Rockets snag gold in silver bracket at tourney

Cedar Grove-Belgium High School’s volleyball team got revenge on a rival and won the silver bracket at the Big East Conference Tournament Saturday at the Champion Center in Appleton.

The Rockets went 5-0 and evened the season series with Ozaukee, winning 22-25, 25-18, 15-7. It was their only three-set match of the day. They swept Kohler, Hilbert, Mishicot and Random Lake.

Lauren Lueth led the team in kills on the day with 42. Asia Ingelse had 12 and Ariana Loesch had eight. London Rulli had 55 assists, and Addy Schreurs had 13 and Lauren Hopeman had 12. Kylie Gulke had 37 digs. Brooklyn Cherney had 28 and Claire Lukens, one of the team’s top hitters, had 26.

“We gave Claire a break this weekend physically from hitting, but she still led our serve receive with the highest serve receive rating on the team. She continues to be a leader and amazing captain on the floor,” coach Cailey Jeske-Winker said.

Last Thursday, the Rockets lost at Sheboygan Christian, 25-13, 25-16, 27-29, 25-20.

Lukens had 13 kills and Lueth had 10. Lueth and Loesch each had five blocks. Lukens had 21 digs and Cherney had 10.

The Rockets, 14-18, host Valders to close the regular season on Tuesday, Oct. 20.

Ozaukee takes second in silver

Ozaukee went 4-1 in the Big East Tournament and finished second in the silver bracket.

In their loss to the Rockets, Maddy Barnes and Adalyn Krenek each had four kills. Becca Marini had nine digs and Barnes had eight. Helen Utecht had 11 digs.

“We knew it would be a tough match,” coach Amy Barnes said.

Ozaukee evened its season series with Random Lake, the Rams, 25-15, 25-13.

“That was nice to have a little revenge win,” Barnes said.

Ozaukee also swept Hilbert and beat Mishicot, 2-1.

“We played really well as a whole,” Barnes said. “Our offense was smarter. Hitters did a really good job finding the hole on the court. That’s something we’ve been working on the last couple of weeks, not always going for the hard-hit kill but what the defense is giving us.”

Last Thursday, Ozaukee lost to Oostburg, 25-16, 25-12, 18-25, 25-18.

Ozaukee, 13-15, finishes the regular season at Wayland Academy on Thursday, Oct. 15.