Bellefontaine’s varsity volleyball team came up short on the road Thursday night, falling to Kenton Ridge in straight sets: 25-22, 30-28, 25-12.
Despite the loss, the Lady Chiefs had several strong individual performances. Madi Zedeker led the offense with 24 assists, added 9 digs, and was perfect from the service line, going 13-for-13. Kelsie Snapp delivered 13 kills, 8 digs, a solo block, and also served flawlessly. Kaeleigh Flora contributed 9 kills, 4 digs, and perfect serving, while Ava Layman added 6 kills, 9 digs, and was also perfect from the line. Jillian Ullom recorded 7 digs and went 11-for-11 serving with an ace, and Presley Vigansky was 12-for-12 serving with 3 aces.
With the loss, Bellefontaine moves to 8-2 overall and 2-2 in the CBC Kenton Trail Division.
In junior varsity action, Bellefontaine’s Red squad dropped their match in two sets, 25-15 and 25-23.
Ava Oppy led the team with 6 kills and 5 digs. Rosie Lightle dished out 9 assists, while Alayna Boyd added 7 assists, a solo block, and perfect serving. Zoey Conner contributed 4 kills, 7 digs, and served perfectly. Brooklyne Kuntz added 5 digs, Lexey Brown had a solo block and 4 kills, and Celine Blinn chipped in 7 digs with perfect serving.
The Chiefs return to action Saturday as they travel to Graham for a CBC Crossover match.
Indian Lake hosted Northwestern, with varsity taking a thrilling 5-set win: 18-25, 25-18, 25-21, 23-25, 15-9.
Top performers for the Lady Lakers are listed accordingly:
- Cami Bailey led with 19 kills and 9 digs
- Courtney Altstaetter had 13 kills and 2 blocks
- Mackenzie Miller had 9 kills and 21 digs
- Annie Rapp had 8 kills, 9 digs, and 3 aces
- Addyson Roby had 49 assists, 1 block, 14 digs, and 1 ace
- Addison Beck had 14 digs
- Riley Ross played a stellar defensive game with 32 digs and a perfect serving game, going 13/13
The Indian Lake junior varsity team won in 3 sets: 25-18, 21-25, 25-19. Leading for the JV squad were:
- Taylor Duff- 6 kills
- Claire Tidwell – 5 kills
- Bella Everhart – 4 kills
- Lux Kipker – 11 assists
- Piper Warnecke – 13 digs
The Indian Lake freshman won in 2 sets: 25-14, 25-9.
To lead the Lakers:
- Makayle Clary had 6 digs
- Taylor Duff 6 kills, 4 aces
- Audra Harford had 3 kills
- Piper Robinson had 4 kills
- Claire Tidwell had 3 kills, 3 aces
The Lakers improve to 10-1 on the season and 4-0 in the CBC. They will travel to Waynesfield Goshen on Monday.
The Benjamin Logan Lady Raiders traveled to North Union to take on the Wildcats in a CBC Mad River Conference Match. North Union won in straight sets: 25-13, 25-17, 25-19.
Five players had at least four kills, all listed below:
- Annika Chappell: 5 kills
- Summer Cline: 4 kills
- Caroline Spriggs: 4 kills
- Abby Vance: 4 kills
- Storm LeVan: 4 kills
Riverside volleyball played at Covington on Thursday, September 11.
Varsity lost in 3 sets: 25-7, 25-6, 4-25.
JV won in 2 sets: 25-19 and 25-20.
Ellie Zwiebel had 9 assists. Lily Zwiebel had 5 digs. Madison Schindelwolf had 3 aces. Addison Shoe added 6 kills.
The 8th-grade team played a great match but still suffered a loss: 25-22 and 25-15.
Leaders for 8th-grade are listed below:
- Bella Robinson 6 points with 4 aces, 1 tip, and 1 kill
- Lillian Jackson 5 points with 1 ace, 2 tips, and 2 kills
- Lillyann Hanes 3 points
- Sofia Butler 3 points and 1 kill
- Aliya Salo contributed 2 tips
The 7th-grade squad played a great match and won in 2 sets with scores of 25-14 and 25-17.
State leaders for the 7th-grade Lady Pirates follow below:
- Bella Shultz 12 points with 7 aces, 1 dig, and 1 kill
- Bella Monnin 7 points with 1 ace
- Bella Beaty 6 points with 1 ace and 1 tip
- Avery Wheeler 4 points with 2 aces
- Kinsley Crawford 3 points with 1 ace
- Ruth Morrison added a tip.
The West Liberty-Salem Tigers swept the Greenview Rams: 25-12, 25-16, 25-9, moving their record to 7-2.
Player stats for the varsity contest follow below:
- Naomi Cole: 13 kills, 3 digs, 3 aces
- Ava Poppe: 17 kills, 6 digs, 5 aces
- Kiersten Stoll: 2 kills, 3 digs, 2 aces
- Lyndee Harrison: 24 assists, 2 digs, 1 ace
- Sophia Landon: 12 assists, 1 dig
- Reese Winters: 9 kills, 2 digs, 9/10 serving
- Reagan Winters: 18 digs, 4 assists, 6/6 serving, 8/9 serve receive
- Lilli Heminger: 5 kills, 2 aces, 1 dig
- Kenna Wright: 7 digs
The junior varsity Tigers beat Greeneview in 2 sets: 25-23, 25-24. Stats follow below:
- Emma Schmelzer: 4 aces, 5 digs, 3 assists, 5 kills
- Sydney Conley: 1 dig, 2 kills
- Evie Decker: 2 digs, 5/8 serve receive
- Olive Matthews: 3 digs, 7 assists, 6 kills
- Emma Liggett: 13 digs, 2 kills, 1 ace
- Kendal Carroll: 1 block, 2 kills
- Kylee Bell: 9 digs
- Loretta Moxley: 5 digs, 1 ace, 8/10 serve receive
The 8th-grade Lady Tigers improved to 8-2 after defeating Greenview 25-17, 25-23. The team stats were 14 kills, 11 assists, 9 aces, and 47 digs.
The 7th-grade Lady Tigers dropped a 2-set game to Madison Plains, 25-16, 25-15. The team is now 1-9 overall. Team stats were 11 kills, 10 assists, 2 aces, 27 digs.
