The final week of the regular season in high school volleyball is this week and all the teams in Z-Land, now knowing their postseason opponents after Sunday’s draw, will be preparing for next week while keeping an eye on their own conference standings.
All four Z-Land teams will be back in action Thursday night, while Adams Central will be the only team playing Saturday when they make their annual trip down to Union County.
WZBD’s coverage of local volleyball sectionals will begin on Saturday, October 18th.
Monday Recap
South Adams took the opening set, then lost two nail-biting sets by scores of 28-26 and 27-25 before clawing back into the match against the Panthers to force a fifth, which went all the way to the end at 15-13.
Reagan Bollenbacher, Avery Brown and Reagan Beitler each had eleven kills.
Meanwhile, at New Haven, Alex Walter led the way with ten kills for Heritage in an easy victory over New Haven. The Patriots dominated from start to finish, winning 25-20, 25-16, 25-10.
Monday Scores
South Adams 3 FW Snider 2
Heritage 3 New Haven 0
Jay County 3 Daleville 0
Garrett 3 FW North Side 0
Norwell 3 Bluffton 0
Woodlan 3 DeKalb 0
Carroll (FW) 3 Leo 0
Angola 3 Eastside 0
Tuesday Recap
South Adams had a much easier time Tuesday when they hosted Union City, winning in straight sets. Taking the match 25-8, 25-5, 25-12, the Starfires got ten kills from Reagan Bollenbacher and five aces from Reagan Beitler. Reece Beitler led the way with eight aces.
The Bellmont Braves kept their unbeaten run in the NE8 intact with a simple, straight-forward victory on the road at Huntington North against the Vikings in three sets.
Winning 25-7, 25-10, 26-24, the Braves got nine kills from MaryKate Scheumann, along with three aces and a solo block.
Ashlyn Baumann had five kills and a couple digs across the three sets for the visitors.
Averie Coats and Quinn Buchan each had two aces in the win.
Tuesday Scores
Manchester 3 Wabash 0
FW Snider 3 Bishop Luers 0
Eastbrook 3 Blackford 2
Pendleton Heights 3 Mississinewa 1
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