Lady Wildcat volleyball outlasts Lady Tigers, volleyball roundup
the team before the game that we will go as far as our offense will take us. Our defense has been consistently solid all year. So we will have to play games where we will have to score points to win.”
Marion Local didn’t allow the Indians on the Flyer side of the field throughout the first half.
The Flyers scored once more in the first quarter on an 11-yard run up the middle by Griesdorn. The PAT snap was bobbled making the score 20-0 with 4:41 left.
Marion Local started the second quarter like they started the game as they used only two plays to go 72 yards.
Griesdorn threw a 37yard pass to Charles Huelsman and a 25yard touchdown pass to Huelsman. The kick made the score 27-0 with 11:54 left.
After stopping the Indians again, Huelsman scored his second touchdown pulling in a 25-yard pass to make the score 34-0 with 6:36 left.
The Flyers scored two more times in the first half on a 55-yard punt return by Peyton Otte and a 12-yard run to end the first half by Otte to give the Flyers a 48-0 lead at halftime.
On the opening drive of the second half the Flyers went 41 yards taking the ball to the Indian 16, but on fourth and one Owen Rindler was stopped
The Minster Lady Wildcat volleyball team, 14-7 (3-5), beat the Versailles Lady Tigers, 7-13 (2-8), in their final home game of the regular season in a four-set thriller (28-26, 16-25, 34-32, 36-24) on Oct. 15 with three of the four sets going to extra points.
The Lady Wildcats led early in set one but the Lady Tigers would claw back to tie it at the sixand ten-point mark.
A 5-0 Lady Tiger run put them up 15-10 before the Lady Wildcats rattled off an 8-3 run of their own, with a kill by junior Alyssa Niemeyer forcing the Lady Tiger timeout with the game tied at 18.
The Lady Wildcats forced another Lady Tigers timeout on a block from senior Dana Prenger and freshman Lilly Barhorst to put them up 2220.
A Lady Tigers kill brought them to within 2322 and the Lady Wildcats had to take a timeout of their own when the first set was tied at 23.
A Barhorst ace put them up 25-24 but the Lady Tigers wouldn’t go away, tying the set at 26 on a kill.
The Lady Wildcats took the first set with a block from juniors Ella Mescher and Jayden Clune that made it 28-26.
In the second set, the Lady Tigers steamrolled the Lady Wildcats, jumping out to a 15-8 lead and winning 25-16.
Leading early in the third set, the Lady Wildcats earned the third set in every sense of the word earned.
The Lady Wildcats fell behind as the Lady Tigers made a run and called a timeout railing 138. The Lady Tigers would stretch their lead to 15-8 before a 3-0 Lady Wildcat run stopped it from getting out of hand. for a two-yard loss giving the Indians the ball with 3:52 left.
Marion Local got the ball right back on an interception by Gabe Link. Three plays later Rindler went three yards for the final score of the night. Brady Ronnebaum completed a pass to Owen Moeller for the two-point conversion to make the final score 56-0.
“Peyton (Otte) is a pretty explosive player,” Goodwin said. “In the second half it was actually fun watching the second team players running around out there.”
The Flyers will host the winner of the Fayetteville-New Miami game next Friday at 7:00.
For the second time in the quarter, the Cardinals forced a fumble on Southeastern’s kick return, this time Branxton Krauss scooping it up and returning it for a score. Krauss was tackled near the goal line and after some deliberation, officials ruled the play a touchdown. Gabel’s kick made it 350, good guys.
New Bremen’s first drive of the second quarter was its most lengthy scoring drive of the night.
The Cardinals ran 10 plays before having to kick on 4th and 9. Gabel drilled a 27-yard field goal to give New Bremen the 38-0 lead heading into the half.
The Trojans second
From there, the Lady Wildcats steadily fought back, a kill here, a block there and a Barhorst block cut the Lady Tigers lead to 17-15 as the Lady Tigers called a timeout.
Junior Ava Grieshop’s ace would tie it at 19 and a few points later the Lady Wildcats took a lead on a Niemeyer kill, 21-20.
The Lady Wildcats took a timeout after a Lady Tigers kill put them within the set point, 24-23 but a Barhorst kill and another Lady Wildcat point put them up 25-24 and turned the tables on the Lady Tigers as they called a timeout of their own now within one point of losing the set.
Both teams wouldn’t give in with ties coming at 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 and 32.
A tip from senior Kyra Oldiges put them up 33-32 and a Lady Tiger error gave them the 3432 set two victory to put them up 2-1.
“The first two sets we didn’t do a good job getting any touches what so ever,” said Garman. “I made an adjustment; Kyra came in and did a great job. We got more touches and some blocks.”
