The next Concord Athletic Boosters meeting is Thursday, October 18th @ the Big 9 Sportsman Club at 6:30 pm. We are seeking more members to help in our mission of supporting our Concord Athletic programs. Our biggest fundraiser is fast approaching, the Boosters Cash Bash which is November 3rd. This will be the focal point of the meeting along with new member questions.
The 7th Grade volleyball team was defeated by Springport (22-25, 17-25, 13-25, 15-25, 12-25). Madi Barrett served strong and had 10 aces. Maria Stevens also was strong at the service line and had 5 aces. Madi Finch added 2 aces and Ella Woolworth, Sylvia Kloack, and Savanna Payne each had 1 ace. Maya McCorkle played great defense at the net and Rylee Sinden made some great plays on serve receive. Tanith Walker also made some good passes. Keep improving, ladies!
Last night the junior varsity volleyball team hosted undefeated Union City. The yellow jackets came out on fire and that did not stop! Defending their home court by beating the chargers 25-19, 28-26 and 25-17. Leading us for the night was Karlee Gamet with 6 kills, 15 digs and 1 ace. Taking care of our back row was Rylee Weeks with 20 digs. Anna Burrow had 2 kills and 5 aces. Rylee Neely had 4 aces and our setter, Hadley Kettwich had 20 assists 6 digs and 3 aces. It was a great night for the yellow jackets!
Tonight the varsity volleyball team celebrated a big victory over undefeated (in the Big 8) Union City. Winning in 5 games 17-25, 25-20, 25-15, 20-25, & 15-13. Leading in kills was Billie Weeks with 12, Bridgette Holton 10 and Brittian Anderson and Georgia Weeks each had 8. Julia Riske had 28 assists and 3 aces. Billie Weeks had 5 solo block kills and Brittian had 1. Georgia Weeks lead in digs with 29, Billie Weeks 27, Alex Butterfield 22, Julia Riske 20, Bailey Sinden, Bridgette Holton & Laina Lasky each had 14. The ladies played with a lot of heart tonight and wanted to get a victory for senior night! A well deserved win for Concord Volleyball! 🐝🏐
On Saturday The junior varsity volleyball team travel to Coldwater for a tournament. Starting the day strong defeating Mendon and Athens that brought the lady jackets out first in their pool landing them a spot in the Gold division for playoffs. The girls faced a very talented class A Pennfield coming up short ending the day for them. It was a great day for the team with everyone contributing! Leading the lady jackets was Karlee Gamet with 28 digs, 11 kills and 5 aces. Rylee Weeks had 42 digs 5 aces and 3 kills. Anna Burrow had 14 kills and Rilee Neely had 14 kills! Great job girls!
The 7th Grade volleyball team was defeated by Bronson (12-25, 14-25, 18-25, 15-25, 23-25). Madi Barrett led the team in aces with 5. Ella Woolworth had 3 aces, and Maya McCorkle, Zoe Schultz, and Sylvia Kloack each added 2 aces.
Yesterday the Varsity volleyball team hosted their home tournament and had a great day! They finished 2nd in their pool, they split with Hillsdale Academy 13-25 & 25-18, lost to Clinton 16-25 & 16-25 and beat Burr Oak 25-16 & 25-20. Moving on to the quarterfinals they lost a close battle with Union City 23-25 & 21-25. Billie Weeks lead the team in kills with 21, Brittian Anderson and Georgia Weeks each had 11, Bridgette Holton 10, Julia Riske 7 and Bailey Sinden had 2. Julia Riske has 44 assists and 3 aces. Bailey Sinden lead in aces with 5. Freshman Georgia Weeks lead the team in digs with 32, Billie Weeks 27, Julia and Alex each 21 and Bailey 17 and Laina with 17. The ladies and I want to thank the community and all the teams for their support to help us raise money for Jamie Houghtaling. The ladies will have their last home conference match Tuesday for senior/parent night against Union City, JV starting at 5:30, come out and support this great group of girls! 🏐💜
The 7th grade volleyball team played the best they've played all season, defeating Reading (25-16, 25-13, 25-18, 19-25, 10-15). Ella Woolworth led the team in aces with 8. Madi Barrett added 5 aces. Maya McCorkle had 4 aces. Sylvia Kloak had 3 aces. Rylee Sinden, Maria Stevens, Madi Finch, and Zoe Shultz each added 2 aces and Savanna Payne had 1 ace. They did a great job trying to set the ball up as well. Madi Barrett and Ella Woolworth had 5 assists combined and Sylvia Kloak led the team in kills with 2. Rylee Sinden made her libero debut and had 2 digs. Keep it up, ladies!
