August 30, 2017 at 3:58 a.m.
Fort fends off Patriots
Tribe escapes with a sweep of state-line rival
Fort fends off Patriots
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The Indians’ high-powered offense was looking to build big leads.
It’s how the Tribe has been able to win its first two matches of the season.
The host Patriots and their experienced defense didn’t let the Indians get rolling.
Fort Recovery High School’s volleyball team fought off a scrappy Jay County squad, escaping to Ohio with a 25-23, 25-23, 25-21 sweep of the state-line rival Patriots on Tuesday.
“I give them credit defensively in being able to hold our offense,” said Fort Recovery coach Chelsea Kahlig, whose team has opened the year by sweeping all three of its opponents. “I thought this was a good test for our team. It is good to get back on a competitive edge as we’re heading into the (Midwest Athletic Conference).”
Jay County, on the other hand, dipped to 4-4 on the season ahead of its Thursday matchup against Wapahani. The Raiders have won consecutive state championships.
The Patriots could have succumbed to the power of Carley Stone and the grittiness of her supporting attackers, including Cassy Martin and Paige Jutte.
Instead, JCHS senior libero Chloe Trissel and her teammates didn’t allow the Indians to get into much of a consistent rhythm.
Kailee Denney posted a team-best dozen digs. Trissel added seven, and Randi Ferguson notched six digs. Olivia Kunkler and Natalie Miles had five digs apiece.
“It had to keep us in the match,” JCHS coach Fred Medler said of his defense. “Their offense was a touch better than ours.”
Fort Recovery jumped out to a 5-1 lead in the opening set, and later used consecutive kills from Stone to mount a 15-10 advantage. It was the largest lead for either team on the night in a match that went back and forth, complete with a tie score on 19 occasions.
A pair of attack errors by the Tribe and consecutive kills from Miles, a Jay County freshman, made it 15-14 in favor of Fort Recovery before Kahlig called a timeout.
Martin notched consecutive kills out of the break, and Jay County got as close as one point four more times — 18-17, 19-18, 22-21 and 23-22 — but could not take the lead.
Martin finished with nine kills, second only to Stone’s game-high 17 kills.
In the second set, Kendal Garringer served up four straight points in helping Jay County take a 9-8 lead, but Fort Recovery later rattled off six straight — including three Stone kills and one from Madi Rammel — for an 18-15 advantage.
The run forced Medler into taking a timeout, and his team proceeded to notch five of the next half dozen points to get out front 20-19. But Fort Recovery took six of the subsequent nine points, including an emphatic block from Brooke Gaerke as the final point, for another 25-23 set victory.
“That is one play,” Medler said of the score difference in the first two sets. “One play during that set sometime that you clean up and now you’re leading and almost to the end. But you’ve got to hold them off at the end. I’m not sure whether we could hold them off or not.
“We had their backs against the wall. They might have come out and got us anyway. They are just a tad stronger.”
Jay County senior Kaelyn Weaver only had three kills through the first two sets, but made her presence more known in the third. She accounted for five straight Jay County points — four kills and a block — turning a 5-1 deficit into a 6-5 advantage in the third set.
Weaver finished with a team-high 11 kills, and Olivia Kunkler was second with nine kills.
Then it was junior Sarah Walter who notched consecutive kills later in the set to complete a four-point run. It gave Jay County a 17-14 lead, its biggest of the night, and forced a Kahlig timeout.
“At that point in our serve receive, I think they just needed to relax and have some reassurance they can pass the ball,” Kahlig said. “When we have that perfect pass we’re almost guaranteed a kill.”
Stone slammed a kill down the left side to start a four-point Fort Recovery swing, during which Martin also had a kill. But over the next four points the match was tied twice.
Rammel caught Jay County off guard by pushing a set for a 21-20 lead the Tribe never gave up.
“We beat them in three (sets) which was a plus,” said Kahlig, whose team has defeated the Patriots in back-to-back seasons. “We came back from being down a few times.”
Junior varsity
Jay County won the first set but Fort Recovery nabbed the final two in a 16-25, 25-13, 15-9 win over the host Patriots.
Sophomore Val Muhlenkamp had 10 kills to lead the Indians, who also got five kills from Kierra Wendel and four from Chloe Showalter.
Showalter also had a team-best 10 digs, and Rachel Acheson contributed a dozen assists.
