Baxter volleyball downs conference rival Collins-Maxwell

MAXWELL — Collins-Maxwell started off its match against the Baxter volleyball team well. The Spartans were in line to end a long losing streak against the rival Bolts, but Baxter had other ideas.

Falling behind 1-0 didn’t phase the Bolts during a 15-25, 25-19, 25-20, 25-20 come-from-behind road victory on Tuesday.

Baxter won the Iowa Star Conference South Division match thanks in part to 23 aces and career nights from Adison Bonney and Abbie Meyer.

The Bolts are 20-4 against Collins-Maxwell since 2017 and have won nine straight in the series.

Meyer registered seven kills, a career-best 33 digs and a career-high 12 aces and Bonney finished with nine assists, nine kills, 10 digs and three aces to lead Baxter.

Caydence Sulzle tallied 21 digs, three assists and two aces, Alyvia Burdess contributed nine assists, two kills and four digs and Kendall Brummel added four kills, three digs and three aces.

Kaylyn Krampe put down two kills and chipped in four digs and three aces, Kamdyn Krampe tallied three kills and Hannah Huffaker chipped in four digs.

The Bolts (8-18, 5-3 in the conference) were 78-of-92 in serves with a season-high 23 aces. Huffaker served 7-of-7, Bonney was 9-of-10 and Sulzle finished 15-of-16.

Collins-Maxwell got eight kills from Kaylee Atwood, 12 digs from Zeah Rees and five aces from Adaile Kane.

The Spartans (4-18, 2-5) served up 11 aces but missed 16 serves in the loss.

Baxter can’t find win column at BCLUW tournament

CONRAD — The Bolts faced a pair of ranked teams and went against three schools larger than them by class but couldn’t find the win column in six matches at the BCLUW Comet Invitational on Oct. 12.

Baxter pushed East Marshall to three sets but lost to West Marshall, West Fork, Dunkerton, Class 1A No. 5 BCLUW and 1A No. 15 Gladbrook-Reinbeck in straight sets.

In the 21-14, 21-5 loss to West Marshall, Meyer finished with two kills and five digs to lead the Bolts.

Bonney finished with two kills and two digs, Karlee Koehler had three assists and two digs and Sulzle contributed three digs. Baxter was 13-of-18 in serves.

Avery Evertsen led the Trojans (13-22) with three kills and Natalie Nichols served up three aces.

In the 21-8, 21-8 loss to BCLUW, Meyer led the way with four kills and five digs. Koehler dished out four assists and Sulzle tallied two digs. The Bolts were 14-of-17 in serves.

Grace Farnsworth led the host Comets (28-10) with seven kills, Klayre Gallentine collected seven digs and Cassie Nason delivered 18 assists.

East Marshall defeated Baxter 21-14, 13-21, 15-10. Mya Gould led the Mustangs (9-28) with 11 assists, seven digs and two aces and Ashtyn Wheater finished with six kills.

West Fork (10-13) handed the Bolts a 21-14, 21-19 loss. Abby Schoning dished out 12 assists, Keara Wood put down five kills and Brylie Hubka contributed five kills and three digs to lead West Fork.

Baxter lost 21-7, 21-3 to Dunkerton. The Raiders (22-11) were led by Delaney Toneff, who finished with nine assists, three kills, two digs and five aces. Dunkerton served up 15 aces and had a kill efficiency of .476.

State-ranked Gladbrook-Reinbeck (20-20) downed Baxter 21-13, 21-5. Kailey Larsen collected 22 assists and three aces and Kennedy Brant put down seven kills.

Official statistics for Baxter for the East Marshall, West Fork, Dunkerton and Gladbrook-Reinbeck matches were unavailable at press time.

Baxter loses three times at conference tournament

BAXTER — The Bolts hosted this year’s Iowa Star Conference tournament but came up short in a trio of matches on Saturday.

Baxter fell to Janesville 21-11, 21-6, lost to GMG 21-8, 21-10 and dropped a 21-15, 21-7 match to Tripoli.

Notes: Baxter opened Class 1A Region 5 play with a five-set win over Colo-NESCO on Oct. 21. The Bolts face GMG at 7 p.m. on Oct. 23 in Garwin. The regional semfinals are Oct. 28 and the regional final is Oct. 30.