PARKERSBURG - Senior Morgan Armstrong's unreturned spike sealed the 37th annual Snowball Invitational volleyball crown here Saturday night inside Memorial Fieldhouse as host Parkersburg swept Cabell Midland - 29-27 and 25-17.
Kaitlin Farrah served for seven straight points in the second set of the finals as head coach Carl Harnish's Big Reds broke a 16-all tie and took control of the match.
Parkersburg's Paige Warner, who had a championship match-high 13 kills, actually set up match point for herself at the service line when she registered a crosscourt kill from one of Lyxis Reeder's match-high 20 assists to make it 24-17.
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Senior Megan Morrison serves the ball during pool play Saturday inside Memorial Fieldhouse for host Parkersburg during the 37th annual Snowball Invitational.
"We hustled today and they looked good," said Harnish, who watched Big Red Imani Ward earn MVP honors. "We beat two good teams to get to the championship.
"We finally found our concentration. They wanted to win bad and it was kind of neat to see our junior varsity team play well."
PHS ousted 2011 Class A state runner-up Williamstown, which was led by Jessie Kerns' 11 points and two aces along with Brooke Cieslewski's 10 digs, by scores of 26-24 and 25-15 in the quarterfinals. George Washington, which is still playing without West Virginia University commit Hannah Shreve, fell in straight 25-22 sets to the Big Reds in the semifinals.
Fact Box
37th annual Snowball Invitational
at Parkersburg's Memorial Fieldhouse
Championship
Parkersburg d. Cabell Midland 29-27, 25-17
Cabell Midland scoring: Savannah Bevins 3, Cassie Weaver 5, Jenny Brumfield 4, Keely Thompson 4, Erin Bowling 1, Claudia Chapman 2; Assists: Chapman 13; Kills: Weaver 7, Brumfield 4, Thompson 2, Bowling 2; Kill blocks: Bowling 4, Weaver 2, Brumfield
Parkersburg scoring: Morgan Armstrong 2 (1 ace), Lyxis Reeder 4, Kaitlin Farrah 13 (1), Imani Ward 1, Megan Morrison 5 (2), Paige Warner 2; Assists: Reeder 20, Ward 1; Kills: Armstrong 2, Alexandra Dils 4, Reeder 1, Ward 5, Morrison 1, Warner 13; Blocks: Dils 1.5, Warner 1.5; Digs: Morrison 12, Ward 11, Nicole Bradford 6, Warner 5, Farrah 4, Reeder 3, Armstrong 2, Samantha Shingleston 1
TOURNAMENT MVP: Parkersburg's Imani Ward
ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM: Parkersburg - Paige Warner, Megan Morrison; Cabell Midland - Taylor Riedel, Erin Bowling; Parkersburg JV - Alison Schumacher; Woodrow Wilson - Haley Bristow; George Washington - Alexis Mourier
Semifinals
Cabell Midland d. Woodrow Wilson 25-23, 25-21
Parkersburg d. George Washington 25-22, 25-22
PHS scoring: Armstrong 4, Reeder 5, Ward 5 (1), Morrison 8 (1), Warner 2 (1); Assists: Reeder 21; Kills: Armstrong 2, Dils 9, Ward 7, Shingleton 1, Warner 5; Blocks: Dils 2.5; Digs: Ward 1, Morrison 1
Quarterfinals
Woodrow Wilson vs. Parkersburg JV 25-17, 25-20
Parkersburg JV stats: Jordan Lallemont 1 ace, 1 dig, 9 assists; Katelyn Bond 1 kill; Tiffany Noland 1 ace, 5 assists; Allison Schumacher 1 dig, 9 kills; Katie Quillen 1 ace, 3 digs, 1 assist; Courtney Ball 3 kills; Katherine Baughan 2 aces, 1 dig, 2 kills, 1/2 block; Shada Harnish 1 dig, 1 kill; Mackenze Boone 3 kills 1 assist, 1/2 block.
Parkersburg JV scoring: Lallemont 1, Baughan 5, Noland 5, Schumacher 3, Quillen 1.
