A tough loss by gretchen turner

On Monday, Sept. 12, SHS Lady Cards and the PMHS Falcons faced off in their annual rival volleyball game. The JV Cards lost to the Falcons, 0-2.

The JV team comes together after a play to encourage each other and earn the next point. The Lady Cards got a kill the play after.

(left, players listed left to right) Junior Ashlynn Whiteside, sophomore Arianna Neece and freshman Maddie Pfeiffer stand at ready position waiting for the Falcons to serve the ball. (right, players listed from left to right) Juniors Maria Bujan-Puente and Isabella Richardson jump and attempt to block the ball coming over the net.

JV coach Kate Busch instructs the team. Using the feedback from Busch, the team got the next point.

(left) Neece serves the ball to the receiving Falcons. (right) Pfeiffer and Neece communicated and Pfeiffer passed the ball.

The Varsity Cards lost in four sets, stealing one from the Lady Falcons for the first time in seven years. The scores were (21-25, 27-25, 19-25 and 15-25).

At the start of the match, the Varsity Cards come together in a huddle to get energy up before the set commences. The Cards started the game with the serve, and the energy stayed high for them to earn the first point.

(left) Junior Macy Chafin serves the ball to the Falcons. Libero and senior Olivia Acker calls out the plays to the rest of the team on the court. (right) Chafin, after serving, runs to the front of the court to set to senior Haley Kiefner.

(left to right) Seniors Breanna Reed and Acker and sophomore Paige Mayer prepare for the Falcons to serve the ball. Acker took the ball, and the Cards earned the point.

The SHS student body holds up a finger for the Varsity Cards's game point. The Cards took this set from the Falcons.

To start off the third set, sophomore Ryleigh Hamilton serves to the Falcons.

(left) Varsity libero and senior Stevie Earley stands at ready position to receive the serve. (right) Junior Sophia Mayo takes an approach to hit the ball. Senior Haley Kiefner gets ready to jump and block the ball.

The Cardinal is spotted taking a selfie with principal Brian Knight and superintendent Patrick Mapes.

Kiefner high-fives Mayer to congratulate her on getting a kill. The pair jumped up to block the ball shortly after.

Varsity coach Chelsea Hoffman shouts words of encouragement to the team. The rest of the team cheered onto the court from the bench.

(left) Senior Kyiah Strode cheers on her teammate while they go back to serve. (middle) Reed jumps to tip the ball over Perry's block. (right) Reed, Mayer and Kiefner stand ready at the net while their teammate serves. Kiefner and Mayer hold up their hands to signal how the Falcons are set up.

The team comes together after Hamilton got a kill and scored the point. Hamilton's kill got the Lady Cards out of their slump and they got to serve afterwards.

(left) Junior Joslynn Rohlman jumps to tip just over the block. Kiefner and Reed attempt to block the ball. (right) Rohlman hugs her teammate after she gets a block. Earley holds her hands up to celebrate the block.

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