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Husky volleyball records get an overhaul
BY ED BANKS (Harrison News-Herald Sports Writer)
CADIZ—There are two things that time will always bring during its ever-evolving and enduring existence. Those two components are new days and constant change. Sometimes, we might find haunting memories or sadness with the new day, and with change, there might be joy, something that we earned, or something we are due.
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But last Saturday, McKayla Dunkle and Maddy Butler changed Harrison Central’s athletic record books when they created new benchmarks in volleyball. There is no doubt that the accomplishments that they earned brought joy to themselves, their coaches, and their families.
When the two entered the match with the visitingSteubenville Big Red, waiting in the game statistics were the challenging records of 1000 kills for Dunkle and 1000 digs for Butler. It turns out the challenges for the records would be easy for both athletes. Butler collected her record in the first set, and Dunkle earned hers in the second.
Coming into Saturday’s match, Butler only needed 2 digs for the new record, and Dunkle needed 10 kills for hers. Now, I kept a slapdash account of the two performances, and I know that Butler had no less than her needed 2 digs and an additional 6. As for Dunkle, she collected her 10 kills and added another 11. Official game stats will probably be higher, but the records have been statistically established.
Those match numbers by Dunkle and Butler represent a game performance that I feel will take another 21 years to duplicate. They are to be congratulated.
Caption: Harrison News-Herald Photo/ED BANKS During the match with Steubenville on Saturday, the Huskies would win, and McKayla Dunkle and Maddy Butler set their new records of 1000 kills and 1000 digs, respectively. Pictured are Dunkle and Butler with their coach and parents following the match (left to right): Bryan and Stephanie Dunkle, McKayla Dunkle, head varsity volleyball coach and athletic director Ray Hibbs, Maddy Butler, Amy Pappas, and Jamie Butler.
