The Newton volleyball team including Bella Hall (18), Olivia Rapp (14) and Ava Rapp (12) react after the final point Wednesday night in a win over Covington in Arcanum D-IV sectional action at Arcanum High School.
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Covington’s Taylor Kirker hits the ball Wednesday night against Newton at Arcanum High School.
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Lehman Catholic’s Kailee Rank goes up for a kill Wednesday night against Fairlawn at Arcanum High School.
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Covington’s Kearsten Wiggins hits the ball as Newton’s Sienna Montgomery goes up for a block.
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Lehman Catholic’s Claire Adams handles serve receive Wednesday night.
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Newton’s Makenna Kesling sets the ball Wednesday night.
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ARCANUM — The Newton volleyball team advanced to an Arcanum D-IV district semifinal Wednesday with a 25-15, 22-25, 25-22, 25-19 win over Covington.
Newton, 17-6 and the fourth seed, will play fifth seed Fairlawn at 5:30 p.m. Monday.
Covington finished the season 12-12.
For the Indians, Sienna Montgomery had 25 kills and four blocks and Bella Hall had eight kills.
Olivia Rapp had 16 kills and 19 digs and Ava Rapp had five kills and 16 digs.
Makenna Kesling dished out 25 assists and had three blocks and Kylie Velkoff had 17 assists and eight digs.
Ane Gil had 24 digs and Estie Rapp added 16 digs.
For the Buccs, Taylor Kirker filled out the stat sheet with 32 assists, 14 digs, five blocks and three aces.
Dakohta Kenworthy had 13 kills and Carlie Besecker had 11 kills and 16 digs.
Addison Ventura had six kills and 14 digs and Ramse Vanderhorst had 23 digs.
Kearsten Wiggens had 19 digs and Jayda McClure added 12 digs.
Fairlawn 3,
Lehman 1
ARCANUM — The Lehman Catholic volleyball team had its season end in Arcanum D-IV sectional action Wednesday with a 15-25, 25-12, 25-20, 28-26 loss.
The Cavalier finish the season at 14-10.
D-II
Kenton Ridge 3,
Tippecanoe 0
NEW CARLISLE — The Tippecanoe volleyball team had its amazing season end with a 25-21, 25-23, 25-18 loss to Kenton Ridge Wednesday in Tecumseh D-II action in a matchup of the one and two seeds.
The Red Devils finish the season with a 23-1 record.
TUESDAY
D-I
Piqua 3,
Fairborn 1
VANDALIA — The Piqua volleyball team opened Vandalia D-I sectional play with a 25-15, 25-23, 25-11.
The Lady Indians, 6-17, avenged two losses to the Skyhawks during the season.
Piqua, the 12th seed, will play second seeded Bellbrook at 6 p.m. Thursday in second round action.
Sidney 3,
Troy 1
CENTERVILLE — The Troy volleyball team dropped its D-I sectional match 25-12, 25-16, 22-25, 25-16 Tuesday at Centerville High School.
Troy closed the season with an 11-12 record.
D-III
Bethel 3,
Milton-Union 1
BROOKVILLE — The Bethel volleyball team advanced in Brookville D-III sectional action with a 22-25, 25-11, 25-15, 25-17 win Tuesday.
Bethel, 17-6 and the sixth seed, will play eighth seed Alter at 10 a.m. Saturday in second round action.
Milton-Union finishes the season with a 12-11 record.
For Bethel, Karlee Plozay had 29 kills and 20 digs and Gabi McMahahn had seven kills, 10 assists and seven digs.
Kyra Clawson had 21 assists and Allison Schenck had six aces.
Addison Boggs had 19 digs, Claire Bailey had 11 digs and Aubrey Bunting had six digs.
For Milton-Union, Mylee Jones had eight kills, six blocks, nine assists and 17 digs.
Carly Zimmer had seven kills and 10 digs and Jenna Brumbaugh had six kills and 11 digs.
Raylin Combs had 10 blocks and six digs and Lillie Taxis had 18 digs and 10 assists.
Tessa Ryerson had 11 digs and Bella Brazina added nine digs.
