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| Tipton senior Kamryn Chapman (15) was one of two THS players named to the 2019 River Valley Conference Elite All-Conference team last week when the conference released their postseason honors. Photo by Darren Miller. |
TIPTON — Five THS volleyball players were honored on the 2019 River Valley Conference all-conference list that has been released. Two of which were RVC Elite Team picks. Seniors Sommer Daniel and Kamryn Chapman were selected for the Elite team. Three others were also honored. Senior Bailey Schmidt and sophomore Carly Puffer were All-RVC South Division picks and senior Karlee Kamberling was on the honorable mention team.
Daniel earned her fourth straight RVC Elite team selection with the honors. Daniel and Chapman led the Tigers offense and had their hand in other areas of the state book as well this year. The duo were 1-2 in kills for the Tigers this season. Daniel led Tipton in kills with 382 while Chapman had 249. Daniel led the Tigers in serving going 461-for-496 with 46 aces. Chapman served 277-for-309 with 21 aces. Daniel had a team high 452 assists and added 277 digs and 27 blocks. Chapman had 89 digs and 67 blocks, and 12 assists.
Other River Valley Conference Elite Team selections were Brooke Deniston, Jess Hoffman, and Molly McElmeel from Cascade; Macy Daufeldt, Martha Pace from West Liberty; Emma Boleyn from North Cedar; Kaiya Luneckas from West Branch; and Jordan Kuper from Monticello.
Two Tigers were named to the RVC South Division squad. Carly Puffer was third on the Tigers team in kills with 177. She served 259-for-282 with 22 aces and was first on the Tigers team with 81 blocks. She also had 25 assists. Senior Bailey Schmidt also was a South Division pick. Schmidt had 111 kills, 171 digs, 23 blocks, and served 298-for-339 with 40 aces. Tipton senior llibero Karlee Kamberling was selected to the honorable mention team. Kamberling led THS in digs with 378. She had 80 assists and served 284-for-332 with 24 ace serves.
Wilton has five players on AC list, Grunder South Coach of the year
The Wilton Beaver volleyball took five all-conference selections, including two on the RVC Elite team, and the South Coach of the year honors when the RVC released their all-conference list recently. Named all-conference were senior Taylor Garvin and sophomores Kelsey Drake, Ella Caffery, Alexa Garvin, and Mallory Lange. Two of those players, Lange and Caffery, were repeat selections from the 2018 team. Caffery was a South Division pick and Lange an honorable mention selection.
Drake and Caffery led Wilton in many stat categories this fall and were both selected to the RVC Elite team. They were one of three sophomores on the 10-member Elite team. The other was West Liberty’s Macy Daufeldt. The duo were 1-2 in kill totals to lead Wilton this season. Drake had 396 kills and Caffery 318. The two were 1-2 in assists this season. Caffery led with 509 assists and Drake was second with 388 assists. The two were 1-2 in blocks this season. Drake led with 72 and Caffery was second with 70. Drake added 275 digs and Caffery had 262 digs. Each had good serving numbers as well. Drake was 372-for-376 with 68 aces while Caffery was 288-for-300 with 44 aces.
Mallory Lange and Taylor Garvin were RVC South Division selections. Lange led Wilton in digs with 357. She also had 27 assists and served 300-for-320 with 32 aces. Taylor Garvin had 159 kills, served 296-for-313 with 40 aces, and had 98 digs.
Alexa Garvin was on the honorable mention team. Garvin had 117 kills, 271 digs, 41 assists, and served 380-for-405 and 58 aces to lead Wilton.
Longtime Wilton volleyball coach Brenda Grunder was named the coach of the year in the RVC South Division. Grunder helped guide the Beavers to a 35-4 record and trip to the 2019 state tournament, their second in a row. Wilton has qualified for the state tournament five times in program history with Grunder at the helm of each of those trips. Grunder also collected career win No. 600 this past season. The Beavers were ranked from start to finish this season, and of those weeks, more often than not in the top-5 in Class 2A.
Durant nets a pair of all-conference selections
Two Durant Wildcat volleyball players were selected to the all-conference list. They were senior Meg Koenig and sophomore Ally Happ.
Koenig led Durant in assists with 442 and was one of five Wildcats with 100 or more digs, totalling 176. Koenig also had 14 blocks, 44 kills and led Durant in serving, going 265-for-298 with 36 ace serves.
Happ was second on the Wildcats in kills with 121. Happ served 234-for-247 with 15 ace serves. Had led Durant in digs with 260 and had 17 blocks and 14 assists.
The Wildcats were 10-22 overall and 3-8 in the River Valley Conference this year.
Boleyn Named Elite All-Conference
Five North Cedar Knight volleyball players were honored with all-conference honors. Senior Emma Boleyn leads the representation of North Cedar players with a selection to the RVC Elite team. Three Knights were RVC North Division selections in Sydney Dennis, Kelly Proesch, and Kassidie Galloway while Andrea Wachenford was an honorable mention pick.
Boleyn led the RVC North and the RVC in general in blocks this year with 165 which included 56 solo and 109 assisted blocks. She was also in the top-10 in kills in the RVC North with 211. Boleyn served 259-for-293 with 35 aces and had 76 digs.
