River Valley is a WIAA Regional volleyball champion after a 3 sets to 1 win over visiting Richland Center on Saturday. The scores were 25-23 Richland Center, than River Valley went on to win the next three sets 25-10, 25-13, and 25-20.
Senior Ella Myers led River Valley with 23 kills and Senior Josie Mahoney had 39 assists to lead the Blackhawks. The Blackhawks improved to 29-6 overall with the win and they will host a WIAA Sectional match on Thursday night. The Hawks had great support from libero player Bella Deviney and front row players Brooklyn White, and Paige Stafford.
The Hornets won the first set with the help of 2 kills and 2 blocks from Ellavy Weiss and 2 kills from Jaycee Gander. They could not get on track during sets 2 and 3 as River Valley won handily. Weiss had 3 kills and 3 blocks in the 4th set when the Hornets made a comeback to tie the score at 20. Gander had 2 kills and Adelyn Wertz added an ace before the Hawks scored the last 5 points to win. For Richland Center two seniors Ellavy Weiss and Kylie Burns played in their last high school matches. The Hornets finished the season at 22-15.
The Blackhawks will practice this week for the Sectional-Semi Final and are two wins from the WIAA State volleyball tournament.
Adam Hess has been involved in radio broadcasting since 1990, with many of those years spent on the air at WRCO FM in Richland Center. Currently, Adam hosts the Weekend Wake-up and Prime Mover Saturdays on WRCO FM, jumps in and helps out with news duties, handles Social Media duties for WRCO and WRCE, and is the Director of Technology at a Southwest Wisconsin School District. Reach him at adam.hess@civicmedia.us.
Radio veteran since 1986.
