Villisca’s season ends with Stanton sweep

STANTON— The Villisca Blue Jays were swept out of the quarterfinals of Class 1A Regional volleyball last Tuesday night against the Stanton Viqueens.
The first game was the closest for Villisca, as they lost that one 25-21. However, the Blue Jays put up 21 points combined in the next two games, losing 25-12 and 25-9.
The Blue Jays had only 16 kills and 12 errors the entire match. Middle hitters Amanda Focht and Courtney Auxier were responsible for 12 of the 16 kills. Auxier also led the team with nine digs and two blocks (one solo). Auxier finished the year leading the team and was third in the Corner Conference with 180 kills.
Villisca had 15 assists the entire match as well with setter Abbey Wallingford credited with 12. Wallingford finished second in the Corner Conference in assists with 415 or 5.61 per game.
While the Blue Jays had no aces for the game, they did have a good night serving, going 40-for-44. Sheri Schaaf had a 13-for-13 serving day for Villisca, adding seven digs to the match.
The Blue Jays also finished with five blocks for the match. Auxier had two (one solo) of those blocks, leading Villisca.
It’s the fourth time the Blue Jays have lost to Stanton this season. The Blue Jays finished the season with a 15-11 record. But while they did lose to Stanton, Villisca picked up wins against Fremont-Mills, East Mills and Essex.
The Blue Jays will be graduating a few of their top players, including Auxier, Kernen and D.J. Klocke.
Auxier led the team serving aces and was second in blocks and digs, to go along with the kills. Kernen finished the season with 38 aces and 14 blocks, as well as 69 kills.
Villisca will have Schaaf, Wallingford, Focht and Vanderhoof back next season.
Focht led the team in blocks, was third in assists and was fourth on the team in digs. Schaaf played all 78 games and was first on the team in kills and third in kills and serving aces. Vanderhoof was second on the team in that category.