MORAN — The Crest and Marmaton Valley High School varsity volleyball teams were successful in competing at the Three Rivers League Tournament this past weekend.
Crest finished its opening weekend going 4-1 with its lone loss to Yates Center. Marmaton Valley finished with a mark of 4-1 as well, taking its only loss to Crest.
Crest
The Lancers’ first match was a tight contest against Yates Center.
“Yates Center came out fired up and played well. We were rough first thing in the morning and never really got our offense going,” Crest head coach Abby Hermreck said.
The Lancers dropped both their sets, 25-23 and 26-24.
The Crest Lancers knocked off Altoona in two sets to get back on track, 25-6 and 25-13. Lancer senior McKenna Hammond served 16 straight points to get the offense rolling in her team’s first victory.
Crest then went on to defeat Chetopa in two sets, 25-8 and 25-9. Hammond again helped big time serving 10 straight points while freshman Kinley Edgerton served eight straight points.
Crest then took care of business against Marmaton Valley in which they won 25-12 and 25-13. Senior Lancer Kamryn Luedke served 14 straight match points as she helped fire up her Crest team for the team’s most impressive victory on Saturday.
The fourth Crest win came in three matches against Oswego, first falling 21-25 before rattling off two straight wins, 29-27 and 29-15. At this point, the Lancers were very tired but found a way to tie up the match sets and come away with a 10-point victory in the third set.
“It was an excellent day of learning, trying different rotations, and seeing what we were made of. I was proud of how the girls never gave up. They pulled together and fought when we were down and they came together and cheered each other on when we were up. There is still a lot to work on, but it was a successful day,” said Hermreck.
Overall on Saturday, Crest junior Kayla Hermreck led the way with 32 kills and three blocks. Hammond and sophomore Karlee Boots each recorded a 93% serve success rate with 57/61 and 26/28 on serves, respectively.
Marmaton Valley
Marmaton Valley enjoyed a four-win day as well.
In the opening match against Chetopa they won, 25-10 and 25-10. The second Marmaton Valley match pitted them against Oswego in which the Wildcats won again by 25-10 and 25-10.
Against Yates Center, the Marmaton Valley Wildcats handily won 25-9 and 25-17.
The Wildcats were also victorious against Altoona-Midway, 25-9 and 25-10.
The lone loss for Marmaton Valley was against Crest. The Wildcats were limited by the Lancers in much of the match, falling by 25-13 and 25-13 scores in each game.
