LADY EAGLE JUNIOR …Isabelle Burnett unloads a serve for North Central in a BBC match at Edon. (PHOTO BY RICH HARDING, STAFF)
VOLLEYBALL
Varsity
North Central 3 Edon 0
The Eagles took solo possession of second place in the BBC after defeating Edon in straight sets 25-14, 25-22, 25-20. Kendal Bonney paced the North Central (17-4, 5-1 in BBC) attack with 29 kills on the night and Madison Brown tallied 31 assists.
Emma Hickman had 14 assists for the Bombers (10-9, 4-2 in BBC) and Carlie Kiess added six kills and 14 digs.
Holgate 3 Fayette 0
The Tigers earned their first league win as members of the BBC as they won at Fayette 25-16, 25-13, 25-10. No stats were reported.
Hilltop 3 Stryker 0
Hilltop clinched a share of the BBC title with a straight set win over Stryker 25-14, 25-14, 25-12. Jayma Bailey went 25/26 (21 points) for the Cadets (16-5, 6-0 in BBC) along with 12 digs, Gabby Rodriguez added 22 kills on 41/45 hitting, and Kacy Connolly dished out 29 assists.
Haylee Fulk fronted Stryker (7-114, 2-4 in BBC) with five kills and Sage Wollace had 17 digs in the loss.
Montpelier 3 Pettisville 2
Ariel Page recorded 20 kills, giving her the new single season record for kills as the Locos (10-11, 4-2 in BBC) outlasted Pettisville 20-25, 25-16, 25-19, 20-25, 17-15. Page now has 224 kills, beating the previous record held by Hannah Blake with 218. Cadey Hilliard registered 26 digs, Kelsie Bumb had 32 assists, and Chelsea McCord posted 13 kills and reached 1,000 digs in her career.
Rosemary Baer and Paris Coopshaw had 19 and 18 digs respectively while Leah Beck added 30 assists for Pettisville (6-15, 2-4 in BBC).
Antwerp 3 Edgerton 0
Antwerp earned a 25-11, 26-24, 25-17 win at Edgerton in GMC play. The Lady Bulldogs (6-14, 0-6 in GMC) were led by Noelle Ritter with 19 digs, six kills and Addie Cape added 14 digs.
Swanton 3 Evergreen 0
Trista Eitniear had 12 kills on 22/23 hitting to pace Swanton past Evergreen 25-15, 25-19, 25-15 on Senior Night for the Lady Bulldogs. Brie Williams added 12 digs for Swanton and Sofie Taylor totaled 36 assists on 73/74 setting.
Wauseon 3 Patrick Henry 1
Marisa Seiler tallied 17 digs, 10 aces, five kills, and 29 assists as she eclipsed 1,500 career assists as Wauseon knocked off Patrick Henry 25-14, 18-25, 25-17, 25-19. Cameron Estep tallied 15 kills, 10 digs for Wauseon (15-6, 5-2 in NWOAL) while Jazmine Barajas added 23 digs. Keely Culler topped Archbold in kills with 13 and Addi Ziegler dished out 38 assists.
Archbold 3 Bryan 0
The Lady Streaks, who secured an outright NWOAL title last week, finished a perfect 7-0 in league play by taking down Bryan 25-17, 25-8, 25-8. All seven wins by Archbold (19-3, 7-0 in NWOAL) in league play were in straight sets. Gwen Spengler had three kills and eight digs for Bryan (9-13, 4-3 in NWOAL).
Liberty Center 3 Delta 0
Liberty Center closed their NWOAL schedule with a 25-13, 25-14, 25-18 win at Delta. No stats were reported.
JV SCORES:
Stryker d. Hilltop 2-0
North Central d. Edon 2-1
Montpelier d. Pettisville 2-0
Holgate d. Fayette 2-0
Swanton d. Evergreen 2-0
Wauseon d. Patrick Henry 2-0
Archbold d. Bryan 2-0
FRESHMAN SCORES:
Swanton d. Evergreen 2-0
Patrick Henry d. Wauseon 2-0
Bryan d. Archbold 2-1
BOYS SOCCER
Wauseon 2 Bryan 1
Both teams did all their scoring in the first half as Wauseon finished as league runners-up after a 2-1 win. Eli Delgado started things for Wauseon with a penalty kick at the 34:33 mark of the first half to give the Indians an early 1-0 lead. With 18:26 remaining in the half Quinn Brown scored for Bryan on an assist from Nathan Hess to tie the score at 1-1.
Braden Vajen would score what turned out to be the game winner for the Indians with 12:44 to go in the half off an assist by Gavin Gerig.
Evergreen 10 Swanton 1
Evergreen raced to a 7-1 lead at halftime and rolled to a10-1 over Swanton in the NWOAL finale for both squads. Evan Lumbrezer paced the Vikings scoring onslaught with three goals and an assist while Brodie Setmire had a goal and two assists.
Delta 4 Liberty Center 2
Delta rallied from a 1-0 halftime deficit to get a 4-2 win over the Tigers thus securing the Panthers first ever NWOAL title in boys’ soccer. Nolan Risner, Max York, Carson Chiesa, and Shane Kruger each found the net in the second half to lead the Delta (5-0-1 in NWOAL) comeback.
GIRLS SOCCER
Swanton 2 Van Buren 0
Megan Haselman had a goal to help Swanton to a non-league win over Van Buren 2-0