Volleyball

The Thayer Central lady Titans sweep up the competition en route to winning the SNC Conference Championship. Thayer Central was on a tear from the start of the tournament and did not lose a single set throughout as they swept 2-0 against Fairbury on Monday, October 16th.Then on Tuesday, October 17th Thayer Central had swept 3-0 against Milford in the semi-finals and against Centennial in the Conference championship. Top efforts in the tournament for Thayer Central came by way of Jadyn Bowman leading the offense up-front with 43 kills, contributed three aces, and while on defense had a great presence as she racked up 34 digs. Ella Bruegemann had a great tournament as well coming as second with kills getting 25, had four aces, and led the team with 46 digs on defense. Contributing some aces and facilitating for the offense came by the duo of Ella Brugemann and Olivia Wiedel. Brugemann was able to finish with five aces along with 61 assists and Wiedel would have four aces, and gave out 36 assists.Thayer Central now has a six game win-streak and will be hosting the Class C2-8 Sub-District on Monday October 23rd as they’ll be facing the winner of the match with Sutton and Wilber-Clatonia. After winning the first round match against Wilber-Clatonia, losing to Thayer Central and then Sutton; the Fairbury Lady Jeffs end their SNC tournament run on a good note beating Sandy Creek with the sets going 25-19, 23-25, and 25-14 on Tuesday, October 17th. Top performances from the tournament for Fairbury came by the efforts of Evelyn Timmons leading the team with 36 kills while serving three aces.On the defensive side Timmons contributed three blocks, and 44 digs. Deja Vocelka was able to have five aces served, and had a great tournament passing wise as she racked up 80 assists. Defensively Vocelka had four blocks and 20 digs. Coming up with a nice impact on both ends was Micah Friesen as she would have 20 kills, and three aces offensively, meanwhile on defense Friesen had four blocks and 24 digs.Fairbury now with a record of (12-19) gears up to hit the road for Sub-District as they’ll be at Centennial on Monday, October 23rd taking on Malcolm at 6:30 in the first round. The Wilber-Clatonia lady Wolverines lost in the first round in the SNC against Fairbury on Monday, October 16th, but would bounce back with two straight sweeping wins as they bested Heartland, and then Fillmore Central on Tuesday, October 17th.W.C ends their regular season with a (14-18) record and will be at Thayer Central for the Class C2-8 Sub-District going against Sutton with the winner of that game taking on Thayer Central later that night on Monday, October 23rd. The Tri County lady Trojans end their season on a good note as they come away with a 2-1 set victory against Sterling and swept 2-0 against Southern on the road Tuesday, October 17th. Tri County now with a record of (20-8) looks toward the Class C2-8 Sub-District at Thayer Central as they’ll be the #3 seed taking on the #2 seed Superior in the first round Monday, October 23rd. The Diller-Odell lady Griffins lose 2-3 on Tuesday, October 17th to Johnson County Central, but look to end the regular season on a high note a home as they host Exeter-Milligan/Friend on Friday October 20th. Following that game D.O will be looking towards Monday, October 23rd as D.O will hit the road for the Class D1-1 Sub-District as they’ll be going against the #3 seed Dorchester at Johnson-Brock. The Meridian lady Mustangs suffered a 1-3 set loss on the road against Humboldt-Table Rock-Steinauer on Thursday, October 19th. Meridian now with a record of (21-5) will look to host the Class D2-4 Sub-District as the #1 seed going against Hampton on Monday, October 23rd. The Southern lady Raiders look towards the C2-1 Sub-District as they hit the road as the #4 seed going against the #1 seed Freeman on Monday, October, 23rd.

James A. Lugenbeel

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