Tyler Tribute - Page 14 Wednesday, October 18, 2017
Photo by Mark Wilmes
RTR's Chloe Hess tips the ball past a pair of KMS defenders last week.
Knights end
schedule with 3-2 win
over KMS
By Jim Kopei
Tribute Sports
The volleyball Knights
had to play five sets last
Tuesday, but in the end it
was worth the wait as they
would win their sixth Cam-
den Conference victory to
have a winning record in
the conference for the year.
The scores were 16-25, 25-
23, 25-17, 20-25 and 15-
10.
The first set saw the
Knights come out quite
slow. Coach Brown felt the
long weekend at the Sub-
way Classic might have
been the problem. "We
just didn't have the energy
we needed in that first set.
We were flat and lacked
the team effort needed to
win." The Knights got to
within two points at 15-17
before KMS scored eight of
the next nine points to win
handily.
The second set saw 10
ties during the tense battle.
A kill by Madison Witte and
an ace serve by Mya Chris-
tensen saw a score of 20-16
for the home team Knights.
However, KMS would knot
things up at 22. Kills by
Lexi Wendland and Chloe
Hess made the score 24-22.
After a point by KMS, Hess
dropped another kill to win
the set.
The third set also saw
a score of 20-16 for the
Knights. This time the
Knights didn't let KMS get
as close. A kill by Hess plus
three kills by Tina Harold-
son put the score on the
proper side of the ledger.
Haroldson had the game-
winner.
The fourth set was tied
on five occasions until KMS
decided to take control.
After the 8-8 tie they out-
scored RTR 7-3 to have a
nice cushion of four points
when the score was 15-11.
The home team Knights
could get no closer than
three points the rest of the
way.
The deciding fifth set
was a thrilling one from
the start. There were ties
at 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8 be-
fore the Lady Knights took
control. Lexi Wendland
actually had a kill to tie
matters at 8. She then had
two more kills to give the
Knights a two-point lead.
Chloe Hess added a kill for
a three-point advantage.
Wendland would then have
three more kills for victory
in the set and match. Fresh-
man Haley Muenchow had
a monster kill in the set to
get the set even at 6. Mad-
die Ekema was serving for
four of the five points to
end the evening.
Chloe Hess had her
thoughts on this long night
at the net. "I think we were
communicating better af-
ter the first set. When we
talk we become more of a
team."
Lexi Wendalnd led the
killers on this evening with
20, seven of them in the
all-important fifth set. Tina
Haroldson added 19 kills to
her numbers for the year.
Chloe Hess had her best
match on the killing side
with 13 very important
smashes. Mya Christensen
had six kills plus another
51 set assists to help the
offensive effort. Hess and
Kalleigh Cart had the only
service aces.
Chloe Hess and Madison
Witte each had three block
points in the match. Rylie
Hess and Tina Harold-
son each added two block
points. Kalleigh Carr and
Tina Haroldson were the
top diggers with 45 and
39, respectively. Madison
Muenchow, Morgan John-
son and Chloe Hess con-
tributed 14, 11 and 10 digs,
respectively.
The Lady Knights fin-
ished the conference part
of their schedule with a
record of 6-5. This mark
places them in fifth place in
the conference among the
12 teams. TMB was per-
fect with a 11-0 mark. The
overall record now stands
at 12-11. The north half of
the seedings have been an-
nounced and the RTR Lady
Knights have been seeded
sixth. They will play in Tyler
on Oct. 23 against the llth
seed, RCW. That match will
start at promptly 7 p.m.
The winner of that match
will travel to Clara City to
play MACCRAY on the 26th
of October with start time
at 7 p.m. MACCRAY is the
number three seed. (GO
LADY KNIGHTS)
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By Jim Kopel
Tribute Sports
The weather was perfect
for football last Friday in
Edgerton. It was Edgerton-
Ellsworth's Homecoming.
The fans on both sides of
the field were loud. Both
teams had the same record
going into the game, 4-2.
You would expect a great
game. It was all that and
more. The Knights had to
stop the Dutchmen at the
2-yard line with about two
minutes left in the game.
They managed to do that
then pull out a surprise
play on offense to seal the
win.
Coach Fredrickson was
elated after the big win.
