Joseph City’s volleyball team played two matches last week earning straight-set wins in each contest. Playing in Mayer on Tuesday, the 18th-ranked Wildcats took care of Mayer controlling all three games of the match quite comfortably. The Lady Cats took games one and two 25-13 and ended the match with a 25-17 game three win.
Samantha Jesmer was strong at the net, recording 15 kills. Sahzira Schoby added 6, as did Kaci Palmer. McKenzie Jesmer helped with 5. Jaydiana Kinlicheenie served 4 aces, and Sahzira Schoby landed 3 serving aces. Shenoa Skidmore led the team in digs with 34. Tori Beatty added 13, and Schoby helped with 6. Beatty also led the team in assists with 22. Scoby finished with 11.
Friday’s homecourt win over Seligman was even more dominant. Joseph City held the Antelopes to single digits in the first two games winning 25-9 and 25-7. Game three went to the Wildcats, 25-10.
Samantha Jesmer again led in kills with 8. McKenzie Jesmer added 6, and Palmer finished with 4. As a team, the Lady Cats finished with 22 service aces led by Blair Hildreth’s 7. Skidmore added 6, and Beatty added 4. Skidmore led in digs with 14 and Beatty added 7, along with 14 assists.
This week Joseph City will travel to Sedona on Tuesday, then host the Joseph City Volleyball Invitational on Friday and Saturday. The team will face Shonto Prep, El Capitan, Desert Christian, Pinon and Willcox all in pool play on Friday. Saturday’s matches will be determined by pool results on Friday. The team will then be off until Oct. 18, when they travel to Mogollon. On the 19th they host Rock Point.
Joseph City enters this week with a regular season mark of 5-7. They need to climb into the top 16 in the ranking by season’s end to have an opportunity for post-season play.
