Arkansas high school volleyball top performers for Sept. 9-15

Last week's best Arkansas high school volleyball performances
Photo by Tommy Land

Here’s a list of top volleyball performers for the week of Sept. 9-15

Piper Battie, Fayetteville

The junior had 9 kills and 7 assists in a 3-1 loss to Fort Smith Southside. She had 14 kills in a 3-2 victory over Springdale Har-Ber.

Chloe Blessing, Shiloh Christian

The junior had 18 kills and 14 digs in a 3-2 loss to Fort Smith Southside. She had 17 kills and 18 digs in a 3-0 victory over Van Buren. She had 15 kills, 15 digs and 5 aces in a 3-0 victory over Alma.

Laila Creighton, Shiloh Christian

The senior had 41 assists and 12 digs in a 3-2 loss to Fort Smith Southside. She had 39 assists and 7 digs in a 3-0 victory over Van Buren. She had 31 assists in a 3-0 victory over Alma and surpassed 1,000 career assists.

Reece Davis, Springdale Har-Ber

The sophomore had 50 assists in a 3-2 loss to Fayetteville.

Gabriella DuPree, Fort Smith Southside

The senior had 20 kills and 20 digs in a 3-1 victory over Fayetteville. She had 21 kills, 14 digs and 5 aces in a 3-2 victory over Shiloh Christian. She had 8 kills and 12 digs in a 3-0 victory over Springdale.

Makenzie Freeman, Hackett

The senior had 10 kills, 8 digs and 2 aces in a 3-0 victory over Lavaca. She had 10 kills, 8 digs and 6 aces in a 3-0 victory over Waldon. She had 10 kills and hit .909 with 7 aces in a 3-0 victory over Hector.

Kasey Goldberg, Pea Ridge

The senior had 15 kills and 35 digs in a 3-1 loss to Berryville and 12 kills and 27 digs in a 3-1 loss to Gravette.

Lauren Latham, Hot Springs Lakeside 

The senior had 23 assists, 3 aces, 11 digs, 12 kills and 2 blocks in a 3-2 loss to Conway. She had 15 assists, 7 kills, 6 digs and 4 aces in a 3-0 victory over Texarkana.  She had 18 assists  7 kills, 11 digs and 1 block in a 3-0 victory over Hot Springs.

Jaynea Manning, Fort Smith Northside

The senior had 15 kills, 12 digs and 2 blocks in a 3-1 victory over Springdale Har-Ber.

Laney Marsh, Episcopal Collegiate

The junior had 25 kills and 21 digs in a 3-2 victory over Bauxite.

Mecate Marsh, Cabot

The junior had 20 assists in 2-0 loss to Brookland. She had 39 assists, 6 kills and 12 digs in a 3-2 loss to Conway.

Reece Montgomery, Mena

The senior had 19 kills and 5 blocks in a 3-1 victory over Fountain Lake.

Mileah Neal, Fort Smith Southside

The senior had 35 assists in a 3-1 victory over Fort Smith Southside. She had 42 assists and 18 digs in a 3-2 victory over Shiloh Christian. She had 30 assists, 3 aces, 6 kills and 10 digs in a 3-0 victory over Springdale.

Ella Nelson, Mount St. Mary volleyball

The junior had 20 digs in a 2-1 loss to Brookland. She had 34 digs in a 3-2 victory over Little Rock Christian.

Riley Owens, Valley View

The senior topped the 1,000-career assist mark with 11 assists and 4 digs in a 3-0 victory over West Memphis and had 15 assists, 4 digs and 2 kills in a 3-2 loss to Houston (Tenn.).

Lydia Pitts, Fort Smith Southside

The senior had 11 kills in a 3-1 victory over Fayetteville. She had 14 kills, 2 blocks and 7 digs in a 3-2 victory over Shiloh Christian. She had 16 kills, 3 aces, 8 digs and 2 blocks in a 3-0 victory over Springdale.

Isabella Sategna, Fayetteville

The sophomore had nine blocks in a 3-1 loss to Fort Smith Southside.

Emma Schnackenberg, Episcopal Collegiate

The junior had 48 assists and 14 digs in a 3-2 victory over Bauxite.

Marlee Smith, Lavaca

The junior had 8 aces and 7 kills in a 3-2 victory over Providence Academy and returned after breaking her tooth in the second set while running after a ball and crashing into a metal hand rail in the bleachers. She 2 aces and 10 kills in a 3-0 victory over Charleston.

Skylar Sterritt, Sheridan

The junior had 22 kills and 20 digs in a 3-1 victory over Lake Hamilton. She had 21 kills and 8 digs in a 3-0 victory over White Hall.

Claire Vance, Hot Springs Lakeside

The senior had 5 blocks in a 3-0 victory over Texarkana and had 13 kills, 5 blocks and 4 digs in a 3-2 loss to Conway. She had 9 kills, 3 aces, 5 digs and 4 blocks in a 3-0 victory over Hot Springs.

Emma Vertz, Prairie Grove

The senior had 4 kills, 1 ace, 12 digs and 49 assists in a 3-1 victory over Lincoln. She had 2 aces and 20 assists in a 3-0 victory over Gentry. She had 2 aces, 13 digs, and 40 assists in a 3-1 victory over Huntsville.

Brooklynn Weaver, Rogers

The senior had 14 kills and 8 blocks in a 3-1 victory over Bentonville West.

Bree Williamson, Bryant

The junior had 20 digs in a 3-2 loss to Little Rock Central. She had 29 digs and 2 aces in a 3-0 victory over Jonesboro.

Claire Zeller, Paris

The senior had 8 kills, hit .368 and had 5 aces in a 3-0 victory over Mayflower.


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Jeff Halpern
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Jeff Halpern has more than 20 years of professional experience in the journalism field, having started with the Guthrie Daily Leader in Oklahoma in 1994. A 1993 graduate of Southeast Missouri State University, he’s worked for newspapers in Bentonville, Springdale, Benton, Hot Springs and Little Rock. He has covered high school, college and professional sports and has won seven awards. He’s also worked for The Natural State Sports Network and assisted with Hooten’s Arkansas Football magazine.