PARKERSBURG - Host Parkersburg High played visiting George Washington to the hilt before dropping a 32-30 decision to the Patriots in the first game, then fell behind from the outset of the second game and never caught up in falling 25-17 as GW swept the Big Reds in a volleyball tri at Memorial Fieldhouse Thursday night.
Both PHS and George Washington had dispatched Philip Barbour earlier to set the stage for the evening's finale, and the Big Reds and Patriots didn't disappoint - especially in the first game, which was a nail-biter.
GW led 8-5 only to see PHS rally back to go ahead 9-8 on a Paige Warner spike. The Big Reds then extended their advantage to 12-9, but the Patriots regained the edge at 14-13 and kept it until PHS ran off four straight points to surge in front 22-20.
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Parkersburg's Imani Ward spikes the ball against Phillip Barbour Thursday evening. The Big Reds defeated Phillip Barbour, 2-0.
Ties at 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 and 30 ensued, the last on a Warner spike, before GW got a point to move ahead and Hannah Shreve won it for the Patriots with a clinching spike.
The second game saw GW, now 21-7-3, lead all the way, building as much as an 11-point spread at 21-10 on Tori Strong's serving ace. But that was to be the apex of the Patriots' lead as PHS tallied the next five points to close the gap to 21-15. However, GW then scored three of the next four points to open up an eight-point gap, 24-16, and take command again, culminating two points later on a Shreve spike for the match-winner.
The Big Reds, now 50-23, along with George Washington and Musselman will be playing in a 12-team tournament Saturday in Roanoke, Va.
Fact Box
Tri at Memorial Fieldhouse
Parkersburg High d.
Philip Barbour, 25-12, 25-13
PHS scoring: Lyxis Reeder 7, Kaitlin Farrah 4, Imani Ward 8, Megan Morrison 2, Jordan Lallemont 4, Shada Harnish 3, Paige Warner 4; kills: Morgan Armstrong 5, Alexandra Dils 1, Ward 8, Sam Shingleton 1, Warner 8; assists: Reeder 9, Lallemont 12; blocks: Dils 1, Ward 1, Shingleton 2; digs: Nicole Bradford 5, Dils 1, Reeder 4, Farrah 8, Ward 2. Morrison 7, Lallemont 6, Shingleton 1, Warner 4, Alison Schumacher 2
George Washington d.
Philip Barbour, 25-12, 25-11
GW (21-7-3) d. PHS, 32-30, 25-25-17
PHS (50-23) scoring: Reeder 2, Farrah 1, Ward 5, Morrison 1, Lallemont 7; kills: Armstrong 2, Dils 5, Reeder 1, Ward 7, Lallemont 1, Shingleton 1, Warner 8; assists: Armstrong 1, Reeder 8, Ward 1, Lallemont 10; blocks: Dils 1, Warner 1; digs: Armstrong 1, Dils 2, Reeder 2, Farrah 6, Ward 8, Morrison 11, Lallemont 2, Shingleton 1, Warner 2
Next match: PHS, GW at 12-team Roanoke (Va.) tournament Saturday
Marietta d. Zanesville 25-14, 25-8, 25-14
Marietta (18-4, 11-2 ECOL): Lexi Walsh 6pts, 18digs; Kaitlyn Cozzens 3pts, 1ace, 4kills, 23assists, 9digs; Gracie Haas 3pts, 2kills, 4digs; Kristen Hill 14pts, 4aces, 10kills, 12 digs; Kourtney Crum 10pts 4aces, 6kills, 1assist, 12 digs; Haley Bonar 10pts, 2aces, 4kills, 1assist, 7digs; Holly Hutchison 1dig; Lain Weppler 5kills, 1dig; Mattie Miller 1dig, Chrystal McCoy 1dig
At Glenville
Williamstown d.
Ravenswood 25-13, 25-15
Williamstown scoring: Brooke Cieslewski 13 (3 aces), Kenzie Smith 9 (2 aces), Ciara Flowers 1 (1 ace), Erica Amos 4 (2 aces), Lauren Amos 2 (1 ace), Jessie Kerns 5 (4 aces), Carley Ellison 2 (2 aces). Hitting (kills): B. Cieslewski 3 (2), Smith 3 (1), Lincoln Postlewaite 6 (2), Flowers 9 (7), L. Amos 11 (4), J. Kerns 2 (2), Ellison 6 (3), Ashton Chancellor 5 (2). Setting: Smith 6, Kerns 9. Digs: B. Cieslewski 10, Smith 1, Postlewaite 1, E. Amos 8, Kerns 3, Ellison 3, Chancellor 1. Blocks: Smith 2, Flowers 2, Ellison 1.
