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Frankfort Adena Warriors - Team Highlights
2002 Season
Adena, Westfall to regional
10/26/02
Adena breezed past Nelsonville York 15-5, 15-2 and Westfall survived a
hard-fought match with Wheelersburg 16-14, 15-11 to win Division III district
championships Saturday at Wellston High School.
The victories propel the two Scioto Valley Conference powers into the Division
III regional Thursday at Byesville Meadowbrook High School.
Adena (24-1) will play the winner Saturday evening of an upper bracket district
final at Byesville between Sarahsville Shenandoah and Coshocton. The regional
semifinal will be played at 8 p.m., Thursday.
Westfall (23-2) will play the winner Saturday evening of a lower bracket
district final at Byesville between Zoarville Tuscarawas Valley and Martins
Ferry. The regional semifinal will be played at 6:30 p.m., Thursday.
Tuscarawas Valley and Westfall are no strangers. The Lady Trojans defeated
Westfall 15-7, 15-11 in a regional semifinal a year ago.
Adena 15-15, Nelsonville York 5-2
The Lady Buckeyes became the third straight tournament opponent to fall to Adena
in two games as the Lady Warriors captured their seventh straight district
championship.
The Scioto Valley Conference champions reeled off the last 11 points of game two
behind the hitting of sophomore Katie Roush, who had four kills in the streak.
Amanda Kinnamon secured match point with a kill.
The Lady Warriors scored the first five points of the match before Nelsonville
York put three points on the scoreboard. That was just a momentary lull for
Adena, which got a service ace from Ashley Sowers to end game one.
Adena jumped off to a 4-0 lead in the second game before the Lady Buckeyes got
two serving points from sophomore Jordan Bateman to set the stage for the Lady
Warriors' 11-0 streak to close out the match.
Erica Zurmehly led Adena with eight points while Kinnamon added seven and Sowers
six. Roush finished with seven kills.
10/19/02
Division III sectional at
Chillicothe:
Upper bracket championship: Adena 15-15, Zane Trace 1-2
Adena, Westfall sectional
winners
10/19/02
Adena and Westfall -- 1-2 in Scioto Valley Conference volleyball -- are headed
for district competition after winning Division III sectional championships
Saturday at Chillicothe's Hatton Memorial Gymnasium.
Adena (22-1) dominated Zane Trace 15-1, 15-2 in the upper bracket championship
and Westfall (21-2) defeated Huntington for the third time this season 15-6,
15-6 in the lower bracket final.
Adena will play Portsmouth at 6 p.m., Wednesday, in an upper bracket semifinal
in the Division III district at Wellston High School.
Westfall will square off at 6 p.m., Thursday, in a lower bracket semifinal at
Wellston against Oak Hill.
The winners of those semifinal matches will play at 4 and 5:30 p.m.,
respectively, Saturday, for district championships.
Adena 15-15, Zane Trace 1-2
Erica Zurmehly served eight straight points in game one and Erin Wilburn eight
straight in the second game as the Lady Warriors were 40-for-42 hitting with 21
kills.
Ashley Sowers led the offense with 14-for-14 hitting for nine kills.
Sophomore Katie Roush was 7-for-7 hitting for five kills and had five digs,
Megan Alexander was 8-for-9 hitting for three kills and Amanda Kinnamon was
5-for-5 hitting for three kills.
Erica Zurmehly posted 19 assists and served 10 points and Wilburn served eight
points and Kortney Ward five.
10/10/02
ADENA WRAPS-UP SVC "GOLD
BALL" TO CONTINUE RECORD RUN
The Adena Warriors have claimed the school's 6th "Gold Volleyball", since the
trophy came into being when the league went to "double-round" play in 1987.
Adena put the finishing "Midas Touch" on the season Thursday with a 15-5/15-3
win over Zane Trace, to end their regular season at (21-1). The Warriors are the
only school to win gold in volleyball. Adena has gone (14-0) in the SVC in 1991,
92, 93, 97, 2000, and 2002. The school has now won a total of 18 SVC Volleyball
titles since the league first recognized the sport in 1976. In their stretch of
13 straight SVC titles, Adena has a league record of (170-10). Since 1995, they
have won 60 straight home matches (non league and league contests). They also
hold the record for most consecutive league victories at 49 during a run between
mid 1990-93.
