Eddies win district title

Published 10:05 pm Thursday, November 8, 2007

By Staff
BERRIEN SPRINGS – With the exception of the second game, the Edwardsburg varsity volleyball team dominated St. Joseph in winning the Class B district title on Saturday morning.
The Lady Eddies dispatched the Lady Bears in four games, 25-14, 18-25, 25-10 and 25-19.
Edwardsburg now advances to the Class B Regional Tournament at St. Joseph High School on Friday night.
Behind the serving of senior setter C.C. Roberts, Edwardsburg took the opening game 25-14.
The Lady Eddies appeared to be out of sorts in the second game and the Lady Bears responded with a win to square the match at 1-1.
After dropping the second game, the Lady Eddies made a statement in the third game, racing out to a 17-1 lead before winning 25-10.
St. Joseph (27-27) tried to get back into the match and battled Edwardsburg tooth and nail before falling 25-19.
Lakeland Conference runner-up Coloma will meet Holland Christian at 6 p.m.
The Lady Eddies (45-7) will take on Hamilton in the opening game at 6 p.m.
The championship match is scheduled for 8 p.m.
Edwardsburg Statistics
Stephanie Koontz 22 kills, 7 digs, 2 blocks
Elise Mackling 12 kills, 13 digs
Jeni Bollenbacher 14 digs
C.C. Roberts 5 kills, 40 assists, 5 aces, 16 digs, 2 blocks
Evie Tafunai 13 kills, 2 blocks, 18 digs
Emily Kozinski 2 blocks, 5 assists
Laney Smous 8 digs
Class B
At St Joseph
Coloma vs Holland Christian – Fri. 6
Edwardsburg vs Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg District No. 40- Fri. 6
Final- Fri. 8
At Battle Creek-Pennfield
Brooklyn Columbia Central Dist. 36 vs Richland Gull Lake- Fri. 5
Sturgis District No. 35 vs Stockbridge District No. 47- Fri. 6:30
Final- Fri. 8
At Carleton Airport
Carleton Airport vs Livonia Ladywood- Sat. 12
Milan District No. 37 vs Dearborn Divine Child – Sat. 1:30
Final- Sat. 3
At Marysville
Madison Heights Lamphere District No. 42 vs Marysville – Sat. 12
Center Line District No. 41 vs Pontiac Notre Dame Prep – Sat. 1:30
Final- Sat. 3
At Williamston
Durand vs Yale – Sat. 12
Macomb Lutheran North vs Frankenmuth – Sat. 1:15
Final- Sat. 2:30
At Alma
Chesaning vs Alma – Sat. 10
Central Montcalm vs Freeeland – Sat. 11:30
Final- Sat. 1
At Grand Rapids-Forest Hills Northern
Grand Rapids Catholic Central vs Whitehall – Fri. 5:30
Grand Rapids South Christian vs Sparta District No. 53- Fri. 6:30
Final- Fri. 8
At Benzonia-Benzie Central
Standish-Sterling vs Kingsford – Fri. 5
Cadillac vs Petoskey – Fri. 6:30
Final- Fri. 7:30
Quarterfinals
Nov. 13
Quarterfinals
Class B
At Otsego
St Joseph Regional No. 9 vs Grand Rapids-Forest Hills Northern Reg. 15- 7:30
At Richland-Gull Lake
Battle Creek-Pennfield Regional 10 vs Carleton-Airport Regional No. 11- 7
At Linden-Lake Fenton
Marysville Regional No. 12 vs Williamston Regional No. 13- 7
At Stanton-Central Montcalm
Alma Regional No. 14 vs Benzonia-Benzie Central Reg. 16- 7
Semifinals &Finals
Nov. 15-17
Kellogg Arena – Battle Creek
Semifinals
Session 1 – Two Class D games – Thursday, Nov. 15
2 pm – Akron Fairgrove Quarterfinal No. 14 vs New Lothrop Quarterfinal No. 15
3:45 pm – St. Ignace-LaSalle Quarterfinal No. 16 vs Hudsonville-Freedom Baptist Quarterfinal No. 13
Session 2 – Two Class A games -Thursday, Nov. 15
5:30 pm – Lowell Quarterfinal No. 1 vs Harrison Township-L'Anse Creuse Quarterfinal No. 3
7:15 pm – Gibraltar-OA Carlson Quarterfinal No. 2 vs Bay City Central Quarterfinal No. 4
Session 3 – Two Class C games – Friday, Nov. 16
2 pm – Unionville Sebewaing Quarterfinal No. 10 vs Newberry Quarterfinal No. 12
3:45 pm – Pewamo-Westphalia Quarterfinal No. 11 vs Hillsdale Quarterfinal No. 9
Session 4 – Two Class B games – Friday, Nov. 16
5:30 pm – Stanton-Central Montcalm Quarterfinal No. 8 vs Linden-Lake Fenton Quarterfinal No. 7
7:15 pm – Otsego Quarterfinal No. 5 vs Richland-Gull Lake Quarterfinal No. 6
Finals
Class D – Noon
Class C – 2 p.m.
Class A – 4 p.m.
Class B – 6 p.m.