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Frankfort Adena Warriors (26-1, 14-0)

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2003 Highlights

Summary - Adena has a well-balanced team that starts three seniors, a junior, a sophomore, and freshman Summer Rinehart who has an amazing serve. Some say this is the best Adena team for some time, possibly since 1993 when they were State Runner-Up.

10/30/03 - The Adena volleyball Lady Warriors face Centerburg next 10/30/03 Adena's relentless march along the tournament trail is about to hit a speed bump -- Centerburg. The undefeated Lady Warriors set a school record for victories in a single season with a 15-1, 15-0 rout of Reedsville Eastern in a Division IV regional semifinal at Lancaster High School Thursday evening. That followed a 15-3, 15-10 win by Centerburg over Wellsville in the first semifinal. That sets up a 2 p.m. regional final Saturday between Adena and the Lady Trojans at Lancaster High School. In the final Ohio High School Volleyball Coaches Association poll of the season, Centerburg was ranked No. 2 in Division IV behind St. Henry and Adena was rated No. 3. The Lady Trojans, featuring senior Amy Stevens -- who has committed to play volleyball at The Ohio State University -- enters the final with a 26-1 record. Adena is 26-0 -- surpassing the school's 1993 25-2 team for most wins in a single season. The '93 team was the last Adena team to win a regional -- finishing state runnerup that season. In recent years, Centerburg has been a perennial state tournament contender at Adena's expense. The two did not play a year ago because Adena competed in Division III. The Lady Warriors' rout of Reedsville Eastern was typical of Adena's march through the tournament -- beginning with a 15-1, 15-1 whipping of Lucasville Valley in a sectional final. Adena dispatched Racine Southern 15-0, 15-0 and Portsmouth Clay 15-1, 15-1 in winning its eighth straight district championship. In five tournament games, Adena's opponents have scored a grand total of five points. None, however, have been the caliber of Centerburg.

ADENA POUNDS WAY TO REGIONAL FINAL UNIOTO DROPS DECISION TO ALTER The Adena Warriors will meet their old volleyball nemesis in Centerburg for the Division 4 Regional Championship Saturday in Lancaster. The number 2 state ranked Trojans have beaten number 3 ranked Adena three previous times in the regional finals, winning in three games in 1991 and 2000 and in two games in 2001. Thursday in the semis, both teams powered past their opponents with the Warriors drilling Reedsville Eastern 15-1/15-0 while Centerburg blasted Wellsville 15-3/15-10. Adena got a big effort from Amanda Kinnamon, who pounded 7 kills and had 5 points, followed by Ashley Sowers 6 kills, 8 digs and 8 points. Katie Roush added 6 kills. Erica Zurmehly had 1 kill, 18 assists and 10 points. The Warriors raced-out to a 10-0 lead in Game 1, before the Eagles got their only point of the night. The Warriors have yielded only 5 points in four matches during this year's tournament run. Adena's win sets a new school record for most victories in a season, as they now improve to (26-0). Centerburg goes to (26-1)

10/23/03 - Adena 15-15, Racine Southern 0-0. Adena's dominating performance included a perfect 43-for-43 serving with six aces and 43-for-45 hitting with 28 kills while handling just 11 service receives from Southern. Seniors Ashley Sowers and Amanda Kinnamon had nine kills each, Katie Roush four kills, seven points, including two aces, Erica Zurmehly three kills and 22 assists and Sara Smith 10 points with two aces. A win over Portsmouth Clay in Saturday's final would give the Lady Warriors a tie with the 1993 Adena team (25-2) for most wins in a single season. It also would be Adena's eighth straight district championship.

10/09/03 - Adena established more standards of volleyball excellence with a 15-1, 15-1 breeze past Zane Trace in the wrap-up of the Scioto Valley Conference season Thursday evening. The victory capped a second consecutive 14-0 SVC season for coach Laura Smith's Lady Warriors -- the first back-to-back gold volleyball seasons in the SVC since Adena turned the trick a decade ago (1991-92-93). The team's 22-0 regular season finish is a school record for most regular season wins -- eclipsing the previous 19-0 set by the 1992 team. The school record for most wins in a season is 25-2 set in 1993.