“Set three was huge,” added Garman. “it was like going into a new match, we knew neither one of us were going to back down. When you win a monster set like that, 34-32, that really gives a ton of momentum because we were behind that whole set pretty much.”
Although the Lady Wildcats never trailed in the fourth set, it was another battle to the very end as extra points were again required before the Lady Wildcats took the fourth set 26-24 and the match 3-1.
A 4-0 start forced a quick and early Lady Tigers timeout but that would be their biggest lead for the rest of the set.
Back to back Lady Tigers blocks tied the game at 20 and the Lady Wildcats called a timeout. drive of the night was the longest by either team, taking 8:51 off the clock.
The drive resulted in a Tanner Stoops 5-yard touchdown run.
New Bremen responded right away and on the first play of the fourth quarter, Hunter Schaefer carried it around the left side and outran the entire Trojans defense for an 80-yard touchdown run.
Southeastern’s next drive resulted in a punting situation but their punter mishandled the snap and Schaefer jumped on it at the Trojans 9-yard line.
It took one play for the Cardinals and they were able to put more points on the board, this time sophomore
Wokelle Googeg running it in for the score.
New Bremen’s 52 points on Friday night is the most points the Cardinals have scored in a game since 2004, when they defeated Troy Christian 55-27 in the first round of the Division VI Region 24 playoffs.
“It obviously says a lot about the work that people have put in to our program; coaches, players, boosters, parents, administration — that we can have a home playoff win by that margin and get a lot of kids in and everybody gets a chance to contribute,” said Schmidt.
New Bremen will host MAC opponent St. Henry this week.
After that timeout, they responded with a kill but the Lady Tigers had a kill and block to take a 22-21 lead.
Senior Ivy Wolf put them ahead 23-22 on a tip and a Lady Tiger error put them ahead 23-22. The Lady tigers tied it on a kill and then went ahead 24-23 to make the Lady Wildcats call a timeout of their own.
Three consecutive Lady Wildcat points ended the night as the fourth set went in favor of the Lady Wildcats, 26-24.
Wolf (16) and Barhorst (11) led the team in kills and Clune had a team high 38 assists. Wolf (13), Sharp (16) and Barhorst (12) all ended with double digits digs for the Lady Wildcats.
“Even after the 34-32 set the girls were like, ‘that was a lot of fun!’” said Lady Wildcats coach Cami Garman. “And I’m like, ‘yeah because we won! You might’ve had fun out there but I was freaking out over here (on the sideline).’”
“The fact of the matter is there was so many times we could’ve been the prey,” added Garman. “We could’ve folded. We shored it up when we needed to, thought we got a little anxious at times, a little tight, but when you would expect us to be even tighter, is when we relaxed and played our best game.”
With just two regular season games left and now sporting a 14-7 record, the Lady Wildcats will host Hardin Northern on Oct. 22 in the Sectional tournament.
Garman added she wants to see the team focus on constancy heading into the post season, earning points and not hoping for other teams mistakes.
“Everyone is buying in right now,” said Garman. “We’ve said it all season we don’t want to peak now, we want to peak in tournament. We had a rough patch but we knew if we got our mind right, we could finish strong and that’s what we’re feeling now.”
The Lady Wildcats beat Bluffton in straight sets (25-18, 25-8, 25-18) on 10/12 and a 17-3 Tri Village team in five sets (25-23, 25-23, 13-25, 2125, 15-8) on 10/17.
Their last regular season matchup comes against #14 Leipsic on 10/20 before they host Jardom Northern on 10/22 in the first round of sectionals.
Fort Loramie: The fourth ranked Lady Redskins (19-3) ended their regular season with two sweeps against Fairlawn (25-10, 25-8, 25-8) on 10/13 and Ben Logan (25-16, 256, 25-18) on 10/17
Earning the #1 seed for their sectional, the Lady Redskins will travel to Troy and face #23 Triad on 10/20
Marion Local: The Lady Flyers (18-4) split the week last week, sweeping Parkway (25-23, 25-23, 25-20) on 10/13 before falling to then #2 New Knoxville (19-25, 2125, 25-23, 20-25) on 10/15.
Earning a #2 seed in the first round of sectionals, the Lady Flyers host #11 Ottoville on 10/20.
New Bremen: The top ranked team in D. IV had a tough week last week, dropping both contests against top teams in the MAC and D. IV in straight sets. On 10/14, the Lady Cards (19-3) fell to #2 New Knoxville (22-25, 24-26, 22-25) and then to #6 Fort Recovery (19-25, 2125, 16-25) on 10/15.
The top seeded Lady Cards will host the winner of #2 Ridgemont and #3 Upper Scioto Valley on 10/22.