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The Paper photo by Lori Poteet
North Montgomery coach Jodi Webster (left) and player Niki Frey (No.
10) scream as North Montgomery clinches the county championship. |
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| Volleyball
Thursday
At Crawfordsville
North Montgomery 3, Crawfordsville 0
North Montgomery 25 25 25
Crawfordsville 16 20 10
Records: North Montgomery 11-1 (3-0 SAC), Crawfordsville 7-9 (0-2 SAC)
Crawfordsville statistics
Elizabeth Zachary – 11 assists, 11 digs, 2 kills, 1 ace
Kylie Justus – 14 digs, 4 kills
Lindsay Leech – 4 digs, 3 kills
Haley Grundy – 7 digs, 1 ****
Sarah Barr – 7 digs, 4 kills, 1 block
Sandy Williams – 11 digs, 3 aces
Kelsey Grundy – 7 digs, 1 ****
North Montgomery statistics
Tori Bowerman – 16 assists, 6 digs, 4 kills
Jessica Evans – 10 digs
Niki Frey – 3 kills
Hope Knowling – 8 digs
Kelly Kyle – 9 kills, 2 digs, 1 assist
Mica Mathison – 5 kills, 4 digs, 1 assist
Kate Sparks – 2 kills
Sarah Sparks – 11 kills
Alli Thompson – 11 assists, 4 digs, 1 ****
Junior varsity
North Montgomery 2, Crawfordsville 0
North Montgomery 25 25
Crawfordsville 15 12
Records: North Montgomery 10-1, Crawfordsville 6-7
9th grade
Crawfordsville 2, North Montgomery 0
North Montgomery 12 23
Crawfordsville 25 25
Records: North Montgomery 2-3, Crawfordsville 5-4
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Reprinted Courtesy of:
The Paper of Montgomery County
www.thepaper24-7.com
North Montgomery High School’s volleyball team quietly celebrated the Montgomery County championship last night.
The
Chargers defeated their county and Sagamore Athletic Conference rival
Crawfordsville in three straight games, 25-16, 25-20, 25-10. However,
they are hoping for a lot more success down the road.
“We are
happy to win the county championship again,” North Montgomery coach
Jodi Webster. “But we have our sights set on the end of the season and
we want to get better.”
Chargers’ senior Hope Knowling also said the team had their eyes set on more future success especially in the state tournament.
“We’re
glad to win the county but we really just need to keep getting beter
for the sectional and hopefully get to the regional and see what
happens from there,” said Knowling, who had eight digs. “Personally,
this game (Thursday night) showed me what I need to work on in
practice.”
North Montgomery (11-1) started slow as the young
Athenians started the first game with a 5-1 lead behind senior
Elizabeth Zachary’s serving.
“We started strong”, Athenians’
coach Kelly Johnson said. “It was good to see this team which is so
young and inexperienced was not intimidated by a very good North
Montgomery team.”
With North Montgomery down 5-2, Knowling
stepped up to the service line and recorded eight straight points to
give the Chargers a lead they would never relinquish.
“This
match showed the maturity of our team,” Knowling said. “When we get
down we pick each other up because we have good senior leaders who have
played together for a long time.”
In game two, North Montgomery led from wire to wire. However Crawfordsville kept the game close, only to lose 25-20.
The
third game was never in doubt as North Montgomery jumped out to a 19-6
lead and closed out the evening with a convincing 25-10 win.
“We
lacked intensity tonight and I thought we played slow,” Webster said.
“But give Crawfordsville credit because they played good defense.”
Despite the loss, Johnson was proud of her team’s effort on the evening.
“We
are growing and learning and we were competitive,” she said. “We are
pleased with our performance. We played with a lot of heart.”
Webster said although her team has no dominating star, the Chargers have plenty of players who can play well at any given time.
“We
are a diverse team because we have a lot of individuals who can do a
lot of things well,” she said. “We have several players who can perform
at a high level and that is what I like about this team.”
North
Montgomery next plays at 6 p.m. Monday at North Putnam. Crawfordsville
plays at 6 p.m. Tuesday against county-rival Southmont |
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