Top performers and MVP picks State Championships for Class 2!

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Prep Dig Staff

November 13, 2020 @ 12:33 PM

Lawson 25-2 4th Place Anna Harrold, Sophomore The 5’10 outside didn’t have the semifinal against Christian that she had in the 3rd place match. In the loss to Christian, she would hit .000 with five kills and five errors but had 12 digs. In the 3rd place loss to Miller, she would have 17 kills and 17 digs. The future is bright for this athletic outside. Ashlyn Staton, Senior The libero was a bright spot all weekend for Lawson. Digging up 19 in the semifinal loss and then adding 17 in the 3rd place match against Miller.   Miller 32-2 3rd Place Alli Mitchell, Junior In the Semifinal loss to Valle Catholic, she would dish out 29 assists and nine digs and then in the 3rd Place win add 37 assists and 15 digs. Haylie Schnake, Sophomore In the 3rd Place match, the sophomore had 11 kills and nine digs in the 3-1 win over Lawson. In the semifinal loss to Valle, she finishes with six kills and seven digs.   Valle Catholic 30-6-2 2nd Place Riley Siebert, Senior An outside hitter with a mighty swing would lead Valle with 19 kills and hit .357% in the semifinal win over Miller. In the Championship match, she would take 68 swings and finish with 27 kills and hit .294%. Would have a couple of critical kills in game five to keep the game tight in the 22-25, 25-27, 25-22, 25-20, 17-19 loss to Christian. Ella Bertram, Junior The middle hitter would start the weekend off against Miller hitting .348% with ten kills and five blocks. In the 5 set loss in the title match, she would come alive with 20 kills on .350% hitting and eight blocks. Sam Loida, Junior The setter would average a double-double for the weekend with 51 assists and 16 digs in the semifinal win over Miller. In the championship, she would dish out 67 assists and pick up 16 digs.     Christian 8-7 State Champions [player_tooltip player_id="41747" first="Addison" last="Lyon"], Senior Mizzou commit had double duty for the Eagles. In the semifinals, she would only record a triple-double with ten kills, 20 assists, 11 digs, and then four blocks in the 3-0 sweep of Lawson. In the title match against Valle, another triple-double with 17 kills, 31 assists, ten digs, and four blocks. The kid can put the ball anywhere and fed her beast middle from anywhere on the court. Josie Villard, Sophomore The sophomore libero did enough damage in the back row to give her two powerful seniors enough chances to put the ball down. In the semifinals, she would scoop up 12 digs and add 25 in the championship match.   MVP Belle Monaco, Senior The 5-9 middle impressed me with her cannon of a right arm. Then I looked at her stats and saw that she was just as impressive in the backcourt. I guess I couldn’t get over her cannon to notice how good defensively she was. Christian was a different team when she was on the front row. That was a mixture of her hitting and [player_tooltip player_id="41747" first="Addison" last="Lyon"]’s setting, but people noticed when Belle hit the ball. In the semifinal sweep, she would hit .412% with 18 kills, four errors on 34 attempts, and pick up 17 digs. In the championship win over Valle 25-22, 27-25, 22-25, 20-25, 19-17, she would hit .343% with 29 kills, six errors on 67 attempts, and 16 digs.