Homecoming week at Louisburg High School kicked off Monday and events are in full swing. With something going on every day this week, it will be a busy time for students. All of it is, of course, centered around the crowning of the 2024 fall king and queen. Eight students were selected as nominees and here are their names and profiles.

The crowning will take place on Friday before the Wildcats’ home football game with Bonner Springs. Kickoff for that game is set for 7 p.m., with the introduction of the candidates and their parents at 6:30 p.m. Crowning will be at halftime. Good luck to all the participants and make sure to come out on Friday to support the Wildcat football team if you have the opportunity.

Jazzy Leach

Jazzy is the granddaughter of Teresia and Fredrick Gilyard. Jazzy has participated in FCA, AV, the musical and forensics for four years. She has also been a member of FCCLA, Interact Club, select choir and CTE/Rotary Rep for three years, along with student council and science club for two years and concert choir and senior advisory for one year. After graduation, Jazzy is undecided on a university but plans on attending college to study nursing to become a labor and delivery nurse practitioner.

Emmett White

Emmett is the son of Kelli and Nick White. Emmett has participated in soccer, track and the musical for four years. He has been a member of FBLA and National Honor Society for two years, along with basketball and football for one year. Following graduation, Emmett plans to attend Creighton University.

Lyndi Anderson

Lyndi is the daughter of Lisa and Jared Anderson. Lyndi has participated in Jazzy Cats and the musical for four years. He has been a member of select choir for three years, along with National Honor Society for two years and FCCLA for one. After graduation, Lyndi plans to study psychology and women’s health, but is unsure on a university.

Conlee Hovey

Conlee is the son of Jodi Hovey and Shane Hovey. Conlee has participated in football for four years, basketball for three years and baseball for one. Following graduation, Conlee plans to play football in college but is currently undecided on a school.

Cate Finch

Cate is the daughter of Logan and Jessica Finch. Cate has participated in Jazzy Cats, student council, Interact Club and the musical for four years. She has been a member of select choir for three years, National Honor Society for two and senior advisory for one year. Following graduation, Cate plans to study general psychology with a concentration in healthcare, but is undecided on a university.

Ashton Moore

Ashton is the son of Tommy and Alison Moore. Ashton has participated in football, wrestling, track, student council and choir for four years. He has also been a member of National Honor Society for two years. Following graduation, Ashton plans to attend Kansas State University and play football.

Addy Stohs

Addy is the daughter of Kelly and Aaron Stohs. Addy has participated in basketball, softball and band for four years. She has been a member of FCCLA and select choir for three years, and National Honor Society and Suicide Prevention Project for two years. After graduation, Addy plans to study to become a psychiatric nurse practitioner but is undecided on a college.

Myles Vohs

Myles is the son of Kevin and Cassi Vohs. Myles has participated in football and basketball for four years, track for three years and baseball for one year. Following graduation, Myles plans to attend college for track and field and is undecided on a major.

The Kansas High School Activities Association released the classifications for the 2024-25 school year and there was very little movement in the upper classes from a year ago.

There were no changes to Class 6A and 5A, while there was just one change in Class 4A. Topeka-Hayden has made the move back up to 4A, while Scott Community moved down from 4A to 3A.

Louisburg reported an enrollment of 561, which puts the Wildcats in about the middle of the pack in Class 4A. Bishop Miege has the highest 4A enrollment with 692, while Bonner Springs has the lowest 5A enrollment at 738. The lowest enrollment in Class 4A in Hugoton with 317 students.

One other Frontier League school of note is Spring Hill, who reported eighth highest enrollment in Class 5A with 1,127 students. Ottawa (653), Tonganoxie (650), Eudora (581) and Paola (564) also had higher enrollments than Louisburg.

There was a lot of movement on the lower level classifications. Belle Plaine, Garden Plain, Jayhawk-Linn and Wathena all moved up to Class 3A. Douglass, Leon-Bluestem, Phillipsburg and Rossville and moved down to Class 2A.

WELLSVILLE — Levi Cotter and Jerynce Brings Plenty both earned medals this past week, but they each did it at a different venue.

Cotter and the Wildcat team competed at the Wellsville Invitational last Thursday and the Louisburg sophomore earned a medal with a 23rd place finish.

As for Brings Plenty, he competed on his own Saturday at the Baldwin Invitational and earned an 11th place medal. It was a successful week for the Wildcats just days after competing at a challenging Wamego Invite.

