on November 8, 2024
North Union’s Rylan Riffle (18) delivers a pass during a home match against Graham earlier this season. The senior Lady Cat earned First-Team honors for the Mad River Division of the CBC. (Gazette photo by Aleksei Pavloff)

Lady Cats earn conference awards for girls soccer, volleyball

By By Bob Putman, Richwood Gazette 

By Bob Putman,

Richwood Gazette

The Central Buckeye Conference recently announced its all-league squad for girls soccer and volleyball.

Girls Soccer

North Union’s Rylan Riffle was named to the Mad River first team.

Riffle scored one goal and was a mainstay on defense of the Lady Cats.

Goalkeeper Kailyn Colegrove was a second team selection and Allison Stacklin earned a sportsmanship award.

Volleyball

North Union’s Kennedy Harrah (10) and Katelyn Zimmerman (5) leap for a block during a home postseason match against Northmor. The two Lady Cats earned First-Team All-CBC honors for the 2024 fall season.
(Gazette photo by Aleksei Pavloff)

A pair of North Union volleyball players were named the Mad River first team.

Setter Kennedy Harrah and hitter Katelyn Zimmerman received first-team honors.

Harrah, who reached 1,000 career assists during the season, was second in the league assists with an average of 8.57 per set while Zimmerman led the league blocks with 59 and averaged 2.85 kills per set.

Receiving second-team honors for North Union were Audrey Baldwin, Glory Blevins was named to the third team and Emma McElroy was a sportsmanship award winner.

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