Anna’s Makenna Pettus and Elizabeth Staudter defend a spike from Botkins’ Stella Braun in a Shelby County Athletic League match on Tuesday in Anna. The Rockets won their seventh straight match by beating the Trojans 3-0.
Luke Gronneberg | Sidney Daily News
ANNA — The Anna Rockets (8-2, 4-1) took down the Botkins Trojans (5-4, 1-3) in straight sets on Tuesday at Anna High School.
The Rockets took the first set 25-16, the second 25-11 and the third 25-16 again.
Stat leaders for the Trojans were Peyton Platfoot with 17 digs and Maddilyn Frey with eight kills.
“Anna was the more powerful team tonight,” Botkins head coach Sara Brown said. “We struggled to use our out of system balls. Third set we were able to get our hands on some blocks. We had too many unforced hitting errors.”
The Rockets were led by Liz Staudter and Ava Reed with 12 kills each, Izzy Jenkins with 27 and 19 digs, Madison Mumaw with 24 digs and Ashley Gehret with two block assists.
“We’ve adopted this ‘all-in’ concept,” Anna head coach Kelli Zumberger said. “It doesn’t matter who’s out there on the court, no matter what position I put them in, they get after it. If you come to our practices, they’re locked in and ready for anything. They definitely brought that tonight.”
Anna lost 3-0 to Fort Loramie on Thursday. The squad is scheduled to host Marion Local on Monday.
Botkins lost 3-0 to Jackson Center on Thursday. The Trojans were scheduled to host Bellefontaine Calvary Christian on Friday and are scheduled to travel to Indian Lake on Monday.
Sidney takes down Piqua
The Sidney Yellow Jackets (6-4, 6-1) took down Piqua on Tuesday 3 sets to 1.
The first set was narrowly won by Piqua 25-23, but the Yellow Jackets battled back to take the next three sets 25-13, 25-17 and 25-19.
Sidney was led in kills by senior Cynthia Davidson and junior Kalesha Rush with 14 each. Davidson also led the team in digs with 15.
Junior Alena Swearingen led the Yellow Jackets with 35 assists in the match.
The Yellow Jackets lost 25-22, 25-23, 22-25, 25-20 in a Miami Valley League match on Thursday. They are scheduled to travel to Stebbins on Saturday.
Lehman Catholic earns 2 TRC wins
The Cavaliers (5-4, 3-1) took a 3-1 victory over Bethel on Tuesday.
Lehman took the first set 30-28, dropped the second 17-25, and took the third and fourth sets 25-16 and 25-23 respectively.
Senior Kailee Rank led the Cavaliers in kills with 25, assisted blocks with six and digs with 20. Sophomore Madison Rank led the team with four aces and 40 assists.
Lehman beat Riverside 25-21, 25-16, 25-12 on Thursday in a Three Rivers Conference match. The squad is scheduled to travel to Jackson Center on Saturday.
