Highland Rams pick up pair of volleyball wins By Staff on October 17, 2024 BY MARK PIFER • STAFF WRITER Highland held varsity and JV parents night Tuesday against Richwood. Pictured are the varsity Rams. (Recorder photos by David Cockerham) Highland held varsity and JV parents night Tuesday against Richwood. Pictured are the varsity Rams. (Recorder photos by David Cockerham) MONTEREY — Four matches in six days. A busy schedule has suited the Highland girls just fine. The Rams won two of four, posting their first victories of the season with payback wins over the Union Educational Complex and Richwood. Highland, which had lost to Union in three sets and Richwood in four on the road in September, disposed of both in straight sets at home — the Tigers last Friday, 28-26, 25-19, 25-21, and the Lumberjacks on Tuesday, 25-18, 25-22, 25-15. “I’m proud of the way they have come together and are playing as a team,” said HHS coach Beth McGuire after Tuesday’s win. “We brought our libero (Virginia Richardson) back out and she was a little bumblebee all over the backcourt. Our serves were on point and we played scrappy when we needed to.” Colleen Adams had six kills, six assists, four aces and three digs to lead the way, while Ali Veasey added four kills, two assists, three aces and five digs. Jade Hotz chipped in three kills, Richardson had four aces and Sarah Liller served three aces. In Friday’s victory, Adams had seven kills, six assists, four aces and seven digs. Kylie Arbogast added nine aces, three digs and two kills, Liller had five assists, Veasey had four aces and six digs and Ava Summers had three aces. “The girls played so great together tonight and it showed in the end,” said McGuire Friday. “Our serves really improved this week. I’m so proud of them. We were down two players due to injuries and played most of the game with six. “Elanor White came up and played with us tonight and when Virginia twisted her ankle at the end of set three, she made a great serve for us,” McGuire added. “The whole team really showed up tonight. Colleen was all over the court and everyone made plays right when we needed them.” Highland lost a district doubleheader at Craig County last Thursday and lost a road match at Tygarts Valley on Monday. Adams had four aces, four digs and three kills in the doubleheader against the Rockets and Hotz had six aces and six digs. Richardson with eight digs and three aces, Liller with five digs and two aces, Summers with three aces, Veasey with two digs and Arbogast with two kills also contributed. Monday night in West Virginia, Adams had six kills, eight aces and three digs to lead the Rams, Arbogast added four kills, three blocks and three aces, Richardson had four kills, Liller had three digs and Summers had two assists. Highland (0-5 Pioneer District, 2-10 overall) hosts district front-runner Narrows tonight for a doubleheader and heads to Bath County next Tuesday. The Ram junior varsity team improved to 2-5 on the season with a 25-17, 25-12 victory over Richwood on Tuesday. Amelia Good had six kills and six aces for the winners, White had four aces and Kynley Smith added three aces to go with three digs. Last Thursday, Craig County handed the Rams a 25-21, 25-20 setback. Good had six kills, four aces and two digs for HHS, Williams had three kills and three digs, Smith had three kills and four assists, White had four digs and Hensley Neil had five assists. Highland welcomed families Tuesday for Parents Night, introducing parents with their athletes. Also, Highland Bath Farm Bureau honored its Players of the Week —Good on the JV squad, and Adams on varsity team — with t-shirts handed out by Susie Moyers-Ruddle of Farm Bureau.

Highland Rams pick up pair of volleyball wins

Highland County Public Schools

October 21, 2024

The Recorder on October 17, 2024

BY MARK PIFER • STAFF WRITER

Highland held varsity and JV parents night Tuesday against Richwood. Pictured are the varsity Rams. (Recorder photos by David Cockerham)

Highland held varsity and JV parents night Tuesday against Richwood. Pictured are the varsity Rams. (Recorder photos by David Cockerham)

MONTEREY — Four matches in six days. A busy schedule has suited the Highland girls just fine.

The Rams won two of four, posting their first victories of the season with payback wins over the Union Educational Complex and Richwood.

Highland, which had lost to Union in three sets and Richwood in four on the road in September, disposed of both in straight sets at home — the Tigers last Friday, 28-26, 25-19, 25-21, and the Lumberjacks on Tuesday, 25-18, 25-22, 25-15.

“I’m proud of the way they have come together and are playing as a team,” said HHS coach Beth McGuire after Tuesday’s win. “We brought our libero (Virginia Richardson) back out and she was a little bumblebee all over the backcourt. Our serves were on point and we played scrappy when we needed to.”

Colleen Adams had six kills, six assists, four aces and three digs to lead the way, while Ali Veasey added four kills, two assists, three aces and five digs.

Jade Hotz chipped in three kills, Richardson had four aces and Sarah Liller served three aces.

In Friday’s victory, Adams had seven kills, six assists, four aces and seven digs. Kylie Arbogast added nine aces, three digs and two kills, Liller had five assists, Veasey had four aces and six digs and Ava Summers had three aces.

“The girls played so great together tonight and it showed in the end,” said McGuire Friday. “Our serves really improved this week. I’m so proud of them. We were down two players due to injuries and played most of the game with six.

“Elanor White came up and played with us tonight and when Virginia twisted her ankle at the end of set three, she made a great serve for us,” McGuire added. “The whole team really showed up tonight. Colleen was all over the court and everyone made plays right when we needed them.”

Highland lost a district doubleheader at Craig County last Thursday and lost a road match at Tygarts Valley on Monday.

Adams had four aces, four digs and three kills in the doubleheader against the Rockets and Hotz had six aces and six digs. Richardson with eight digs and three aces, Liller with five digs and two aces, Summers with three aces, Veasey with two digs and Arbogast with two kills also contributed.

Monday night in West Virginia, Adams had six kills, eight aces and three digs to lead the Rams, Arbogast added four kills, three blocks and three aces, Richardson had four kills, Liller had three digs and Summers had two assists.

Highland (0-5 Pioneer District, 2-10 overall) hosts district front-runner Narrows tonight for a doubleheader and heads to Bath County next Tuesday.

The Ram junior varsity team improved to 2-5 on the season with a 25-17, 25-12 victory over Richwood on Tuesday.

Amelia Good had six kills and six aces for the winners, White had four aces and Kynley Smith added three aces to go with three digs.

Last Thursday, Craig County handed the Rams a 25-21, 25-20 setback.

Good had six kills, four aces and two digs for HHS, Williams had three kills and three digs, Smith had three kills and four assists, White had four digs and Hensley Neil had five assists.

Highland welcomed families Tuesday for Parents Night, introducing parents with their athletes. Also, Highland Bath Farm Bureau honored its Players of the Week —Good on the JV squad, and Adams on varsity team — with t-shirts handed out by Susie Moyers-Ruddle of Farm Bureau.