EG Beats Paton-Churdan In Volleyball

WIN MOVES HAWKETTES’ LEAGUE MARK TO 2-1

East Greene picked up a big volleyball win over arch rival Paton-Churdan on Tuesday, Sept. 6, in Rippey, 27-25, 25-22, 19-25, 25-13.

EG was in top form at the service line with 91% accuracy and 11 aces. Chelsi Wilkens lead the serving corps with 23-24 for 96% and 3 aces. Bailey Godwin was perfect on 11 serves while Jolee Wessling was 12-14 with 3 aces; Brittany Gunn 11-12 with 2 aces; Hannah Onken 10-12 with 1 ace; and Emily Jacobsen 8-10 with 2 aces.

Paton-Churdan was 55 of 72 for 76% at the service line.

Wilkens was a formidable force at the net on offense with 27 kills on 47 attempts and 24 assists. She was good for two blocks on defense. Onken had one block.

The win over the Rockettes moved EG’s season record to 4-4 overall and 2-1 in the Rolling Hills Conference.

Rollings Hills Conference Standings
Adair-Casey 3-0
Iowa Christian 3-0
Walnut 3-0
East Greene 2-1
Glidden-Ralston 2-1
CAM 1-2
Exira/EHK 1-2
Ankeny Christian 0-3
Orient-Macksburg 0-3
Paton-Churdan 0-3

Rolling Hills Conference Scores, Tuesday, Sept. 6:
East Greene beat Paton-Churdan 27-25, 25-22, 19-25, 25-13
Iowa Christian Academy beat Orient-Macksburg 25-23, 25-20, 25-27, 25-22
Adair-Casey beat CAM (Anita) 25-17, 25-15, 25-22
Glidden-Ralston beat Ankeny Christian Academy 25-15, 25-19, 25-22
Walnut beat Elk Horn-Kimballton 26-24, 25-19, 25-20

EYE ON GJ: The Hawkettes have two key road matches next week, traveling to Anita to take on CAM, 1-2 in the conference, and then to league co-leader Adair-Casey (7-1), ranked No. 7 in the state, on Thursday in Adair. Iowa Christian Academy (5-1), which is tied with AC and Walnut for the Rolling Hills lead at 3-0, is also ranked in the Top 10 in Class 1A, coming in at No. 10 this week. Area rival Coon Rapids-Bayard (10-2) is ranked eighth just behind another area team, Ar-We-Va (6-3), which is seventh. Ar-We-Va beat CRB at the Perry Tournament on Wednesday 21-16, 21-19. Ar-We-Va went 2-1 in the tourney at Perry with CRB finishing 1-2. Perry beat Des Moines Christian for the tourney championship with Ar-We-Va beating Earlham in the consolation match for third place.

These matches should indicate just what kind of season EG will have as these are two solid competitors. A road win over CAM would really put the Hawkettes in good standing in the conference race and give them some momentum heading into the contest at Adair. It will be interesting to see how this year’s regional pairings go as EG would see tough competition from teams to the south and west (ICA, AC, CRB, AWV) whereas the teams to the north and east don’t seem to be as daunting.