Onekama Volleyball Schedule 2003-2004

Date	School	Result
Jan. 8 Home	Baldwin	Onekama Varsity won 15-0 , 15-1 Bonnie Harthun had the most assists , Stephanie Keith was Best in attacks and had the most kills, Onekama's top defensive player was Renee Pienta. Coach Jim King said he couldn't give just one girl the game ball...all played extremely well..He gave two....Stephanie and Erica received the game balls.
Jan. 15 Home	Pentwater	Varsity Volleyball: Onekama lost a 15-4, 15-1 girl's volleyball match to Pentwater. Renee Pienta was the best at the serve for the Portagers. Erica Reckow proved to be the teams best blocker for the evening. LaRue was best at the attack and defense and received the game ball. Onekama is off now until they travel to Mason County Eastern on 1-22-04 JV Volleyball: Portagers lost 6-15 and 10-15.
Jan. 22 Away	Mason County E	Onekama Game was "snowed out" and rescheduled for 2-4-04
Jan. 29 Away	Walkervile	Varsity The lady Portagers lost in a 15-5 and 15-9 match to Walkerville. The team served at 70% accuracy and Best at the serve with 90% was Bonnie Harthun.Stephanie Keith was Best at the Attack and also had the most Kills. Erica Reckow had the most stops and Amy Eipperle was Best at the Defense. Danielle LaRue had the most Assists and Amy and Bonnie had the best Passing. Stephanie Keith was error free in setting and earned All around offense player of the game. Bonnie Harthun was the best Hustler at this game and Erica Reckow earned the best Attitude. Coach King gave Stephanie the Offensive game ball and receiving the Defensive game ball was Bonnie. (Thank you Coach King for talking with me and giving me the stats! ...Reporter Gwen) JV: The Junior Varsity Portagers lost to Walkerville in a 3 game match. No other stats were available at this time.
Feb. 4 Away	Mason County E	Varsity: The Portagers lost in a 3 game set tonight, lost 9-15, won 15-12, lost 15-9. Coach King brought up JV player Ginny Carlson to play with the varsity team and he was very pleased with the way all the girls played tonight."It was a very good match tonight", he remarked. Erica and Danielle had the most kills and Best at the Attack was Stephanie. Erica Reckow had a super night being 100% with 10 pts at the serve. She gets the Best at Serve honor tonight and Coach King said this was a first ever for Erica. Amy had the most aces, Renee had the best Hustle and Erica had the most Stuffs/Blocks. Renee was best at passing and defense. Danielle LaRue received the Best Attitude honors . Renee also had the most Assists and Most Improved was Ginny Carlson. Receiving the Offense ball tonight was Erica and the Defense ball went to Renee. JV: The JV lost their match tonight in 2 sets. Pulling Ginny Carlson up to Varsity most likely hurt the JV team tonight, leaving them short a very good player. No other stats were immediately available for the JV match. Thank you for talking with me tonight and filling me in on the stats once again Coach King. ....Reporter Gwen Smith
Feb. 5 Home	Brethren	Varsity:The Lady Portagers lost to Brethren in a 2 set match. 2-15 and 6-15. The second set produced some excitement for a bit as the 2 teams passed the lead back and forth as well as tieing up the game back and forth until 6 points. The team just couldn't hold the momentum though losing to the Bobcats. Erica Reckow had the most Kills tonight. Best at the Attack was Stephanie Keith, or better known by her team as JoJo. Danielle LaRue had 2 aces back to back tonight as well as the Most Assists ,setting 26 of 27 to the hitter. Only one game ball was given tonight and that was the offense ball to JoJo. Game Photographs JV: In a game described by JV Coach Lanette Keith, as a game with tremendously long volley's, the JV's lost to Brethren in 2 sets. 9-15, 6-15. Amber Maidens scored the most points. Amber Johnson had the Best Receiving record and Best at the Net was Chelsea Bromley.
Feb. 7	MCE Volleyball Tournament	Varsity: The lady Portagers played in the MCE Volleyball Tournament 2-7-04. Playing with 4 JV's on the team, Coach King said," I was very pleased and a little surprised!! The team played with a lot of heart!" There has been some recent changes to the lineup and Coach King said, "It won't be easy rebuilding a team this late in the season, but will give it our best shot and see what happens." They lost in the match with Crossroads Academy 8-15, won 15-11, lost?-?. Playing two class C schools they lost another two close matches. Lost to Mesick 11-15 and 13-15 and to Suttons Bay 6-15 and 10-15. Player Roster for this Varsity tournament was: Erica Reckow 12th, Jo Jo Keith 11th, Danielle LaRue 12th, Ginny Carlson 9th, Chelsea Bromley 10th, Amber ?, Veronica Maidens 10th.
Feb. 9 Home	Manistee Catholic	Onekama
Feb. 12 Home	Bear Lake	OnekamaVarsity: lost to Bear Lake in a 2 set match 10-15 and 3-15. Joining the roster for the lady portagers is Ashley Peterson. Erica had the most kills, Best at the Attack were Stephanie and Ginny. Serving at 80% and best at the serve was Ginny. The team served at 60 % tonight. Danielle had the most Aces and Blocks. Best passing to the setter were Erica and Danielle.Best at the Defense was Erica while Danielle had the most assists. The game ball went to Danielle. Tonight's Roster was Danielle LaRue, Erica Reckow, Renee Pienta, Ashley Peterson, Stephanie Keith and Ginny Carlson. Photographs compliments of Greg Gielczyk JV: The JV's lost to Bear Lake in a 2 set match, 5-15 and 10-15. But there were some super highlights to this game for them. 3 of the Lady JV's served at 100%. Meagan Nesburg, Veronica Maidens and Amber Maidens. Veronica Maidens scored the majority of the points in the second game and Amber Maidens and Veronica both had Ace serves. Amber Johnson played the back row very well , while Veronica Maidens was quick on the net. Chelsea had great spikes. Joining the JV roster is Marlee Herkelrath.