“The boys ran well considering they had run Wamego just 5 days before,” Louisburg coach John Reece said. “They ran controlled first miles then worked their way up through the runners. It was great to see Levi medal with such a short turnaround between meets.”

Cotter led the 3-member Wildcat group in 23rd in 19 minutes and 40 seconds, while two other members finished just outside the medals.

Truman Ellison was 31st in 20:26 and Spencer Mattison was right behind him in 20:34 for 33rd place.

On the girls side, sophomore Talen McMurray led the Wildcats in 34th overall in 25:51 and freshman Hailey Shelton was 45th in 26.52.

Sophomore Ella Bockelman was 56th in 28:15 and sophomore Luciana Vallejo took 71st. Reagan Smith rounded out the Wildcat lineup in 78th.

“All things considered, especially with the heat, the girls ran strong,” Reece said. “We are making steady gains and hope to make a big step forward as a team at Prairie View this week.”

On Saturday, Brings Plenty took part in the Baldwin Invitational in a meet full of Class 5A and 6A competition. The Louisburg senior more than held his own as he medaled 11th in 17:44 at the Baldwin City Golf Course.

“Jerynce ran a very competitive race at Baldwin,” Reece said. “There were mostly 5A and 6A schools there so an 11th place finish was great. He will have great competition this week at Rim Rock.”

Brings Plenty will compete at the Rim Rock Classic in Lawrence this Saturday, while the rest of the Wildcats will travel to the Prairie View Invitational on Thursday.

Missed opportunities, penalties and turnovers all hampered Louisburg on Friday in its home contest against Clay Center.

It is the type of things you see with a loss. Fortunately for the Wildcats, they battled through the adversity against what was an unfamiliar opponent. 

The Wildcats got a big second half from senior running back Ashton Moore, and the Louisburg defense rose to the occasion in a 23-15 victory over Clay Center. It marked a 3-0 start to the Wildcats’ season, although it wasn’t the prettiest.

“Obviously it is good to win, but we have to start playing more complete football games,” Louisburg coach Drew Harding said. “Without looking at the stats, I bet we had more than 400 yards of total offense and we only had 23 points. 

“We didn’t finish two drives that were inside the five and we weren’t good tacklers on defense. It was little things that we have to start correcting, but it was certainly good to get a win.”

Clay Center set the tone early as the Tigers scored on their opening drive and took a 7-0 lead. The Wildcats were ready to match that with a touchdown of their own.

Louisburg quarterback Alex Saad hit Myles Vohs in stride for an apparent 68-yard touchdown, but was called back due to a penalty. The Wildcats thought they had another score on the same drive on a 4th down from the 5-yard line.

Saad threw the ball toward Vohs again in the back of the endzone and one official originally called a touchdown, but was eventually overruled as an incomplete pass.

“It seemed like we were feeling them out to start the game instead of coming out and asserting ourselves,” Harding said. “Credit goes to Clay Center as they have some tough, physical kids. They were ready from the start and we didn’t quite match that intensity and thankfully we did as the game went on.”

The Wildcat offense would sputter until late in the first half. With a minute remaining, Harding put Moore in the backfield in what was his first real action offensively this season.

Moore responded with a 25-yard run on his first carry, which set a up 26-yard touchdown from Saad to Vohs, who dove for the pylon on the score. A Blaise Vohs extra point tied the game at halftime.

Myles Vohs finished the game with six catches, and led the Wildcats with 103 yards. Saad also had a big game through the air as he completed 15 of 23 passes for 169 yards.

Moore carried the ball 14 times, most of those coming in the second half, and finished with 135 yards on the ground. Louisburg senior Darby Van Eaton also had a strong day running the ball with more than 100 yards of total offense.

“I told Ashton during the game that he brought us some serious energy there and that is what we needed,” Harding said. “It gave us a spark for sure and he was huge out there for us. It was awesome to see him back there and his running style is fun to watch. Darby also ran the football well, so to have both of those guys being able to tote the rock is nice.”

Louisburg looked to add its lead to start the second half as the Wildcats drove the ball to the Clay Center 2-yard line, but fumbled that prevented another Wildcat score.

The Wildcat defense came through with another stop and got the ball back to its offense. Louisburg found the end zone this time as Saad found Lucas Swartz on a 7-yard touchdown pass. The Wildcats went for 2 points and got it on a Van Eaton run.