10/08/02
Adena Ranked Second in State
Frankfort Adena is ranked second in the State in the fifth Ohio High School
Volleyball Coaches Association poll. Undefeated Jonathan Alder is ranked first,
and Huron, Tuscarawas Valley and Wheelersburg round out the top five.
Adena clinches volleyball
title
10/08/02
The longest championship streak in Scioto Valley Conference history grew another
year Tuesday evening as Adena's Lady Warriors locked up an undisputed 13th
straight volleyball title.
The 13-0 Lady Warriors knocked off Unioto 15-8, 15-2 to move within one game of
a gold volleyball, emblematic of an undefeated SVC season.
Adena's win locked Westfall out of a share of the title even though the Lady
Mustangs were 15-7, 15-5 winners at Piketon. Westfall (11-2, 18-2) trails Adena
(13-0, 20-1) by two matches with just one match remaining.
Huntington (9-4, 12-5) took advantage of Unioto's loss to move into sole
possession of third place in the league standings with a 15-8, 15-4 win at
Southeastern. Paint Valley defeated Zane Trace 5-15, 15-3, 15-6.
Adena 15-15, Unioto 8-2
"This one's precious," says Adena coach Laura Smith of the latest in her team's
long history of success.
"Seriously, at the start of the season I had reservations how well we would do,
especially opening with Westfall and Huntington. After we beat Westfall, I began
to think, 'Maybe we can do this.'
"The thought of being undefeated never entered my mind, though," she adds. Adena
hosts Zane Trace Thursday evening in the regular season finale with a chance to
go 14-0 in the SVC.
The string of 13 straight championships exceeds the 11 consecutive titles won by
Piketon in cross country.
Since the start of the streak, Adena is 168-11 in league play.
The win over Unioto was a typical Lady Warrior performance with "everybody
contributing," according to Smith.
However, sophomore Katie Roush missed her first serve of the evening, then
served 14 straight points in game two, including six aces. She was 19-for-20
serving and had six digs.
Stacia Barnes had seven digs, Erica Zurmehly four kills and 13 assists, Amanda
Kinnamon four kills, three points and one block, Ashley Sowers three kills and
six digs, Kortney Ward three kills, five points and one ace and Megan Alexander
three kills and one block.
The loss of senior hitter April Stamper with a knee injury with the match tied
at 6-6 in game one, put a damper on the Lady Shermans.
However, the injury is not expected to keep Stamper out of tournament play
beginning next week. She led the Lady Shermans (8-5, 11-7) with nine hits and
two kills before being hurt.
Dennale Speakman had seven hits and two kills, Jessica Lewis four points and
Jamie White 20 sets for Unioto.
Unioto won the reserve match 15-12, 15-6.
Adena's Schae Reed had seven hits and two kills, Amanda Atchison 15 hits, eight
kills and was 7-for-8 serving for four points, Liza Hirsch 33 sets and seven
assists, Sara Core 10-for-11 serving for seven points and Brittany Cottrill
5-for-5 serving for one point.
10/08/02
No. 2 Adena's Scioto Valley
Conference leaders are ranked No. 2 in the latest weekly Division III poll of
the Ohio High School Volleyball Coaches Association. The 19-1 Lady Warriors
received three first place votes and trail only 19-0 Jonathon Alder. Adena can
clinch an outright 13th straight SVC title Tuesday at Unioto. Westfall -- 17-2
-- moves up from 16th to 12th in this week's poll in Division III.
Adena grabs top volleyball
seed
10/06/02
Adena's unbeaten Scioto Valley Conference volleyball leaders were voted the No.
1 seed Sunday in the Division III sectional tournament Oct. 17-19 at Chillicothe
High School.
In the Division I Central District tournament at New Albany, Chillicothe will
play Walnut Ridge in a 6 p.m. match, Wednesday, Oct. 16. That winner will
advance to play Zanesville at 3:15 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 19, at New Albany
Coach Laura Smith's Adena Lady Warriors (19-1) get a first round bye at
Chillicothe and will play in an upper bracket final at 1 p.m., Saturday, Oct.
19.
Adena's opponent will be the winner of a 6 p.m. match, Thursday, Oct. 17,
between Piketon (5-11) and Zane Trace (2-15). Piketon is the No. 6 seed, Zane
Trace No. 7.
