Marmaton Valley High’s Wildcats posted a 26-24, 16-25, 25-20 win over St. Paul High’s Indians to give Wildcat fans their money’s worth Tuesday in Moran.
The Wildcats lost to visiting Southern Coffey County High’s Lady Titans 25-21, 25-12. The Lady Titans beat St. Paul 25-18, 25-9 to go 4-3 on the season.
“I was very pleased with our coverage during the St. Paul match,” said Lindsay Ermel, Marmaton Valley head coach. “We knew they would come out tipping on us and the girls adjusted well to that.”
Against St. Paul, Kaitlyn Ensminger had eight kills and four service aces. Kailey Boyd downed four kills and had seven digs plus served up four aces. Molly McEwan was credited with eight set assists and Lydia Lance had five assists and three service aces.
“The girls were much more aggressive at the net which is what I told them they had to be,” Ermel said. “That’s where SCC beat us. Our girls found the holes against St. Paul.”
In the SCCH match, Marmaton Valley got five kills and four digs from Boyd. Ensminger served four aces. McEwan had eight set assists and Lance had five assists. Ensminger and Tapanga Turner each had two blocks at the net. Kacie Shadden added three ace serves and four digs.
For the Lady Titans on the night, Ashton Isch delivered 16 kills at the net plus served five aces. Martyna Hegwald had four ace serves. Jenna Witteman had four digs.
Katelyn Rogers was credited with 17 set assists and seven blocks at the net. Sarah Webb downed 12 kills and Ashley Johnson had nine kills.
“As a team we served 91 percent on the evening, which was a big improvement from a week ago. We had a total of 19 aces,” said Jeff True, Lady Titan head coach.
“We are improving but still have a lot of work to do to get where we need to be.”
Humboldt High’s Lady Cubs were on the road Tuesday and notched two victories. They beat Cherryvale 25-15, 24-26, 27-26 and downed host Altoona-Midway 25-16, 25-11.
In the Cherryvale match, Sheri Middleton had seven kills and eight blocks to lead the net attack and Hannah McCall had seven kills plus made six digs. Kindahl Young served 15 points, which included five aces.
Anna Setter had eight set assists and Morgan Morris had seven assists. Taylyn Wells had five digs.
“We played really well the first set but struggled a bit in the last two,” said Stephanie Splechter, Lady Cub head coach. “Our passing was off and we were being passive at the net. The important thing is we came out with a victory.”
Against Altoona-Midway, Middleton downed six kills and had two blocks while Breanna Kline had three kills and Kayle Riebel made three blocks. Morris served up 10 points — five aces — and had three set assists. Setter had three assists and three ace serves. Wells made five digs.
“I have always said this group needs to learn to win and tonight was a big step in that direction,” Splechter said.
Humboldt hosts its annual tournament Saturday with Marmaton Valley, Crest and Yates Center competing in it. Southern Coffey County is at the Hartford tournament Saturday.
The Register did not get reports from Crest or Yates Center on matches they played at Burlington Tuesday.
Uniontown High’s junior varsity were at Southeast High in Cherokee Tuesday. The Eagles beat Galena 25-8, 25-15, Riverton 25-8, 25-20 and Southeast 25-17, 25-18.
Paige Stainbrook and Britney Stokes each served 13 points against Galena. Stokes had three kills. Stokes had nine serves points and two kills against Riverton.
Mandie Ridge served 13 points in the Southeast match. Torrie Hathaway had two kills and Emily Shinn at one kill.
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