FRHS grad posts 28 kills

Paige Fortkamp made some big improvements from the first week of the season.

Fortkamp set a new career high in kills in the University of Saint Francis’ five-set loss to William Woods on Aug. 25 and was the driving force for the Cougars that day.

The junior had 28 kills in the Cougars’ (4-2) match. Her previous career high was set on Sept. 2, 2021 when she had 26 against Spring Arbor as a freshman. 

Fortkamp had nine hitting errors and attacked the ball 58 times to earn a 0.328 hitting percentage against William Woods. She was responsible for 28.5 of the Cougars’ 76.5 points in the match (37.3%).

Fortkamp also had two assists and 12 digs in the match.

In the Cougars’ match against the Trinity Christian Trolls on the same day, Fortkamp struggled with hitting errors. She finished with 11 kills and 10 errors on 38 attempts for St. Francis in the loss.

At 4.25 kills per game, Fortkamp continues to lead the Crossroads League.

Whitney Rammel

FRHS — 2022

Started in one match and played in another for  East Tennessee State University’ as the Buccaneers dropped a trio of matches to start the season.

In ETSU’s season opener against Bowling Green, Rammel had two kills off the bench. She played in all three sets of the Falcons’ sweep where she also committed four hitting errors.

After not playing in the 3-1 loss at Northern Kentucky, Rammel was awarded the start against Ohio State. She had her best match of the season, recording three kills and two blocks.

Rammel had five of the Bucs’ 33 points (the fourth-highest on the team).

Jalyn Bruns

FRHS — 2022

Tied for 45th-place at the Trine Women’s Kickoff Classic as the IU-East girls golf team B placed eighth out of 15 competing teams on Tuesday.

The team shot a total 369 for 81 strokes over par. Grace College (323) took first place in the tournament while the IU-East A team (328) finished second.

Bruns shot a 96 in the round to be 24 over par to tie for 45th in the meet. Tied with her were Caroline Boyd (Trine B), Lauryn Jerke (Cleary) and Magan Paczas (Siena Heights).

She finished fourth among the second team golfers, behind Lainey Jackson (13th, 85), Gracie Williams (37th, 94) and Baylee Wissler (37th, 94).