Cedar girls split MidStates games

HARTINGTON — The Cedar Catholic Lady Trojans moved to 11-11 on the year after splitting a pair of games against tough MidStates Conference foes.

The Cedar girls handed Battle Creek a four-set loss here last Tuesday. Cedar then went on the road Thursday, falling in five sets to the always-tough West Point Guardian Angels.

Both teams have previously been rated in the Top 10 in the State in their respective classes.

The Lady Trojans used a balanced attack against Battle Creek to pick up the win. Laney Kathol and Brooklyn Kuehn led the team at the net with 13 and 10 kills each.Cady Uttecht set up the offense with 18 set assists.

The Cedar defense was also stellar against the Bravettes. Kuehn and Makenna Noecker both slammed back three blocks, while Kathol had two blocks. The Big Red ‘D’ was also aided by Megan Heimes, who dove all over the place to collect 25 digs on the night. Brynn Wortmann also had a solid night with 15 digs. Cedar Catholic 19 25 25 25

Battle Creek 25 23 19 17

KILLS Cedar - Laney Kathol, 13; Brooklyn Kuehn, 10; Makenna Noecker, 7; Brynn Wortmann, 4; Gracie Dickes, 1.

ACE SERVES Cedar - Cady Uttecht, 1; Olivia Hamilton, 1; Meredith McGregor, 1.

BLOCKS Cedar-Brooklyn Kuehn, 3; Makenna Noecker, 3; Laney Kathol, 2; Brynn Wortmann, 2; Gracie Dickes, 1.

DIGS Cedar - Megan Heimes, 25; Brynn Wortmann, 15; Makenna Noecker,10; Cady Uttecht, 9; Meredith McGregor, 7; Gracie Dickes, 1; Olivia Hamilton, 1.

SET ASSISTS Cedar - Cady Uttecht, 18; Meredith McGregor, 11.

Brynn Wortmann turned in a solid allaround performance at West Point.

The senior stalwart led the team in kills, ace serves and blocks, and was tied for the team lead in digs.

Meredeth McGregor and Cady Uttecht both set up the hitters, McGregor dished out 25 assists, while Uttecht had 23 on the night.

The Lady Trojans were scheduled to play Ponca Thursday night, but that game was scrapped because of a COVID breakout in Ponca. Instead, the Lady Trojans will host Wynot in a rare match-up between the Cedar County powerhouses.

The Lady Trojans will then take on another Cedar County foe when they travel to Laurel next Tuesday to take on the Lady Bears, before wrapping up the regular season Oct. 15 against Boone Central.

The MidStates Conference Tourney then starts Oct. 19.

Cedar Catholic 25 20 20 25 10

GACC 18 25 25 19 15

KILLS Cedar - Brynn Wortmann, 18; Laney Kathol, 9; Makenna Noecker, 9; Brooklyn Kuehn, 9; Cady Uttecht, 4; Gracie Dickes, 2; Meredith McGregor, 1.

ACE SERVES Cedar - Brynn Wortmann, 3; Olivia Hamilton, 2; Makenna Noecker, 2; Meredith McGregor, 1.

BLOCKS Cedar-Brynn Wortmann, 4; Brooklyn Kuehn, 4; Makenna Noecker, 3; Laney Kathol, 3.

DIGS Cedar - Megan Heimes, 11; Brynn Wortmann, 11; Makenna Noecker, 8; Meredith McGregor, 3; Gracie Dickes, 2; Cady Uttecht, 2; Olivia Hamilton, 2.

SET ASSISTS Cedar - Meredith McGregor, 25; Cady Uttecht, 23.

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