Heritage Volleyball evens season record, VGH football and cross country kick-off season
BY FRED KRONER
fred@sjodaily.com
Heritage High School volleyball evened their season record (1-1) with a two-set sweep at Salt Fork on Thursday, 25-22, 25-23.
Olivia Sorensen handed out 17 assists. Bri Struck (seven kills) and Aliya Holloman (five kills) were the offensive catalysts. Struck and Anna Sanders each collected six digs.
Holloman served two aces and totaled two blocks. Bree Buck also had two blocks.
Heritage will return to action on Tuesday at Oakwood.
Villa Grove/Heritage Football
The Blue Devils suffered a 55-14 first-game loss at state-ranked Tuscola on Friday. Tuscola was tied for second in the first Class 1A state poll.
Kehm Shirley was the top VG/H ground-gainer, rushing for 106 yards on 15 carries. As a team, the Blue Devils had 181 yards rushing on 38 attempts.
Shirley scored one touchdown. Logan Nohren scored the second TD on a 3-yard pass from Blake Smith.
Smith was 5 for 15 passing for 60 yards. Carson Howard hauled in two of the receptions, totaling 24 yards.
The other VG/H points were on two conversion kicks by Zayzen Price.
Tuscola built a 34-0 lead before Shirley scored on a 10-yard run.
The Blue Devils return to action on Friday at home against Tri-County (0-1).
Girls’ cross-country
Villa Grove/Heritage finished 14th as a team in Saturday’s Saber Corn Classic, at St. Thomas More.
Teammates Kyleigh Price and Emma Buesing finished next to each other. Price was 57th with a 3-mile time of 24 minutes, 3.9 seconds. Buesing was 58th in 24:13.8.
Other team leaders were Kate Eisenmenger (74th in 27:14.3), Allison Kneer (75th in 27:18.1), Madison Logan (78th in 27:32.8) and Regan Blanton (84th in 30:12.5).
The team returns to action in Saturday’s Cowchip Classic, at Chrisman.
Boys’ cross-country
The Blue Devils didn’t have enough runners to be scored as a team, but had four individuals compete in Saturday’s Saber Corn Classic, at St. Thomas More.
Rowan Denmark-Collins was the VG/H leader with a 3-mile time of 19 minutes, 38.8 seconds.
The team’s other competitors were Kaleb Miller (104th in 23:10.1), Kylee Witte (109th in 24:01.6) and Fletcher Hannah (111th in 4:21.9).
VG/H is back in action on Saturday in Chrisman’s Cowchip Classic.
