The Lady Panther varsity volleyball team tallied one win and one loss this past week.
Blanco shut out the Bandera Bulldogs 3-0 on Sept. 8, with set scores of 25-17, 25-21 and 25-20. The Schulenburg Lady Horns’ ended the Lady Panthers’ seven-match winning streak on Friday with a 3-1 win. Set scores were 25-22, 14-25, 26-24 and 25-20.
Against the Bulldogs, Emilee LaRue led the team with nine kills and three digs. Presley Young had seven kills and one ace, to go along with seven digs and one assist. Olivia Atchley tallied 18 set assists, four kills, two aces, five digs and two blocks. Carly Romero hit four kills and had one block. Raylee Faris had four kills and three blocks. Jaycie Gloor tallied 18 digs, two aces and two assists. Lily Porter made four digs and served two aces.
The junior varsity defeated Bandera 25-10 and 25-14. Haleigh Charles hit four kills and made five digs. Jennah Atchley hit four kills and made three digs, while Dianka Edwards set the ball for seven assists and added one kill, two digs and two aces. Molly Melton hit one kill and made one dig, while Cassidy Daves had 11 digs, one assist and one ace. Peyton West served three aces and made one dig. Grayci Jung and Rylee Davis each served an ace. Riley Edmondson, Kelly Karnes and Cristiana Rodriguez each made one dig.
The freshman team beat the Bulldogs 25-14 and 25-15. Hemma Porter hit two kills and one ace and made six digs and one assist. Mina Broyles served seven aces and made four digs. Alex Beliveau served two aces and had four digs. Sydney Shiller hit two kills and made two aces and one dig. Katherine Windham hit two kills and had two digs. Erika Calzoncit tallied two aces, one dig and one set. Kate Capshaw hit one kill and added two digs and one assist. Wesley Whitehead and Whitney Whitehead each made one dig. Gemma Broglie made one assist.
In the varsity game against Schulenburg, Young paced the Panthers with 15 kills, two aces, 12 digs, two assists and one block. LaRue had 10 kills and added three aces, 15 digs, one assist and one block. Atchley had five kills and made 25 assists, three aces, fourteen digs and three blocks. Romero scored on four kills and one block. Gloor had 18 digs, one ace and three assists. Porter made 16 digs and served two aces. Casey Eskew knocked down four blocks.
The Lady Panthers wrap up pre-district play this week. After hosting the SA Saints Home School Sept. 15, they travel to Burnet on Friday. District games kick off Sept. 22, when Blanco will tangle with the Comfort Deer.
“It’s hard to believe that we only have two games left in the pre-district. Time has flown by,” said Olivia Atchley, senior setter. “We have definitely had a challenging pre-district as we played some tough teams. But I’m very thankful for this time with my team as we have meshed, learned how to be great teammates through hard games and grueling practices, and have a lot of fun at the same time!
“As we approach our opening district game against Comfort, we are ready for revenge from last year when they kicked us out of the playoffs. A goal we have set for our district season is to be district champs, we will achieve this by really focusing every day in practice and working together as a team and not for ourselves.”
