West Shamokin, Purchase Line, Northern Cambria, and Conemaugh Township have clinched their spots in the Heritage Conference Volleyball Championships, to be played at the KCAC on Saturday, October 24th. West Shamokin clinched the first place ticket out of the West and Purchase Line will be second. In the East, Northern Cambria and Conemaugh Township are still battling to determine first and second place.
West Shamokin and Purchase Line have met twice this season, and the Wolves have won both times, and both in five sets. Last night in Numine, West Shamokin took the first set but the Red Dragons the next two before the Wolves came back in the final two for the win (25-18, 15-25, 18-25, 25-22, 9-15.
For Purchase Line:
Rylee Mahaffey had 19 kills, 18 digs and 13 service points. Alorra Phillips had 12 kills 21 service points and 21 digs, Leah Nelson had 23 digs and 14 service points. Reese Mahaffey had 41 assists, 6 blocks and 7 digs.
West Shamokin did not provide stats.
JV: West Shamokin won 2-0.
Marion Center swept Homer-Center 3-0 (25-8, 25-22, 25-12).
For Marion Center:
Alivia Ruddock 18 kills, 6 digs
Reagan Mantini 10 kills, 8 digs
Emma Zamborsky 29 assists, 7 aces
Hannah Runk 12 digs
Riayn Miller 5 kills
Ainsley Houser 11 digs, 2 kills
Sydney Fabri 6 service points
Harli Edwards 7 kills , 1 block
For Homer-Center:
Ashlyn Yount: 5 digs, 16 assists
Madison Brendlinger: 1 ace, 5 digs, 3 receptions
Addy Henry: 4 digs
Taylor Rado: 1 ace, 9 kills, 9 digs, 4 receptions
Taicha Bartlebaugh: 1 kill, 1 block, 7 digs
Jillian Howard: 1 dig, 7 receptions
Maggie Voyda: 8 kills, 1 block, 3 digs, 3 receptions
Alaina Yount: 2 digs
Joanna Howard: 1 ace, 5 digs, 11 receptions
MC JV won 2-0
MC JH A: won 2-1
MC JH B won 2-0
Northern Cambria swept Portage 3-0 (25-19, 25-12, 25-15) on their Senior Night.
For Northern Cambria:
Maddie Work led the team in service points and had several key digs for the colts. McCracken led the team in assists while Aadyn Hoover and Lainey Vasil contributed key kills along the way. McKayla Formeck and Alyssa Depetro rounded out the senior effort with key blocks and digs as well.
For Portage:
Kills: Bridget Semanchik 5
Aces: Mya Selapack and Addyson Jodon 2
Service points: Mya Selapack and Addyson Jodon 4
Digs: Kylie Hess 11
Assists: Mya Selapack 13
JV: Northern Cambria won 2-1 (20-25,25-17,16-14).
In a WPIAL Section 2 5A matchup, Indiana fell at Uniontown 3-2 (27-25, 25-23, 21-25, 22-25, 15-13).
For Indiana:
Allison Lichtenfels had 18 kills and 5 blocks. Emma Todd had 10 kills. Claire Brewer had 8 kills. Lena Magolis had 6 kills and 2 blocks. Elizabeth Gawel had 27 assists. Addley Schawl had 19 assists.
