Salt Fork handed Oakwood a 29-27, 25-18 loss on Monday (Oct. 18) in the fifth-place match of the Vermilion County Tournament at Georgetown.

Madison Doan led the Comets with six kills. Luci Morris totaled four blocks and Karsen Rupp handed out 16 assists.

On Tuesday (Oct. 19), the  Comets swept Schlarman Academy, 25-10, 25-9 with Rupp serving five aces and  Morris landing four aces.

Spearheading the offensive attack were Morris (six kills), Doan (five kills) and Nikita Taylor (five kills).

Rupp distributed a team-high 13 assists.

Oakwood (4-17) returns to action on Thursday (Oct. 21) at Rantoul.

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Oakwood lost twice on Saturday in the Vermilion County Volleyball Tournament at Georgetown.

The Comets fell to Armstrong-Potomac (25-14, 25-18) and to Westville (25-17, 25-22).

Josey Clem had four kills against A-P. Natalie Garrison had two service aces and Karsen Rupp distributed 11 assists.

Against Westville, Nikita Taylor landed six kills and Rupp ended with 14 assists.

On Thursday (Oct. 14), Madison Doan and Taylor formed a potent offensive force on Thursday in Oakwood’s loss at Salt Fork.

Doan landed 11 kills and Taylor dropped eight, but the Comets lost a 25-22, 20-25, 25-18 decision.

Rupp amassed 22 assists.

Oakwood (3-16) returns to action on Monday (Oct. 18) against Salt Fork (13-11) in the fifth-place match of the Vermilion County Tournament.

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Karsen Rupp distributed 15 assists on Tuesday (Oct. 12) as the Comets snapped a three-match losing streak by sweeping Iroquois West at home, 25-10, 25-20.

Madison Doan pounded a team-high eight kills. Luci Morris totaled four kills and Savannah Nevitt landed four service aces.

Oakwood (3-13) returns to action on Thursday (Oct. 14) at home against Salt Fork.

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The Comets dropped two road matches last week in volleyball.

Oakwood fell to Cissna Park, 25-16, 25-18 on Tuesday (Oct. 5) and to Westville on Thursday (Oct. 7), 25-18, 25-12.

Sophomores Luci Morris and Nikita Taylor collected four kills apiece at Westville with Karsen Rupp handing out 12 assists.

At Cissna Park, Madison Doan had five kills and Morris finished with four kills. Rupp registered 11 assists.

Oakwood (2-13) returns to action on Tuesday (Oct. 12) at home against Iroquois West.

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Karsen Rupp had 12 assists on Monday (Oct. 4), but Oakwood dropped a 25-16, 25-21 decision at home to Judah Christian in a non-conference volleyball match.

Nikita Taylor had a team-high five kills, followed by Madison Doan with four kills and Luci Morris with three kills.

On Tuesday (Oct. 5), the Comets dropped a 25-16, 25-18 decision at Cissna Park (16-8-1).

Oakwood (2-12) returns to action on Thursday (Oct. 7) at Westville.

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Madison Doan landed seven kills and Luci Morris collected five kills on Thursday (Sept. 30) as Oakwood snapped a six-match losing streak with a 25-23, 25-23 triumph at Georgetown-Ridge Farm.

Oakwood’s Karsen Rupp had 22 assists.

Oakwood (2-10) returns to action on Monday (Oct. 4) at home against Judah Christian.

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Oakwood suffered volleyball losses to Chrisman, Paxton-Buckley-Loda and Milford in a six-day span.

Chrisman topped the Comets 25-16, 25-14 on Thursday (Sept. 23) in Fithian. Karsen Rupp handed out 13 assists.

Madison Doan swatted four kills. Nikita Taylor and Natalie Garrison each contributed three kills.

On Monday (Sept. 27), PBL overpowered the visiting Comets, 25-18, 25-7. Luci Morris registered three blocks and two kills. Doan finished with three kills and two aces.

On Tuesday (Sept. 28), Milford scored a two-set sweep at Oakwood, 25-16, 25-15. Taylor delivered five kills. Doan slapped three kills and Morris collected two blocks.

The Comets (1-10) return to action on Thursday (Sept. 30) at Georgetown-Ridge Farm.

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Oakwood broke into the win column on Thursday (Sept 9) with a home volleyball sweep over Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin.

The Comets prevailed 25-18, 25-23.

Karsen Rupp had 11 assists to lead the Comets. Luci Morris had four blocks. Madison Doan ended with four kills and two service aces.

Oakwood (1-4) returns to action on Tuesday (Sept. 14) at home against Armstrong-Potomac.

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The Comets dropped their volleyball season-opener on Monday (Aug. 23) at LeRoy.

The Panthers topped Oakwood 25-19, 25-21.

Karsen Rupp led Oakwood with seven assists, Madison Doan had five kills and Nikita Taylor had three kills.

The Comets (0-1) return to action on Thursday (Aug. 26) at Armstrong-Potomac.

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Oakwood’s girls’ basketball team learned a lesson that many programs, coaches and fans alike must accept this time of the year.

A season seldom ends the way those associated with a program would hope, unless it’s with a championship-game victory.

The Comets dropped a 50-47 decision to Tolono Unity on Thursday in the semifinals of the Maroa-Forsyth Class 2A Regional.

For a half, Oakwood was on fire. The Comets led 22-12 at the break and coach Stephanie Marsh said, “we played really solid, a good first half.”

With Aaliyah Denius excelling in her role as the chaser in Oakwood’s box-and-one defense – that was designed to slow down Unity’s all-time scoring leader, Elyce Knudsen – the Comets built a double-digit lead.

Knudsen was limited to one first-half field goal.

In the second half, Knudsen and Rocket teammate Maddie Reed took control. Knudsen scored all 15 of Unity’s third-quarter points, but Oakwood still carried a 39-27 lead into the last eight minutes.

“Overall, Aaliyah did a good job,” Marsh said. “They were setting more screens for her, and she is quick coming off the screens.”

Knudsen hit the final six of her game-high 27 points in the final stanza, but it took a three-point shooting spree by Reed, who drained four late three-point shots, to enable Unity to pull ahead. Reed finished with 19 points, 13 in the final frame.

Freshman Addie Wright led Oakwood with 15 points. Senior Katelyn Young added 12 points.

“I hated to see the season end,” Marsh said. “Addie was starting to figure it out.”

Young’s career-record school scoring mark concludes at 2,361 points.

“I’m excited to see her do bigger and better things next year at Murray State,” Marsh said.

The Comets (23-8) wound up winning 99 games during Young’s varsity career. Young and point guard Aubrey Wells are the lone seniors on this year’s team.

“We’ll still have a solid team next year,” Marsh said. “It’s a matter of figuring it all out.”

Denius, Wells and Karsen Rupp all scored six points against Unity (20-9), which returns to Maroa tonight to play Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin (27-5) in the championship game. The winner advances to next week’s Paris Sectional.

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