Seymour, Brownstown, Crothersville, Trinity post volleyball wins

MEDORA - Crothers-ville's volleyball team used late charges in all three games to defeat Medora 25-17, 25-12, 25-15 Thursday night.

The Hornets stayed with the Tigers the first part of the first game, trailing only 14-11 following a serve by Jetta Baird. The Tigers then used a string of seven points to lead 21-11 and then closed out the game.

Medora held a 5-3 lead early in the second game before Crothersville moved in front 8-6, then increased its lead to 11-8, then 17-11 and scored the game point on a tip by Courtney Killey.

In the third game, the Tigers moved on top 9-1 on an ace serve by Coleigh King, and later led 19-7 and coasted.

"We talked about playing to our level and not the other teams' level, but I knew coming into tonight would be a real struggle," CHS coach Zabrina Nicholson said. "They played like they did in practice and kind of goofed around."

Crothersville is 6-1 with that loss coming against Orleans. Nicholson recalled, "We took the first game and did a really great job. Then just kind of laid down. Our serve receive has improved dramatically, so we're ready to face them again."

Medora coach Kristina Beesley also talked about how her team has improved its serve reception. "We did a lot better on receiving the ball. Some of our passes were off, but a lot of the girls have been working hard on their passing. While some of the passes still weren't perfect, they were better.

"We didn't miss that many serves. We've really tried to improve on our serving. We only hit a few balls into the net. They weren't strong hitting tonight as far as kills. I think they tried to compensate for the blocking with Amber Lucas. They stopped swinging instead of swinging all the way through and that forced some errors on us."

Beesley changed the Hornets' rotation before last Thursday's match against Paoli. She said she changed back to the old rotation for the first game against the Tigers and admitted that threw her team off, so she changed back to the new rotation for the last two games, and her team played better.

"Our serving has improved and transition on and off the net has been better. We just didn't do a lot of the little things, and we made more mistakes than Crothersville did."

The Hornets, 0-7, will play host to Pekin Eastern at 6 p.m. today, then will play in the Orleans Tournament Saturday, beginning at 9 a.m.

The Tigers will be home to Austin Tuesday night.

Other matches
Seymour defeated Jennings County 25-20, 25-18, 25-21; Brownstown defeated  New Albany  25-23, 25-20, 23-25, 25-15, and Trinity Lutheran  won  25-18, 23-25, 21-25, 25-13, 15-13 at Lanesville.

Owls win
NORTH VERNON - The Owls bounced back from back-to-back losses to ranked teams to defeat Jennings County and improve its record to 10-2.
The Owls had 29 attack kills with Erin Murphy leading with 10.
Chelsea Hendrix topped the team in digs with 19.

The junior varsity tournament the Owls are scheduled to play in Saturday will be played at Columbus Central School.

Braves top Bulldogs
NEW ALBANY - Brownstown started out strong and finished strong in defeating Class 4A, No. 7 New Albany.
The Braves had another strong game at the net with 47 kills. Whitney Tormoehlen led the Braves with 16 kills, and Jordyn Pendleton had nine.

Brownstown, ranked No. 2 in Class 2A, is 8-0 and will be home to Scottsburg Monday for a Mid Southern match.

Cougars win
LANESVILLE - Trinity rallied from a 2-1 deficit to improve its record to 4-2.

The Cougars had a strong hitting attack with 57 kills, and Kendall Lambring led the way with 21 kills, Alexis White had 17 and Sarah Onken had 15.

Results

At North Vernon
Seymour def. Jennings County 25-20, 25-18, 25-21.
SHS serving: Turner 20-21-3, Krumme 15-16-2, C. Hendrix 13-13-2, team 70-74-7; hitting: Murphy 43-48-10,  Turner 18-22-7, A. Carmichael 10-11-4, M. Hendrix 18-20-7 team 103-119-29; assists: Krumme 96-99-29, defensive digs: C. Hendrix 19 and  Turner 15

JV: Seymour def. Jennings County 25-24, 25-13.

SHS serving: Lorenzo 12-12-5, Miller 7-8-3, team 30-33-8, hitting: Hoene 11-14-6. Prange 8-8-2, Lorenzo 6-7, team 39-49-10; assists Prange 34-34-4

Freshman
(At Jeffersonville)
SHS def. Madison 25-12, 25-22

SHS serving: Royalty 10-11-3, Updike 10-10-3, Herron 5-8-4, team 39-48-12; hitting: Royalty 9-10-4, Wieneke 8-8-4, Herron 4-8-2, team 24-32-12;  assists: Tormoehlen 33-38-10.
SHS def.  Jeffersonville 25-9, 25-4

SHS serving: Updike 14-15-5, Royalty 6-8-4, Baurle 6-6, team 41-48-14; hitting: Royalty 7-7, Wieneke 5-6-4, team 14-15-5; assists: Tormoehlen 14-14-5.

At New Albany
Brownstown def. New Albany 25-23, 25-20, 23-25, 25-15
BC serving: Morgan Wesner 28-29-2, Shoemaker 16-16-3, Bane 11-12-1, team 89-95-7; hitting: Tormoehlen 33-37-16, Pendleton 28-29-9, Shoemaker 25-27-6, team 105-114-45.

JV: New Albany won 25-21, 17-15, 15-14
BC serving: Conrad 16-16-2, Isaacs 12-12-1, . Wehmiller 9-9; hitting: Hall 17-21-6, Gray 12-12-4, Turley 8-9-2, team 49-56-18.

Freshmen: New Albany won 25-22, 25-18, 15-14.
BC serving: Bracamonte 12-13-2, Cockerham 11-13-2, Settle 8-8-4, team 47-55-9; hitting: Mellencamp 17-17-8, Brown 9-11-1, Settle 6-7-3, team 39-43-15.

At Medora
Crothersville def. Medora 25-17, 25-12. 25-15
CHS serving: Schmelzle 17-19-3, King 15-17-5, Prather 8-9-2, team 63-73-'13; hitting: Prather 12-12-4, Lucas 19-22-14, King 11-12-5, Killey 10-13-5, team 65-84-33; assists: Luedeman 52-52-33.
MHS statistics - not available

At Lanesville
Trinity def. Lanesville  25-18, 23-25, 21-25, 25-13, 15-13
TL serving: Currao 23-24-3, Stuckwisch 20-23-3, Newkirk 10-12-1, team 91-102-10; hitting: Lambring 41-45-21, White 35-40-17, Onken 34-47-15, team 137-166-57; assists: Stuckwisch 168-172-38, Newkirk 18-18-5.
JV: Lanesville won 25-14, 9-25, 15-7
TL serving: Willman 10-11-4, Elkins 10-11-2, Redicker 6-6-2, team 42-45-9; hitting: Hackman 15-21-3, Devore 3-4-1, team 27-43-7; assists: Elkins 37-42-7.