"We had some kids who
really stepped up in the
later part of the game. The
big pass knock down by
]ake Fischer, the fumble
recovery by Jon Lucero,
and the defensive line play
by Cameron Nelson really
told the story in our win.
We were one tired team
after the game, but also a
very happy bunch."
The Knights would score
first as Jake Fischer would
rumble in from three yards
out for the score. He would
also add the 2-point con-
version. That was the only
2-point conversion made
during the game as the
other six tries by the two
teams were all failures.
The Dutchmen would get
their first score in the first
quarter on a passing play
as the Knight passing de-
fense was not noticeable
during this time.
The Knight defense,
with Westin Kirk com-
ing up with a huge QB
sack, stopped the home
team from scoring more
in the second quarter. The
Knights, however, were at
their own 3-yard line and
looked to be in serious
trouble on offense. The
Dutchmen got caught with
a penalty that gave the
Knights some breathing
room. They would take full
advantage.
The big play in the offen-
sive drive was a 53-yard
pass and run from QB Coo-
per Hansen to Westin Kirk
that took the ball to the
12-yard line. A pass from
Cooper to Carter Hansen
of eight yards produced
the second RTR TD. The
score was now 14-6. The
Dutchmen would score
with under two minutes
left in the half to make the
Cooper Hansen
Jake Fischer
intermission score 14-12.
The Knight defense came
up with another fumble re-
covery early in the second
half as lake Fischer found
the pigskin rolling around.
The defense by both teams
came to play in the third
quarter. Cameron Nelson
and Kyle Fischer had a
couple of huge plays on
defense to keep the Dutch-
men out of the endzone.
However, on third down,
the home team used a
passing play to put them-
selves in the lead when the
score was now 14-18. Very
little time was left in the
third quarter.
Jake Fischer would have
a 22-yard receiving return
of a Dutchman kickoff to
set the Knights in some
good field position to start
their next offensive drive.
A four-yard Fischer run
ended the third quarter.
Anyone who needed to
leave the game after the
third quarter really missed
an exciting fourth quarter.
The second play of the
fourth quarter saw QB
Hansen hit Fischer for a
60-yard bomb for a score
that gave the lead back
to the Knights. The score
now read 20-18. On the
next defensive series, Fis-
cher would knock down
a Dutchman pass at the
Knight 10-yard line on
fourth down.
The Knights would strike
quickly. Three straight
runs by QB Hansen, the
last one of 78 yards, pro-
duced the final RTR score.
He would total 90 yards in
the three runs. There were
just under six minutes left
in the game with the score
now 26-18.
Those six minutes took
forever. The Dutchmen
were ready to score from
the 2-yard line when a
fumble recovery by ]on
Lucero gave the ball back
to the Knights at their
own 3-yard line. Two runs
of a total of two yards
with the clock running
saw the Knights on third
down. The Knights' brass
or braintrust decided to
gamble. QB Hansen would
hit Jonah Johnson with a
29-yard pass to seal the
victory. WOW!
The offense had a total
of 198 yards of rushing
and 170 yards of passing.
Cooper Hansen and Jake
Fischer led the rushing
department with 93 and
83 yards, respectively. QB
Hansen was six of 14 pass-
ing. Jonah Johnson caught
three passes for 49 yards.
Fischer had one for 60
yards and Kirk had one
for 53 yards while Carter
Hansen had one for eight
yards.
The defense spent plen-
ty of time on the field.
Westin Kirk led the team
in tackles with 18. Jonah
Johnson, in his first game
back after three absences,
had 17 stops. Jon Luc-
ero had 12 tackles plus
two fumble recoveries.
The Hansens, Cooper and
Carter, along with Fischer,
had eight stops each. Kyle
Fischer, Evan Swanson and
Zach Reese each were in
on seven stops. Cameron
Nelson had four big stops
late in the game.
The RTR record now
goes to 5-2. They are go-
ing to have a home playoff
game on the 24th of Octo-
ber. That game will start
at 7 p.m. The opponent
has not been determined
at this time. For the read-
ers who get the newspa-
per on Wednesday and
might read my articles, the
Knights play this Wednes-
day against Hills Beaver
Creek in their last regular
season game. This home
game will be crucial as the
seedings come out later
in the week. Let's really
get behind the Knights as
they work to go up in the
seeding process with a big
win!
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