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The Paper photo by Lori Poteet
North Montgomery senior Tori Frey (center) celebrates with sophomore Kelly Kyle and junior Tori Bowerman. |
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| Volleyball
Saturday
IHSAA North Montgomery Sectional
At North Montgomery HS
Semifinal game 1
North Montgomery 3, Western Boone 2
Western Boone 22 25 23 27 8
North Montgomery 25 23 25 25 15
North Montgomery statistics
Kiera Bonebrake – 5 digs, 5 kills
Tori Bowerman – 22 assists, 14 digs, 10 kills
Jessica Evans – 4 digs
Niki Frey – 3 kills, 3 digs
Hope Knowling – 21 digs
Kelly Kyle – 15 kills, 10 digs, 2 assists
Mica Mathison – 12 kills, 1 dig, 1 assist
Kate Sparks – 17 digs
Sarah Sparks – 6 digs, 6 kills
Alli Thompson – 19 assists, 12 digs
Semifinal game 2
Southmont 3, Lebanon 0
Lebanon 15 24 21
Southmont 25 26 25
Southmont statistics
Ashlee Richardson – 2 digs, 1 ****, 1 ace
Cayla Porter – 13 digs
Grace Shelton – 2 digs
Shelby Philpott – 9 digs, 8 kills, 2 aces
Paige Bullerdick – 1 ace
Hannah Dossett – 2 kills, 1 dig, 1 block
Erin Davidson – 2 digs
Nan Myers – 4 kills, 3 blocks
Kylie Demoret – 7 digs, 6 kills, 1 block
Championship match
North Montgomery 3, Southmont 0
Southmont 17 11 15
North Montgomery 25 25 25
Records: North Montgomery 30-3, Southmont 19-8
North Montgomery statistics
Kiera
Bonebrake – 6 kills, 2 digs, 1 assist; Tori Bowerman – 17 assists, 12
digs, 5 killls; Jessica Evans – 2 digs; Niki Frey – 3 kills; Hope
Knowling – 11 digs; Kelly Kyle – 14 kills, 4 digs, 2 assists; Mica
Mathison – 5 kills; Kate Sparks – 3 digs; Sarah Sparks – 1 ****, 1 dig;
All Thompson – 11 assists, 4 digs, 1 ****
Southmont statistics
Ashlee
Richardson – 2 kills, 1 dig; Cayla Porter – 19 digs; Grace Shelton – 6
digs; Shelby Philpott – 4 kills, 3 digs, 1 block; Kyra Burton – 8 digs,
4 kills, 1 ace; Paige Bullerdick – 3 digs; Hannah Dossett – 1 dig; Erin
Davidson – 2 digs; Nan Myers – 5 kills, 5 digs, 1 ace; Kylie Demoret –
9 digs, 7 kills
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Reprinted Courtesy of:
The Paper of Montgomery County
www.thepaper24-7.com
By Bob Cox
bcox@thepaper24-7.com
LINDEN
– Sometimes disappointment can turn into motivation. Such was the case
for North Montgomery’s volleyball team Saturday night.
The
Chargers defeated county and Sagamore Athletic Conference rival
Southmont 25-17, 25-11, 25-16 to win the Indiana High School Athletic
Association North Montgomery Sectional championship.
The
sectional championship helped erase the memory of last year’s
disappointing sectional loss to county- and conference rival
Crawfordsville.
North Montgomery coach Jodi Webster said last year’s loss has helped her team get ready for this year’s tournament run.
“We
looked at last year as a great learning experience for us,” she said.
“We have worked hard since last year and have matured a lot. This feels
pretty good.”
North Montgomery (30-3) will play Batesville in
the opening 11 a.m. Mount Vernon (Fortville) Regional semifinal this
coming Saturday.
Batesville defeated Greensburg 25-21, 25-16, 25-16 in the Batesville Sectional title match.
North
Montgomery advanced to the final after winning a grueling five-game
match (25-22, 23-25, 25-23, 25-27, 15-8) against a very aggressive
Western Boone team.
Chargers’ junior Tori Bowerman said the effects of the tough morning game gave her some concern heading into the championship.
“We
had some trouble getting up for this game because we were all dead from
the Western Boone game,” Bowerman said. “We gave all our energy
[Saturday] morning but we really did put everything we had into this
game. It definitely helped that this team plays together as a team.”
Southmont
defeated conference foe Lebanon (25-15, 26-24, 25-21) in Saturday’s
second semifinal. It’s the second-straight year the Mounties (19-8)
have reached the finals. First-year Southmont coach Amber Powers said
the Mounties serving was her team’s downfall in the match.
“Our serving is what killed us,” she said. “We could never string our serves together tonight.”
North Montgomery senior Nike Frey said playing a county rival helped her get ready for the championship game.
“Playing
Southmont helped us get ready to play tonight after the tough morning
game,” she said. “We were confident after beating Western Boone.”
Webster said winning the sectional was nice but she said her team wants to keep winning.
“This
is just the beginning of our journey,” she said. “We are looking at
what is to come for us. We are not done yet. We won’t change what we
are doing, but we will work on making ourselves better in every aspect
of the game.”
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