Last night the junior varsity volleyball team hosted Quincy and pulled off a very exciting win after being behind game 2! The lady jackets won 25-14 and 25-23 to wrap up the night Karlee Gamet led us with 6 digs, 4 kills and 2 aces. Rylee Weeks had 9 digs 2 aces and 2 kills. Hadley Kettwich had 8 digs and 3 aces and Kayla Miller had 5 digs, 2 aces and 1 kill! Very nice win, ladies!!!
Tonight the Varsity volleyball team hosted Quincy for Big 8 conference play and lost a nail biter 16-25, 25-18, 25-18, 24-26, 11-15. The girls played their best match of the season by far and I can’t express how proud of them I am for adjusting to a new line up and girls playing different roles. They each stepped up and showed some heart tonight! Billie Weeks had a season high with 19 kills, Bridgette Holton had 7, Brittian 6, Georgia 6 and Bailey 5. Julia Riske had 36 assists and 3 aces. Alex Butterfield played great defense and had 36 digs, Georgia Weeks had 30, Billie Weeks 27, Bailey 26 and Laina and Julia each had 13. Bailey Sinden had 3 aces, and Georgia had 1. The ladies will host their dig pink tournament on Saturday and will be raising money for Concord alumni, past volleyball player and breast cancer survivor, Jamie Houghtaling. Come out support the girls and a great cause for breast cancer awareness month!
Concord Athletics Wall of Fame! Tony Brooks Jr. and Lindsey Lehman!
Tonight the junior varsity volleyball team hosted a Tri vs Hillsdale Academy and Grass Lake. The lady jackets went undefeated on the night beating Hillsdale Academy 25-16 and 25-18 and then turning around and beating Grass Lake 25-20 and 25-23. Leading the way for us tonight was Karlee Gamet with 6 kills, 29 digs and 4 aces. Anna Burrow had 10 kills, Hadley Kettwich had 37 assists, 5 aces and 3 kills and Rylee Weeks had 30 digs and 3 aces! These ladies are really growing together as a group and it’s fun to watch! Keep working hard ladies! We play home vs Union City on Tuesday!
Tonight the Varsity volleyball team hosted a home Tri-match with Hillsdale Academy and Grass Lake. The girls dropped a close game to Hillsdale Academy 20-25 & 24-26. Next facing Grass Lake and rallied back to lose a close match 20-25 & 23-25. Leading in kills was Billie Weeks with 16, Alex Butterfield 7, Bailey Sinden 6, Brittian Anderson 5 and Bridgette Holton 4. Julia Riske had 31 assists. Bailey Sinden had 5 aces on the night and Julia Riske had 3. Billie Weeks lead in digs with 29, Jacey Hutchins 18, Julia Riske 17 and Alex Butterfield 16. I’m very proud of how each game we rallied back to keep it a very close game. Not the outcome we wanted but big improvements tonight on each players part. The lady’s will play their next conference match Tuesday night against Quincy. Stay positive and WE ARE Concord Volleyball!!!
At Homecoming on Friday Night, Concord will induct Tony Brooks Jr. and Lindsey Lehman into the Wall of Fame. This will occur at the end of the 1st quarter.