The lower bracket features two semifinal matches Thursday, Oct. 17, with the
winners playing for a sectional championship at 2:30 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 19.
No. 2 seeded Westfall (17-2) will play No. 5 Minford at 7 p.m., Thursday, Oct.
17, and No. 3 Huntington (11-5) will play No. 4. Unioto (11-6) at 8 p.m.
The winners of the two brackets will advance to the Division III district at
Wellston High School.
Paint Valley (7-11) and Southeastern (4-12) are seeded No. 4 and No. 6,
respectively, in the Division IV sectional tournament at Huntington High School.
The two Scioto Valley Conference teams will play each other at 11 a.m.,
Saturday, Oct. 19, with the winner taking on No. 1 seeded Beaver Eastern (15-0)
at noon in the upper bracket final.
Adena clinches title share
10/03/02
Adena clinched at least a share of its 13th consecutive Scioto Valley Conference
volleyball title with a 15-0, 15-0 blanking of Southeastern Thursday evening.
Coach Laura Smith's Lady Warriors lead runnerup Westfall by two matches with two
remaining.
Adena 15-15, Southeastern 0-0
Heidi Cottrill came off the bench to score 10 points on 10-for-10 serving that
included a pair of aces.
Katie Roush served nine points in the first game and had four kills for the
match. Ashley Sowers added seven kills and Amanda Kinnamon five.
Erica Zurmehly recorded three kills, 19 assists and served four points, Stacia
Barnes served four points and Erin Wilburn three, including an ace.
Adena will go for the outright title Tuesday at Unioto.
Adena won the reserve match 15-4, 15-10 as Liza Hirsch was 34-for-35 setting
with 12 assists and 9-for-9 serving for seven points, including a pair of aces.
Schae Reed had 15 hits and seven kills and Amanda Atchison 10 hits and four
kills. Brittany Cottrill was 8-for-8 serving for six points, including an ace,
and Sara Core was 8-for-9 serving for five points.
Adena 15-15, Piketon 3-7
Amanda Kinnamon led the Lady Warriors (11-0, 17-1) with 12-for-12 hitting for 10
kills. She had nine digs and seven points, including a pair of aces.
Ashley Sowers added eight kills, Erica Zurmehly two kills and 22 assists and
Katie Roush 11 points.
Piketon won the reserve match 15-10, 15-6.
Adena near another volleyball title
10/01/02
Adena reduced its magic number to one for at least a share of the Lady Warriors'
13th straight Scioto Valley Conference volleyball championship with a 15-3, 15-7
win at Piketon Tuesday evening.
Adena -- 11-0 -- leads second place Westfall by two games with just three league
matches remaining. Westfall kept alive its fading hopes of catching Adena with a
15-13, 15-8 win at Paint Valley.
Adena suffers first
volleyball loss
09/28/02
Adena's Scioto Valley Conference volleyball leaders suffered their first loss of
the season Saturday in the championship game of the Grove City Invitational.
Adena defeated Grove City 15-5, 15-5 and Shekinah Christian 15-2, 15-12 to reach
the championship where Westland defeated the Lady Warriors 12-15, 15-5, 15-5.
That ended Adena's streak of 16 straight wins this season.
In other matches Saturday, Westfall defeated Hamilton Township 15-12, 15-8 and
Miami Trace 14-16, 15-5, 15-7, Southeastern defeated Vinton County 12-15, 15-2,
16-14 and Washington CH downed Unioto 15-9, 9-15, 15-10.
In its championship match with Westland, Adena trailed 12-10 before Stacia
Barnes served five straight points -- including a pair of aces -- to give the
Lady Warriors the first game.
However, the much taller Ohio Capital Conference Cardinal Division leaders
dominated the final two games of the match.
Adena's individual statistics for the three matches were:
Grove City -- Amanda Kinnamon 10 kills, Ashley Sowers seven kills and 13 digs,
Katie Roush 11 points and Eric Zurmehly 20 assists and three kills.
Shekinah Christian -- Kinnamon nine kills, Megan Alexander and Roush five kills
apiece, Sowers 21 digs and Zurmehly 19 assists and 11 points, including a pair
of aces.
