Lady ’Cats triumph over Steelville and Sullivan

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Lady Wildcats and Lady Cardinals showed their appreciation on MSHSAA Offical’s Appreciation Night at Tuesday’s volleyball game. Officials John Jordan and Mandy Lindsey are shown with the teams.
LICKING 3, STEELVILLE 0
LICKING, Mo. – Tuesday night the Licking Lady Wildcats took on the Steelville Lady Cardinals. Coaches, players and fans showed their appreciation on MSHSAA Official’s Appreciation Night to officials John Jordan and Mandy Lindsey.
Licking defeated Steelville in three straight sets, 25-20, 25-8, 25-12. Jadyn Barnes had three aces and 15 kills in the match. Linzie Wallace gave 29 assists, and had two aces and six digs. Allie Hock scored 12 kills, and had 13 digs. Zoey Dawson had nine digs, and Ralee Clayton six digs. Hadlee Davis added four assists to the offense.
The JV squad also prevailed over Steelville in two straight sets – 25-9, 25-18.

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Lady Wildcats and Lady Eagles showed their appreciation to officials Katie Shockley and Scott Robinson at Thursday night’s game.
LICKING 3, SULLIVAN 1
LICKING, Mo. – On Thursday, Licking again saw victory, winning in four sets over Sullivan, 25-19, 25-27, 20-25 and 25-22. Officials Katie Shockley and Scott Robinson were shown appreciation as part of the MSHSAA Official’s Appreciation Night.
Dawson had three aces, 14 digs, 10 kills and a kill block. Barnes also had three aces, with 12 kills. Hock had 18 digs and a kill block. Wallace had 27 assists for the evening. Kylee Rinne added 12 digs to the defense.
The younger teams were less fortunate, with the JV Lady ’Cats falling in two sets, 20-25 and 23-25. The C Team also lost their single set, 10-25.
MOUNT VERNON, Mo. – Saturday saw the teams on the road to Mount Vernon for a 16 team tournament.
Licking prevailed against Parkview (25-8, 25-19) and Aurora (25-16, 25-17), and lost to Fair Grove (11-25, 12-25). They earned a berth in the gold bracket, where they faced Camdenton in the quarterfinals, losing 7-25, 19-25.

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Lindsey Wallace was named to the Mount Vernon All-Tournament team.
Linzie Wallace was named to the All-Tournament Team.
The JV also fell to Camdenton in the Gold Bracket.
“The Mount Vernon Tournament was a good little tournament. Fair Grove was probably the most effective team we’ve played all season. We went to the gold bracket, but had a bad draw in the quarterfinals. Camdenton had a really good middle and the setter was good. Overall we did well, ending in the top eight out of 16.” ~ Coach Tammy Gorman
