St. James volleyball knocks off Belle

BELLE – The St. James High School volleyball team defeated Belle 25-19, 26-24 Monday, Oct. 8 to run its record to 11-5-3 overall.

Ashley Lorts had six kills for the St. James Lady Tigers while Sarah Naji was 11-for-11 in serves with one ace and 10 points. Also for St. James Cheyenne Ortega had seven points and two aces while Kate Rapp had 29 sets and four kills; Tiffany Davis and Jessica McMinn were 30-for-33 in passing, and Tiffany Hauck, Kinsey Alexander and Erica Rieken combined for eight blocks and 10 kills.

St. James also won the junior varsity contest 25-11, 25-20. Whitney Lorts served seven points in the first game while Tess Dillon served seven in the second game. Rachel Fetters went 20-for-22 in sets while Chelsea Dillon had one block, three kills and seven attacks and Hannan Southard and Carlee Covington combined for 30-for-33 in passing.

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St. James volleyball tops Laquey

LAQUEY – The St. James High School volleyball team defeated Laquey in three games on Monday, 26-28, 25-16, 25-18.

In the second game seniors Erica Reiken and Kate Rapp combed to score 13 of the 25 points while Brittany Herode had four blocks; Ashley Lorts, Tiffany Davis and Tiffany Hauck combined for eight kills; Kinsey Alexandra was 4-for-4 on attacks, and Cheyenne Ortega was 13-for-13 in sets.

St. James also won the junior varsity match 25-14, 25-23. Rachel Fetters was 25-of-26 in serving and had 12 aces for the St. James jayvee squad while Tess Dillon had six points and two aces and Hannan Southard was 8-for-11 in passing.

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St. James volleyball sweeps St. Clair

ST. CLAIR – The St. James High School volleyball team defeated St. Clair 26-24, 25-22 in Four Rivers Conference action on Tuesday, Sept. 18.

The win evened St. James’ league record at 1-1.

Erica Reiken had six kills and Sarah Naji had three digs.

St. Clair won the junior varsity match 25-17, 25-11.

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Lady Tiger volleyball split two matches

ST. JAMES – The St. James High School volleyball team defeated Marshfield 25-22, 24-26, 25-22 on Tuesday, Sept. 11.

Ashley Lorts was 17-for-19 in attacks and 23-for-23 in passing for the Lady Tigers while Tiffany Davis was 10-of-11 in serves with an assist; Brittany Herode was 8-of-9 in serving with five blocks and five kills; Erica Reiken was 14-of-14 in serves and 13-of-15 in attacks; Kate Rapp had 24 assists, was 5-of-5 in passes and 4-of-5 in attacks; Cheyenne Ortega was 19-of-25 in assists; Keisha Pedro was 10-of-11 in passing; Sarah Naji was 5-of-8 in passing; Jessica McMinn 7-of-7 in passing, and Kinsey Alexander had six assists.

Marshfield won the junior varsity match 25-19, 25-12. Rachel Fetters had 20 assists while Tess Dillon had eight passes and two attack points and Tiffany Hauck had six points and three attacks.

On Monday, Sept. 10 St. James was beaten by Four Rivers Conference foe Owensville 25-20, 29-27 in varsity action.

Lorts had 10 passes, seven serving points with an ace, nine attacks and six kills for the Lady Tigers while Herode had eight attacks, four kills and three blocks; Reiken eight attacks, two kills and three blocks; Rapp 16 assists, two blocks and 14 serving points; Davis seven serving points, one ace, one kill and five attacks; Alexander three blocks and two assists; Naji nine passes and one attack; Pedro five passes; Ortega 15 assists, and Tristan McCormick eight passes.

Owensville also won the junior varsity match 25-12, 25-11. Fetters served eight pints while Whitney Lorts had five points and a kill and Jordan Kean five attacks and a kill.

