Rachel Burke had a team-high eight kills in the Dragons 3-0 win over Whiteland Thursday. (Tom Russo | Daily Reporter)
New Palestine’s volleyball team won for the fifth straight time and improved to 8-1 on the season with a 3-0 victory over visiting Whiteland Thursday.
The Dragons won by set scores of 25-10, 25-11, 25-7.
Rachel Burke led the attack with eight kills. Bella Brownfield chipped in seven. Natalie Sevier had five kills and a pair of blocks. Josie Corbett contributed four kills.
Setter Sam Gooding had 28 assists and four digs.
The back row play was led by Azure Flagle, who had a team-high 16 digs to go with two service aces. Makaeli Johnson had 13 digs and three aces. Kyndra Monteith had eight digs.
“A great win for us tonight,” New Palestine head coach Kelli Gabehart said. “After going five sets (in a win at Hamilton Heights) and getting home really late last night, I’m proud of how we responded. We stayed focus and played to our potential which was great to see. It’s still early in the season but we have shown a lot of resilience.”
The Dragons return to action next Thursday with a home match against Greenfield-Central.
Postponements
Due to extreme heat all of the county schools’ outdoor athletic events were postponed or canceled.
Thursday’s New Palestine home boys soccer match with Franklin Central has been moved to Thursday, Aug. 31 with a 6 p.m. start for the JV contest.
Greenfield-Central’s Hoosier Heritage Conference boys soccer match at Yorktown has been moved to Saturday with an 11 a.m. start for the JV game. With that change, the Cougars have canceled Saturday’s match with Westfield.
