Rockets dip below .500 after road loss
The Unity volleyball team fell 2-1 on the road at Central Catholic in Bloomington.
The Rockets held their ground during the first set to win, 25-23. Battling fiercely in both the second and the tie-breaking third,
Reagan Little's 11 kills for the night were not enough to pull Unity through in their first conference match of the season.
Kaitlyn Schweighart led the defensive effort for UHS with 22 digs.
Julia Ping had 13 digs along with Little's eight, as the Rockets drop to 6-7 on the season. Schweighart also chipped in 5 kills, and Ping three assists in the Illini Prairie Conference loss.
Ruby Tarr, who had four digs, delivered 15 assists.
The Rocket volleyball squad will have a chance to rebound next Tuesday when they host the 10-4 Spartans from St. Joseph-Ogden at the Rocket Center.
SJO soccer sack Olympians
After 1-1 first half, the Spartans hit four unanswered goals to beat visiting Olympia High School, 5-1. The prolific scoring effort was led by
Spenser Wilson, who netted the first two goals of the second half with assists from
Logan Mills and then one from
Collin Thomey.
Mills added another assist to his season stats on a feed to Jacik Slowikosky, who punched in the team's fourth goal of the contest.
Zach Harper closed out the scoring effort with an unassisted score late in the half.
Back in the first 90 minutes, Olympia's Evan Deterding slipped the ball past SJO keeper
Hunter Ketchum, who had five saves, for the first score of the contest.
Ryker Lockhart fired up the host Spartans with a reply to remind his team was still in the game thanks to a pass from Jackson Greer before the midgame break.
The Spartans improve to 6-2-1 on the season, and host IVC at 10 am on Saturday.
SJO volleyball picks up 10th win
The St. Joseph-Ogden volleyball team notched their first Illini Prairie Conference win after a 2-0 win over visiting St. Thomas More.
After a 1-1 start, the Spartans took the lead after junior
Addie Roesch's ace and relinquished it once, falling behind briefly at 5-6 in the first set. SJO then took control of the match and thwarted four concerted STM efforts to dominate on the scoreboard. Later, tied at 21-all, St.Joseph-Ogden won for of the last five points for the 25-22 win.
With the momentum clearly on their side of the net, the Spartans jumped out to an 8-0 lead against last year's Class 1A state champions to start the second set. Their strong defensive effort that never allowed the Sabers to threaten their dominance any closer than three points as SJO prevailed 25-20 behind the combined firepower from SJO's
Shayne Immke and
Josey Frerichs up front.
