma Dean with five each. Jurnie Gleason was strong at the net with five blocks, and Madi Rohler was tough in the middle with 21 digs. Tori Burdette, who had five digs also set up 16 assists.
Johnstown-Monroe beats Utica, 3-1
Utica fell to 2-5 with a 3-1 loss to Johnstown-Monroe (6-1) on Aug. 30 by scores of 25-18, 25-14, 20-25, 25-12. Utica spread its top player-performances around in a team-effort match. Accumulating 28 kills, Ellie Boggs and Abby Buchnanan each registered six for Utica, Carlie Parsons and Emma Kimpel each had five and Emilee Ellis finished with four. Ellis blistered three service aces, and Lexi Wiegand hit two. Alexa Gosnell recorded the Redskins’ only block, but Utica made up for that with 70 digs, led by Kimpel with 15, Gosnell with 14, Parsons with 12 and Ellis with 11. Ellis also tapped out 14 assists, and Gosnell pitched in with 10.
