In high school sports, the Twentynine Palms High School Ladycat volleyball teams hosted the Banning Broncos and both varsity and junior varsity teams came away with the win.
The varsity Ladycats beat the Broncos in an exciting five set match; 25-19, 14-25, 25-23, 23-25, and 15-13. Coach Melissa McGivern said, “It was a fight until the end. It was a total team effort and the crowd was awesome.”
Sophomore Gianna Bilderain had two ace serves and one assist. Sophomore Sadi Rantzow served up three ace serves and had one kill. Sophomore Mya Chacon had two ace serves, three kills and one assist. Junior Journey Platzke had one assist and one huge block assist. Senior Jhordan Stanley had one ace serve, one assist, and six kills. Senior Amanda Mohn had nine assists, one block assist, seven kills and had a total of 82 sets. Senior Riley King had one assist, two block assists, and led the team with eight kills.
“These ladies played their hearts out and left it all on the court. It took all 10 of the ’Cats to push through. They played well together as a team and picked each other up when needed. They never gave up and worked hard until the last whistle. I’m so proud of them.”
The Ladycats are now 5-3 in league and travel to Coachella Valley on Tuesday, October 1.
The junior varsity Ladycats won
in two sets: 25-16 26-14.
Dixie Saunders had a kill. Itzel Solorio and Leah
Engesser each served up two aces. Maniah Timu had one kill and one ace
serve. Gabby Wunderlee had one assist and one ace serve. Zemira
Mosqueda had one kill, one ace and three assists. N’Taiya Youso led the
team with three kills and two ace serve. Nice job ladies!
