Iola volleyball earns road split

WELLSVILLE — Iola High’s Fillies had a pair of tough battles on their hands Tuesday on the volleyball court.
The Fillies wound up splitting the matches, defeating Central Heights in three sets 25-18, 12-25, 25-15, and falling to host Wellsville 25-17, 25-17.
“We had a tough fight against Wellsville, but we just couldn’t put all the pieces together,” head coach Emily Sigg said. “We went three (sets) with Central Heights and ended with the win, but it was a match we should have had total control over.”
In the victory over Central Heights, Katie Thompson registered seven points, including five aces, a kill, one solo block and a dig. Emery Driskel blasted 13 kills with three digs. Breanna Stout followed with six kills, two digs and an ace to go with three points.
Addie Haar delivered five kills with a dig. Emma Piazza dished up 15 assists, four points, a solo block and a dig. Kyra Moore provided nine assists, four kills and two digs with her four-point effort. Hannah Endicott had four digs, two aces and four points overall. Emma Sigg also had four digs.
Against Central Heights, Thompson was on a roll and served five consecutive points. She wound up with a kill, two digs and an ace as well. Piazza had seven assists and a dig. Driskel had eight kills, a set assist, one solo block and four digs. Stout had four kills, two solo blocks, another assisted block and four digs. Moore had five assists, two kills and an assisted block. Haar had a kill. Endicott and Sigg provided one and two digs, respectively.

THE FILLIE freshmen, meanwhile, won in four sets at Wellsville, 25-9, 25-14, 24-26, 25-8.
Taylor Heslop led the freshmen in assists. Mikaela Platt, Ashlie Shields, Tayler Sell and Valaree Burtnett led the team in kills, while Heslop, McKayli Cleaver, Miciah Larney and Joie Whitney were the leading servers.
The varsity Fillies return to action Saturday with a tournament in Garnett at the Anderson County Invitational, followed next Tuesday by a return trip to Anderson County High. The freshmen travel to Girard Thursday to take on Girard, Frontenac and Southeast Cherokee.