Pirate Yarnell named all-district volleyball player
By Cort Reynolds
Bluffton junior setter Grace Yarnell was voted second team All-District 8 for Divisions I-II-III in voting recently conducted by the area volleyball coaches.
Yarnell led the Pirate girls in assists (630) and aces (55), and was second on the team in digs with 224. The 5-7 junior also knocked down 65 kills and came up with 17 blocks.
The versatile Yarnell was also voted first team All-Northwest Conference. She helped lead Bluffton to an 18-5 overall record and to third place in the nine-team NWC standings at 6-2.
Spencer Etzler of NWC champion Crestview was named Div. III District Player of the Year.
Melina Schrader of New Bremen was voted District 8 Setter of the Year.
Lima Shawnee mentor Brooke Hutchins was voted District 8 Div. I-II-III Coach of the Year.
Kelly Cooper of Shawnee was tabbed Div. II Player of the Year in the district. Findlay’s Ava Buddelmeyer was named Div. I Player of the Year for District 8.
ALL-DISTRICT 8 FIRST TEAM Div. I-II-III
1. Soraya Jackson - Allen East
2. Madison Wendel - Coldwater
3. Morgan Blasingame - Coldwater
4. Spencer Etzler - Coldwater
5. Teigen Fortkamp - Fort Recovery
6. Lauren Gerken - Liberty Benton
7. Grace Freiberger - Lima Shawnee
8. Kelly Cooper - Lima Shawnee
9. Sienna Fry - Ottawa Glandorf
10. Chloe Gels - St. Henry
11. Lydia Werling - St. Henry
12. Brynn Clark - St. Marys
SECOND TEAM
1. Gracie Yarnell - Bluffton
2. Allison Schwieterman - Celina
3. Mylee Sapp - Celina
4. Mia Knapke - Coldwater
5. Ava Buddelmeyer - Findlay
6. Sophia Barbara - Liberty Benton
7. Claire Foust - Lima Bath
8. Addison Maxwell - Lima Shawnee
9. Karleigh Hutchins - Lima Shawnee
10. Brittyn Bruns - Parkway
11. Rya Buschur - St. Henry
12. Ava Cramer - Van Buren
HONORABLE MENTION
1. Cali Wendel - Fort Recovery
2. Mara Pearson - Fort Recovery
3. Katie Kaufman - Ottawa Glandorf
4. Paige Stephenson - Parkway
5. Ellie Fullenkamp - St. Henry
6. Lily Rammel - St. Marys
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