Clay Center tied the game at 15-all early in the fourth and Louisburg faced a 4th down and 5 at midfield with just over five minutes left in the game. Saad picked up a crucial first down on a 10-yard run to keep the drive alive.

The Wildcats finished their nearly 7-minute drive when Moore broke through several Clay Center tackles and scored on a 17-yard run with 1:52 left in the game. Wildcats went for 2 again, and Saad hit Moore on a swing pass for the conversion.

Louisburg’s defense came through again when Gage Feldkamp intercepted a Clay Center pass to stop the Tiger drive. Clay Center did get the ball back with 30 seconds left, but Brayden Yoder and Swartz combined for a sack on fourth down to seal the win.

Yoder had a strong defensive performance up front with 10 tackles, and also had 2.5 sacks on the night. Swartz had 1.5 sacks and six tackles, while senior Erik Lien had seven tackles.

Conlee Hovey and Miles Meek each recorded a half-a-sack.

“After that first drive, I thought we played good defensively football,” Harding said. “We were pretty assignment sound and I felt like we did a decent job of limiting their quarterback, which was one of our goals coming into the game. They have good athletes and they made it tough on us.”

Louisburg will try and make it four wins in a row this Friday as the Wildcats host Bonner Springs for homecoming. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m.

LOU 0 7 8 8 — 23

CC 7 0 0 8 — 15

SCORING SUMMARY 

First Quarter

CC: Eisaac Girton 1 run (kick good)

Second Quarter

L: Myles Vohs 26 pass from Alex Saad (Blaise Vohs kick)

Third Quarter

L: Lucas Swartz 7 pass from Saad (Darby Van Eaton run)

Fourth quarter

CC: Cole Pladson 9 run (Pladson run)

L: Ashton Moore 17 run (Saad pass to Moore)

STATISTICS 

RUSHING — Ashton Moore 14-135; Darby Van Eaton 26-86; Alex Saad 5-34

PASSING — Alex Saad 15-23-169

RECEIVING — Myles Vohs 6-103; Darby Van Eaton 4-26; Reid McCaskill 1-20; Conlee Hovey 1-8; Lucas Swartz 1-7; Ashton Moore 1-3; Josh Holtzen 1-2

TACKLES — Brayden Yoder 10, Erik Lien 7, Lucas Swartz 6, Ashton Moore 5, Russell Wiseman 4, Logan Henry 4, Conlee Hovey 4, Jimmy DeVary 3, Miles Meek 2, Rickey Giles 2, Myles Vohs 2, Gage Feldkamp 2, Blaise Vohs 1, Johnny Hendrickson 1, Tate McGreer 1

Here is the Louisburg Sports Zone Athlete of the Week for week three of the fall sports season, sponsored by Louisburg Family Dental.

ASHTON MOORE, SENIOR, FOOTBALL

Louisburg senior Ashton Moore provided a big lift for the Wildcat football team in its 8-point victory over Clay Center last Friday. Moore, who has played mainly defense to start the season, was put in at running back late in the first half and it paid off in a big way for Louisburg.

Moore tallied 135 yards on 14 carries, with many of those coming in the second half, and scored the game’s go-ahead touchdown in the Wildcats’ 23-15 victory over Clay Center. He also caught a 2-point conversion from Alex Saad following the score and finished the game with five tackles at the linebacker spot.

The athlete of the week award is announced every Wednesday morning during the fall season and the winner is selected by Louisburg Sports Zone with the help of nominations from coaches.

Previous Winners:

Week 1: Myles Vohs

Week 2: McKenna Lohse

Heading into last week’s slate of games, the Louisburg boys soccer team couldn’t have asked for a better start to its season.

The Wildcats were winners of four straight matches going into their games with Lansing and Eudora. Unfortunately, last week was a little bit of a speed bump.

Louisburg lost its first games of the season in a 3-1 loss to Lansing on Sept. 17, and then went on the road and suffered a 3-0 defeat to Eudora last Thursday.

Injuries, among other things, hampered the Wildcats in their quest to continue their winning streak.

“After we won that fourth game, we were pretty banged up,” Louisburg coach Bobby Bovaird said. “Emmett (White) has a high ankle sprain that he’s bouncing back from, and Colton also tweaked his ankle. By the time we got to Thursday’s game at Eudora, we had quite a few guys who weren’t even close to 100 percent, but that’s how things go. 