Parkersburg vs. Williamstown 26-24, 25-15
PHS scoring: Armstrong 2, Reeder 3 (1), Farrah 2, Ward 3, Morrison 5 (1), Warner 13 (3); Assists: Reeder 20; Kills: Armstrong 3, Dils 6, Ward 10, Morrison 1, Warner 6; Blocks: Dills 2.5
Williamstown (17-7-1) scoring: Brooke Cieslewski 4, Kenzie Smith 3 (1 ace), Ciara Flowers 5 (1), Lauren Amos 4, Jessie Kerns 11 (2), Carly Ellison 4; Setting: Smith 2 assists, Kerns 6; Hitting: Smith 3, Lincoln Postlewaite 5-3, Flowers 5, L. Amos 2, Kerns 1, Ellison 6-3, Ashton Chancellor 4-1; Blocks: Smith 3, Flowers 3, Ellison 4, Chancellor 1; Digs: Cieslewski 10, Smith 4, Postlewaite 2, Flowers 2, Erica Amos 1, Kerns 2, Ellison 3, Chelsey Butler 2
Pool (A)
Parkersburg d. Williamstown 25-21, 25-11
PHS scoring: Armstrong 3 (3), Reeder 2, Farrah 11 (1), Ward 4 (1), Morrison 4, Warner 1; Assists: Reeder 22; Kills: Armstrong 3, Dils 2, Ward 9, Shingleton 3, Warner 8; Blocks: Reeder 2; Digs: Ward 2
Parkersburg d. Magnolia 25-17, 25-17
PHS scoring: Armstrong 3, Reeder 3 (1), Farrah 6 (1), Morrison 4, Warner 8 (3); Assists: Reeder 21; Kills: Armstrong 2, Dils 2, Ward 6, Shingleton 4, Warner 6; Blocks: Ward 2.5; Digs: Bradford 2, Dils 2
Magnolia (9-4-1) points: Erinn Clegg 10 (2), Emily Clegg 7 (2), Hilary Feldmeier 6, Lauren Cline 5, Mallory Chapman 4, Ashley Moore 2; Assists: Cline 15; Kills: Chapman 3, Katie Blatt 1; Blocks: Chapman 6, Blatt 2; Digs: Chapman 11, Feldmeier 5, Moore 7
Cabell Midland d. Parkersburg 25-21, 25-23
PHS scoring: Armstrong 3, Farrah 11 (2), Ward 1, Morrison 2, Warner 1; Assists: Reeder 18; Kills: Dils 3, Ward 7, Shingleton 2, Warner 9; Digs: Farrah 17, Morrison 15, Ward 11, Warner 9
Parkersburg d. Wheeling Park 25-13, 25-23
PHS scoring: Armstrong 1, Reeder 5 (2), Farrah 8 (3), Ward 6 (1), Morrison 9, Rachel Slone 1, Warner 2 (1); Assists: Reeder 17; Kills: Armstrong 1, Dils 6, Ward 12, Slone 1, Shingleston 3, Warner 5; Digs: Farrah 8, Morrison 7, Ward 6
Cabell Midland d. Williamstown 25-11, 25-18
Williamstown scoring: Cieslewski 3, Smith 5 (1), Flowers 2, L. Amos 7, Kerns 3 (1), Ellison 5 (1); Setting: Smith 2, Kerns 6, Ellison 1; Hitting: Cieslewski 3, Smith 2, Postlewaite 4-1, Flowers 8-3, L. Amos 5, Kerns 1, Ellison 7-5, Chancellor 4; Blocks: Smith 2, Postlewaite 2, Flowers 3, Ellison 4, Chancellor 2; Digs: Cieslewski 12, Postlewaite 1, L. Amos 2, Kerns 3, Ellison 7, Butler 1, Chancellor 2
Williamstown d. Wheeling Park, 25-6, 25-10
Williamstown scoring: Cieslewski 9 (1), Smith 7 (2), Flowers 2 (1), L. Amos 9 (4), Kerns 3, Ellison 13 (5); Setting: Smith 8, Kerns 14; Hitting: Smith 9-6, Postlewaite 5-4, Flowers 5-4, L. Amos 11-6, Ellison 6-2, Chancellor 4-3; Blocks: Flowers 1; Digs: Cieslewski 4, Smith 1, E. Amos 1
