On Thursday, October 24, the CAM Cougars played the Ar-We-Va Rockets in a Semi-final Regional match up. Only in championships would you find another atmosphere anywhere close to Thursday night. The Cougars started out right winning their first set in battle fashion, 26-24. The Rockets would then eventually take the next three sets 18-25, 20-25, and 23-25. Shelby Stephenson led the team with 20 assists. Macy Ticknor also led the team in kills with 12, while Madison Gettler had 11 kills and led the team in digs with five. Sidney Aupperle had six kills and four blocks while Isabel Kinzie had four kills and one block. CAM ends their season at 26-10, beating last season by 11 wins. We thank the CouGAL seniors for an awesome season and wish them luck in their futures.

On Monday, October 22nd, the CAM Cougars begin their postseason. They played against Glidden-Ralston, after a first round bye. The Cougars were looking to get revenge after they had lost to Glidden-Ralston earlier in the season. That loss cost them a share of the Rolling Valley Conference. The Cougars were nearly perfect as they bested the Wildcats three sets to one. The Cougars jumped out to an early two set lead before falling 23-25, forcing a game four. The girls came back with a solid fourth set win to send them on to the third round of the IGHSAU volleyball postseason tournament. Madison Gettler led the team with 16 kills while Sidney Aupperle had nine, and Macy Ticknor had eight. Macy and Allison Spieker led the team in digs, both having nine. The Cougars are set to play Ar-We-Va in Audubon on Thursday, October 25, at 7:00 PM.

On Tuesday, October 9th, the Cougar Volleyball team played their last regular season conference match. They ended up short in five games against Boyer Valley. The scores to the matches were 20-25, 20-25, 25-14, 25-20, and 12-15. Madison Gettler led the team in kills with 16 and with 11 digs. Macy Ticknor had four aces and Shelby Stephenson had 40 assists.

On Saturday, October 13th, the Cougars competed in the annual Conference Tournament at West Harrison. The first game they played was against the West Harrison Hawkeyes winning in two. Next, they played Coon-Rapids Bayard, also winning in two. The Cougars then headed into the championship match winning against the Ar-We-Va Rockets. Starter Jozie Lett commented, “On Saturday we played really good. We played as a team. We never gave up and always fought back when we were behind. There was lots of energy on the court.” Winning this tournament will give the Cougars lots of confidence heading into regional play on Monday, October 22nd at CAM High School at 7pm. Our CouGALS will be playing the winner of the Glidden Ralston/ Paton Churdan game that was played on Tuesday, October 16th. Good Luck Cougars!

On Thursday, October 4, the Cougars traveled to Coon-Rapids. The Cougars took the win in a three-game sweep, with the scores of 25-16, 25-21, and 25-12. Madison Gettler led the team with 15 kills, and Macy Ticknor led the team in digs with 12. The Cougars are 6-1 in the conference so far and will play Boyer Valley, Tuesday, October 9th.

On Saturday, October 6, the volleyball girls hosted their annual tournament. They were 4-1 for the day, only losing in the championship match against Underwood. They won against Griswold, Riverside, Orient-Macksburg, and ACGC. Senior Isabel Kinzie said, “We played pretty good, we started off slow and got into a good groove. We were very scrappy and went hard for every ball. We played tough in the championship game, but unfortunately lost. It was an overall good day!” The Cougars are 21-8 on the season. They play one more conference match and have the conference tournament in West Harrison on October 15.

The CAM Cougar volleyball team hosted their homecoming volleyball game against the Paton Churdan Rockets on Monday, September 24th. The Cougars took the win with the scores of 20-25, 25-14, 25-19, and 25-8. Madison Gettler led the team with ten kills, followed by Sidney Aupperle with nine. Macy Ticknor led the team with six digs, and Shelby Stephenson had 29 assists.

On Tuesday, September 25th, the Cougars traveled to West Harrison. The scores of each set were 25-18, 25-14, and 25-11. Allison Spieker led the team in kills with 11, and Aupperle was next with eight. Senior Shelby Stephenson said, “I thought overall we played pretty good. At the beginning it was a little rough, but once we got in the groove of things it started to look like our team.” The Cougars are excited to be playing Coon-Rapids Bayard on Thursday, October 4th, to protect their winning record of 16-7. They will be hosting a tournament this Saturday, October 6th. Come out and support our CAM Volleyball team!

On Saturday, August 25, the CAM Cougar Volleyball Team went to Avoca to participate in their annual tournament. They were 3-2 during the tournament. The first team they played was AHSTW. They lost 1-2. Macy Ticknor led the team in kills during that game with 6 and Allison Speiker was next with 2. Madison Gettler led the team with 6 digs.

The next game they played was Essex. The score was 2-0. Gettler led the team in kills with 6, and Ticknor led the team in aces with 4. The next game they played was against Denison-Schleswig. They lost 0-2, but these sets were the closests of the whole day. The first set was 20-22 and the next was 19-21. Again Ticknor led the team with 6 kills and Gettler had 5. Jozie Lett also had an outstanding game serving with 15 successful serves and 4 aces.

The next two games they traveled to the middle school gym to play Atlantic and Riverside where they receive two more wins. The scores from the Atlantic game were 21-14 and 21-13. The CAM girls had zero kill errors. Lett led the team with 3 digs and Taylor Bower had 11 successful serves. The last game they played was against the Riverside Bulldogs. Ticknor had 6 kills and Gettler had 5. Gettler led the team with 7 digs and then Ticknor had 6. Speiker, Lett, and Bower also had 4 digs.