Lady Titans Fall Short Against Girard
The 7th and 8th grade “A” volleyball teams lost in 3-game matches against undefeated Girard teams on Monday, September 17. The “7A” team won the first game 25-19, lost the second, 18-25 and played a third game for the match win. Girard came out on top with 11-25 as the final score. Leading scorer was Haley Touchton with 17 points including 6 aces in all three games combined. In “8A” games Columbus lost the first game, 15-25, won the second, 25-20 and lost the third 16-25. Leading scorers were Sierra Williams and Haley Evans with each scoring 16 points in all three games combined. Taylor Hamilton also succeeded with 2 kills with an assist by Ashley Newell. Leading scorers in the “7B” games were Haley Touchton with 10 points including 8 aces in game two and Kaitlyn Vanatta with 8 points in game 1. Both of these games were won by Columbus, 25-16 and 25-9. In “8B” action, Columbus was defeated in both games, 13-25 and 16-25. Leading scorer was Reagan Soper with 5 points including 2 aces. The next competition will be Monday, Sept 24th against Northeast at Central. There will be a combined “B” game starting at 5:30pm, the “7A” match at 6pm, followed by the “8A” match.
