Marmaton Valley High’s Wildcats and the Southern Coffey County High Lady Titans were guests of the St. Paul High Indians Tuesday.
The Lady Titans made themselves much more at home than the Indians or the Wildcats would have liked. Southern Coffey County beat St. Paul 25-10, 17-25, 25-17 and defeated Marmaton Valley 25-18, 25-22.
St. Paul beat Marmaton Valley 25-13, 25-23.
Southern Coffey County (6-2) got 12 kills at the net from Sam Jacob against St. Paul. Jacob also had five digs. Ashton Isch had five kills and six digs.
Kristin Stephens downed five kills and Sarah Webb had four kills and two blocks at the net. Brooke Scheele was credited with 14 set assists and served 14 of 14. Keasha Parks had seven set assists.
“We had two completely different teams in this match. We did a lot of things well in the first set and a lot of things bad in the second set. In the third set, we turned around and played much better again,” said Korey Lankton, SCC head coach.
Against Marmaton Valley, Jacob and Isch each had seven kills. Jacob came up with six digs. Scheele made 13 set assists and Parks had five assists.
“Marmaton Valley has improved and they did a good job of stopping any runs we would make and staying in the game,” Lankton said.
The Wildcats got five kills from Maggie Meiwes in the match and Morgan Henry had four. Cheyanne Miller put down three kills and Kayla McNutt had two.
“The girls played well but came up short,” said Lindsay Ermel, MVHS head coach.
Kailey Boyd came up with 16 digs and Kacie Shadden had 14 digs. Hannah Endicott served four aces and Kaitlyn Ensminger had three ace serves. Lydia Lance and Molly McEwan did a nice job setting the ball.
“It’s hard to win when we spot the other team 10-13 points right off the bat,” Ermel said.
In the St. Paul match, Meiwes put down seven kills followed by Miller with six and McNutt with four. Endicott served six aces. Boyd had eight points in the final game plus had 21 digs. Shadden had 15 digs.
Humboldt High’s Lady Cubs hosted Cherryvale and Altoona-Midway. The Lady Cubs were not good hosts, winning both matches.
Humboldt beat Cherryvale 25-22, 23-25, 25-23. Melissa Davidson delivered 13 kills and five blocks at the net. Brandi Malloy had six kills and Hannah Mc-Call had four kills. Amanda Maxton put up 16 set assists.
The Lady Cubs defeated Altoona-Midway 25-15, 25-12. Davidson had nine kills and McCall had three. Taylyn Wells had five service aces and Malloy had four. Maxton had nine assists.
“These were good wins for us leading into our home tournament Saturday,” said Stephanie Splechter, Lady Cub head coach.
Marmaton Valley, Crest and Yates Center will play in Humboldt’s tournament Saturday.
Crest and Burlington were at Yates Center Tuesday.
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