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St. James volleyball sweeps past Bourbon

ST. JAMES – The St. James High School volleyball team swept past Bourbon in two games, 25-12, 25-21, on Thursday, Sept. 6 at Donati Gym.

Ashley Lorts was 23-of-23 on passes, 9-of-10 on serves and had five kills for the Lady Tigers, now 3-0, while Kate Rapp was 10-for-10 in serves with 14 assists; Cheyenne Ortega 11-for-13 in serves; Brittany Herode had seven kills, two aces and an assist; Erica Reiken was 10-of-13 on attacks with two kills and five blocks; Tristan McCormick was 6-of-7 in passes; Kinsey Alexander was 6-for-6 on attacks with two kills and one assist; Tiffany Davis was 5-for-5 in passes, 5-for-5 in attacks with one assists and one kill, and Carlee Covington had an assist.

St. James also won the junior varsity match 26-24, 21-25, 25-18. Rachel Fetters scored eight points and had five aces for the St. James jayvee squad while Tiffany Hauck had 11 attacks and five kills; Jordan Kean had eight attacks and three kills; Tess Dillon was 12-for-14 in passing; Mara Hofherr was 11-of-12 in attacks with three kills; Hannan Southard was 7-of-9 in passes; Chelsea Dillon was 6-of-8 on attacks with two blocks, and Megan Boyd had a block.

The Lady Tigers are scheduled to play again on Monday, Sept. 10 at Owensville.

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Veteran group returns for Lady Tiger volleyball

ST. JAMES – A group of players who have been together for a long time will make up the core of the St. James High School volleyball squad this season.

St. James is scheduled to open the 2007 season on Tuesday, Aug. 28 by hosting Salem.

The Lady Tigers return three starters from last season’s squad, which finished 14-8-1. This year’s team has 22 players on the roster and is senior-laden.

"Practice has gone very well," said Amy Wells, who along with Liz Engelbrecht are the St. James High School volleyball coaches. "Our goal is winning district.

"I think our strength will be cohesiveness. These girls have played together quite a bit. And I think we’ll be a threat at the net."

The setter for the Lady Tigers will be senior Kate Rapp, a returning starter.

The team’s main outside hitters are senior Ashley Lorts and senior Tiffany Davis.

At middle back is senior Sarah Naji.

At the middle front position senior Erica Rieken and junior Brittany Herode.

At left back are senior Jessica McMinn and senior Tristan McCormick.

On the right side are junior Kinsey Alexander and senior Carlee Covington.

At libero is senior Keisha Pedro.

"Ashley Lorts and Brittany Herode definitely stand out," Wells said. "There is not a kid in the whole conference that works as hard as Lorts. And Herode has very natural athletism. Davis is coming back from an injury (knee surgery) but is coming back pretty strong. Rapp’s sets being consistent will be a big help this year.

"All of the kids are very dedicated. They’ve been with me since their seventh-grade year and always give 100 percent."

Here is the Lady Tigers’ 2007 schedule:

Aug. 28…Salem, 5:30 p.m.

Sept. 4…at Rolla, 6 p.m.

Sept. 6…Bourbon, 5:30 p.m.

Sept. 10…at Owensville, 5:30 p.m.

Sept. 11…at Marshfield, 5 p.m.

Sept. 17…Licking, 5:30 p.m.

Sept. 18…at St. Clair, 5:30 p.m.

Sept. 20…at Pacific, 5:30 p.m.

Sept. 22…Owensville Tourney, tba

Sept. 24…at Laquey, 5:30 p.m.

Sept. 25…at Cuba, 5:30 p.m.

Sept. 27…at Steelville, 6 p.m.

Sept. 29…Waynesville Jayvee Tourney, tba

Oct. 2…Hermann, 5:30 p.m.

Oct. 6…St. Clair Tourney, tba

Oct. 8…at Belle, 6 p.m.

Oct. 9…Sullivan, 5:30 p.m.

Oct. 11…at Union, 5:30 p.m.

Oct. 16…New Haven, 5:30 p.m.

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