The Bonduel High School girls volleyball team beat Gillett in three straight games, the home crowd helped the Bears outraise Gillett in the dash for cash, and more than a $1,000 was raised at the “Dig for a Cure” Thursday at Bonduel High School.
The annual game, which alternates between the two schools, raises funds to be donated to local families fighting cancer.
“The two communities and the school just work so well together,” Bonduel coach Kim Bodoh said. “They’re just a fun, easy staff to work with. It makes it a fun event.”
In the dash for cash, Bonduel raised $270 and Gillett $133.32. Money also was raised through T-shirt sales and raffles.
On the court, with the players of both sides clad in pink, the competition was close, aside from the second game, which Bonduel wasted no time in winning 25-9.
“I’m happy with it,” Bodoh said. “We tried out some new stuff on offense. We tried to run some different plays on our offense that we’ve been practicing but we haven’t tried in conference yet. It was exciting to try some of those plays, even though some of them didn’t go well.”
The first game started with a small Bonduel lead, before Gillett rallied to tie it at 21-21. The Bears pushed ahead of Gillett 23-21, but the teams tied again at 24-24 before Bonduel scored the last two points.
The third game looked early like a repeat of the second. Bonduel took a 10-4 lead and was up 18-9 before Gillett rallied to within 20-17 with junior Jessica Anderson serving.
“With their big hitters, I was ecstatic with how they played that first game and even the tail end of this third game,” Gillett coach Keri Hicks said. “Jessica Anderson served great, which was a huge thing in both games.”
Anderson would finish with six service aces, along with two kills, 13 assists and three digs.
“We struggled with one of their servers,” Bodoh said. “I think when things are going well offensively, they forget about the defensive side of the game.”
Bonduel was able to hold off the Gillett rally, though, to win the game 25-21.
Seniors Jen Dowden and Lexi Reinke did most of the damage against Gillett. Dowden finished with nine kills, 11 digs and five blocks in the middle. Outside, Reinke had seven kills and eight digs. Miranda Schmidt had 10 assists.
For Gillett, senior Taylor Kohls led with seven kills and one block. Erin Balthazor had four kills and 10 digs. Victoria Loberger had eight digs, four kills and one block.
“Kohls made some good decisions here tonight,” Hicks said. “She had a couple of attacks that were long, but when you’re going to swing at it, that’s going to happen.”
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