Williamstown t. Magnolia 25-22, 17-25
Magnolia: Assists: Cline 20, Chapman 6; Kills: Chapman 3, Kiera Standiford 3, Blatt 3, Audrey Gibb 3; Blocks: Chapman 2, Blatt 1, Gibb 1; Digs: Moore 6, Abby Durig 3, Feldmeier 5
Magnolia d. Wheeling Park 25-17, 29-27
Magnolia points: Clegg 14 (4), Cline 8 (2), Feldmeier 8, Erinn Clegg 8 (3), Chapman 4, Moore 2; Assists: Cline 25; Kills: Chapman 6, Standiford 3; Blocks: Chapman 4
Cabell Midland d. Magnolia 25-10, 25-16
Magnolia points: Cline 7, Em. Clegg 5, Chapman 4, Standiford 4; Assists: Cline 20; Kills: Chapman 3; Blocks: Chapman 3; Digs: Chapman 7, Durig 4, Feldmeier 3
Cabell Midland d. Wheeling Park 25-16, 25-15
Pool (B)
George Washington t. Parkersburg JV 25-17, 23-25
Parkersburg JV stats: Lallemont 2 kills, 6 assists; Bond 2 kills, 2 assists; Noland 1 dig, 4 assists; Schumacher 4 kills, 1/2 block; Quillen 2 aces, 3 digs; Ball 1 ace, 4 kills, 1/2 block; Baughan 2 kills, 1 block; Walls 2 aces, 4 digs, 2 assists; Sims 3 digs; Boone 1 kill
Parkersburg JV scoring: Lallemont 2, Taylor Walls 7, Ball 5, Noland 1, Schumacher 3, Quillen 3.
George Washington d. Doddridge County 25-11, 25-10
Doddridge County scoring: Emily Cade 4, Sarah Ferguson 1, Alissa Davis 1; Assists: Lacy Perkins 9; Kills: Cade 2, Ashlie LaFalce 1, Ferguson 3; Blocks: Cade 2, Wilt 2
George Washington d. Woodrow Wilson 25-16, 25-17
George Washington d. Parkersburg Catholic 25-13, 25-20
Parkersburg Catholic (6-6-1) scoring: Maddie Roedersheimer 4, Hannah Fisher 2, Leah Hughes 5, Hannah Reifsteck 2; Setting: Reifsteck 19-3 assists, Amy Tennant 10-9 assists; Spikes-kills: Roedersheimer 17-6, Fisher 10-5, Hughes 12-2, Reifsteck 3-1, Brooke Miller 3-0, Lydia Walters 1-0, Reily Sturm 4-1; Blocks: Fisher 2, Hughes 1, Reifsteck 3, Sturm 3; Digs: Roedersheimer 1, Fisher 2, Reifsteck 3, Miller 2, Tennant 4, Sturm 1
Parkersburg JV t. Parkersburg Catholic 25-16, 23-25
Parkersburg Catholic scoring: Roedersheimer 5, Fisher 2, Hughes 5, Reifsteck 1, Tennant 3, Sturm 2 (1); Setting: Reifsteck 15-3 assists, Tennant 18-9 assists; Spikes-kills: Roedersheimer 9-5, Fisher 6-1, Hughes 5-2, Reifsteck 5-3, Miller 5-0, Ellen Roedersheimer 1-0, Walters 6-1, Sturm 4-1; Blocks: M. Roedersheimer 1, Fisher 1, Walters 1; Digs: M. Roedersheimer 2, Fisher 2, Hughes 3, Reifsteck 1
Parkersburg JV stats: Lallemont 3 digs, 9 assists; Bond 2 digs, 4 kills, 1 assist; Noland 1 dig, 8 assists; Ball 3 aces, 4 kills; Schumacher 3 aces, 1 dig, 6 kills; Quillen 1 ace, 4 digs; Baughan 4 kills; Harnish 1 assist; Mackenzie Sims 1 dig; Boone 4 kills.
Parkersburg JV scoring: Lallemont 2, Katelyn Bond 2, Quillen 5, Noland 4, Schumacher 5, Ball 7.
