The Batesville 7th grade volleyball team won with a total team effort in defeating South Ripley 25-15, 25-15.
Leading scorers for Batesville were Kylie Laker with 8 points, including 4 aces and Belle Wolters with 7 points with 1 ace. McKenna DeFreese added 5 points with 2 aces, while Grace Habig and Kerigan Haskamp added 4 and 3 points respectively. At the net, Habig and Laine Strewing each had 1 kill.
The Lady Bulldogs 8th grade team persevered to pick up a tough win vs. South Ripley outlasting them 24-25; 25-21; 15-14.
The team stuck to their game plan of setting the ball up for the attack despite the opponent’s strategy. Some unforced errors caused the game to be closer than necessary. Thankfully, the lady dogs rebounded in time to secure the win.
Abigail Westerfeld and Kari Reer were the top servers earning 11 and 9 points respectively. Macy Prickel had an impressive showing in the front line picking up 6 kills on 16 spike attempts.
The teams will be at home as they face Greendale on Thursday. Come out and support the teams!
Courtesy of Bulldogs Coach Shelly Prickel.