Lady Indians snap two-match losing streak over S'western

Josh Barnett - Sports Editor

After losing two straight matches to Rising Sun (16-25, 25-21, 18-25 & 22-25) and to South Ripley (21-25 & 13-25) in the Ripley County Tournament, Milan's varsity volleyball team picked up a victory over Southwestern at home Tuesday night. The Lady Indians defeated the Lady Rebels in three straight games with scores of 25-10, 25-16 and 25-20. With the win the Indians push their record to 8-5 overall and 2-1 in the conference.

For Milan Lacee Alloway was the leading server going a perfect 11-11 with an ace. Miranda Roberts was nearly perfect going 15-
16 with 3 aces. Kaity Barton led the team with 4 aces on 13-16 serving. Dane Cutter finished the match with a team high 10 kills on 23-25 hitting. Miranda Roberts had 9 kills on 22-24 hitting and Barton had 6 on 17-19 hitting.

Cutter also led the team in set assists with 13 followed by Lacee Alloway with 9 and Kaity Barton with 6. Cutter had the Indians only block in the contest.

In the reserve game the Lady Indians were victorious in two games with scores of 25-19 and 25-23.

Milan continues their season this Saturday at the Knightstown Tournament, which is scheduled to start at 9:00 am.

Milan's Dane Cutter and Miranda Roberts go after the ball at the same time during the Indians' win over Southwestern Tuesday night.

JCD's Junior High cross country teams win duel meet over G'burg

Josh Barnett - Sports Editor

Jac-Cen-Del's Junior High cross country teams continued their excellent seasons with a duel meet win over Greensburg Tuesday evening.

In the girls' portion of the meet the Lady Eagles kept their unbeaten streak alive with a team score of 25 points to Greensburg's 30. With the win they push their record to 10-0 on the season. Samantha White was the first Eagle to cross the finish line placing second in a time of 13:00. Brooke Gilland, Jaime Lunsford and Alyssa Herbert took fourth, fifth and sixth place with Gilland running a 13:59, Lunsford running a 14:04 and Herbert running a 14:07. Following Her
bert was Allana Newhart (8th 14:50), Alyssa Hammond (12th 15:40), Becca Wagner (13th 15:59), Erika Hicks (15th 16:24) and Val Wagner (16:35).

In the boys' portion of the race the Eagles had a team score of 21 points while Greensburg had 34. JCD took the first two places with Derek Lunsford winning in a time of 11:31 and Blake Sutton taking second place in a time of 11:45. The Eagles wrapped up fifth, sixth and seventh place with Ethan Wagner taking fifth (12:03), Brandon Wilhoit taking sixth (12:27) and Zach Schuler placing seventh (12:34). Following Schuler was Devon Shadday (11th 12:54), Zach Kappes (15th 14:24) and Brock Shadday (14:26).