Eagles start out with a kill
Gilpin Volleyball thrills and chills
Gilpin County Eagles win at Silver State for the first game of the year on Thursday, September 3rd, giving a huge moral boost to the players. The Varsity girls tried to keep it going with another win, but came up short in their next Tuesday, September 8th match. Game three started out with a loss for the Eagles, but ended with three wins ending the match 3-1. Eagles then continued to win on Thursday, September 10th.
An interview with the Gilpin County Coach revealed new information on this years Girls Varsity Volleyball team. All of the Varsity players are returning from last year. They also got back several players from previous years. Shauna Corsino moved to Texas the previous year, but was back to play for this year. According to the coach she is a good hitter and a great defensive player. Megan Spellman returned this year after a year of going to Golden High School and playing for the Golden Junior Varsity Volleyball team. She starts playing varsity on 9/15 when she is off probation for switching schools. According to the Gilpin Volleyball Coach, she is a great setter and along with returning setter Erin Brownson the Varsity team is ready for anything. Two new freshman were added to the Gilpin Varsity roster – Samantha Peterson and Katura Sales. The Gilpin Eagles Volleyball team has been working a lot on teamwork to help bring their team together.
The Silver State Volleyball team was not large enough for both a Junior Varsity team and a Varsity team, so most of their Junior Varsity team played on the Varsity team.
The Junior Varsity game started out with a bang for Gilpin County as they came out with a win 25-16. The second game was close, but the Silver State ladies pulled away with the win by two points, posting the winning score of Gilpin County 23 – Silver State 25. Due to CHASA rules, they only played two games to allow the players to play all five varsity games if needed.
The Silver State Varsity team came into the game against our Varsity players pumped from the win from the second Junior Varsity game. In the first game, Gilpin County posted a win with a 25-20 score. In the second game, Gilpin girls dominated, ending with a score of 25-13. In the third game, Gilpin came away with yet another amazing victory – ending the game with a kill from Megan Ball, a junior from Gilpin, ending the score at 25-13 in favor of the lady Eagles.
“They were a bit weak on serving in this game, but our defense is getting much stronger,” says Varsity Coach Sunny Vincent.
In the Shining Mountain game, Junior Varsity played hard and came out and pulled away with a narrow win of 27-25. They finished game two with another close game, finishing the set 29-27 as Gilpin wins once again.
The Varsity came out strong, but fell short in game one with a loss 25-18, and the next two games both ended in a 25 -21 loss. They were tough losses for the Varsity girls, but Shelby Foelsch tried to stop them with four amazing blocks.
“Shining Mountain has some hard hitters,” says Head Coach Sunny Vincent “but our front row blockers made them work hard for their kills.”
The Gilpin Eagles took on the Jim Elliot Warriors for their third game of the season. The Junior Varsity started out with an amazing game winning 25-5. Then game two was closer, but Gilpin County pulled away with the win at 25-20.
Varsity game one started with a couple of kills for Gilpin which started a rally early in the first couple minutes of the game, but Jim Elliot pulled away slowly and Gilpin lost 20-25. In game two, Gilpin started out strong with three hard serves from Megan Ball. They kept a strong lead until it was game point; Jim Elliot started to come back with a rally on game point. It wasn’t enough though and Gilpin still pulled the win 25-20. Game three was a great game for the Eagles as they started with a big lead from the beginning of the game and stayed strong to the end winning 25-13. The last game of the set was a close one with Gilpin pulling away just at the end winning 25-20, which adds another victory for Gilpin.
The Eagles are looking good this season and showing great improvements from last year. This week starts league competitions with two home games. Tuesday, it’ll be against Lutheran Parker, and Thursday against Resurrection Christian. JV Starts at 5 pm and varsity at 6 pm. Thursday night is free admission for all Gilpin School Students. Monday night the teams travel to Nederland. There is a fan bus for Gilpin Students, but students must sign-up by Thursday and the bus leaves Monday at 4:30 pm. Come support the Eagles and cheer them on to more victories.
Silver State Stats
Erin Brownson, the Varsity Setter got 13 assists and three aces. Shauna Corsino got three kills, two aces, and one dig. Megan Ball got eight kills and five aces. Shelby Foelsch got one kill, three aces, and one block. Becca Schafer got one kill and three digs. Katura Sales got one kill – not bad for not playing much. Molly Quaranto got one kill and two digs. Katie Schimanskey got one kill for her first varsity game.
Shining Mountain Stats
Erin Brownson served four for nine and got three assists. Molly Quaranto served six for six, and got six digs. Becca Schafer served six for nine with one assist. Katie Schimanskey had three kills. Samantha Peterson served seven for seven with one ace. Shelby Foelsch served six for nine with two kills, one assist and four blocks. Megan Ball served 12 for 14 with four digs, two kills, and one assist. Shauna Corsino got four kills and one dig. Katura got four kills.
Jim Elliot Christian Stats
Erin Brownson got 12 assists and three aces. Kirsten Welch got one ace and two digs. Molly Quaranto got one assist, two kills, three aces, and three blocks. Samantha Peterson got five kills, 10 for 10 for serving, three aces and two digs. Katura Sales got five kills. Megan Ball served 13 for 13, and got six kills. Shelby Foelsch got 10 kills, one ace, one dig, and three blocks. Becca Schafer got one assist, two kills, and three digs. Katie Schimanskey got one kill and one block.