By Carl Holcomb
Moorefield Examiner
It was a red carpet night as the Lady Yellow Jackets honored all their volleyball seniors with flowers and balloons and showed good sportsmanship recognizing each Frankfort senior with a carnation before the Lady Falcons swooped down in the match slicing up the Hive in straight sets 25-14, 25-15 and 25-11 last Monday in Moorefield.
The Moorefield Volleyball seniors are: Hanna Carlson, Sydney Hardy, Kennedie Hinger, Madison McGregor, Cassie Mooney, Isabelle Nesbit, Tayla Ours, Anna Riggleman and Lindsey Rinker.
“Most of our seniors have been with us all four years, so it is exciting and sad to see them walk out of there. Before we ended this match, we told them this won’t be our last time on this floor. They will have a few more and that will be exciting. We invited a good Frankfort team here tonight. They are a solid team, have solid attackers and move the ball around very well. It was three and done for us. We couldn’t move tonight. We just didn’t play solid ball. We have to make adjustments and move to the next match,” Moorefield Coach Morgan Hill-See remarked.
Moorefield Volleyball seniors plan to extend their academic careers in college and are members of the National Honor Society and Superior Honor Roll in addition to being involved in a variety of activities such as the Future Farmers of America and Pep Club with most participating in multiple sports for the [private]Lady Yellow Jackets.
Hanna Carlson:
Four years of varsity softball and volleyball
Treasurer of National Honor Society
Member of Student Council, Pep Club and Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Member of Believers Victory Center
Bub Riggleman All-Tournament Team, All-Potomac Valley Conference Softball Team, WVSSAC State Softball Tournament All-Tournament Team, WV All-State Softball Team, Lettered in volleyball and softball all four years
Bee Positive Award and Superior Honor Roll
Future plans are to play softball at Shepherd University, while getting a doctorate degree in Nursing
Sydney Hardy:
Four years of varsity volleyball and one year varsity basketball
National Honor Society Secretary
Member of Student Council
Moorefield Presbyterian Church Youth Group member
Lettered in basketball and volleyball all years
Buffalo All-Tournament Team
Superior Honor Roll
Future plans are to attend college
Kennedie Hinger:
Four years of volleyball and softball
Member of DECA, FBLA, FFA, National Honor Society and Pep Club
Member of Walnut Grove Church of the Brethren
Dietary Assistant at E.A. Hawse in Baker
WV Softball State Championship Runner-up
Earned varsity letters for softball and volleyball
Superior Honor Roll
Deans Lost at Eastern WVCTC
Future plans are to attend Potomac State College and pursue a degree in Animal Science
Madison McGregor:
Played volleyball, basketball and softball
Member of Student Council and National Honor Society
Class Secretary
Member of Oak Dale Christian Church and the youth group
Member of 4-H
All-PVC basketball as a sophomore and junior
All-Tournament at state softball sophomore year
All-State special honorable mention softball sophomore year
All-Tournament Bub Riggleman junior year
Varsity lettering for all sports
Superior Honor Roll
Future plans are to attend WVU in the Fall of 2020
Cassie Mooney:
Two years of volleyball and two years of track
Member of DECA, FBLA and Pep Club
Volunteer Sunday School teacher at Believers Victory Center
2018 Track & Field PVC Championship Team
Future plans are to attend WVU and major in Criminal Justice
Isabelle Nesbit:
Four years of varsity basketball, four years of volleyball and two years of varsity track
Student Council Vice President
National Honor Society Vice President
State Winning Envirothon Team
FFA Officer for two years
Moorefield Presbyterian Church youth group
Lettered in basketball three years and track two years
Ranked No. 1 in Senior Class
Superior Honor Roll
Future plans are to attend the Honors College at West Virginia University to pursue a degree in Business and Finance
Tayla Ours:
Volleyball four years
FFA President
National Honor Society
Envirothon Team State Champion member
Ham, Bacon & Egg Show and Sale
Pep Club member
Church youth group, 4-H and show livestock
Superior Honor Roll
