Broncos Qualify For State

BRONCO REAGAN STRACKE (9) gets ready to nail the ball across the court against St. Mary's. The Stuart Broncos took down the Cardinals back-to-back to qualify for State.

The Lady Broncos were able to hold Sub Districts at home being the number one seed, taking on the CWC Renegades for the third time this season. The ladies were able to take the Renegades in three sets with strong serving and good defense.

In the next round the girls faced the St. Mary's Cardinals on Tuesday night. The Broncos played well, doing a great job of running a quick offense and being able to terminate the ball right away. Another night of strong serving and serve receive help take the Cardinals down in three sets.

The Broncos waited for the District Final pairings to come out on Thursday. The Broncos came out with the #6 Seed which paired them up with the #11 Seed which ended up being St. Mary's.

The District Final match-up took place Saturday in Stuart at 1:00 which would give one of these teams a State berth. In the game the girls did not pass as well as they did the last time against the Cardinals but they were still able to take out of transition balls and find a way to put it down. St. Mary's attacked the right side of our court, but good strong defensive plays were made to keep the offense going. The girls struggled in the third set and almost made a comeback but just missed out. Strong serving once again and good passing got the job done for them giving them the win in four.

The girls will head to Lincoln and play a #3 Seed Shelton at the Pinnacle Bank Arena Thursday morning at 11:00. This will be the Broncos fourth year in a row qualifying for state.

Reagan Stracke lead against CWC with 16 kills, three ace serves, eight digs and 10 set assists; Addie Ketteler had 13 kills, one ace serve, seven digs and 14 set assists; Addison Steinhauser had three kills, two blocks and six digs; Paityn Sheffield and Klaire Ramm both had one kill; Cecelia Addison had two ace serves and two digs; Alyssa Karo had one ace serve; Elly Steinhauser had nine digs and two set assists; Megan Karo had four digs; and Kyra Tubbs had three digs and three set assists.

In the first match against SMH Stracke had an impressive 22 kills, two ace serves, three blocks, five digs and 14 set assists; Ketteler had 13 kills, two ace serves, two blocks, five digs and 20 set assists; A. Steinhauser had two kills, one ace serve, three blocks and seven digs; Sheffield had one kill and one dig; E. Steinhauser had 15 digs; M. Karo had eight digs; and Addison had three digs and two set assists.

In the District Final Stracke was again ahead of the game with 22 kills, one block, 23 digs and 20 set assists; Ketteler had 21 kills, two ace serves, 36 digs and 20 set assists; A. Steinhauser had 10 kills, one ace serve, three blocks and seven digs; Sheffield had two kills and two digs; Addison had one kill, one ace serve, five digs and three set assists; M. Karo had two set assists and eight digs; E. Steinhauser had 29 digs and three set assists; Tubbs had six digs and five set assists; and Ramm had one dig.

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