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Warriors sweep Ponies; Cards, Redbirds score wins
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Darlington’s Brenna McDonald ties to hammer down a spike during the Redbirds’ 3-0 win over Boscobel Sept. 17. - photo by By Thomas Gunnell

SOUTH WAYNE — The Warriors swept Monticello Sept. 17, 25-20, 25-16, 25-14.

Bailey Butler had 14 kills to lead all players, while Makayla Mau added seven for Black Hawk. Hannah Butler had seven blocks, while Bailey and Mau each had two aces. Maddy Huschitt dished out 14 assists in the match, and Macie Stauffacher added nine. 

Monticello was led by Mackie Errthum, who finished with six kills and three blocks. Ellie Gustafson had eight kills, Emily Grant 11 assists, Miah Brokopp 12 digs and Sara Blumer nine digs.


Barneveld 3, Juda 1

JUDA — The Panthers lost a tight 4-game match at home against Barneveld Sept. 17, 23-25, 11-25, 25-23, 21-25.

Both teams were tied at 21 in Game 4, but Barneveld was able to serve out to victory. Juda drops to 2-3 in Six Rivers East play and 7-5 overall.

Triniti Elmer led Juda with eight kills while teammate Montana Steinmann had seven. Cheyenne Noble added a block, Morgan Schneeberger finished with 20 digs and Maddie Smith recorded three aces and 11 assists.

Barneveld’s Leah Marx had 12 kills and Zoe Schmitz spiked down nine more kills.

“Barneveld was really supported by their two middle hitters. They were able to tip and spike and made it hard for us to hit balls,” Juda coach Scott Anderson said.


Brodhead 3, Turner 0

BELOIT — The Cardinals picked up a sound road victory Sept. 17, knocking off Turner 25-12, 25-15, 25-23.

Katie Goecks had 13 kills, while Abbie Dix had nine. Dix, a freshman, had 12 hitting errors, which if reversed would have made the match scores more lopsided.

Dix finished with three blocks and an ace from the service line. Sabrina Siegel had four aces, while Madisyn Kail had two aces. Alexis Kammerer dished out 27 assists. Catherine Speckman sprawled out for nine digs, while Kaidynce Bevars had seven digs.


Darlington 3, Boscobel 0

Darlington — The Redbirds swept Boscobel, 25-20, 25-11, 25-23 Sept. 17. 

In the first set, the Redbirds got five kills and two aces from Sydney Beasley. 

Darlington struggled with their serving early with five missed serves, but the Bulldogs were equally struggling with four missed serves of their own as the sideouts see-sawed back-and-forth with no flow. The teams were tied on 10 separate occasions until a late 11-5 run allowed the Redbirds to pull away. Beasley sealed the win with a blistering kill for game-point. 

In Game 2, the Redbirds found their groove at the service line getting five-point service runs by Alyssa Tuescher and Cori Golackson and four-point runs by Lizzie Schwartz and Brenna McDonald. 

In the third set, Boscobel battled with the ’Birds to the end but Darlington earned the sweep. Schwartz had three kills and Beasley added two late in the set to keep the hosts ahead of the Bulldogs, and then a kill by Tuescher won the game and the match.


— Thomas Gunnell contributed