Sara Hemmelgarn’s 10 kills and eight digs were best on the squad. Hallie Fields and Hemmelgarn also had two aces.
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The Indians’ high-powered offense was looking to build big leads.
It’s how the Tribe has been able to win its first two matches of the season.
The host Patriots and their experienced defense didn’t let the Indians get rolling.
Fort Recovery High School’s volleyball team fought off a scrappy Jay County squad, escaping to Ohio with a 25-23, 25-23, 25-21 sweep of the state-line rival Patriots on Tuesday.
“I give them credit defensively in being able to hold our offense,” said Fort Recovery coach Chelsea Kahlig, whose team has opened the year by sweeping all three of its opponents. “I thought this was a good test for our team. It is good to get back on a competitive edge as we’re heading into the (Midwest Athletic Conference).”
Jay County, on the other hand, dipped to 4-4 on the season ahead of its Thursday matchup against Wapahani. The Raiders have won consecutive state championships.
The Patriots could have succumbed to the power of Carley Stone and the grittiness of her supporting attackers, including Cassy Martin and Paige Jutte.
Instead, JCHS senior libero Chloe Trissel and her teammates didn’t allow the Indians to get into much of a consistent rhythm.
Kailee Denney posted a team-best dozen digs. Trissel added seven, and Randi Ferguson notched six digs. Olivia Kunkler and Natalie Miles had five digs apiece.
“It had to keep us in the match,” JCHS coach Fred Medler said of his defense. “Their offense was a touch better than ours.”
Fort Recovery jumped out to a 5-1 lead in the opening set, and later used consecutive kills from Stone to mount a 15-10 advantage. It was the largest lead for either team on the night in a match that went back and forth, complete with a tie score on 19 occasions.
A pair of attack errors by the Tribe and consecutive kills from Miles, a Jay County freshman, made it 15-14 in favor of Fort Recovery before Kahlig called a timeout.
Martin notched consecutive kills out of the break, and Jay County got as close as one point four more times — 18-17, 19-18, 22-21 and 23-22 — but could not take the lead.
Martin finished with nine kills, second only to Stone’s game-high 17 kills.
In the second set, Kendal Garringer served up four straight points in helping Jay County take a 9-8 lead, but Fort Recovery later rattled off six straight — including three Stone kills and one from Madi Rammel — for an 18-15 advantage.
The run forced Medler into taking a timeout, and his team proceeded to notch five of the next half dozen points to get out front 20-19. But Fort Recovery took six of the subsequent nine points, including an emphatic block from Brooke Gaerke as the final point, for another 25-23 set victory.
“That is one play,” Medler said of the score difference in the first two sets. “One play during that set sometime that you clean up and now you’re leading and almost to the end. But you’ve got to hold them off at the end. I’m not sure whether we could hold them off or not.
“We had their backs against the wall. They might have come out and got us anyway. They are just a tad stronger.”
Jay County senior Kaelyn Weaver only had three kills through the first two sets, but made her presence more known in the third. She accounted for five straight Jay County points — four kills and a block — turning a 5-1 deficit into a 6-5 advantage in the third set.
Weaver finished with a team-high 11 kills, and Olivia Kunkler was second with nine kills.
Then it was junior Sarah Walter who notched consecutive kills later in the set to complete a four-point run. It gave Jay County a 17-14 lead, its biggest of the night, and forced a Kahlig timeout.
“At that point in our serve receive, I think they just needed to relax and have some reassurance they can pass the ball,” Kahlig said. “When we have that perfect pass we’re almost guaranteed a kill.”
Stone slammed a kill down the left side to start a four-point Fort Recovery swing, during which Martin also had a kill. But over the next four points the match was tied twice.
Rammel caught Jay County off guard by pushing a set for a 21-20 lead the Tribe never gave up.
“We beat them in three (sets) which was a plus,” said Kahlig, whose team has defeated the Patriots in back-to-back seasons. “We came back from being down a few times.”
Junior varsity
Jay County won the first set but Fort Recovery nabbed the final two in a 16-25, 25-13, 15-9 win over the host Patriots.
Sophomore Val Muhlenkamp had 10 kills to lead the Indians, who also got five kills from Kierra Wendel and four from Chloe Showalter.
Showalter also had a team-best 10 digs, and Rachel Acheson contributed a dozen assists.
Sara Hemmelgarn’s 10 kills and eight digs were best on the squad. Hallie Fields and Hemmelgarn also had two aces.
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