Caston sports briefs: Volleyball goes 1-3 at Tri-County Invite

Jellison, Aguilar-Mendez score in tie with Tippecanoe Valley

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Volleyball

The Caston volleyball team went 1-3 at the Tri-County Invitational Saturday and now stands at 3-8 on the season.

Caston lost to Tri-County 2-1, beat North White 2-1, lost to Frontier 2-0 and lost to North Newton 2-0.

The Lady Comets were playing for the first time in five days. Their match against Pioneer scheduled for Thursday was postponed to Sept. 16.

Caston’s match against Argos Tuesday will be varsity only and start at 6:30 p.m.

CASTON TEAM RESULTS

Tri-County def. Caston, 25-20, 17-25, 15-6

Caston def. North White, 22-25, 25-19, 15-11

Frontier def. Caston, 25-22, 25-19

North Newton def. Caston, 25-18, 25-21

CASTON STATS VS. TRI-COUNTY

Maddi Smith – 9 kills, 2 aces, 18 digs; Annie Harsh – 2 aces, 9 assists; Isabel Scales – 3 blocks, 15 serves received; Kinzie Mollenkopf – 16 digs; Delaney Lowry – 8 assists

CASTON STATS VS. NORTH WHITE

Maddi Smith – 6 kills, 3 aces, 8 digs, 10 serves received; Abby Williamson – 6 kills, 3 blocks; Isabel Scales – 6 kills, 10 serves received; Bailey Harness – 5 kills; Annie Harsh – 3 aces, 10 assists; Delaney Lowry – 9 assists; Addison Zimpleman – 10 serves received

CASTON STATS VS. FRONTIER

Abby Williamson – 5 kills, 2 aces, 4 blocks; Maddi Smith – 4 kills, 2 aces, 9 digs, 12 serves received; Isabel Scales – 4 kills; Annie Harsh – 2 aces, 6 assists; Delaney Lowry – 5 assists; Kinzie Mollenkopf – 8 serves received

CASTON STATS VS. NORTH NEWTON

Abby Williamson – 5 kills; Isabel Scales – 5 kills, 5 digs; Macee Hinderlider – 1 ace; Abby Williamson – 1 ace; Annie Harsh – 1 ace, 6 assists; Delaney Lowry – 2 blocks, 5 assists; Addison Zimpleman – 6 digs; Maddi Smith – 5 digs, 18 serves received

Boys soccer

Caston 2, Tippecanoe Valley 2 (Thursday): Rowan Jellison and Jan Aguilar-Mendez scored for Caston in a home tie with Tippecanoe Valley at the Comet Crater Thursday.

“Overall, we played sound soccer,” Caston coach Narciso Sanchez said in a statement. “We gave up a PK and let (Valley) score in counter play. We saw most of the possession, but we’ve got to get better at recognizing the dangers of poor player placement when play is in the offensive third. All of the kids really showed some grit today and played with intensity for 80 minutes. Our kids on the bench were integral in their minutes as well as their vocal ability off pitch.”

Sanchez also cited Aguilar-Mendez and Zach Rogers, both freshmen for their “important minutes.” He also called Colby Pugh “creative” and “dangerous” and he cited Caleb Stinson, Kade Zeider, Talon Zeider, Ryan Spin and goalkeeper Bailey Zimpleman for a “great showing” on defense.