Westland -- Sowers 15 kills, four points and six digs, Kinnamon 11 kills and 10
digs, Zurmehly six kills, 30 assists, seven points and 11 digs and Barnes eight
points.
09/26/02
Adena 15-15, Paint Valley 4-6
Stacia Barnes was 16-for-16 serving for 13 points that included six aces as the
Lady Warriors (10-0, 14-0) continued their march toward a gold volleyball,
emblematic of an unbeaten conference season.
Erica Zurmehly recorded 16 assists, five digs and two kills for Adena and Amanda
Kinnamon and Ashley Sowers five kills apiece. Sowers also had seven digs and
Megan Alexander three kills and three solo blocks.
Adena stays unbeaten in
volleyball
09/22/02
Adena's Scioto Valley Conference volleyball leaders remained unbeaten Saturday
with a 15-8, 15-13 non-conference win over Teays Valley.
Now 12-0, Adena trailed 8-4 in the second game before scoring six unanswered
points. Teays Valley regained the lead at 11-10 before the Lady Warriors took
the lead for good.
Ashley Sowers led Adena with nine kills, 11 points and 13 digs. She had two
serving aces.
Amanda Kinnamon added eight kills and six points, Katie Roush five kills, Erica
Zurmehly four kills, 24 assists and seven digs and Kortney Ward two kills, six
points and seven digs. Ward also had two serving aces.
Adena won the reserve match 15-11, 12-15, 16-14. Adena's Amanda Atchison had 30
hits, 14 kills and was 11-for-11 serving for six points, including two aces;
Schae Reed had 18 hits and six kills, Evyn Gray 19 digs, 18-for-21 serving for
15 points, including an ace; Sara Core 12-for-13 serving for six points and Liza
Hirsch 58-for-61 setting with 21 assists.
WILLIAMSPORT -- Adena sent
a message to the rest of the Scioto Valley Conference Thursday night: The
Warriors want a 13th consecutive league title.
They went a long way toward that goal, but had to battle second-place Westfall,
who had been nipping at Adena's heels through the first round of the league
schedule. Adena defeated the Mustangs 15-8, 9-15, 16-14.
Westfall held a 13-10 lead in the final match and were on the brink of sending
Division III's No. 4-ranked Warriors to their first defeat of the season at
14-13, but Adena rebounded by scoring the game's final three points to take the
win.
"We were behind most of the second game and down in the third. They had match
point on us at 14-13, but they served out of bounds and we scored three points
from there," said Adena coach Laura Smith.
The match lasted one hour, 40 minutes.
"When I got into the locker room, everyone was on the floor breathing hard,"
Smith said. "They were wiped out."
"We had a great atmosphere," said Westfall coach Lori Merriman. "We had a lot of
errors, but I think emotions had a lot to do with it."
Westfall misfired on 11 service attempts against Adena.
"You can't do that against a good team like Adena," Merriman said. "They're
ranked fourth in the state for a reason."
"They didn't lose their cool," Smith said of her Warriors. "They stayed focused,
even on game points. Westfall served out of bounds and there's your break and
you have to take advantage of it."
Katie Roush tallied 13 kills and 22 digs for the unbeaten Warriors, while Ashley
Sowers added 12 kills and eight points. Stacia Barnes had 17 digs, while Erica
Zurmehly had five kills, 38 assists, 12 poins and 17 digs.
"Erica made some nice pases," Smith said, "and Katie (Roush) was putting them
away."
Amanda Kinnamon had six kills, six points, two assists, three solo blocks and 12
digs.
As a team, Adena racked up 47 kills and 90 digs.
"Playing good competition is going to make us a better team," Smith said. "It
pushes us. When you play someone good, your weaknesses shine a little brighter."
Kelsey Sewards led Westfall in sets, connecting on 108 of 111 attempts with 11
digs and 33 assists. Abby Skinner had nine kills and 16 digs, while Carly
Cameron added 11 kills and 11 digs. She also added one solo block and four
assisted blocks.
"Carly had a fabulous night," Merriman said.
Nikki Ward led in digs with 17 and Laura Kern scored nine points and 10 digs.
Maleah Thornton had 10 points and 15 digs for Westfall.
Merriman didn't use many substitutes in the game, which may have led to some
tired legs on the court.