Parkersburg JV d. Doddridge County 25-22, 25-22
Doddridge County scoring: Perkins 5, Kelsey Arnold 4; Assists: Perkins 4; Kills: Cade 1, LaFalce 2; Blocks: Cade 1; Digs: Davis 2
Parkersburg JV stats: Lallemont 3 digs, 11 assists; Bond 1 kill, 1 assist; Noland 3 aces, 2 assists; Ball 2 kills, 1 assist, 1/2 block; Schumacher 5 kills; Quillen 6 aces, 2 digs; Baughan 6 kills, 1 block; Harnish 3 aces; Taylor Walls 1 ace, 1 dig; Sims 1 kill; Boone 3 kills, 1 assist, 1/2 block.
Parkersburg JV scoring: Lallemont 1, Harnish 5, Quillen 11, Noland 6, Schumacher 3, Ball 1.
Woodrow Wilson d. Parkersburg JV 25-16, 25-21
Parkersburg JV stats: Lallemont 2 aces, 2 digs, 13 assists; Bond 1 kill; Noland 1 ace, 2 digs, 4 assists; Schumacher 1 ace, 1 dig, 10 kills; Quillen 1 ace, 10 digs; Ball 6 kills, 1 dig; Baughan 1 kill; Harnish 1/2 block; Walls 3 digs; Sims 3 digs; Boone 1 kill, 1/2 block.
Parkersburg JV scoring: Lallemont 6, Ball 2, Noland 1, Schumacher 2, Quillen 2, Baughan 4.
Parkersburg Catholic d. Doddridge County 25-12, 25-21
Parkersburg Catholic scoring: M. Roedersheimer 8 (1), Fisher 4 (1), Hughes 4 (1), Reifsteck 3 (1), Sturm 12 (5); Setting: Reifsteck 10-6 assists, Tennant 27-12 assists; Spikes-kills: M. Roedersheimer 9-7, Fisher 12-5, Hughes 4-2, Reifsteck 7-5, Miller 1-1, Walters 1-1, Sturm 3-1; Blocks: Fisher 1, Hughes 1; Digs: Tennant 3, Rachel Tennant 1, Sturm 1, Reifsteck 1, M. Roedersheimer 1
Woodrow Wilson d. Parkersburg Catholic 25-16, 25-22
Parkersburg Catholic scoring: Fisher 1, Hughes 5 (1), Reifsteck 3 (2), A. Tennant 1, Sturm 5; Setting: A. Tennant 26-8 assists, Reifsteck 16-8 assists; Spikes-kills: M. Roedersheimer 13-7, Fisher 13-4, Hughes 5-2, Reifsteck 7-3, Miller 6-2, Sturm 5-2; Blocks: M. Roedersheimer 2; Digs: M. Roedersheimer 1, Fisher 6, Hughes 1, Reifsteck 2, Miller 1, A. Tennant 3, Sturm 1
Woodrow Wilson d. Doddridge County 25-15, 25-13
Doddridge County scoring: Kaity Robinson 5; Assists: Perkins 7; Kills: Cade 3, Robinson 1; Blocks: Cade 1
Next matches: Charleston Catholic/Wirt County at Parkersburg Catholic 6 p.m. (varsity only) on Tuesday; Magnolia/Union Local at Monroe Central 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Quad at Tyler Consolidated
Tyler d. Trinity, 25-9, 25-6
Tyler scoring: Shay Yonaley 12, 6 aces; Megan Carpenter 10, 1 ace; Torrye Cline 5, Kerstyn Cline 5, Allison Wable 4, Sydney Reed 3; hitting: Wable 8 kills, Carpenter 4, Haylea LeMasters 3, Reed 1, Bridget Matthews 1; setting: T. Cline 10 assists; digs: T. Cline 6, Yonaley 5, Wable 5, Carpenter 4, Hillary Casteel 3
Tyler d. Bishop Donahue, 25-10, 25-15
Tyler scoring: K. Cline 10, 3 aces; Wable 9, 4 aces; T. Cline 7, 1 ace; Reed 4, 1 ace; Ariel Fish 3, Carpenter 1, Yonaley 1, Sydney Yoho 1; hitting: Wable 10 kill, LeMasters 5, Matthews 5, Carpenter 2, Reed 2; setting: T. Cline 19 assists, K. Cline 3 assists; digs: Yonaley 8, Casteel 4, Carly Fletcher 3, T. Cline 3
Tyler d. Valley Wetzel, 25-10, 25-10
Tyler (13-1) scoring: Wable 18, 3 aces; T. Cline 8, 3 aces; Fish 7, 4 aces; Reed 3, K. Cline 3; hitting: Wable 4 killa, Carpenter 4, Matthews 3, Reed 2, Yoho 1; setting: T. Cline 12 assists; digs: Yonaley 5, Casteel 2, Fletcher 2
Next match: Tyler at Robert C. Byrd tri w/Lewis County 6 p.m. Monday