Senior Courtney Cochenour served the final point of the regular season for the Lady Warriors as the team's six seniors were on the floor for the finish. Adena was 39-for-40 serving and 35-for-39 hitting with 19 kills. Amanda Kinnamon had eight kills to go with seven points, including two aces, Ashley Sowers two kills, seven points, five digs and two blocks, Katie Roush four kills, two points and seven digs, Eric Zurmehly two kills, nine assists and two points, Haley Halcomb four assists and one kill and Sara Smith five points and one kill.

10/07/03 - Adena 15-15, Unioto 3-9. "They had a game plan and they came out and executed. You have to give them credit," Unioto head coach Pam Doughty said of the Lady Warriors. Adena executed to the tune of a 9-0 start in game one and a 5-0 finish to game two. Katie Frey was 21-for-25 hitting for Unioto with seven kills and four points, Dennale Speakman 18-for-22 with five kills and 18 digs, Annie Matson 14-for-15 with two kills and nine digs, Chastity Neff seven assists and four points and Jamie White nine assists. Unioto won the reserve match 15-17, 15-9, 15-11 to knock Adena out of a share of first place with Huntington with one game remaining.

10/02/03 - Adena defeated Southeastern 15-2, 15-3 Thursday evening to clinch the Lady Warriors' 14th consecutive Scioto Valley Conference volleyball championship. Coupled with Westfall's 15-11, 15-7 win at Unioto, Adena holds a three-game lead with two league games remaining. Adena will be playing for back-to-back gold volleyballs -- representing unbeaten SVC seasons -- in the final week of the season. One of those matches is at home Tuesday against Unioto, which now shares second place with Westfall. A 66-match homecourt winning streak and a 35-match SVC winning streak also will be on the line Tuesday. Back-to-back gold volleyballs hasn't been achieved since Adena turned the trick 1991-93.

09/06/03 - Katie Roush and Ashley Sowers were named to the all-tournament team for the Athens Invitational. Sowers was MVP.

2003 Schedule (Before attending, confirm date/time/location with school)

Date	Opponent	Loc	Result
8/26	Westfall	A	W 15-7, 15-11
8/28	Huntington	H	W 15-1, 16-14
9/2	Paint Valley	A	W 15-7, 15-9
9/4	Piketon	A	W 15-3, 15-3
9/6	Athens Invitational	A
9/6	Federal Hocking	A	W 15-6, 15-6
9/6	Athens	A	W 15-13, 15-5
9/6	Nelsonville-York	A	W 15-3, 15-2
9/9	Ross Southeastern	H	W 15-4, 15-1
9/11	Unioto	A	W 15-10, 15-10
9/16	Zane Trace	H	W 15-6, 15-2
9/18	Westfall	H	W 15-5, 10-15, 15-12
9/20	Teays Valley		W 15-4, 15-7
9/20	Logan		W 15-3, 15-2
9/23	Huntington	A	W 15-5, 15-1
9/25	Paint Valley	H	W 15-7, 15-1
9/27	Grove City Invitational	A
9/27	Grove City	A	W 15-3, 15-0
9/27	Westland	A	W 15-8, 15-6
9/27	Bishop Ready	A	W 15-8, 16-14
9/30	Piketon	H	W 15-7, 15-3
10/2	Ross Southeastern	A	W 15-2, 15-3
10/7	Unioto	H	W 15-3, 15-9
10/9	Zane Trace	A	W 15-1, 15-1
10/18	Lucasville Valley		W 15-1, 15-1
10/22	Racine Southern		W 15-0, 15-0
10/25	Portsmouth Clay		W 15-1, 15-1
10/30	Reedsville Eastern		W 15-1, 15-0
11/01	Centerburg		L 0-15, 11-15

Roster

Name	Ht.	Pos.	Yr.
Ashley Sowers	5'8"	OH	Sr.
Kortney Ward	5'5"	OH/DS	Sr.
Amanda Kinnamon	5'9"	MH	Sr.
Katie Roush	5'8"	OH	Jr.
Courtney Cochenour	5'8"	OH	Sr.
Erica Zurmehly	5'7"	S	Sr.
Summer Rinehart	5'5"	S/DS	Soph.
Schae Reed	5'8"	OH	Sr.
Amanda Atchison	5'9"	MH	Soph.
Liza Hirsch	5'7"	OH	Jr.
Haley Halcomb	5'4"	S/DS	Fr.
Sara Smith	5'6"	OH	Fr.

2002-03 all Scioto Valley Conference Amanda Kinnamon, Katie Roush, Ashley Sowers, Erica Zurmehly Captains: Amanda Kinnamon, Ashley Sowers, Erica Zurmehly