"The kids wanted to be out there," she said. "At least we went all out and
weren't conservative. It was just a great match. I told the girls this was
something they will remember for the rest of their lives."
It marked the first time Adena had to play three matches to earn a victory.
ADENA TAKES THREE GAME THRILLER AT WESTFALL
The Adena Warriors increased their lead in the SVC Volleyball standings with a
three game win over Westfall 15-8/9-15/16-14.
Adena trailed 13-10 in the third game before rallying to tie it at 13-13.
Westfall then had match point at 14-13, before the Warriors "wiggled off the
hook" and scored the next three points for the victory.
Adena coach Laura Smith says her Warriors buckled down when they had their backs
against the wall. Both teams had outstanding individual performances. Adena was
led by sophomore Katie Roush with 13 kills and 22 digs while Ashley Sowers added
12 kills and 11 digs. Erica Zurmehly has 38 assists, 5 kills, 17 digs and 12
points. Amanda Kinnamon added 6 kills, 12 digs, 3 solo blocks and 2 block
assists. Stacia Barnes also had 17 digs. Katie Roush was named as WKKJ's Grange
Insurance Player of the Game.
Westfall's Carly Cameron pounded 14 kills, followed by Maleah Thornton and Abby
Skinner with 9 each. Nikki Ward led with 17 digs, Skinner had 16 and Thornton
15. Kelsey Sewards dished-out 33 assists for the Mustangs.
Adena now stands at (8-0) in the SVC, while Westfall drops to a second place tie
with Huntington at (6-2) with six matches to play. Huntington travels to Adena
next Tuesday in a match that will be broadcast on WKKJ.
Adena nails big
SVC volleyball win
09/19/02
Adena took a huge step toward its 13th consecutive Scioto Valley Conference
volleyball championship with a 15-9, 8-15, 16-14 win at Westfall Thursday
evening.
The victory moves coach Laura Smith's Lady Warriors two games up on Westfall and
Huntington -- which now share second place -- with just six league games
remaining.
Huntington was a 15-5, 15-6 winner over Paint Valley, Unioto downed Southeastern
15-6, 15-1 and Piketon defeated Zane Trace 15-4, 15-11 for its second straight
SVC victory.
Adena 15-8-16, Westfall 9-15-14
Adena (8-0, 11-0) trailed 13-10 and 14-13 in game three before rallying for the
win in just the second three-game match played by both teams this season.
The Lady Warriors -- ranked fourth in Division III in the latest weekly poll of
the Ohio High School Volleyball Coaches Association -- amassed 47 kills and 90
digs as a team with seven players recording at least five kills.
Sophomore Katie Roush was the leader with 13 kills and 22 digs and Ashley Sowers
chipped in with 12 kills and 11 digs.
Stacia Barnes had a team-high 17 digs, Amanda Kinnamon six kills and Erica
Zurmehly, Kortney Ward and Megan Alexander five apiece. Zurmehly had 38 assists,
12 points and 17 digs and Kinnamon three solo blocks, two assisted blocks and 11
blocks in play.
The loss was a bitter pill for Westfall (6-2, 8-2), bent on avenging a
disappointing 15-1, 15-2 loss to Adena in their SVC opener.
The Lady Mustangs were playing at home where they had handed Adena its first
loss of the season a year ago and had senior Abby Skinner back in the lineup
after an early-season ankle injury. Skinner did not play in the first meeting
between the two teams.
Westfall's Kelsey Sewards capped a sensational week with 108-for-111 setting
with 33 assists and 11 digs.
Carly Cameron registered 14 kills, six points, 11 digs, one solo block and four
assisted blocks, Abby Skinner nine kills and 16 digs, Nikki Ward 17 digs, Laura
Kern nine points and 10 digs and Maleah Thornton 10 points, nine kills and 15
digs for the Lady Mustangs.
09/14/02
Adena's unbeaten
Scioto Valley Conference volleyball leaders are ranked sixth in Division III in
the first weekly poll of the Ohio High School Volleyball Coaches Association.
Coach Laura Smith's Lady Warriors -- 8-0 -- garnered two first place votes and
110 points. Huron leads the polling with 234 points followed by Jonathon Alder,
Girard, Tuscarawas Valley, Archbold and Adena.
