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VOLLEYBALL
OAK GLEN FALLS TO UNBEATEN FERRY
NEW MANCHESTER -- The Oak Glen volleyball team was not able to knock Martins Ferry from the ranks of the unbeaten on Wednesday night as the defending W.Va. Class AA state champs dropped a match to the Ohio state-ranked Purple Riders in three sets, 14-25, 18-25, 17-25.
The Golden Bears are now 21-9 while the Purple Riders stayed perfect at 19-0.
For Oak Glen, Mikalyn Balch had nine kills and seven, Naomi Ayers had seven kills, Caetlyn Six and Audrina May had two kills each. Bryson Adams had 10 assists and four digs. Kendall Six had 11 digs and Keira Vick had five digs.
The Golden Bears are back in action next week in the OVAC tournament. Oak Glen entered the week in third place, while Ferry leads Class 4A. The teams could potentially meet again in the tournament. The cutoff for the top four making the field is later this week.
TUESDAY
OAK GLEN DEFEATS LINSLY
NEW MANCHESTER -- The Oak Glen volleyball team topped Linsly on Tuesday night in a five-set battle, 21-25, 25-17, 21-25, 16-14.
Mattie Carney had 14 kills, Naomi Ayers had 12 kills, Mikalyn Balch and Audrina May had 11 kills each. Laikynn Eckleberry had six kills and three blocks. Kendall Six had four kills. Mikalyn Balch had 30 assists and Bryson Adams had 25 assists. Keira Vick had 17 digs, Kendall Six had 13 digs, Ellie Smith and Layla Skavenski had eight digs each. Kylie Robinson had five digs.