“We’ve got to step out there and put our best teams on the field. If we have starters, seniors, or regular varsity players who are out, then we have to have a ‘next man up’ attitude. That’s what I’m most proud of with our guys — the younger players are itching to step up and do their part on the varsity field.”

The Wildcats (4-2) hosted Lansing in hopes of winning its fifth straight and they got off to a good start.

Junior Owen Marsh was fouled in the box in the first half, which gave the Wildcats a penalty kick. Senior Emmett White put the attempt away and Louisburg took the early lead.

Lansing tied it up later in the half and it remained at 1-1 at halftime. The Lions responded with two second half goals and the Wildcats were unable to rally.

White led the Wildcats with two shots on goal for the match, while Cody Courtney, Jacob Brown and Colton Blue each had one.

Against Eudora, the Wildcats went into the Frontier League match a little banged up and the Cardinals took advantage. 

The game was scoreless until Eudora scored on a header with 6 minutes left in the first half and the Cardinals took a 1-0 lead. They tacked on two more goals in the second and the Wildcats couldn’t get much going offensively.

Eudora took 34 shots on the night, compared to just five for Louisburg. Sophomore Brody Bovaird had the lone shot on target for the Wildcats. 

Junior goalie Evan Moreland was busy as he had six saves on the night, including 12 blocked shots. 

“There’s been several bits of adversity the last week and a half,” coach Bovaird said. “We’ve got health issues, and last week saw the return of some higher temperatures. On top of that, we weren’t exactly in a friendly environment at Eudora on Thursday. Lots of things popped up that could have completely derailed us in either game. But they kept focused and battled through it all.”

Louisburg will try and bounce back today as the Wildcats host Baldwin. The match is set to begin at 6:45 p.m.

Fresh off a tournament win, the Louisburg volleyball team got right back into Frontier League play last Tuesday against Bonner Springs. 

The Wildcats picked up right where they left off as they continued their perfect start to the league season with a 25-15, 25-23 and 25-12 win over the Braves at Louisburg High School.

The victory improves the Wildcats to 8-4 on the season and are currently 3-0 in league play, in what was their lone competition for the week. It was also their seventh consecutive win.

“It’s always a good feeling to get another league win under our belt, especially as we were headed into this ‘week off’ of playing at the varsity level,” Louisburg coach Leanna Willer said. “We faltered a bit in the second set and played with them more than we would have liked, making more hitting errors as well. 

“I was proud that we held on and fought through some challenges as a team, and then we came back in a commanding way in the third to finish out the game.”

Louisburg got out to a good start in the first set and ended strong thanks to Addi Mallett. The Wildcat junior served six points at the end, including two aces, to seal the first set win.

Mallett finished the match with a team-high 11 kills to go along with eight digs and two aces.

“It was nice to see our team start off strong in the first set and finish the game thanks to a great serving run by Addi,” Willer said. “I thought she played a great overall game as she played all six rotations and she led our team kills.”

After a back-and forth set in the second in that ended with a Wildcat victory, Louisburg took control in the final set. The Wildcats jumped out to a big lead and never looked back. 

Along with Mallett, the Wildcats were well-balanced at the net. Juniors McKenna Lohse and Caileigh Kilgore each finished with seven kills, as did sophomore setter Adelyn Moore.

Moore did a little bit of everything for Louisburg as she led the Wildcat attack with 28 assists to go along with her seven kills.

Senior Evyn Richardson led the Wildcats at the net defensively with a team-high five blocks, and in the back-row, senior libero Aspen Coulter had a team-best 14 digs.

The Wildcats also thrived behind the service line as senior Ally Brown led the way with four aces, while Mallett and Lohse each added two. Brown and senior Jaden Bentz each had six digs in the win.

“Ally led the charge from behind the service line and her serve receive was top notch,” Willer said. “Our outsides and middles were all really effective offensively, with impressive hitting percentages for the night.

“Evyn stood out as a force at the net with her blocking. As always, Adelyn ran the show and put our hitters in great positions to be successful.”

Louisburg will try to continue its winning ways this Tuesday (Sept. 24) as the Wildcats host Eudora in a Frontier League dual. 

An abbreviated version of the Louisburg cross country team took part in what will be one of their largest meets of the season Saturday at the Wamego Invitational.

