What can we reason but from what we know? -Alexander Pope
What can we reason but from what we know? -Alexander Pope
The Haxtun Lady Bulldogs are headed into post-season play this weekend. The volleyball team secured the 13th seed in a 36 team regional bracket released earlier this week by the Colorado High School Activities Association. The Lady Bulldogs are set to travel to the home of the Denver Christian Thunder on Saturday for Region 12 play along with Custer County. The three teams will play on Saturday with the winner advancing to the State Tournament slated for Nov. 14-16 at the Denver Coliseum.
Haxtun rounded out the regular season with a match up against Sedgwick County in Julesburg on Friday night. The Lady Bulldogs were close to taking set one, but a side out call for roofing gave the Cougars the ball back and the set one win, 26-24. Sedgwick County took a commanding set two, 25-9 but the Lady Bulldogs earned a 25-17 third set victory to send the match to four sets. The last went to the Lady Cougars, 25-15, for the final match victory.
Seniors Jayleigh Bullard and Bobbi Starkebaum combined for 23 kills in the four-set match on Friday. Bullard put 13 balls on the floor followed by Starkebaum with 10. Senior Maggie Kilgour and junior Emma Henry each added six kills while junior Josie Freeman put down three.
Starkebaum led in blocks with three total. Freeman registered two followed by Bullard and Henry, each with one.
Junior Lilly Lemesany tallied three aces from behind the service line in Julesburg on Friday. Her teammates, Starkebaum and Kilgour, each served 100 percent.
Senior setters Kelsie Hadeen and Starkebaum put up a total of 30 assists to their hitters against the Lady Cougars. Starkebaum tallied 16 assists; Hadeen registered 14.
On serve receive, Lilly Lemesany led with 33 passes in the back row. Maggie Kilgour registered 22 followed by Bullard and senior Emily Anderson with nine. On defense, Lilly Lemesany had 20 successful digs, Bullard registered 14 and Kilgour came up with 14.
The Lady Bulldogs finished the regular season with an overall 14-8 record and 5-3 in league play. The CHSAA lists them 13th in all of 2A according to final RPI standings, which seats them in Regional pool play with 12th seeded Denver Christian and 25th seeded Custer County.
Saturday's schedule pits Denver Christian, now 15-7 overall, in a contest with Custer County at 10 a.m. Haxtun will then see Custer County, currently 15-7 as well, in the second match up, slated to begin around noon. The last contest of the day will put the Lady Bulldogs on the court against Denver Christian.
According to CHSAA, each of the 12 regional winners will automatically earn a berth to the State Championship bracket, which will be released on Monday, Nov. 11. The State Championships will then occur Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 14-16 at the Denver Coliseum.
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