09/17/02
Adena 15-15, Zane Trace 1-3
The Lady Warriors stretched their overall winning streak to 10 in completing the
first round of SVC play with a 7-0 mark.
Ashley Sowers led the Lady Warrior attack with six kills with Katie Roush and
Megan Alexander adding four each. Erica Zurmehly had 14 assists, Amanda Kinnamon
nine points, Stacia Barnes eight points and Kortney Ward six points.
Jessica Thornton was the top performer for Zane Trace (1-6, 1-11) with five
digs, two kills, two solo blocks and two points.
Adena won the reserve match 12-15, 15-7, 15-2 as Liza Hirsch was 54-for-58
setting with 15 assists and was 9-for-10 serving with three aces and six points.
Amanda Atchison was 18-for-19 hitting with seven kills. Jennifer Fout was
10-for-13 digging and 13-for-15 serving with an ace and 10 points and Sara Core
was 23-for-25 serving with four aces and 19 points.
09/13/02
Adena 15-15, Unioto 12-9
The Lady Warriors struggled to close out Unioto in the first game as the Lady
Shermans forced four sideouts with Adena clinging to a 13-12 lead. After Adena
scored to take a 14-12 lead, Unioto (3-3, 6-3) forced another three sideouts
before Adena scored the winning point.
The second game was equally close with Adena leading 9-8 when Erica Zurmehly
reeled off five straight serving points -- including two of her three aces on
the night -- to give the Lady Warriors a cushion.
The win is the Lady Warriors' 55th straight homecourt victory.
Zurmehly finished with nine serving points, 24 assists and five kills, Ashley
Sowers nine kills and 14 digs and Katie Roush seven kills and 12 digs. Stacia
Barnes added nine points and eight digs, Amanda Kinnamon five kills and Kortney
Ward 10 digs and three kills.
April Stamper and Katie Frey combined for 53 hits and 21 kills for the Lady
Shermans with Stamper leading the way with 32 hits, 13 kills and five points.
Frey had 21 hits and eight kills.
Jamie White recorded 51 sets and five points, Dennale Speakman 20 digs,
Stephanie Wells 11 digs and Sara Lewis five points for Unioto.
09/11/02
Adena 15-15,
Southeastern 6-4
The Lady Warriors extended their string of two-game sweeps of league foes to
five straight with their eighth straight win overall.
Ashley Sowers recorded 12 kills and five digs for Adena, Amanda Kinnamon six
kills and 14 points and Erica Zurmehly four kills and 20 assists. Stacia Barnes
added seven points and four digs.
For Southeastern, Jessica Dixon had 12 digs, Megan Doles 11 hits and six kills,
Alissa Moats four points and Lauren Bell 13 assists.
Adena won the reserve match 15-6, 15-5 as Amanda Atchison was 12-for-14 hitting
with five kills, 11-for-11 serving for eight points with one ace. Schae Reed was
9-for-11 hitting with six kills, Liza Hirsch 28-for-29 setting with nine
assists, Jennifer Fout 8-for-10 serving for seven points and an ace and Crystal
Self 7-for-8 serving with six points, including three aces.
Adena (5-0, 8-0) -- which hosts Unioto (3-2, 6-2) in another key match Thursday
-- maintained its league lead with a 15-6, 15-4 sweep of Southeastern (2-3, 2-4)
and Huntington (4-1, 6-1) held off Zane Trace (1-4, 1-7) 16-14, 5-15, 15-5.oper
led Southeastern with eight points.
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Sowers, Lodge athletes of week
09/08/02
Ashley Sowers of Adena and Unioto soccer sensation Justin Lodge are the
sportspage.com athletes of the week Sept. 2-7.
Sowers -- a 5-7 outside hitter -- was chosen most valuable player of
the Athens volleyball invitational after helping the 7-0 Lady Warriors
successfully defend their championship.
The junior captain had 17 kills as Adena went 3-0 in the tournament and led the
Lady Warriors in the final with 12 points, including four aces,
and 11 digs. She was 8-for-8 passing.
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Adena repeats Athens title
09/07/02
Adena, Unioto and Huntington were winners in non-conference volleyball Saturday
with Adena's unbeaten Scioto Valley Conference leaders winning the Athens
Invitational for the second straight year.