More than 100 hundred runners took to the Wamego Country Club course to square off in the Class 4A race and four Wildcat boys found themselves in the middle of it all.

Jerynce Brings Plenty, Truman Ellison, Noah Cotter and Spencer Mattison took part in the competition that featured 136 runners from all over the state and one of them left with some hardware.

Brings Plenty earned his first medal of the season as he took 31st in 17 minutes and 50 seconds.

“The boys ran well at Wamego,” Louisburg coach John Reece said. “Jerynce medaled and is progressing well. The three sophomores, Levi, Truman, and Spencer, had great performances. We only had four running because of ACT testing. If we keep on the path we have started, the end of the season will be exciting.”

Ellison and Cotter ran most of the course together and earned a pair of top 50 finishes. Ellison was 44th in 18:29.30 and Cotter was right behind him in 45th in 18:29.53.

Mattison finished with a time of 19:49 and took 90th overall.

More than 20 schools competed in the Class 4A race and Southeast of Saline won the team title with 57 points and Wamego was second with 82.

Brayden Walker of Southeast of Saline won the race with a time of 16:08 and McPherson’s Caleb Mueller was second in 16:16.

Louisburg will field its full team this Thursday as the Wildcats travel to the Wellsville Invitational. Races are set to begin at 4 p.m.

Here is the Louisburg Sports Zone Athlete of the Week for week two of the fall sports season, sponsored by Landmark National Bank.

MCKENNA LOHSE, JUNIOR, VOLLEYBALL

Louisburg senior McKenna Lohse put together a strong performance, in what was a busy week for the Wildcat volleyball team. Lohse and the Wildcats ended it with a first place finish at the Frontenac Invitational on Saturday and the team wrapped up the 8-game week with a 6-2 record.

Lohse, a middle blocker for the Wildcats, was a big reason for all that success. In those eight games, Lohse tallied 46 kills and also had seven aces. Against Pittsburg in the championship match Saturday, she finished with a team-high seven kills, and had 29 kills and four blocks total in the tournament.

The athlete of the week award is announced every Wednesday morning during the fall season and the winner is selected by Louisburg Sports Zone with the help of nominations from coaches.

Previous Winners:

Week 1: Myles Vohs

FRONTENAC — Louisburg volleyball had a difficult schedule through its first six matches of the season, that included two-ranked opponents, and it lost four of them.

Despite its rough start, Louisburg showed out in its first tournament of the season Saturday at the Frontenac Invitational. The Wildcats won all five matches, including a 25-19, 26-24 win over Pittsburg in the championship, to capture the tournament title.

Following a league victory Thursday over Ottawa, the Wildcats have now won six straight and are starting to build momentum on the young season.

“This was a great start to the tournament season,” Louisburg coach Leanna Willer said. “We were really glad to get back on the winning side of our games, and it definitely helped build our confidence as a team. We battled through a couple of three set matches to start the day and worked hard to come back in the third to take them after dropping those second sets. 

“Coming home with a first place plaque to display in the front of the school is always a good feeling and we have set team goals to not let that be the only hardware we come home with.”

The Wildcats (7-4) got off to a little bit of a slow start as they defeated Cherryvale in three sets, 25-19, 18-25 and 25-12. They went three sets again in their next pool play match against Fort Scott, but again came away with a 25-19, 23-25 and 25-15 victory.

Louisburg won its pool after a 25-19 and 26-24 victory over St. Mary’s-Colgan, and once the Wildcats reached bracket play, they stepped it up.

“In our final two matches of the day, we hit a point where we decided that we weren’t going to let ourselves go to three again,” Willer said. “We wanted to focus on our side of the net and take care of business – trusting everyone to do their job and get us where we wanted to be. Thanks to some great serving, we were able to string together a few runs in each set to make that happen.”

It was the serving that lifted the Wildcats past a pair of good opponents in Girard and Pittsburg.

Louisburg defeated Girard, 25-21 and 25-18, to reach the championship match in big thanks to its performance from behind the service line. 

After the first set win, sophomore Adelyn Moore and senior Ally Brown helped serve the Wildcats to an 8-1 advantage in the second. However, Girard battled back and eventually tied the match at 15.

Brown once again put the Wildcats back on top as she served five straight points, including three aces, to put Louisburg up 21-15 and the Wildcats were able to pull away. Brown finished with five aces in the match.

