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Putnam County tops Earlville in straight sets in 1A regional quarterfinal · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Putnam County tops Earlville in straight sets in one A regional quarterfinal.
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  Written by Brian Hoxy. This article is being read by an automated
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  voice, brought to you by Everlet. Putnam County came into Tuesday's Class
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  1 a Serena regional quarterfinal, having just defeated Earlville in straight sets
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  a week prior. We talked a lot about coming here ready to
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  play tonight. Putnam County Junior Brittany Trinidad said We just beat them
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  last week, but we knew they would come wanting to get us
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  back. We had to come prepared and play well from the beginning
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  to the end. I think we did that. The subsectional No. 6-Seeded
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  Panthers jumped to solid leads in both sets in an eventual 25-16-2511
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  victory over the number 11-seeded Red Raiders on Al Stegman Court. Putnam
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  County September 4, 20, advances to Wednesday's 7 p.m. Semifinal against the
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  host and number 3 seeded Huskers. Serena defeated the Panthers in three
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  close sets, the 3rd 32-30, on September 21. Earlville finished the season
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  at 15-17. We are excited for a rematch with Serena, Putnam County
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  coach Amy Bell said. The girls are really playing together and having
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  fun right now. Putnam County led the first set, 10-3 after an
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  ace by Avery Grassers and 14 6 after an ace by Kennedy
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  Hullocker. Earlville closed to within 2013 after three kills by Addy Shearer,
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  but an ace and kill by Maya Richardson and two kills by
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  Trinidad helped close out the set. I feel like our hitting was
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  pretty good tonight, Trinidad said. We were playing really good defense and
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  making good passes. When we put those two things together, it just
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  makes hitting a little easier. I feel like we hit smart, kept
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  the ball in the court, and hit the open spots when the
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  were there. Consecutive kills by Trinidad put PC up fifteen five in
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  the second set. Then after the Red Raiders inched to within seven
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  points kills by Chloe Parcher, Emberlynn Quickly, Trinidad and Richardson made it
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  twenty-one eight. Hullocker then recorded a kill on match point to end
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  the night. I think the biggest keys for us tonight were that,
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  we served aggressively and did a much better job of covering the
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  court than we did last week against them. Bell said, We played
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  well defensively and that allowed us to get into system and give
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  our hitters good passes. I thought we did an excellent job of
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  mixing up hitting the ball hard and using tips. Along with that,
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  we hit the ball into areas that we talked about would more
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  than likely be open. Putnam County was led by Richardson, eleven kills,
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  twelve assists, five digs, two aces, a block Trinidad, seven kills, ten
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  assists, seven digs, Holocker, three kills, thirteen digs, Grasser, four aces, two
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  kills. Quickla, four digs, an ace, and Libero Sarah Wiesbrock, 15 digs,
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  three assists. Earlville was led by Addy Sharer, three kills a block,
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  JC Helgeson, four kills, Liz Vazquez, 11 digs, and Peyton Actis, 6
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  assists. We knew we were going to need to block or at
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  least get our hands on the ball and slow it down. We
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  weren't really able to do that tonight, Earlville coach Tanya Shearer said.
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  Putnam County has a number of really good hitters, and because of
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  that you have to find a way to get your hands on
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  the ball to give your defense a chance. Our serve receive also
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  struggled tonight, and when that happens, you don't give yourself a chance
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  to run an offense. But that said, when we did get a
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  good attack, their defense was right there. It's been kind of a
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  problem for us all season not being able to consistently put kills
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  away when the chances were there.