Ravenswood scoring: Katie Buckbee 8, Michaela Hughes 4, Kayla Huff 4, Haley Palmer 1, Tia Querrey 1, Natalie Francis 1. Hitting: Buckbee 7, Huff 6, Palmer 5, Hughes 3. Setting: Querrey 21.
Williamstown d. Gilmer 25-22, 26-24
Williamstown (27-9-1) scoring: B. Cieslewski 13, Smith 5, Flowers 7 (1 ace), L. Amos 9, Kerns J. 6, Ellison 6. Hitting (kills): Smith 5 (4), Postlewaite 9 (5), Flowers 8 (7), L. Amos 7 (2), Kerns 1, Ellison 14 (13), Chancellor 9 (6). Setting: B. Cieslewski 2, Smith 14, Kerns 16. Digs: B. Cieslewski 23, Smith 1, Postlewaite 3, Flowers 3, E. Amos 2, L. Amos 2, Kerns 2, Ellison 3.
Gilmer scoring: Abby Richardson 5, Asia Mann 8, Larisa Gordon 10 (2 aces), Julie Bishop 6 (1 ace), Jamie Conrad 6, Kayla Stewart 11 (2 aces). Hitting: Mann 2, Bishop 3, Michaela Luzader 3, Conrad 2, Katelyn Miller 3, Stewart 1. Setting: Bishop 9, Miller 1, Stewart 8, Conrad 1, Mann 3. Digs: Richardson 1, Gordon 3, Conrad 1, Katelyn Weese 1. Blocks: Mann 1, Gordon 2, Bishop 3, Conrad 1.
Gilmer d. Ravenswood 25-8, 25-18
Gilmer (20-8) scoring: Richardson 8 (1 ace), Mann 11 (3 aces), Gordon 9 (2 aces), Bishop 7 (3 aces), Conrad 5, Stewart 10 (3 aces). Hitting: Mann 3, Gordon 2, Bishop 6, Luzader 5, Conrad 4. Setting: Richardson 1, Bishop 9, Miller 1, Stewart 7, Luzader 1, Conrad 1, Mann 1, Gordon 3. Digs: Mann 3, Bishop 2, Conrad 3. Blocks: Bishop 3, Conrad 2, Miller 2.
Ravenswood (15-17) scoring: Buckbee 7, Huff 6, Palmer 6, Hughes 2, Jordan Strickland 1, Francis 1. Hitting: Buckbee 10 (6 kills), Huff 10 (5 kills), Palmer 7 (1 kill). Setting: Querrey 40.
Next match: Ravenswood at Charleston Catholic Invite, Saturday; St. Marys at Williamstown, Tuesday (senior night).
At Parkersburg
Parkersburg Catholic d.
Braxton County 25-20, 25-12, 25-22
Parkersburg Catholic (14-13-1) scoring: Maddie Roedersheimer 12, Hannah Fisher 20 (4 aces), Leah Hughes 18 (4 aces), Hannah Reifsteck 24 (6 aces), Amy Tennant 8 (2 aces), Reily Sturm 12 (4 aces). Hitting (kills): M. Roedersheimer 25-26 (14), Fisher 11-14 (5), Hughes 5-9 (3), Reifsteck 7-11 (3), Brooke Miller 7-9 (3), Sturm 19-19 (5). Setting: Reifsteck 39-41 (16 assists), Tennant 43-44 (13 assists). Digs: M. Roedersheimer 1, Fisher 2, Hughes 2, Reifsteck 1, Miller 1. Blocks: M. Roedersheimer 1, Hughes 1.
JV match: PCHS d. Braxton 25-19, 25-14.
PCHS JV scoring: Lydia Walters 15 (2 aces), Audrey Eisenmann 8 (3 aces), Katie Tennant 6 (2 aces), Kimberly Samolitis 1, Meredith Koerber 1, Shelby Dearth 2.
Next match: Parkersburg Catholic at Wirt County, 6 p.m. Monday
at St. Marys
St. Marys d.
Magnolia 9-25, 25-21, 25-20, 15-25, 15-13
St. Marys scoring: Boogie Grose 3 (1), Shanley Glover 11 (3), Brenda Runnion 2 (1), Sarah West 7 (3), Jannessa Mullenix 5 (3), Kali Wilson 13 (6), Katie Mixer 2, Makayla Handschumacher 1; Setting: Glover 48-20 assists, Grose 6-6 assists, Mullenix 25-9 assists; Kills: Grose 22, Glover 3, Runnion 6, Mullenix 1, Wilson 7, Kelsey Kirkpatrick 3; Blocks: Grose 3, Glover 2, Runnion 1, Wilson 1; Digs: Grose 7, West 6, Mixer 1
JV score: Magnolia d. St. Marys 25-10, 25-17
St. Marys JV scoring: Handschumacher 5, Mixer 3, Alyce Bailey 2
At Kidwell
Tyler Consolidated d.
