Even though it didn’t translate into a sweep, the Great Bend Middle School Lady Panthers enjoyed their bright moments during their home volleyball quad Thursday.
The A team defeated Dodge City 25-15. Garden City Horace Good downed GBMS, 25-23, 26-28, 16-14. Great Bend edged Abilene 25-21, 30-28 in another tight match.
“With the level these girls are playing at it’s hard to remember they are just 8th graders and still learning,” said Great Bend coach Michelle Barber. "Each match, we do something better than we did in the previous match. It’s amazing to have people say ‘Wow I can’t believe that was a middle school match, these girls play each point hard.’
The A-team improves to 12-2.
The B-team finished the night 1-2. After beating Dodge City 25-16, 26-24, they fell to GC Horace Good 25-15, 25-16 and Abilene 25-21, 25-8. The girls started the evening with 21 ace serves and 10 kills against Dodge City, 5 ace serves and 2 kills against GC Horace Good and ending the night with 14 ace serves and 4 kills.
“The girls are still improving with each match. We have to keep up the intensity and keep supporting each other.” Coach Morgan Hoffman.
The B-team is 10-4.
Dodge City A Team—Zoe Jerke, 10 aces, 8 assists, 3 digs, 1 kill; Emma Wasinger, ace, dig; Sydney Unruh, 3 aces; kill; 2 digs; Lexi Deines, 5 aces, 2 kills, 4 digs; Candice Smith, 3 aces, 2 kills, 3 assists; Cailyn Brack, dig; Rachel Panzer, 3 aces, 3 kills, 4 digs, assist; Brynn Boxberger, 3 kills, block; Taylor Wells, ace, 2 digs.
Horace Good A Team—Jerke, ace, 20 assists, 1 dig; Wasinger, kill, dig; Unruh, 3 aces, kill, 7 digs; Deines, 6 kills, block, 9 digs; Smith, ace, kill, 2 blocks, 2 digs; Brack – 4 digs; Panzer, ace, 7 kills, 20 digs; Boxberger, 2 aces, 3 kills, block; Wells, 12 digs.
Abilene – Jerke, 2 aces, kill, 14 assists, 2 digs; Wasinger, 2 kills; Unruh – 6 digs; Deines – 2 aces, 4 kills, 3 digs, Smith – 1 kill, 5 digs; Brack, 3 digs; Panzer, 2 aces, 3 kills, block, 6 digs; Boxberger – 1 kill, 1 block; Wells – 5 digs.
Dodge City B Team—Kendyl Henning, 4 aces, 7 assists; Ashlyn Harbaugh, 4 aces, 4 kills; Halle Latham, kill; Dakota Baldwin, ace; Jozie Jacobs, 8 aces, 2 kills; Malanie Scheuerman, 2 aces; Ryleigh Post 2 aces, 3 kills.
Horace Good B Team—Henning – 3 aces, 1 kill, 1 assist; Harbaugh – 1 ace, 1 kill; Latham, ace.
Abilene B Team—Henning, ace, 3 assists; Harbaugh, 2 aces, 2 kills; Latham, ace; Baldwin, 2 aces; Jacobs, 2 aces; Scheuerman, 2 aces; Post, 4 aces, 2 kills.
