Monday, November 16, 2020

Area players named All-District VB

 

Wilton junior Kelsey Drake (1) was one of three Wilton juniors named to the Class 2A Southeast All- District team last week. Drake led SE All-District players in kills, digs, and serving totals. Photo by Darrren Miller.

 WILTON — Three Wilton players and one Du- rant volleyball player were named to the 2020 Southeast All-District Class 2A team last week. Named to the team were a trio of Wilton juniors in Kelsey Drake, Carly Pu er, and Ella Caffery. Also named was Durant senior Brooklyn Bullard. Wilton head coach Brenda Grunder was named the Southeast district coach of the year. Grunder helped lead the Beavers to their third straight state volleyball tournament bid and Final Four appearance. Wilton had a record of 33-4.
 Ella Caffery nished with 810 assists, 183 digs, 128 kills, 50 aces, 47 blocks and 50 aces. Kelsey Drake led Wilton with 371 kills, 354 digs, 55 aces and 29 blocks. Carly Pu er added 309 kills, 79 blocks, 228 digs and 59 aces. Drake’s Kill total led SE All-District players while Pu er was second among the All-District players. Caffery led in assists by having nearly 200 more assists over the next player. All three players were in the top- 5 of All-District players dig totals and all three were the top-3 servers in the district.
 Also named to the squad was Durant’s Brooklyn Bullard. A senior, Bullard had 248 assists for the Wildcats with 102 digs and 19 assists for Durant. Durant had a record of 6-16 this year.
 The rest of the Class 2A Southeast All-District team were Kylee Sanders and McKenna Hohenadel from Louisa-Muscatine, Annie Gahan from Iowa City Regina, Josie Wolter from Mediapolis, Nicki Henson and Lexie Peak from West Branch, Isabel Manning from Van Buren, and Emma Milder from Columbus Junction.

Class 2A Southeast All-District Team
Wilton - Ella Caffery Jr., Kelsey Drake Jr., Carly Puffer Jr.; Louisa-Muscatine - Kylee Sanders Sr., McKenna Hohenadel Jr.; Iowa City Regina - Annie Gahan Sr.; Mediapolis - Josie Wolter  Sr.; West Branch - Nicki Henson Sr., Lexie Peak Sr.; Van Buren - Isabel Manning Sr.; Columbus Junction - Emma Milder Sr.; Durant - Brooklyn Bullard Sr.
District Coach of the Year - Brenda Grunder, Wilton

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