Newell, IA ~ The Jaguars junior varsity traveled to Newell on Monday, August 22nd to open the 2023 season. They lost the first match to the Mustangs of Newell-Fonda by the scores of 11-25, 25-18, 12-15. The team served over 94% with Riley Carlson, Maddie Farley, Mila Johnson, and Anna Corell perfect behind the serving line. Carlson led the team with six kills followed by Abby Halligan with five. In the second match of the evening, the girls defeated SCC Titans by the scores of 25-12, 21-25 and 15-9. The Team serving was 95% efficient with Carlson having three ace serves. Farley and Johnson led the team with five kills followed by Farley having four.  

The junior varsity squad consists of Riley Carlson, Anna Corell, Maddie Farley, Kayla Field, Abby Halligan, Mila Johnson, Camryn Lane, Liberty Suchan, Liz Thompson, Jondyl Warland.

Eagles Face the Jaguars in Home Opener.

The Eagles of Eagle Grove traveled to Gowrie on Tuesday, August 23rd to take on the Jaguars of Southeast Valley. It turned out to be a good night with all three levels winning their matches. The JVR opened by winning by the scores of 25-16 and 25-18. The junior varsity won by the scores of 25-16 and 25-20. The varsity won by the scores of 25-9, 25-14, and 25-12.  

JV: The team served over 94% with Warland and Carlson perfect behind the serving line and they both had three ace serves. Warland had 9 assists while Lane had three. Mila Johnson had seven kills while Carlson had three. Maddie Farley led the team with twelve digs.  

Varsity: The Jaguars opened their season with a convincing win over the Eagles in three games. The team only served at 88% efficiency with Ellie Nolte and Annabell MacRunnell perfect behind the serving line. However, the team averaged 3.1 ace serves per game. Rian Schlief had five ace serves for the night. Nolte had 14 assists while Kenna Scott had 11 for the evening. An assist is a set to a player for a kill. Leading the team with kills was Addi Hindt with nine. Ellie Nolte had eight, Alex Kitchen had six while Breck Mills had five. Ava Brunner ended up with four while Paige Weiland had three. Rian Schlief led the team with twelve digs for the evening. The varsity squad consists of Ava Brunner, Erica Burger, Anna Corell, Abby Halligan, Addi Hindt, Mila Johnson, Alex Kitchen, Annabelle MacRunnel, Ellie Nolte, Breck Mills, Rian Schlief, Kenna Scott, Paige Weiland.

JV Defeats the Warriors

Alta, Iowa ~ The junior varsity continued to make progress with their victory over the Warriors of Alta-Aurelia on Thursday, August 24th. The girls started the night losing the first game by the score of 19-21. They turned things around midway through the second game and gained the lead to win by 22-20. They won the third game 15-9. Jondyl Warland, Anna Corell, and Maddie Farley were perfect behind the serving line. Corell, Camryn Lane and Warland each had three ace serves. Mila Johnson and Maddie Farley also had four kills each. Warland and Lane both had four assists each. Corell and Farley led the team with five digs each.

Jags Suffer First Loss of the Season

The Warriors of Alta-Aurelia came out swinging and played very scrappy to defeat the Jaguars in four games 17-25, 20-25, 25-20, and 17-25. The team served at 93% with Burger, Corell, MacRunnel, Hindt, Schlief and Scott perfect from the serving line. Hindt ended up with three aces with serves. Rian Schlief led the team with digs at 14 while Ellie Nolte followed with six. Nolte had 10 assists while Scott had eight followed by Schlief having six. Breck Mills and Ava Brunner had one solo block each. While Mills and Kitchen an assist block. 

The biggest challenge that faced the team last night was their hitting efficiency. The team needs to continue to work on that. Ellie Nolte was .18 efficient with her attacks and had 9 kills. Alex Kitchen was next in line with .15 efficiency with seven kills. All the rest of the hitters were below .10 or 0% with their hitting efficiency which makes it difficult to win games against opponents who are good defensively.  

The girls travel to St. Edmonds on Saturday, August 16th for their Invitational. Play begins at 8:30 AM.