Lady Jays are State Bound
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Lady Jays are State Bound!
By Abbie Cone
On Saturday, October 28, the Pierce High Lady Jays volleyball team punched their ticket to the 2023 state volleyball tournament, beating the Ogallala Indians in a dominant sweep, 3-0.
“We’re playing our best at the right time,” head coach Zach Weber comments. “The girls have worked hard for 12 months for the opportunity they’ve earned, and we’re definitely seeing that work pay off. I’m proud of their accomplishments and am excited to see what they can do in Lincoln.”
The first set’s score was 25-17, starting the match off strong for the Bluejays. Pierce then put together an impressive second set, finishing 25-13. In the third and final set, the Lady Jays pushed through and finished 25-22.
Not only did the Lady Jays post outstanding scores, but they also notched other milestones. Weber achieved his 100th career win the victory over Ogallala.
Setter Skylar Scholting now holds the single season assist record, breaking the 1044 posted by Brielle Unseld.
After just moving to libero this season, senior Maggie Painter has notched 1000 digs so far this season.
In the Ogallala game, Jaya Wachholtz led the team in kills with 14, Nora Herian followed, racking up 13. Claudia Riggert totalled nine kills, and Abigail Cone added five.
For digs, Wachholtz made 12, Painter dug up 10, and Scarlett Babl added five.
Riggert made three of the team’s seven ace serves, while Painter added two, and Babl and Wachholtz each served one ace.
Riggert led the team in blocks with three, Herian made two, and Natalie Kosch, Cone, and Wachholtz each added one block.
Scholting had 35 assists on the night.
“Saturday showed that all of our hard work this season is paying off. We went into the game with a game plan and a goal, and we executed really well! We had a lot of energy during the game and kept attacking, and that gave us an edge against Ogallala. I’m really excited about going to state and playing with my team in such a great atmosphere,” comments Scholting.
The Lady Jays will compete at state this week.
The Lady Jays Volleyball Takes on Districts
By Grace Behmer
The Pierce Lady Jays swung into volleyball subdistricts on Tuesday, October 24 by dominating the Battle Creek Bravettes 3-1, which pushes Pierce to the district final game.
The Lady Jays won the first set 25-15, the Bravettes took the second set winning 25-23, the third set was won by the Lady Jays 25-16, and the last set was won by the Lady Jays 25-21.
“Overall we came out strong. We have grown a lot this year, and it's exciting to see us put everything together. You can really see the growth of these last few games,” says Hadley Wragge, right side hitter.
Jaya Wachholtz led the team with a total of 17 kills and not far behind her with 14 kills was Nora Herian.
The team had a total of six ace serves for the entire game.
Maggie Painter led the team with 25 digs, and following Painter was Wachholtz with a total of 16 digs.
Lady Jays Fight Boone Central in Volleyball Sub-Districts
By Brody Knox
Monday, October 23, Pierce Lady Jays defeated Boone Central in the first game of volleyball subdistricts, 3-1. Pierce won the first set 25-14, Boone won the second set 25-21, Pierce nabbed the third set, 25-19, and finally, Pierce won the fourth set 25-19.
“We came out pretty strong in the first set, and got a little worried on that second set, but honestly I knew it was going to turn out well for us, and we really pulled through,” announces Hadley Wragge.
Pierce volleyball coach Zach Weber states, “I thought we did a lot of good things, I think we saw though that teams can be dangerous when their backs are against the wall, Boone Central played us really really well, I thought they put together a really good match, they were very aggressive and did a really good job at throwing us off our game a little bit.”
The Lady Jays had their work cut out for them, but with that Bluejay pride, they pulled through. “I am proud of our girls the way they settled down and settled into the games and started to play how we know we are capable of playing and obviously handling business there in the last two sets,” states Weber.
