| |
|
Mabank crushes Ennis
Monitor Staff Reports
MABANK–Mabank’s Lady Panthers made short work of the visiting Ennis Lady
Lions Friday evening, crushing them in a three-game non-district
volleyball match.
Now 5-2 on the season, the Lady Panthers were scheduled to visit
Greenville Tuesday. Friday and Saturday, Sept. 1-2, the Mabank girls
will travel to Tyler for the Tyler Invitational tournament.
Next Tuesday, Sept. 5, Mabank will return to Tyler for a dual match
against John Tyler and Carthage, and then visit Royse City for the Lady
Bulldog Invitational tournament Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Sept.
7-9.
At home against Ennis, the Lady Panthers had no problems against a
former district opponent, taking the match 3-0 by scores of 25-8, 25-19
and 25-10, and racking up 30 kills.
“The girls played very consistently,” Mabank head coach Stacy Shelton
reported. “It was a great hitting and blocking match. We moved well on
defense.”
Shadia Rueb led the Lady Panthers’ net game, notching eight kills and
six blocks (and also had two digs, an ace and a save) while Kelly
Hitsfeld added five kills, three blocks and one dig.
Miranda Groom had six kills, one block and five digs, while Hali Schultz
had eight kills, three digs, four serving aces and one save.
Haley Brackenridge and Bridgett Tanner each had two blocks, while Macy
Thomas added a block and one dig.
Defensively, Lindsie Amyx added four digs, Kelsie Busby had one dig and
Pheng Leav had eight digs.
Setter Kelsi Reynolds notched 24 assists, while Erica Umana added two
assists.
“We are playing well as a team, and can only grow and become better from
that,” Shelton said.
Kemp girls capture bracket at
Eustace
Monitor Staff Reports
KEMP–A busy weekend saw the Kemp Lady Yellowjackets grab first place in
the Challengers bracket of the Eustace Invitational tournament and host
the Frankston Lady Indians, who won the Eustace tournament (see related
story, page 1B).
Tuesday, the Kemp girls were scheduled to visit Farmersville, and the
Lady ’Jackets will open pool play at the Brownsboro Invitational
tournament at 9 a.m. Friday, Sept. 1.
Next Tuesday, Sept. 5, the Lady ’Jackets will visit Wills Point, with a
5 p.m. freshman contest opening a three-match slate. Next Friday, Sept.
8, the Kemp girls will host Canton, again opening with a 5 p.m. freshman
match.
Friday, the Kemp girls opened pool play in the Eustace tournament with
close losses to Scurry-Rosser and Winona, but bounced back to defeat
Cross Roads, who had defeated them at their last home match Aug. 18.
That evening, the Lady ’Jackets hosted the Frankston Maidens, and lost a
very tight match, 26-24, 25-22, 16-25 and 25-22.
In that match, the Lady ’Jackets got four kills, two digs and five
serving aces from Julie Gorka, along with seven kills, two digs and
three serving aces from Brittany Updike.
Meagan Lacy notched seven kills, one block and three digs, while Paige
Moore had three aces and four digs, and Keleigh Collinsworth had two
serving aces.
At the net, Alex Valentine had five kills and two blocks, while Ashley
Zellmer had seven kills, four aces and two assists, and Jamie Hunter
added three aces and four assists.
Back at Eustace Saturday, the Lady ’Jackets put together three straight
victories, knocking off Jacksonville and Rice before beating Cayuga in
the championship game.
Cayuga had knocked off the Lady ’Jackets at the Bullard tournament the
previous weekend.
“The Lady ’Jackets had tremendous serving and team chemistry throughout
the tournament,” head coach Patsy Davis reported. “They improved in
every game, gained more confidence and realized we can do this
together.”
Against Jacksonville, the Kemp girls won 25-10, 25-13, getting eight
serving aces and a kill from Updike. Gorka added five aces and four
kills.
The Lady ’Jackets also got two kills, two aces and three assists from
Hunter, two kills, an ace and an assist from Zellmer, seven kills from
Valentine, and a kill from Lacy.
Rice handed the Lady ’Jackets a tougher match, but Kemp won 25-22 and
25-17.
Gorka led the Lady ’Jackets with seven serving aces and six kills, while
Updike added four aces, one kill and one dig.
Valentine had seven kills, Lacy had two kills, Zellmer had three kills
and two assists, Hunter had four assists and Moore had two digs.
In the championship match, the Kemp girls handed Cayuga two 25-19
defeats.
Valentine had the best serving game, notching 11 aces, while Zellmer had
four aces, three kills and two assists.
Gorka had three aces, six kills and one block, while Updike had three
aces, one kill and two digs.
Hunter had three aces and four assists, while Collinsworth had one kill
and two digs, and Sabrina Trammell added one dig.
Upcoming Games
Cross Country
Sept. 1
KHS @ Burleson
Sept. 2
MHS @ UT-Tyler
EHS @ Gladewater
Football
Sept. 1
MHS @ Rusk
KHS @ FW Castleberry
EHS @ Malakoff
Sept. 8
MHS vs Athens
KHS vs Quinlan Ford
EHS @ Grand Saline
Volleyball
Sept. 1-2
MHS @ Tyler Tournament
EHS @ Tyler Tournament
KHS @ Brownsboro Tourn.
Sept. 5
MHS @ John Tyler
EHS @ P.Westwood
KHS @ Wills Point
Sept. 8
MHS @ Royse City tourn.
EHS vs John Tyler
KHS vs Canton
Sept. 12
MHS vs Lindale
EHS @ Fairfield
KHS @ Cross Roads
|