The regular season came to an end for many teams across Indiana Thursday night and locally, the Bellmont Braves took care of business for the sixth consecutive season and captured another NE8 title, extending their win streak to 46 in the conference by beating Columbia City on the road.
Note: No stats were received by WZBD from Adams Central or Heritage from Thursday night.
Elsewhere, South Adams rounded out their regular slate with a spirited comeback against Delta after dropping the first set. The Stars won the final three sets to take the match, 3-1.
The Braves last loss in the NE8 was a pre-COVID loss, coming to Leo in 2019. The program has won all six successive titles with spotless 7-0 records.
MaryKate Scheumann ended her conference career with a game-high 18 kills and nearly led the team in digs with ten.
Taylor Sutter also had a great night with six kills on 13 attempts to go with a game-high five service aces. She also had eight digs.
Senior Ella Ross had the most digs for the Braves with twelve. The victory for the Braves moved Bellmont to 17-12 on the year with the showdown against Homestead looming in the sectional opener.
In the Stardome, South Adams took care of a good Eagles team with twelve kills from Reece Beitler, who also had a whopping total of 25 digs.
Avery Brown added eight kills and two blocks, while Reagan Bollenbacher had nine kills, three blocks and twelve digs.
The Starfire regular season record stands at 21-8 as coach Ashley Buckingham’s team prepares for their sectional opener at home against Blackhawk Christian next Thursday.
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SCOREBOARD
Bellmont 3 Columbia City 0 (25-8, 25-23, 25-18)
Bishop Dwenger 3 Heritage 1 (19-25, 25-18, 25-17, 25-21)
Southern Wells 3, Adams Central 1 (25-15, 25-21, 23-25, 25-20)
South Adams 3 Delta 1 (23-25, 25-19, 25-21, 25-20)
Randolph Southern 3 Union City 0
Bishop Luers 3 South Side 0
Garrett 3 Central Noble 0
Norwell 3 Huntington North 1
Oak Hill 3 Blackford 0
Fairfield 3 Churubusco 1
Manchester 3 Blackhawk Christian 0
Hamilton Heights 3 Marion 0
Carroll (FW) 3 Angola 0
Northfield 3 Northwestern 0
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