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Myah Richardson helps spark Putnam County to thrilling 3-set win over Fieldcrest · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Maya Richardson helps spark Putnam County to thrilling three-set win
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  Speaker 1: over Fieldcrest. Written by Brian Hoxie. This article is being
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  Speaker 1: Putnam County's Maya Richardson had a great start and great
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  Speaker 1: finish in Tuesday's volleyball match with visiting Fieldcrest. She was
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  Speaker 1: also pretty strong in between. The Panthers junior began the
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  Speaker 1: night with an ace on the opening serve, and ended
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  Speaker 1: the night with a thunderous match point kill to help
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  Speaker 1: the hosts to a 25-17, 23-25, 25-17 victory at RM
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  Speaker 1: Germano Gym in Granville. My job, when I get the opportunities,
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  Speaker 1: is to put the ball away, said Richardson, who finished
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  Speaker 1: with 13 kills, 12 service points, and 5 aces. Tonight,
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  Speaker 1: it wasn't always about swinging, it was more about swinging smart,
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  Speaker 1: and the tip was there a lot. That said, I
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  Speaker 1: feel like I have pretty good court awareness, so I
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  Speaker 1: just kind of go. I pay attention to how the
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  Speaker 1: defense is playing, so I have a good idea of
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  Speaker 1: what I'm going to do with the ball before it
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  Speaker 1: leaves our setter's hands. I will also say that my
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  Speaker 1: teammates communicate so well. They'll be yelling campfire, which is
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  Speaker 1: middle of the court or hit line. This was a
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  Speaker 1: great match and so much fun. Putnam County improved to
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  Speaker 1: 7-1 on the season, while Fieldcrest fell to 2-1-3. The
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  Speaker 1: key for us was being able to finish, Putnam County
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  Speaker 1: coach Amy Bell said. We finished well in the first set,
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  Speaker 1: played tough, and just came up short in the second set,
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  Speaker 1: and then played well in those final few points for
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  Speaker 1: the third set. I thought we did a great job
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  Speaker 1: of really mixing up swings and tips in the third set.
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  Speaker 1: I felt like in those final points of the third set,
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  Speaker 1: we made some really good decisions with where and who
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  Speaker 1: the ball should go to. The third set was tied
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  Speaker 1: at 16-all before a side-out kill, then six-point serving run
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  Speaker 1: by Emberlyn Quickla, which included a pair of aces, put
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  Speaker 1: the Panthers in control. After a hitting error, Putnam County
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  Speaker 1: used winning swings from Brittany, Trinidad, and Richardson to close
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  Speaker 1: out the victory. I felt like as a team we
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  Speaker 1: did a great job of communicating and also understanding where
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  Speaker 1: the open spots were and hitting to those open spots,
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  Speaker 1: Richardson said. This was a really great all-around team win.
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  Speaker 1: Putnam County scored the final eight points, the final three
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  Speaker 1: on aces by Richardson, of an opening set that had
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  Speaker 1: 14 ties and as many lead changes. The Knights scored
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  Speaker 1: the opening seven points off the serving of Alyssa Himbaugh.
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  Speaker 1: With the set tied at 22-all, kills from Claire Forrest
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  Speaker 1: and Kalami Armstrong helped force a third set. After Richardson's
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  Speaker 1: solid outing, the Panthers received seven kills and seven points
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  Speaker 1: from Trinidad, five kills from Chloe Parcher, 4 kills from
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  Speaker 1: Kennedy Holocker, and 3 kills from Avery Grasser. Quickla had
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  Speaker 1: 7 points, including to Aces. Armstrong led Fieldcrest with 17
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  Speaker 1: kills and a pair of blocks, while Forrest had 5 kills,
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  Speaker 1: Jersey Modro 4 kills and 3 blocks, and Terralyn Timmerman
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  Speaker 1: 3 kills, a block, and 8 points. Himbaugh posted a
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  Speaker 1: team-best 12 points and 8 assists. We have a relatively
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  Speaker 1: young team, a lot of sophomores playing varsity for the
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  Speaker 1: first time, and they are still trying to adapt to
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  Speaker 1: play when the pressure is really on. Fieldcrest coach Grace
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  Speaker 1: Schultz said, there were times, many in key moments, where
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  Speaker 1: we just weren't as aggressive as you have to be
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  Speaker 1: in those situations. While it wasn't the outcome we wanted,
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  Speaker 1: these types of matches are the ones that help build
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  Speaker 1: experience and confidence. We worked a lot on hitting to
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  Speaker 1: open spots, but also talked about and worked on what
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  Speaker 1: other ways we can score. We worked on hitting through
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  Speaker 1: a block, off a block and tipping, It really made
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  Speaker 1: me as a coach feel good to see the girls
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  Speaker 1: do a lot of the things we worked on. Putnam
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  Speaker 1: County is back in action on Wednesday at Galve, while
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  Speaker 1: Fieldcrest is off until next Tuesday when it hosts Tri-Valley.