by Scott Sacry
The Florence volleyball team made it to state last year and look poised to do the same this season. Coming into last Saturday’s contest against Eureka, the Lady Falcons have dominated their opponents. But so has Eureka, so something had to give. The two teams played in Eureka on Saturday, September 21, and Florence lost 2-3 in a grueling five-set game (19-25, 25-20, 17-25, 25-17, 19-17).
For Florence, Emory Ralston had 4 aces, 13 kills and 20 digs, Maggie Schneiter had 28 assists, and Ava Philbrick had 4 blocks.
Earlier in the week on Tuesday, Sept. 17, the Florence girls hosted Loyola and won 3-0 (25-17, 25-16, 26-24). For Florence, Elise Schneiter had 5 aces, Emory Ralston had 10 kills and 16 digs, Maggie Schneiter had 25 assists and Ella Goeltz had 14 digs.
Volleyball Scores
On Tuesday, Sept. 17, Darby went to Arlee and defeated the Scarlets in a competitive four-set game (25-21, 26-24, 24-26, 25-16). For Darby, Lilly Bennett had 3 aces and 6 kills, Hadley Heiland had 2 aces, 2 kills and 2 blocks, Sophia Hamblin had 5 aces, 4 kills and 15 assists, Reanna Golden had 3 kills, Georgia Fisher had 3 aces, 6 kills and 2 digs, and Natalie Anderson had 5 aces, 9 kills and 4 blocks.
Then on Saturday they traveled to Troy and won 3-2 (25-18, 25-19, 19-25, 24-26, 15-11).
The Hamilton volleyball team played a couple of tough games last week against Frenchtown and Dillon. On Tuesday, Sept. 17, they hosted Frenchtown and lost 2-3 (25-18, 22-25, 23-25, 25-21, 7-15). On Saturday they traveled to Dillon and lost 1-3 (22-25, 25-23, 15-25, 17-25).