Logan-Palco volleyball brings home fourth place at Mankato

After the junior high played in Ransom on Monday, the high school returned to Ransom on Tuesday to play Western Plains and Quinter. In their first match against Western Plains, the Lady Trojans took the Bobcats to 3 sets, but lost 25-17, 16-25, 17-25. Hailey McClurg, Breyer Delimont and Lylah Voss each scored 4 kills. Delimont also contributed 8 assists while Jolie Kuhn had 7. The team scored 8 ace serves during the match with McClurg earning 3 and Voss 2. Junior Trinity Couse tallied 17 service receptions with Voss adding 13.

Against Quinter, the Trojans were once again very close but couldn't quite win a set as they lost 21-25, 24-26. Couse led in kills with 5 and 14 service receptions in the match. Sarah Clark scored on 2 blocks with Voss adding 2 of her own along with 3 assisted blocks. Voss was also 100% from the service line with 12 serves.

The Lady Trojans played in the Mankato tournament on Saturday bringing home 4th place with a 2-3 record for the day. Against Pike Valley, the Trojans pulled together for a true team win as the stats were evenly distributed. With scores of 25-17, 25-20, Couse and Delimont each added 3 kills with Kuhn, Clark and Voss all with 2. Kuhn had 6 assists and Delimont 4. Voss led in service receptions with 8 followed by McClurg with 7.

Looking to avenge their loss to Lakeside earlier in the season, the Trojans did just that as they won 25-16, 25-9. Their last match of round robin play proved tougher as they lost to St. John's/Tipton 16-25, 12-25.

The 2-1 record led the Trojans into bracket play against Rock Hills. Although their first match was rough 7-25, they came back to play much better in the second set, but lost 20-25. In their final match of the day, the Trojans played Republic County. The 16-25, 18-25 loss gave them the 4th place finish for the day.

The ladies will head back to Ransom again on Tuesday, Oct. 8 to play Western-Plains and Heartland Christian.