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Knights tip rivals in regular season finale
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NEW GLARUS — The New Glarus Glarner Knights went into their Highway 69 rivalry game with the Belleville Wildcats and took care of business on Oct. 15, 14-25, 25-19, 25-20, 19-25, 15-9.

Kalia Malaise had 12 kills, two aces and 23 assists to lead New Glarus. Fellow senior Ellie Brenkman had 11 kills and three blocks, while Brynlee Schofield tallied eight kills, six aces and two blocks, and Kate Parman added 10 kills and two blocks. Sophomore Nicole Burton dished out 19 assists and sophomore Macy Pinnow chipped in eight kills and three aces.

“Though the first set slipped away, (we) battled our way back pushing the Cats to the fifth set,” said New Glarus coach Kayla Zimmerman. “The emotions and energy were high. It was a great atmosphere to also celebrate youth and alumni night.”

For Belleville, Anna Alexander had a team-high 123 kills to go with six blocks and two aces. Bryn Prochaska tallied nine kills and three blocks. Hayden Caskey, Alise Alexander and Morgan Posthuma each had two aces. Braxtyn Ayers finished the night with three blocks and six kills. Alise Alexander added seven kills and a block. Caskey also had 13 assists and seven digs, while Jocelyn Raven had 15 assists and seven digs.

Two days earlier, Belleville was swept by Waterloo, 25-13, 25-15, 25-17. Carolyn Schoenike had seven kills to lead the Wildcats, while Korynn Potter tallied 15 digs. Potter, Raven, Libby Iserloth and Taylor Schmidt all had two aces.

The same day, Oct. 13, New Glarus was swept by Wisconsin Heights 25-21, 25-22, 25-16.

Delavan-Darien 3, Monroe 1

MONROE — The Cheesemakers took the first set but ultimately dropped a Rock Valley match to the Comets in four sets on Oct. 13, 22-25, 25-17, 25-22, 26-24.

Ten different Monroe players recorded a spike kill. Alice Soukup led the Cheesemakers with nine kills. Lexie Larson tallied six aces and 35 digs, while Soukup had two aces. Adi Kubly added two blocks. Kennedy Solt finished the night with 15 assists, while Brianna Ziolkowski had 12 assists.

Turner 3, Brodhead 0

BRODHEAD — The Cardinals were swept on Oct. 13 by the Trojans in a Rock Valley contest, 25-18, 25-22, 25-19.

Gracie Hefty, Ella Olson and Chesney Walker each had seven kills for Brodhead, while Natalie Pierce and Lexi Rear added a pair of aces each. Elise Rear had a team-high 25 digs, and Paige Bauman led the way with 15 assists.

Pecatonica 3, Black Hawk 0

SOUTH WAYNE — The Vikings swept the Warriors on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 25-15, 25-13, 25-10.

Katilyn Stegall had two aces for Black Hawk, while Jaci Kammes finished with 10 assists.

Monticello 3, Juda 1

JUDA — The Ponies defeated the Panthers in four sets Oct. 13, 25-17, 15-25, 25-15, 25-15.

Braelynn Holz had 13 kills and nine digs for Monticello, while Madelynn Place finished with seven kills and three aces. Freshman Avery Smith tallied 30 assists, 10 digs, seven kills and four aces.

Darlington 3, Iowa-Grant 2

DARLINGTON — The Redbirds knocked off the Panthers in a five-set nail-biter on Oct. 15, 25-22, 25-19, 23-25, 25-27, 15-12.

Lilly Ritchie had 27 kills and three aces to lead Darlington. Camryn Andrews dished out 27 assists. Chloe O’Brien finished with five blocks and Ali Wineland tallied 22 digs.

The two teams had met just two days earlier at a Southwestern Triangular. Darlington won in two sets over Iowa-Grant, 25-18, 25-16, as well as punishing Boscobel 25-10, 25-6, and Southwestern 25-10, 25-17.

Other area scores from Tuesday, Oct. 13:

Barneveld def. Albany, 25-16, 25-15, 25-20

Other area scores from Tuesday, Oct. 15:

Argyle def. Black Hawk 25-14, 25-7, 25-9