Coach Laura Smith's Lady Warriors defeated Cheshire River Valley 15-7, 15-1 and
Oak Hill 15-0, 15-2 to reach the finals at Athens against the host team.
After dropping their first game of the season 8-15, Adena (4-0, 7-0) swept the
next two games from Athens 15-3, 15-9.
Ashley Sowers' play earned the Lady Warrior junior the tournament's most
valuable player award and teammate Erica Zurmehly was named to the
all-tournament team.
The multi-talented Sowers had 17 kills in the three matches and led her team in
the final with 13 points, including four aces, and 11 digs. She was 8-for-8
passing.
Amanda Kinnamon recorded 25 kills in the three matches.
Against River Valley, Zurmehly had 17 assists, Katie Roush 11 points and Stacia
Barnes eight digs. Zurmehly added 19 assists in the Oak Hill match, Sowers three
points, including an ace, Roush eight kills and Barnes eight points and eight
digs.
In the final, Zurmehly had 10 digs, Roush nine kills, 31 assists and 11 digs,
Megan Alexander six kills and nine points and Kortney Ward four kills.
09/05/02
Adena 15-15, Piketon
3-1
The Lady Warriors continued to dominate opponents, having allowed more than five
points in a game just once in sweeping four straight matches.
Amanda Kinnamon recorded eight kills and Megan Alexander four while Erica
Zurmehly served 10 points and recorded 17 assists.
Kortney Ward added eight points, including two aces, and three kills, Stacia
Barnes seven points with three aces and Ashley Sowers six digs.
Adena won the reserve match 15-8, 15-11 as Amanda Atchison was 10-for-11 hitting
with two kills and 11-for-11 serving with seven points. Schae Reed was 9-for-15
hitting and 11-for-12 serving with nine points and an ace and Liza Hirsch was
30-for-40 setting with eight assists.
The varsity will defend its championship in the Athens Invitational Saturday
while the junior varsity ventures north for a tournament at River Valley.
09/03/02
Adena 15-15, Paint
Valley 0-5
Junior captains Amanda Kinnamon and Erica Zurmehly led the Lady Warriors (3-0,
3-0) as the 5-9 Kinnamon was 9-for-9 hitting with seven kills.
Zurmehly had six serving points and recorded nine assists. Sophomore Katie Roush
served 13 points.
Adena won the reserve match 15-2, 15-6 as freshman Amanda Atchison was 14-for-15
serving with 13 points and five aces and 10-for-13 hitting with two kills.
Evyn Gray was 7-for-8 serving with five points, Schae Reed 10-for-13 hitting
with six kills, Liza Hirsch 17-for-22 setting with seven assists and Brittany
Cottrill 9-for-11 setting with five assists.
Adena whacks
Westfall 15-1, 15-2
08/27/02
Adena sent a resounding message to the rest of the Scioto Valley Conference
Tuesday evening -- the road to a league volleyball championship goes through
Frankfort.
Coach Laura Smith's Lady Warriors -- winners of 12 consecutive league titles --
dispatched Westfall 15-1, 15-2 in the opening night of league play.
Westfall entered Tuesday's match at Adena with high hopes of getting off to a
fast start against the league's perennial favorites.
That was not to be, however, as Adena completely dominated the Lady Mustangs.
Westfall, which won a non-conference season-opener at Teays Valley Monday
evening, played without senior outside hitter Abby Skinner, sidelined with an
ankle injury.
"We were 30-for-48 serve receiving," said Westfall coach Lori Merriman. "We're
giving them 18 points and you can't do that against a good team. You can't do
that against a bad team."
Westfall also was 19-for-38 in digs.
Carly Cameron had four kills, Maleah Thornton five digs and Kelsey Sewards six
assists for the Lady Mustangs.
Adena's 5-9 junior middle hitter Amanda Kinnamon was 12-for-13 hitting with 10
kills, sophomore Katie Roush 17-for-18 with six kills, Erica Zurmehly 6-for-7
with five kills and 21 assists, Kortney Ward 4-for-4 with three kills and Megan
Alexander 5-for-6 with four kills.
Zurmehly was 13-for-14 serving for 11 points and Stacia Barnes 11-for-11 for
seven points. Ward added eight digs and Ashley Sowers seven.
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