Future plans are to attend Davis and Elkins College to obtain a degree in Nursing
Anna Riggleman:
Volleyball, basketball and softball
National Honor Society
Student Council
Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Pep Club
FFA
DECA
Mill Island 4-H
Rig Assembly of God youth group
Hardy County Swim Team Coach
All-PVC Softball freshman and sophomore years
All-State Softball Second Team freshman year
Superior Honor Roll
Future plans are to attend WVU and pursue a degree in Sport and Exercise Psychology
Lindsey Rinker:
Volleyball four years varsity, basketball four years varsity, softball two years varsity
Pep Club
Historian of National Honor Society
Secretary of Student Council
Member of the Moorefield FFA chapter
Youth Fundamentals Basketball Camps
Misty Mountain Club Calf Show Team
Freshman year basketball honors:
Inter-Mountain Athlete of the Week
Friday Night Stand Out Athlete of the Year
WV All-State Honorable Mention
All-PVC Team
Sophomore year basketball honors:
Cumberland Times-News Second Team All-Area
PVC Team
All-State Honorable Mention
Volleyball honors sophomore year:
PVC Team
Junior Year Volleyball honors:
All-PVC Player of the Year
All-State Special Honorable Mention
Basketball honors:
Reached 1,000 Points Club
All-PVC Player of the Year
All-State Honorable Mention
Softball honors:
All-PVC Team
Future plans are going to WVU into the ROTC Program, while becoming an Orthopedic Surgeon through the Air Force
The Lady Yellow Jackets battled tough against Class AA Frankfort having eight ties in the opening set up until it was 11-all, then the Lady Falcons started to fly away for a 25-14 win.
Frankfort’s Macie Miller launched an attack, but Moorefield senior Madison McGregor made a saving dig redirecting the ball over the net for a kill.
Moorefield senior Lindsey Rinker delivered an ace for a 2-nil lead, then the Lady Falcons tied the set with a point by Chloe Puffinburger and an error.
Helping the seniors was the attack power from juniors Remington Hinkle and serving by Gracie O’Neill early in the set.
Moorefield senior Sydney Hardy recorded several kills and digs keeping the set close, 7-all.
Frankfort’s Taylor Vanmeter did considerable damage at the net with numerous kills.
Other highlights from the first set were Rinker’s push style kill and blocks at the net and McGregor serving up an ace.
In the second set there were just two ties before Frankfort took the lead for good at 3-2 before soaring ahead 25-15.
O’Neill made a block, McGregor recorded a dig and Hinkle notched a spike early in the second set, 2-all.
Moorefield’s Alyson Simmons made several digs to help keep the floor clear.
Frankfort’s Macie Miller and Makenna Douthitt landed a number of kills and Ashley Phillips delivered an ace as the momentum continued for a 20-9 advantage.
Moorefield senior Isabelle Nesbit created a service point as the Lady Falcons returned the ball out of play.
Hinkle made a kill and a block, while Rinker and fellow senior Anna Riggleman made digs before Hardy’s attack was redirected into the net to cut the deficit to 23-12.
Hardy, Riggleman and Hinkle garnered spikes to make it 24-15 before the final set point for the Lady Falcons came on a service error, 25-15.
Frankfort’s Macie Miller made several kills and served two aces contributing to an early 12-2 advantage in the third set.
Moorefield earned the two points on an attack by Hinkle and a service error.
McGregor, Simmons, O’Neill and Rinker made digs during that stretch.
McGregor garnered a kill and Hardy made a dig, while Frankfort’s Miller added another ace and Vanmeter notched two spikes for a 16-3 score.
After an ace by Puffinburger, the Lady Yellow Jackets responded with a kill by Hardy
Rinker made a dink tap kill and fellow senior Kennedie Hinger served up an ace to make it 21-6.
Moorefield senior Cassie Mooney earned a point on an attack ricocheting off a Frankfort defender, then Carlson served and Hinger created a kill.
An attack by Mooney was returned into the net and Carlson delivered an ace to cut the deficit to 23-10.
After an error by the Lady Yellow Jackets, Hinger made a dig and an attack by Riggleman was returned out of play by Frankfort.
A serve by Mooney sailed out of play for the match point as the Lady Falcons claimed a 25-11 win, 3-nil.[/private]