Rising Sun Fall Sports Stars Shine In Latest ORVC Report

Three Rising Sun High School student athletes have earned weekly honors from the Ohio River Valley Conference.

(Rising Sun, Ind.) – Three Rising Sun High School student-athletes have earned weekly honors from the Ohio River Valley Conference.

The ORVC report for August 27 through September 1 was released Wednesday.

Rising Sun’s Danyka Groover was named the ORVC Volleyball Player of the Week. Groover recorded 69 kills and eight blocks in three matches.

The ORVC Boys Soccer Player of the Week went to Jake Bovard. The Shiners star found the back of the net four times and dished out two assists in three matches.

The Lady Shiners’ Kinsey Price earned the ORVC Girls Soccer Player of the Week. Price scored four goals and added four assists in two matches.

South Ripley’s Megan Cole, Jac-Cen-Del’s Damon Hughes and Southwestern’s Bradley Winston are the ORVC Runners of the Week. Cole set a South Ripley school record with a time of 19:20 at the Ripley County Meet.

The Southwestern Lady Rebels golf team took first place at the ORVC Girls Golf Championship at Sunrise Golf Course in Madison, but it was Shawe Memorial’s Katie Hertz who finished as the conference medalist with a low score of 97. For her efforts, Hertz was named ORVC Girls Golfer of the Week.

Other top performers for the week of August 27-September 1 are listed below.

 

VOLLEYBALL

Liz Newhart (JCD)                   1 kill, 92% serve, 2 aces, 6 digs, 83% pass, 2 KA’s in 2 mtch

Shai Schmeltz (JCD)                88% serve, 2 aces, 67% pass, 8 digs in 2 matches

Macey Moorman (JCD)           90% serve, ace, 100% set, 2 KA’s in 2 matches

Kaitlyn Tuttle (M)                    13 kills, 1 blk, 91% serve, 7 aces, 95% pass, 22 digs in 2 mtc

Lexi Hanson (M)                      16 kills, 96% serve, 3 aces, 7 digs in 2 matches

Maddy Schmidt (M)                20 kills in 2 matches

Keirstan Oeffinger (SC)           3 aces, 41 digs in 2 matches

Ally Furnish (SC)                      11 kills, 2 aces, 22 digs, 11 KA’s in 2 matches

Maggie Henry (SC)                  9 kills, 75% serve, 2 aces, 9 digs in 2 matches

Kassidy Romans (RS)               96% serve, 10 aces, 80% pass, 35 digs in 3 matches

Sydney Bostic (RS)                  94% set, 12 KA’s in 3 matches

Kate Grote (SM)                      21 kills, 4 blk, 93% serve, 9 aces in 3 matches

Phoebe Grote (SM)                 94% serve, 4 aces in 3 matches

Kristen Snodgrass (SM)           99% set, 36 KA’s in 3 matches

Lindsey Meyer (SR)                 6 kills, 100% serve, ace, 5 digs vs. Rising Sun

Haley Gorrell (SR)                   1 kill, 100% serve, 89% pass, dig, 12 KA’s vs. Rising Sun

Kiah Means (SW)                     99% pass, 24 digs, 90% serve, 4 aces in 2 matches

Abby Ralston (SW)                  15 kills, 98% set, 21 KA’s in 2 matches

Keely Fink (SW)                       18 kills in 2 matches

 

GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY

Megan Cole (SR)                     19:20* / 19:51                         Ripley Co. Meet / East Cent.

Elyse Hunger (SR)                    21:12 / 22:29                           Ripley Co. Meet / East Cent.

Jessica Vogel (SR)                    23:14 / 24:09                           Ripley Co. Meet / East Cent.

Cloey Simon (JCD)                   25:19 / 23:03 / 23:19              JCD / RCM / EC

Kayla Simon (JCD)                   25:45 / 22:33 / 23:22              JCD / RCM / EC

Lauryn Dilk (JCD)                     27:43 / 24:01 / 24:36              JCD / RCM / EC

 

BOYS CROSS COUNTRY

Dylon Wilhoit (SR)                   20:16 / 21:11                           Ripley Co. Meet / East Cent.

Nick Zigan (SR)                        20:27 / 21:24                           Ripley Co. Meet / East Cent.

Jay Cornett (SR)                      21:15 / 21:54                           Ripley Co. Meet / East Cent.

Bradley Winston (SW)             16:53                                       Columbus North

Trevor Smith (SW)                   18:10                                       Columbus North

Gavyn Mundt (SW)                 18:15                                       Columbus North

Damon Hughes (JCD)              19:19 / 17:18 / 18:18              JCD / RCM / EC

Nathan Laswell (JCD)              20:36 / 19:06 / 20:12              JCD / RCM / EC

Tanner Dilk (JCD)                    21:27 / 19:24 / 20:06              JCD / RCM / EC

 

BOYS SOCCER

Zac Brokaw (RS)                      5 goals in 3 matches

Landon Cole (RS)                     2 goals, 2 assists in 3 matches

Cory Ralston (SR)                    goal vs. Switzerland Co.

Bryce Hatton (SW)                  2 goals, assist vs. Shawe Memorial

Jeff Bibb (SW)                          2 goals vs. Shawe Memorial

Adam Anderson (SW)             2 assists vs. Shawe Memorial

 

GIRLS SOCCER

Natuski Fukazawa (SW)                      3 goals in 2 matches

Julia Kaiser (SW)                                  1 goal in 2 matches

Sydney Pitts (RS)                                 5 goals in 2 matches

Hannah Warr (RS)                               goal in 2 matches

Rylee Hankins (SC)                              goal, assist in 3 matches

Raylinn Kappes (SC)                            goal vs. Rising Sun

Calleigh Powell (SC)                            goal vs. Rising Sun

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