LACYGNE — Iola High’s Fillies had growing pains to open the 2012 season. Humboldt High’s Lady Cubs had a growth spurt.
Both teams played in Saturday’s volleyball tournament hosted by Prairie View High, essentially the same tournament they played in last year at Central Heights High School. Then the Fillies beat the Lady Cubs twice, including the seventh-place match.
Saturday had the young Lady Cubs and the young Fillies in the same pool again.
Humboldt moved through its pool play with 2-1 mark, which put the Lady Cubs in the semifinals. Burlington defeated Humboldt 25-9, 25-7 in the semifinals, then the Lady Cubs dropped a 25-22, 26-24 decision to place fourth in the tournament.
“I was very pleased with our performance. The girls played together as a unit and were very scrappy. We learned a lot about ourselves today,” said Stephanie Splechter, Humboldt head coach.
Iola dropped its first two matches in pool play to Wellsville and Humboldt, then notched a 25-21, 26-24 victory over Central Heights. The Fillies fell to host Prairie View 25-20, 25-16 to end their run in the tournament.
“It was tough to start out the season with a tournament. We had a lot of nerves in the first match. I attribute that to it being our first match of the season as well as being such a young team,” said Emily Sigg, Iola head coach.
The Fillies were beaten by Wellsville 25-11, 25-8. Emery Driskel had two kills and one service ace. Addie Haar downed one kill.
Against Humboldt, the Lady Cubs defeated the Fillies 25-15, 25-15. Iola got two kills each from Driskel and Breanna Stout and Katie Thompson served up one ace.
“The girls had a lot of confidence going into this match and we played our game,” said Splechter of the Lady Cubs going up against the Fillies. “This was a big win for us.”
Sheri Middleton delivered seven kills and two blocks at the net for the Lady Cubs and Breanne Kline downed seven kills. Anna Setter was credited with nine set assists. Delancey Umholtz came up with five digs. Kline, Umholtz and Kayle Riebel each had one service ace.
Humboldt overcame an eight-point deficit in the first set against Central Heights. The Lady Cubs turned things around to win 25-23, 25-18. Setter had eight set assists and two ace serves. K. Riebel had five kills and three blocks at the net and Middleton made two blocks and hit five kills. Kline put down three kills and made one block.
Middleton and K. Riebel each had two service aces. Umholtz had one kill.
Wellsville dealt out a 25-6, 25-21 setback to the Lady Cubs. Middleton delivered three kills and two blocks and K. Riebel had three blocks and one kill. Kline and Umholtz each had a service ace.
Iola recorded its first win of the season over Central Heights after losing to Humboldt.