Feb.16 Away	Manistee High	Varsity: The lady Portagers made the short trip to Manistee to play a Class B school. Manistee won in 2 sets with the scores standing at 15-3 and 15-10. Renee and JoJo had the most kills and best at the attack was JoJo.Coach King had 3 of his players serve at 100% against Manistee. Renee, Ashley and Erica. Setting to the hitters at 80% with no errors was JoJo. Erica was the best passer today and Renee was best at the defense. Best Attitude went to Ashley. Danielle had the most assists while Ginny was the most improved. Game ball #13 goes to JoJo and Gameball #14 went to Renee. JV: The JV lost to Class B MHS in 2 sets. 3-15 and 5-15. In the first game, Amber Maidens served at 100%. In the second game, Amber Johnson did a great job digging in the back row. This will be Meagan Nesburg's last game of the season and she leaves with a bang up job of being quickest on the net as well as some great spikes for the game. Thank you Coach King and Coach Keith for speaking with me tonight and filling me in on the stats! (Reporter Gwen)
Feb. 19 Away	Free Soil	Varsity: Onekama won! The Lady Portagers put it together and defeated Freesoil in a 2 set match. 15-3 and 15-9. Erica Reckow had the most kills, was best at the attack at 95%, she was 98% at the serve with 13 points and 5 aces. Erica also played the best defense. Stephanie Keith had the best hustle and assists. Ashley Peterson had the best passing and Veronica Maidens and Chelsea Bromley had the best attitudes. Reckow received the game ball from Coach King. Onekama competes in a tournament at Benzie Central on Saturday. JV: The JV did not play today.
Feb. 21 Away	Tourney at Benzie	The first matchup put the Lady Portagers up against Buckley who has been rated 8th or 10th all season. Even though they lost both matches 25-10 and 25-6, Coach King said the girls didn't just let them have the win , that they made Buckley work hard for it. Montrose was the second matchup and the Portagers made them work even harder for it with scores standing at 26-24 and 25-10 in favor of Montrose. The Portagers WON the Muskegon Heights match 25-19 and 25-13 in the third match and lost to Northport in the fourth and final match 18-25 and 13-25. Full stats were not kept for this day. In my conversation with Coach King he commented, "It was a good training day for them" ....."young team that is improving". "Over all, it was the serving that killed us.", remarked Coach King. "However,Chelsea Bromley did an exceptional job at the serve at 37 out of 38, no one else came close to that". ...Gwen Smith
Feb. 23 Away	Manistee Catholic	OnekamaVarsity: Coach King seems to have got his "young" team serving better as a team, communicating and jelling and just in time for the league tounament which will be held Saturday at Pentwater. The Lady Portagers won in a 2 set match against MCC. 15-8 and 15-10. Ginny Carlson and Erica Reckow led in the kills and Ashley Peterson and Ginny were best at the attack. Erica served at 100% and right behind her with 98% was Chelsea Bromely. Danielle had 3 aces. Stephanie Keith had the best hustle on defense and Ashley and Chelsea led the team in passing. JoJo, Danielle and Chelsea were best at the defense and setting. JoJo had the most assists and Chelsea was most improved. Stephanie Keith received the gameball. Photographs from the game by Greg Gielczyk
Feb. 28	Tourney	After a sputtering start to the season,and entering the tourney in 6th place for the season to date, the Lady Portagers are putting it together. They ended the league tourney tied for 5th place in the WMD League with Bear Lake. They won the first match against Freesoil 15-6 and 15-5. The second match put them with second place team Brethren. They lost against Brethren. They lost the first set against Brethren 4-15. After a tough volley ball game and what Coach King called a "couple of bad calls", they lost the second set 14-16. "We almost had them", remarked Coach King. The Portagers won a 3 set match against Bear Lake with the scores standing 10-15, 15-11, 15-10. Amber Maidens served 30 of 33 for 99% today as well as Erica Reckow with her 27 of 29 for 99%. Chelsea served at 84% and the team had two players with 70% at the serve. Erica was best at the Net. The team was asked by their coach to keep good attitudes, stay unhurt, and to have fun today. They did all three. All the team members will be receiving Smiley Balls. Coach King gave out 8 game balls today with Erica getting the extra one.
March 5-6	2004 MHSAA Girls Volleyball Districts	Onekama plays Bear Lake 3-6-04 @ 10am Coach King pulled up 4 JVs for today's District Tourney. Over the years, Coach King has brought his team up from the lower rankings, after a rough season, to win the District Championship. It was possible again. "They just weren't with it today", commented Coach King. The Portagers lost to Bear Lake 7-15 and 12-15 in a two set match. MCC was ousted out by Frankfort in the next game , pitting Frankfort and Bear Lake against each other for the Championship Title. Frankfort had already won the first set of this match as I was leaving... Sportsmanship was abundant upon my arrival to the tourney though. The championship match was already in full swing, and as our Lady Portagers left the gym, in Unison I heard them shout a , "Good Luck Bear Lake Lakers!", their earlier opponent. Game Photographs Coach King has led his teams to 3 District Championships in the last 5 years in itself. I have no doubt that OHS will win it again in the future! There is a lot of talent this year in the JV lineup coming up that will bolster the Varsity next year. Thank you, Gwen (reporter)
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