C-M volleyball wins SICL Bronze Quad championship

BELLE PLAINE — Nineteen aces were not enough for the Colfax-Mingo volleyball team against Keota on Oct. 14.

The Eagles snapped a nine-match losing skid against the Tigerhawks and advanced to the South Iowa Cedar Silver Quad with a 28-26, 12-25, 17-25, 25-19, 15-13 come-from-behind win during SICL pool-play action.

Trinity Smith posted a double-double, but Colfax-Mingo missed 13 serves and had a kill efficiency of .007.

Belle Plaine swept Keota in the pool-play final to advance to the SICL Gold Quad.

The loss moved Colfax-Mingo to the SICL Bronze Quad. The Tigerhawks hosted BGM and Lynnville-Sully on Oct. 17.

Smith led Colfax-Mingo (10-12) with 15 kills, 11 digs, five aces and two blocks. Katelyn Steenhoek added 26 assists, eight digs and two kills, Grace Allen contributed a career-best 11 digs and three assists and Britney Keeney tallied six kills, three blocks and three aces.

Isabelle Utz registered two kills, five digs and six aces, Cadence Linn posted eight digs and four aces and Dakota Allen collected five kills and three digs.

Macie Porter finished with five digs, Kaylee Collins had two digs and Grace Hunsberger put down two kills.

The Tigerhawks were 94-of-107 in serving with 19 aces. Linn was 21-of-22 and Steenhoek finished 10-of-11.

It was the first win for Keota (4-14) over the Tigerhawks since 2015.

Colfax-Mingo wins SICL Bronze Quad championship

COLFAX — The Tigerhawks rebounded from their worst loss of the season to win the SICL Bronze Quad championship on Oct. 17.

Colfax-Mingo opened the night with a 25-21, 25-22 win over BGM and then rallied past Lynnville-Sully 24-26, 25-23, 25-17, 25-13 at home.

There were only three teams in the SICL Bronze Quad due to Tri-County not having a varsity team. The Hawks were given a first-round bye.

Steenhoek led the Tigerhawks against BGM. She finished with 18 assists, four kills and six digs.

Smith added eight kills and 17 digs, Keeney put down nine kills and had two digs, Collins dished out three assists and collected nine digs and Linn registered five digs.

Hunsberger posted three kills and two digs and Porter secured two digs.

The Tigerhawks were 45-of-49 in serves with four aces. Steenhoek (7-of-7) and Keeney (6-of-6) were perfect from behind the service line, while Linn finished 10-of-11, Collins was 8-of-9 and Smith and Utz each ended up 7-of-8.

BGM (6-15) was led by Karagyn Minnaert’s five kills and 11 digs. Kylie Arment finished with 13 assists and 11 digs.

The Tigerhawks served up 10 aces in the championship win over Lynnville-Sully. Colfax-Mingo also got career-best performances from Hunsberger and Porter.

Smith led the Tigerhawks with a 19-kill, 22-dig double-double and added three aces and three assists.

Steenhoek registered 33 assists, two kills and nine digs, Hunsberger put down a career-best nine kills and posted two assists, two blocks and three digs and Porter finished with a career-best 17 digs and tallied two assists and three aces.

Keeney contributed seven kills, four blocks and three digs, Collins added 25 digs and four aces, Linn collected eight digs, Utz put down two kills and Dakota Allen secured two digs.

Collins was 17-of-17 in serves and Porter was 20-of-21.

Lynnville-Sully (8-19) was led by Jakeira Hay’s career-best 12 kills, six digs and three aces and Kate Harthoorn finished with nine assists and 10 digs.

The SICL Gold Quad consisted of North Mahaska, HLV, Belle Plaine and Sigourney. North Mahaska defeated HLV in four sets to win the quad championship.

The SICL Silver Quad featured English Valleys, Iowa Valley, Montezuma and Keota. Iowa Valley won the quad title after a five-set win over Montezuma.

Notes: Colfax-Mingo opens Class 2A Region 4 action against Hudson at 7 p.m. on Wednesday in Hudson. The regional semifinals are Oct. 28 and the regional final is Oct. 30.