Parkersburg South 26-24, 25-15
Tyler Consolidated scoring: Ariel Fish 11 (2 aces), Torrye Cline 8 (3 aces), Kerstyn Cline 4 (1 ace), Shay Yonaley 4, Allison Wable 2, Megan Carpenter 1. Kills: Bridget Matthews 9, Wable 8, Sydney Reed 7, Carpenter 1, Haylea LeMasters 1. Setting: T. Cline 71 (23 assists). Blocks: Matthews 3, Carpenter 2, Reed 1, Wable 1. Digs: Yonaley 16, T. Cline 13, K. Cline 12, Carly Fletcher 4, Hillary Casteel 6, Reed 4, Kaitlyn Gogan 5.
Tyler Consolidated d.
Morgantown 25-19, 23-25, 25-19
Tyler Consolidated scoring: T. Cline 13 (2 aces), Reed 5 (1 ace), K. Cline 5 (1 ace), Yonaley 5, Carpenter 5, Fish 4 (2 aces), Wable 3 (1 ace). Kills: Wable 12, Carpenter 10, Matthews 10, Reed 6. Setting: T. Cline 102 (26 assists). Blocks: Carpenter 3, Wable 2, Matthews 1. Digs: Yonaley 16, Casteel 8, K. Cline 8, T. Cline 6, Fletcher 5, Carpenter 4, Wable 4, Lemasters 3.
Tyler Consolidated d
Brooke 25-13, 25-17
Tyler Consolidated (31-2) scoring: Yonaley 11 (2 aces), Reed 8 (1 ace), T. Cline 7 (3 aces), Wable 2, Fish 2. Kills: Wable 9, Matthews 6, Carpenter 4, Reed 3, LeMasters 1. Setting: T. Cline 21 (15 assists), K. Cline 8 (4 assists). Blocks: Wable 1, LeMasters 1. Digs: Yonaley 4, T. Cline 4, K. Cline 2, Fish 2, Gogan 2.
Next match: Tyler Consolidated vs. Monroe Central, 3 p.m. Saturday in first round of OVAC Tourney at Steubenville, Ohio
Waterford d. Belpre 25-4, 25-9, 25-11
Waterford (18-4, 14-2) stats: Hannah Dailey 4pts, 1ace, 14asst, 1kill, 1block; Brooke Drayer 18pts, 4aces, 2asst, 7kills, 1block, 3digs; Jayde Heiss 19pts, 4aces, 4kills; Laura Hill 1dig; Taylor Hilverding 3pts, 6kills, 1block; Haley McCutcheon 5pts, 1kill; Alyssa Miller 3pts, 15asst, 1kill; Chesley Paxton 2pts, 1ace, 1asst, 11kills, 1block, 1dig; Tori Pyatt 1pt, 1asst, 2kills, 1block, 2digs; Katie Semon 1dig; Maddy Sury 2kills
JV: Waterford d. Belpre 25-9, 25-14
Waterford JV (18-1, 15-1) stats: Allison Rohrer 5kills; McCutcheon 4kills; Olivia Bellville 7pts, 2aces, 3kills; Emily Smith 11asst; Katrina Schwendeman 1asst; Hope Schilling 1pt, 1acel Michala Negri 3pts, 1kill; Jessie Reynolds 5pts, 1ace; Nicole Neslein 6pts, 2aces, 3asst, 3kills; Dailey 1pt, 7asst, 3kills; Sury 8pts, 4aces, 1asst, 6kills
Next match: Waterford at home in sectional championship, 6 p.m. Thursday
Notes: Waterford varsity finshed second in the TVC Hocking division; Waterford junior varsity finished with the best record in the TVC Hocking division
In the opening match of the night, PHS rolled to a 25-12, 25-13 win over Philip Barbour, followed by GW besting the Colts as well by scores of 25-12 and 25-11.
Imani Ward led the Big Reds versus Philip Barbour with 8 points, followed by Lyxis Reeder with seven, while Ward and Warner each had 8 kills.
Against GW, Jordan Lallemont led the scoring with 7 points, with Warner having 8 kills, Ward 7 and Alexandra Dils 5.
''We had a chance to win that first game (against GW), and we kind of blew it,'' said veteran PHS head coach Carl Harnish. ''We didn't get our serves in when we needed to. In fact, twice we had game point, but missed serves and they came back and beat us.
''Then we didn't start off the second game very well, but came back and played a better game at the end.''
He admitted ''that big, tall girl (Shreve) up front for them hurt us. You hit it to her, she can block you. We needed to get her to move or move the ball around her. She's a good player. She's going to WVU on a scholarship.''
Still, ''I was proud of the way our girls played,'' said Harnish. ''We're getting better. We've just got to play better defense and serve better, and we'll be right in there with the rest of these people if we do that.''
