Sports Briefs
MHS volleyball downs Lafayette
The Maryville Spoofhound girls’ volleyball team defeated Lafayette at Maryville High School Thursday, 2-1.
Maryville won the first set, 25-18, but allowed the Fighting Irish to tie up the match at 1-1, falling 25-17 in Set 2.
The Spoofhounds came back in the final set, defeating Lafayette 25-21.
Paige Heitman led the Hounds with five aces and 11 kills. She also had 10 digs.
Kailey Swalley had 23 digs.
Abby Loe had five kills and 11 digs. Abby Pitts served two aces.
Felicia Sheil had four kills and four digs. Annika Johnson had three kills and three digs. Halley Sims and Leah Mass had one kill apiece. Sims added 7 digs.
NW soccer match rescheduled
Northwest Missouri State University’s soccer match against Minnesota Crookston, which was originally scheduled for Maryville, is being moved to Missouri Western and played at Spratt Stadium. The new start time for the match is 5:30 p.m. Admission to the match will be free. The Bearcats lost to Rockhurst 3-1 in their season opener on Wednesday.
Platte Valley softball beats Albany 4-2
Platte Valley softball picked up another victory on Thursday, beating Albany 4-2. Mikayla Schmitz had two RBI as she went 1-for-3 from the plate. The Eagles combined for eight hits as a team and Sarah Chor struck out five in the circle.
Nod-Holt volleyball drops 2-1 match to East Atchison
Nodaway-Holt lost 2-1 (14-25, 25-14) 10-25) to East Atchison on Thursday. Rachel Farmer had 16 assists to go with six kills each from Macie Bohannon and Amanda Bohannon. Macie Bohannon and Sam Keith each had two serving aces and Macie Bohannon had two blocks.
West Nod beats St. Joseph Christian 2-1
The West Nodaway Rockets beat St. Joseph Christian 2-1 (25-21, 17-25, 25-20) on Thursday. Alissa Nelson had eight serving aces and six kills to go with four blocks from Paige Hagey. Kristine Ecker had 10 set assists and Nelson had 10 digs. The Rocks improve to 2-8 on the year.
Maryville Tennis tops St. Joseph Lafayette
The Maryville girls’ tennis team (9-0) topped St. Joseph Lafayette 8-1 Thursday. Lauren Macali dropped her No. 1 singles match 9-7 to Dani Schneller and Bethel Orshiso beat Ashlyn Dotson 8-3 at the No. 2 spot. Bailey White picked up an 8-1 win over Gracie Hellerich. TJ Oglesby cruised to an 8-0 win over Kenya Anderson and Maggie Kempf beat Madyson McMillian 8-0. Emma Webb-Kirkpatrick rounded out the singles results with an 8-1 win over Paige Edwards.
Macali and Orshiso beat Schneller and Dotson 8-4 in doubles action to go with an 8-6 win for White and Webb-Kirkpatrick over Hellerich and Henderson. Kempf and Oglesby beat McMillian and Edwards 8-0 at the No. 3 doubles spot.
Maryville travels to Savannah on Tuesday for a 4 p.m. start.
North Nodaway Softball beats NE Nodaway 8-6
North Nodaway earned an 8-6 victory over Northeast Nodaway on Thursday.
The Mustangs blew the game open in the top of the sixth, breaking a 2-2 tie and scoring three runs in the inning. Audrey Trimble and had a two-RBI double in the inning to go with an RBI single from Ashley Thompson. North Nodaway added three more runs and stretched their lead to 8-2 before the Blue Jays made a comeback attempt in the bottom of the seventh.
Two Mustang errors led to the first run scoring before Taylor Coffelt hit a two-RBI double to cut the score to 8-5 before Alicia Smith hit an RBI single to make the score 8-6. A popout ended the game and gave the Mustangs the win.
Keagan O’Riley picked up the win in the circle for North Nodaway. She had six strikeouts and two walks while allowing two earned runs. Bethany Herndon finished 3-for-4 with two RBI to go with two RBI from Trimble. Thompson, Cross, and Kelsi Oberhauser each had one RBI.
Maggie Schmitz was saddled with the loss for NE Nodaway after she struck out one, walked two and gave up seven earned runs. Coffelt was 2-for-4 with three RBI and Smith had two.
The Bluejays host Pattonsburg on Sept. 12 at 5:30 p.m. while the Mustangs travel to King City Saturday for a 1:30 p.m. contest.