Proesch led North Cedar in kills with 217 and served 99-for-111 with 17 aces. She also had 96 digs and 32 blocks. Galloway led North Cedar with 398 digs this season. She had 60 assists, 16 kills, and served 277-for-289 with 18 aces. Dennis led North Cedar in assists with 656. She also had 214 digs, 45 blocks, 85 kills, and served 286-for-294 with 41 aces. Dennis was a repeat selection to the RVC all-conference list. Last year, she was also a RVC North Division pick. Wachendorf was third on the Knights with 172 kills. She also served 127-for-140 with 15 aces.
Boleyn was joined by Cascade’s Brooke Deniston, Molly McElmeel, and Jess Hoffman, and Jordan Kuper from Monticello as RVC North players selected to the Elite team. Cascade coach Mary Frake was named the River Valley Conference North Division Coach Of The Year. Cascade won the RVC North Division title this year and was ranked most of the season.
2019 River Valley All-Conference Teams
Volleyball
Elite Team
Setter--Sommer Daniel--Sr. Tipton; Libero--Brooke Deniston--Jr. Cascade; Ella Caffery--So. Wilton; Kelsey Drake--So. Wilton; Jess Hoffman--Sr. Cascade; Molly McElmeel--Sr. Cascade; Macy Daufeldt--So. West Liberty; Martha Pace--Jr. West Liberty; Emma Boleyn--Sr. North Cedar; Kamryn Chapman--Sr. Tipton; Kaiya Luneckas--Sr. West Branch; Jordan Kuper--Sr. Monticello.
South Division Team
Setter--Morgan Peterson--Sr. West Liberty; Libero--Mallory Lange--So. Wilton; Monica Morales--Fr. West Liberty; Annie Gahan--Jr. Regina; Meg Koenig--Sr. Durant; Taylor Garvin--Sr. Wilton; Averi Goodale--Jr. West Liberty; Carly Puffer--So. Tipton; Bailey Schmidt--Sr. Tipton; Lexi Klinkkammer--So. West Branch; Lily Simpson--So. Regina; Tori Boyse--Jr. Mid-Prairie.
South Coach of the Year--Brenda Grunder--Wilton
North Division Team
Setter--Sydney Dennis--Jr, North Cedar; Libero--DeLainy Fellinger--Jr. Monticello; Maggie McQuillen--Sr. Anamosa; Kylie Chapman--Jr. Anamosa; Brin Daugherty--Sr. Bellevue; Tarah Wehde--Sr. Camanche; Abby Welter--Sr. Cascade; Aliyah Weber--Sr. Cascade; Tori McDonald--Jr. Monticello; Kassidie Galloway--Sr. North Cedar; Kelly Proesch--Jr. North Cedar; Neveah Hildebrandt--Jr. Northeast.
North Division Coach of the Year--Mary Frake--Cascade
Honorable Mention
Abby Fairbanks--Sr. Anamosa; Paige Klein--Sr. Bellevue; Maci Sloane--Jr. Camanche; Ally Hoffman--So. Cascade; Ally Happ--So. Durant; Paige Peiffer-- Jr. MId-Prairie; Emma Hynick--So. Monticello; Andrea Wachendorf--Sr. North Cedar; Miya Messerich--Sr. Northeast; Maya Kerschen--Sr. Regina; Karlee Kamberling--Sr. Tipton; Lexie Peak--Jr. West Branch; Karsyn Ruess--Sr. West Liberty; Alexa Garvin--So. Wilton.
Conservative Area Volleyball Leaders
Kills:
Kelsey Drake WIL 396
Sommer Daniel TIP 382
Ella Caffery WIL 318
Kamryn Chapman TIP 249
Kelly Proesch NC 217
Emma Boleyn NC 211
Carly Puffer TIP 177
Taylor Garvin WIL 159
Andrea Wachendorf NC 172
Jenna Syring NC 159
Kira Schult DUR 157
Ally Happ DUR 121
Alexa Garvin WIL 117
Grace Nichols TIP 116
Bailey Schmidt TIP 111
Assists:
Sydney Dennis NC 656
Ella Caffery WIL 509
Sommer Daniel TIP 452
Meg Koenig DUR 442
Alex Hoffman TIP 400
Kelsey Drake WIL 388
Digs:
Kassidie Galloway NC 398
Karlee Kamberling TIP 378
Mallory Lange WIL 357
Sommer Daniel TIP 277
Kelsey Drake WIL 275
Alexa Garvin WIL 271
Ella Caffery WIL 262
Ally Happ DUR 260
Carly Puffer TIP 219
Sydney Dennis NC 214
Gabrielle Olsen DUR 202
Blocks:
Emma Boleyn NC 165
Carly Puffer TIP 81
Kelsey Drake WIL 72
Ella Caffery WIL 70
Kamryn Chapman TIP 67
Kayla Paup NC 60
Kelley Lieser TIP 54
Sydney Dennis NC 45
Olivia Oveson WIL 42
Serving:
Sommer Daniel 461-for-496 46 aces
Alexa Garvin 380-for-405 58 aces
Kelsey Drake 372-for-376 68 aces
Mallory Lange 300-for-320 32 aces
Bailey Schmidt 298-for-339 40 aces
Taylor Garvin 296-for-313 40 aces
Peyton Souhrada 289-for-302 40 aces
Ella Caffery 288-for-300 44 aces
Sydney Dennis 286-for-294 41 aces
Karlee Kamberling 284-for-332 24 aces
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