The Blanco volleyball team recorded two wins in the past week.
The Lady Panthers beat the Brady Lady Bulldogs 3-0 on Oct. 15 and defeated the Florence Lady Buffs 3-0 last Friday. Blanco is second in District 5-3A with a 17-18 overall record and a 6-2 district record. Llano is in first place with an 8-0 district record. Comfort is third at 5-3, with Ingram fourth at 4-4.
Against Brady the set scores were 25-12, 25-7 and 25-15. Tylee Shires led the team with 15 kills. Kysiah Samuels scored nine kills. Gretschen Grosch hit four kills. Landry Meyer served eight aces. Lillie Smith hit two aces. Shires and Brighton Atchley each served one ace. Atchley and Payton Craft led the team with three blocks each. Grosch had two blocks and Kylene Kramer hit one block. Shires made 10 digs with Meyer and Smith each adding nine. Carleigh Dotson had five digs. Meyer set the ball for 29 assists. Smith made four assists and Dotson had one.
In the Florence game the set scores were 25-19, 2516 and 25-10. Shires paced the team with 23 kills. Samuels and Atchley each hit five kills. Meyer fired in three kills. Shires served three aces with Atchley serving one ace. Grosch knocked down three blocks with Kramer, Shires and Samuels each making one block. Smith made 22 digs. Dotson had 13 digs. Shires and Atchley each tallied 10 digs. Meyer set the ball for 35 assists. Atchley made two assists.
The junior varsity team is 12-2 overall and has an 8-0 district record. The freshman team is 6-9 overall and 6-2 in district.
The Lady Panthers played Llano after press time Tuesday.
“We have two tough games left in district play,” said Blanco coach Jane Karnes. “We play first place Llano on the road, but we played them very close in round one, so that will be an exciting match. Then, we finish with Ingram, who beat Comfort last week and gave us a one game lead to put us in second place. We most likely need to win one of the remaining games to stay in second place. The girls are really starting to play well together, so I’m excited to finish with two tough opponents. That will only help us going into the playoffs.
“Playoffs will start Nov. 4 or 5, and with the new playoff setup, we will most likely face Clyde or Wall.”
Landry Meyer sets the ball during the match against Florence last Friday. (Photo by Diana Schwind)
Lillie Smith passes the ball to the setter in the match against the Lady Buffs last Friday. (Photo by Diana Schwind)
Brighton Atchley hits a kill from the right side against Florence. (Photo by Diana Schwind)
Brylee Stipanovich tips the ball over the blocker in the junior varsity game against Florence. (Photo by Diana Schwind)
Moriah Cozzie hits a kill in the freshman game against last Friday against Florence.(Photo by Diana Schwind)
Tylee Shires tips the ball away from the Florence blocker in the varsity match. (Photo by Diana Schwind)
