Hillsboro wins 5-set thriller over Fairfield; earns FAC victories over Blue Lions and McClain

The Hillsboro Lady Indians won what was a five-set match against Highland County rival Fairfield on Monday evening, where it was HHS rallying to win the final three sets of action at Hillsboro High School. 

Fairfield took control early in the contest by winning the first two sets by scores of 25-17 and 25-18. 

Hillsboro wasn’t finished, though, as they battled back to win the third set at 25-17, then tied the match score at two sets each with a set-four win at 25-17. In the fifth and match-deciding set (first to 15 points with a two-point lead), the Lady Indians won that set too, winning by three points at 15-12. 

Hillsboro ended the Highland County rivalry match with 47 kills, 42 assists, six aces, 83 digs and 10 blocks. 

Senior Tylee Davis led Hillsboro with 24 kills, plus she added 19 digs and a block. Sophomore Macy Fauber finished with three assists, one ace and a team-high 20 digs.

Senior Marianne Mycroft totaled two blocks for the Lady Indians. Teammate Riley Pence, a junior, collected five kills, one assist, one dig and a team-high three blocks. 

Senior Scarlett Perkins finished with one kill, one assist, four digs and a block. Senior Josie Rhoades had four assists, a team-high four aces and 16 digs. 

HHS senior Ryan Wagoner finished the match with 10 kills, one assist, one ace and 12 digs, plus she added a block. Sophomore Emmalee Young totaled seven kills, a team-high 31 assists, 11 digs and two blocks. Senior Paisley Zink ended the contest with one assist. 

The following evening on Tuesday, Oct. 6, the Lady Indians defeated the Washington Lady Blue Lions in three consecutive sets at HHS for the Frontier Athletic Conference win. 

Hillsboro won the match by scores of 25-17, 25-12 and 25-11. 

In the match Davis totaled 10 kills, two aces and she also collected seven digs. Fauber totaled three aces in the win along with seven digs. Mycroft finished the match with three kills and one ace. 

The FAC match also included Pence finishing the victory with four kills and three blocks. Perkins had six kills for the Lady Indians to go with one assist, one ace and two digs. 

Rhoades finished with one assist and two digs. Wagoner collected 11 kills, three aces and seven digs. Young ended the contest with two kills, 28 assists, five aces and two digs. Zink ended the match with one kill, one ace, two digs and a block.

Hillsboro wins in 3 sets against McClain 

Facing each other for the second time this season, the Hillsboro Lady Indians defeated the McClain Lady Tigers on the volleyball court this past Thursday (Oct. 8) in three consecutive sets at McClain High School. 

HHS won the match with set scores of 25-18, 25-19 and 27-25. 

In team totals, the Lady Indians collected 41 kills, 31 assists, 11 aces, 26 digs and four blocks. McClain finished the match with 30 kills, 27 assists, eight aces, 31 digs and five blocks. 

The kills leader for Hillsboro was senior Tylee Davis with 14, while sophomore teammate Emmalee Young and senior Scarlett Perkins each finished with seven kills. Tallying six kills was senior Ryan Wagoner, while junior Riley Pence had four kills. Senior Marianne Mycroft had two kills, and with one kill was senior Paisley Zink. 

McClain’s kills leaders were junior Alaya Jackson and sophomore Brynlee Karnes with 12 each. Also with two kills each for McClain were junior Brooklyn Bolender, sophomore Brylee Douglas and sophomore Allie Havens. 

Hillsboro’s assist leader was Young with 29, and teammate Davis had two. McClain was led in assists by senior Molly McCune with 12, and next was Havens with 11. The Lady Tigers also had assists by Karnes (three) and Jackson (one). 

Of the 11 aces made by Hillsboro, the leader was Davis with three, followed by sophomore Macy Fauber, Young and Zink with two aces apiece. Also with an ace for HHS were Pence and Wagoner. 

McClain was led in the ace category by McCune with three, then it was Karnes with two, and having one each were senior Shelby Wise, Jackson and Bolender. 

The digs leaders for the Lady Indians with five each were Davis, Fauber and Wagoner. Having three digs each for HHS were Pence, senior Josie Rhoades and Young. Zink totaled two digs for Hillsboro in the win. 

McClain was led in digs by Jackson with eight, followed by Karnes having seven. Next for MHS in digs were Bolender and Wise with five each, while Havens had four. Collecting one dig each were Douglas and McCune. 

HHS had four blocks in the win, and they were made by Mycroft, Pence, Perkins and Young with one each. McClain’s five blocks were made by Jackson with three and Karnes with two. 

The loss moves McClain to an overall record of 3-17 with an 0-10 mark in the FAC. Hillsboro improves to 15-5 overall and 6-4 in the FAC.