Parkersburg South Junior Varsity Invite
at the Rod Oldham Athletic Center
Championship
Ritchie County d. Wirt County
Semifinals
Ritchie County d. Williamstown
Wirt County d. Wheeling Park
Pool Pool
Ritchie County d. Parkersburg South 25-19, 24-26, 28-26
Parkersburg South JV (8-8) scoring: Alyssa Roush 6 (1), Katie Harper 6 (2), Mariah Parsons 13 (2), Lexi Hoover 9 (2), Brittany Boso 2, Nicole Landis 3
Wheeling Park d. Parkersburg South 25-17, 25-21
Parkersburg South JV scoring: Chelsie Deems 2 (2), Roush 3 (1), Parsons 5 (2), Megan Murphy 4, Hoover 5, Boso 1 (1), Landis 1 (1)
Parkersburg South d. Conotton Valley 25-10, 25-6
Parkersburg South JV scoring: Deems 6 (2), Brooke Piggott 7 (6), Harper 7 (4), Hoover 1 (1), Landis 7 (5)
Wheeling Park d. Conotton Valley
Ritchie County d. Conotton Valley
Ritchie County d. Wheeling Park
Philip Barbour d. Roane County
Wirt County d. Williamstown
Williamstown d. Roane County
Wirt County d. Roane County
Philip Barbour d. Wirt County
Williamstown d. Philip Barbour
Late Friday
WCCS (12-0) d. Grace Christian 25-10, 25-13, 25-8
WCCS (12-0) scoring: Katie Ward 21 (2), Demichelle Krupinski 3, Kristen Lord 16 (6), Jenni Menear 12 (2), Adria Herridge 2, Sarah Rataiczak 7 (1), Rachel Ruble 6 (1), Hannah Lord 5 (2), Adessa Morris 1, Rinnah Ward 1; Assists: K. Ward 23, Menear 21, Krupinski 1, Brooke Gibson 1; Kills: K. Ward 4, Krupinski 2, K. Lord 12, Menear 3, Herridge 5, Rataiczak 6, R. Ward 3; Blocks: Herridge 1, R. Ward 1; Digs: Ruble 15, Ha. Lord 11, Heather Lord 5, K. Ward 4, Kr. Lord 3, Menear 1
JV score: Grace Christian d. WCCS 25-23, 19-25, 25-17
Next match: WCCS at Coshocton Christian 6 p.m. Tuesday.
Cabell Midland punched its ticket to the finals by ousting Woodrow Wilson - 25-23 and 25-21 - but the Knights lost senior setter Taylor Riedel in the victory to an elbow injury and she didn't return.
With Cassie Weaver, who had a team-high seven kills in the finals, at the service line the Knights had a late 20-18 cushion in the first championship set as Erin Bowling registered consecutive kill blocks. The Knights actually had three chances at set point, but couldn't finish and PHS took the lead in the best-of-three finals match when Alexandra Dils put down a kill for the 29-27 triumph.
PHS jumped out to a quick 7-4 cushion in the second championship set and still led 12-9 when Armstrong put one down. Cabell Midland continued to battle and tied it at 15 after a Keely Thompson service tally. Thanks to a Big Red attack error, CMHS took its last lead at 16-15, but then the Knights made four consecutive unforced errors and never recovered.
Aside from Ward, the Big Reds landed all-tournament members in Warner and Megan Morrison, who had five points, two aces, a kill and a dozen digs in the finals. Riedel and Bowling were selected to the all-tournament squad along with Woodrow Wilson libero Haley Bristow, GW's Alexis Mourier and Parkersburg junior varsity player Alison Schumacher.
The PHS junior varsity team managed to reach the quarterfinals, but lost 25-17 and 25-20 to Woodrow Wilson. The biggest triumph for the Big Red JV squad came when they pulled off a tie with George Washington in pool play - losing 25-17 and winning 25-23.
