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Junior High Volleyball Teams Compete Well in Oakley Invitational

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On Saturday, September 17th, the junior high volleyball teams were in action in the Oakley Invitational Tournament. The young Lady Indians played eight matches on the day - winning six.

The A-team defeated Quinter 25-19; 26-24 in their first match. Kayla Reed had 13 good serves in the match.

In their second match, the Lady Indian A-team defeated Oakley in a close match, 22-25; 25-19; 17-15. Sydney Sundstrom led the serving with 11 good serves; Kayla Reed had 10.

Colby defeated the St. Francis A-team in two sets. The match score was 11-15; 23-25. McKenzie Taylor led St. Francis in serving with 7 good ones.

St. Francis defeated Rawlins County 24-26; 25-15; 15-6 in their final match. Sydney Sundstrom had 19 good serves and McKenzie Taylor 13.

In B-team action, St. Francis defeated Quinter 28-26; 24-26; 15-8 in an exciting match. Makayla Rogers led the Lady Indian serving with 19 good serves; Sophie White had 10 good serves.

The B-team lost to Oakley 19-25; 16-25. Makayla Rogers and Danielle Frink led St. Francis serving 6 good serves each.

Against Colby, the B-team won 25-19, 25-11. Katie Schmid (17) and Alexis Frink (11) led the Lady Indians in serving.

Caroleve Harris and Alexis Frink each had 11 good serves in the Rawlins County match. St. Francis defeated Rawlins County 25-13; 25-16.

Coach Tina Elliott had the following comments on the day, "The A & B teams played in different gyms at the same time for this tournament so Talley Morrow filled in and coached the B team. Both teams did well by winning 3 out of 4 matches. This was a good day for us to get a lot of playing time and give us more experience. A team got a good start with defeating Quinter and Oakley in the first two matches and then lost against Colby which was tough for us since we had just won against them when we played them at home last Thursday, but we got through it and came out with determination for our final match and beat Rawlins. The B team worked hard in their first match and won against Quinter, then although they lost to Oakley it was a close match, they worked hard and just ended up short in the end. They let that one go and came back strong and beat Colby and Rawlins County. I’m proud of the girls and we have a winning season at this point and we hope to continue the wins."

The junior high girls will play in Oberlin on Thursday, September 22, at 4:30 PM.