On Tuesday night the Cross Country Teams traveled to Quincy for the first Jamboree of the 2018 season. A Jamboree consists of all 8 Big 8 schools competing against each other at one location. The boys team has been really focused on working hard in order to beat Jonesville. Well all that hard work paid off as the guys won the Jamboree and were 15 points ahead of second place Jonesville. The Jamboree was Concord's 47th Championship out of the last 52 Jamborees. Very impressive victory. The Team was led by Jonathan Mikovits who was second, he was followed by Matt Record in 8th, Bryan Smith in 11th, Luke Holton in 12th, Joe Bulko in 13th, Cole Thompson in 17th, Logan Barrett in 25th, Cody Hellard in 32nd, Chuckie King in 50th, Sebastian Gamet in 60th and Gavin Adams in 61st. The JV team score led to a third place finish just 12 points behind first place Homer. Congratulations to Gavin and Logan as they both ran their fastest time of the season.
On the girls side we finished in 5th place as Quincy won their own Jamboree. Running a fantastic race was Skylar Thompson as she took first place, she was followed by Haylee Reinhart who was 6th, Natalie sharp was 36th, Natalee Williams was 40th, Alexis Dawson was 45th, and Halie Cesco was 50th. Congratulations to everyone on a great night of running. Up next is the Stockbridge invitational on Saturday.
Girls Varsity Score
1. Quincy 60
2. Jonesville 64
3. Homer 78
4. Bronson 85
5. CONCORD 108
6. Reading 164
7. Springport 166
8. Union City 187
Boys Varsity Race
1. CONCORD 46
2. Jonesville 61
3. Homer 79
4. Quincy 92
5. Bronson 107
6. Springport 130
7. Union City 204
8. Reading 244
Reserve Race
1. Homer 46
2. Bronson 53
3. CONCORD 58
4. Jonesville 63
5. Springport 122
6. Quincy 125
The 7th grade volleyball team battled with Jonesville, but came up short (13-25, 15-25, 25-23, 12-25, 25-10). Madi Barrett was on fire from the service line serving 17 in a row in set 3, and she had 28 aces for the night. Savanna Payne added 3 aces and Ella Woolworth, Sylvia Kloack, and Zoe Schultz each had 1 ace. Keep up the good work, ladies!
Tuesday, the girls played a water soaked round at Lakeland Hills G.C. to contest the IGL conference championship. The team played well especially given the conditions, but fell to Madison & Columbia. Concord shot a team score of 413, and three players earned All-Conference honors, Shayla Martin lead the team with a score of 93 and earned 2nd team All-Conference honors, Khloe Rothenberger shot 94 and earn 1st team All-Conference honors, Madison Reiniche shot 99 & also earned 1st team All-Conference honors. Congratulations ladies and good luck as you prepare for regional s.
Tonight the Varsity volleyball team traveled to Springport for conference play and came up short 23-25, 18-25 & 23-25. Leading in kills was Billie Weeks with 8, Bridgette Holton and Georgia Weeks each had 7. Julia Riske had 20 assists. Billie and Georgia Weeks each had 12 digs and Alex Butterfield had 10. The ladies will host a home tri-match Thursday night starting at 5:30.
Congrats to the Boys XC team on winning the first Big 8 Jamboree and starting a new streak! More information to follow from Coach Jordon on the boys and girls teams.
Yesterday the Varsity volleyball team played in the county tournament and split with Napoleon 25-21 & 11-25, lost to a tough Vandercook Lake team 9-25 & 21-25. The girls ended pool play against Hanover and lost 10-25 & 11-25. A positive improvement the girls made was only missing 3 serves all day. Billie Weeks made her return after being out over 3 weeks and played great offensively with 59 attempts, 13 kills, and only 5 errors. Bridgette Holton also played very solid at the net with 9 kills, 5 errors, 39 attempts and 5 solo blocks. Georgia Weeks, Alex Butterfield and Bailey Sinden each had 3 kills on the day. Julia Riske had 29 assists. Georgia Weeks and Alex Butterfield each had 20 digs, Julia 17, Billie 16 and Bailey had 12. The ladies will travel to Springport for their next conference match Tuesday the 25th!