The serves helped set up kill opportunities from Addison Mallett and Evyn Richardson, who helped continue the run.

“Serving was a big part of our success in the latter half of the day,” Willer said. “We continuously talk about winning the serve and pass game, and we were able to serve aggressively – especially in those last two matches to give us an advantage over each team. Ally’s serve came up huge for us in the semi-final game against Girard. That stretch included three aces and some other killer serves that set us up for success.”

Mallett led the Wildcats at the net in that match with six kills and four blocks, while junior Caileigh Kilgore had five kills and Richardson had three blocks. Junior McKenna Lohse had four kills and two blocks. 

Moore, the team’s setter, ran the offense well with 17 assists. Defensively, senior libero Aspen Coulter led Louisburg with nine digs and senior Jaden Bentz added seven.

The good serving continued in the championship match against Pittsburg. 

Coulter, Moore and Lohse all put together key serving runs to give the Wildcats the early lead. Coulter had two aces in the match, while Moore and junior Delaney Nelsen each had one.

“In the championship, Aspen, Adelyn, and Kenna had a combined total of 30 serves, which were all aggressive enough to push Pittsburg out of system as much as we could,” Willer said. “When we are tough behind the service line, we are much tougher to beat.”

Lohse was big for Louisburg at the net in the championship match as she posted a team-high seven kills and junior Rylee Telken added five of her own. 

Defensively, Coulter was all over the floor with a team-high 16 digs, while Kilgore and Brown had seven and six, respectively.

For the tournament, the Wildcats had 31 aces in the five matches. Nelsen led the way with seven aces, while Brown finished with six. Coulter and Moore each had five of their own.

Moore had a busy day running the offense and doing a little bit of everything from the setter spot. She tallied 108 assists in the five matches to go along with 26 digs and 15 kills.

“Throughout the whole day, we ran a really balanced attack,” Willer said. “Adelyn did a great job of distributing the ball and finding our hot hitters when we needed a kill, and she threw in a few of her own as well. It was really nice to see that if one of our hitters was struggling, we were able to find others to step up and fill our offensive needs.”

Several Wildcats stepped up at the net as Kilgore led the way with 31 kills, while Lohse and Mallett had 29 and 25, respectively. Richardson added 18 kills, while Telken (13) and senior Katie McKain (12) also finished with double-digit kills.

Richardson posted a team-high 11 blocks on the day to lead the way defensively and Mallett had seven. In the back row, Coulter had a team-best 58 digs, while Brown finished 31.

It was exactly the kind of day the Wildcats were hoping for after a rough stretch to start the season.

“Throughout the day, I was constantly changing and tweaking our lineup to try out some different options and just get some different looks with our core group,” Willer said. “No matter the lineup, our players adjusted and adapted to every different combination and found a way to mesh. Regardless of who was playing in the game or not, everyone remained supportive and encouraging of their teammates which made it a fun day for everyone.”

Wildcats sweep Ottawa in league dual

Before Saturday’s tournament, Louisburg was able to start a winning streak during Thursday’s home Frontier League dual against Ottawa.

Louisburg won the match in three sets, 25-19, 25-8 and 25-22, to move to 2-0 in league play.

The Wildcats got out to a rough start before Ottawa’s starting middle blocker, Dylan Nichols, had to leave midway through the first set with a serious leg injury.

“With the competitive nature of our league, securing those wins on league nights is really great,” coach Leanna Willer said. “It’s tough to do consistently in this league because we have so many strong teams. Ottawa started off really strong, and it was clear our girls were a little nervous heading into the first home league match, but we were making a comeback in the first set. 

“Unfortunately, Ottawa did suffer an injury that took their team out of it for a little bit. We never want to see that happen to anyone, but Ottawa came back together and really put up a fight in the third set and it was good for us to remain strong as a team and get the win.”

Louisburg was able to serve well again as it totaled eight aces, including three from junior McKenna Lohse. 

Junior Caileigh Kilgore and Lohse were also strong at the net with 13 and 11 kills, respectively, while Moore had 30 assists on the night.

Defensively, junior Rylee Telken had three blocks to lead the Wildcats and senior Katie McKain had two. Senior libero Aspen Coulter had 18 digs to lead the Louisburg back row, while seniors Ally Brown and Jaden Bentz had eight and seven, respectively.