Westville Tigers advance in Class 2A volleyball semifinal


Photos: Sentinel/Clark Brooks

Junior Ady Blakeney celebrates a point for Westville with teammates Lainey Wichtowski and Lexi Shumacher during first set action against Marshall at the St. Joseph-Ogden High School volleyball regionals. The Tigers went on to defeat the Lions in their semifinal match in a three-setter, 25-17, 21-25, 25-18. Westville advanced to the regional championship match to face Unity, who defeated host St. Joseph-Ogden 2-1 in the matinee match.

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TOP LEFT: Junior Gwen Bennett serves during set one for the Tigers. TOP MIDDLE: Ady Blakeney pounds the ball on an outside hit. TOP RIGHT: Freshman Lexi Shumacher leaps above the net for a kill.
BOTTOM LEFT: Junior libero Daylin Zaayer makes a routine pass to the front row. BOTTOM MIDDLE: Madelyn Doggett celebrates another kill to widen the Tigers lead over Marshall on the way to a first set victory. BOTTOM RIGHT: Doggett pass a serve from the Lions to the front row.


This year's regional varsity squad included Lily Munoz, Lani Newell, Daylin Zaayer, Madison Duke, Isabela Hundley, Taylor Valangeon, Lexi Newell, Madelyn Doggett, Chloe Cox, Lainey Wichtowski, Carlee Miller, Lexi Schumacher, Gwen Bennett, and Ady Blakeney.

Photo of the Day - March 3, 2021


Point - Spartans!

(Left to right) St. Joseph-Ogden's Anna Wentzloff, Alex Frerichs, Hannah Umbarger and Shayne Immke celebrate a point for the Spartans with head coach Abby McDonald during game three of their Class 2A supersectional match against Chicago Christian. After dropping the first set, SJO came back to take the match 2-1 on November 8, 2019. McDonald and the Spartans went on to finish third in the state during the 2019-20 season. After a nearly a eight month delay for their season, McDonald and the Spartans can begin practicing for the 2021 spring season on Monday. This academic year the IHSA volleyball season will run March 15, or seven days after the team's first practice after that date, until April 24.

(Photo: PhotoNews Media/Clark Brooks)


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