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Class From page 11 play?” Miami East coach John Cash said. “I’ve never heard of it before.” And even though it was the last match that Ashley and Trina Current, Sam Cash, Angie Mack and Allison Morrett will play together on their home high school floor, they weren’t concerned about that at all. “We didn’t even cry,” Ashley Current said. “Why would we? We’re going to see each other again tomorrow, and we’ve got practice together in, like, 24 hours.” “I don’t even really feel like a senior,” Trina Current said. “It still feels like we’re all freshmen.” For the two-time defending Division III state champions, the real season is only just beginning. “Coach always talks about how it’s the last eight matches that really count,” Mack said. “And that’s how we feel.” Both Sam Cash and Morrett used the same word to describe the night — bittersweet. “It’s bittersweet, but it hasn’t hit us that it’s ending yet,” Morrett said. “We’ve still got big steps to take.” “Bittersweet, but we went out tonight on a good win,” Sam Cash said. “But we’re not that sad. We still have plenty of games together coming up.” “That, that right there,
Anthony Weber | Troy Daily News Miami East’s Ashley Current (32) and Karson Mahaney (7) go up for a block Thursday against TriVillage.
is what makes this group different from any other group around,” John Cash said. “It’s not that they don’t appreciate the moment — they do. But they’ve been waiting for the tournament all year long now. They know there are more, bigger moments to come.” With the sectional tournament beginning Saturday at Brookville High School with a match against Northridge, another win over a CCC opponent seemed like nothing more than a formality. Still, though, the Patriots tried to put up a fight, closing the score in Game 1 to 10-8 before a blast by Sam Cash
and six straight service points by Morrett made it a 17-8 game and put it out of reach. In Game 2, Tri-Village actually held the lead as late as 5-3, but a kill by Ashley Current and a pair of Trina Current aces gave the Vikings the lead. The Patriots kept it as close as 10-9, but Miami East won nine of the next 10 and 14 of the next 16 points to put that one away. And if there’s one thing the Vikings do better than anyone, it’s close matches out. Sam Cash served up an 8-0 lead to start Game 3, and that lead quickly turned into 16-3 after a six-point service
run by Trina Current that included three aces. After a couple of hitting errors brought the score to 19-7, the Vikings didn’t lose another point — and, in fact, won them all with kills, aces or blocks, not even giving Tri-Village a chance to give them points on errors to put it away. In the final game, Miami East scored 21 of its 25 points, only allowing Tri-Village to commit four errors. Mack had 11 kills and three digs, Trina Current had six kills, five aces and three blocks, Ashley Current had six kills, two aces, four digs and 11 assists, Morrett had six kills, three aces, 10
Anthony Weber | Troy Daily News Miami East’s Anna Kiesewetter (4) passes the ball as Allison Morrett (3) looks on Thursday against Tri-Village.
digs and an assist and Sam Cash had three kills, three aces, a block, a dig and 18 assists. Anna Kiesewetter added two aces and four digs and Karson Mahaney had a kill. And now that their preseason is over, the Vikings can finally focus all their energy on their primary goal. “I want to win state again,” Sam Cash said. “It’d be nice to go out on a three-peat with my favorite classmates. I’d
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Trojans swept Staff Reports
BEAVERCREEK — The first time Troy lost to Beavercreek in three close games, it was a battle that made volleyball coach Michelle Owen think the team was ready to move to the next level. The second time the Trojans were swept by the Beavers — in three close games again? Left Owen searching for any positives. Troy (14-8) gave up late leads in the second and third games Thursday night at Beavercreek, falling 25-21, 25-18, 25-22 in the consolation final of the Greater Western Ohio Conference Tournament and taking fourth place. “In Game 2, we were up 18-16 — and gave up nine straight points to lose it,” Owen said. “In Game 3, we were up the entire time. We were up 20-17 and (gave) it away.” And the fault wasn’t in any one aspect of the game, either. “We couldn’t pass tonight. We were aced 11 times. We struggled passing, setting, our blocking game was nonexistent,” Owen said. “Really, the only good thing about this game is that it meant nothing. It was just another game, in all honesty.” Emily Moser had 12 kills and 14 digs and Lauren Freed had 11 kills, 15 digs and two aces to lead the Trojans. Ashton Riley had three kills and six digs, Jillian Ross and Katie DeMeo each had two kills and Leslie Wynkoop had two kills, 27 assists and five digs. Troy, the No. 4 seed, opens up Division I sectional tournament play Monday night against Springfield, and, with a win, will face the winner between Piqua and Northmont on Oct. 17, all at Centerville. With a possible third matchup against second-seed Beavercreek now looming in the sectional final on Oct. 19. The Trojans lost to the Beavers 28-26, 27-25, 25-23 on Sept. 26, as well. “One more good thing is we played that ugly tonight — and we still were within five-to-seven points in every game,” Owen said. Compiled and written by Josh Brown.