Volleyball Archives - Hillcrest Ravens

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The mighty seven: each Ravens player contributes for a close game against the Panthers

September 17, 2020

The Ravens came out with a slow start against the Pekin Panthers, but fell into stride in the middle of the second set. Ultimately, the Ravens fell to the Panthers in three sets with scores of 19-25, 17-25, and 24-26. On top of a great game three, highlights from the match include Esther Hughes leading […]

Ravens Bring Home Their First Win

September 15, 2020

Hillcrest started off the morning shaky as they dropped both sets to Winfield Mount Union, 10-21 and 11-21. The upside of this match was the fact that the girls successfully served 18 of their 21 serves in bounds, for a serving efficiency of 85 percent. After playing Winfield Mount Union, the girls put up a […]

Volleyball falls to Mediapolis after hard fought game

September 11, 2020

Although the night started out a little bumpy for the Ravens volleyball team, the girls fought back in games two and three, in order to force a game four out of Mediapolis, eventually losing the match one set to three sets. This was the second time in 13 years that the Ravens won a set […]

Ravens Come Up Short

September 9, 2020

Last night’s games against Louisa Muscatine was a great match. JV won in two sets: 21-8 and 21-17. The girls brought energy coming off the JV into the Varsity match. Losing in four sets to Louisa Muscatine, the girls put up a great fight. The scores of the sets are: 14-25, 24-26, 25-20, and 20-25. […]

Ravens volleyball falls short in five-set loss

September 4, 2020

The Ravens home opener against the Lone Tree Lions was an exciting start to this year’s conference play. JV started off playing extremely well and won both games 21-11 and 21-6! The team played really well together. Varsity went to five games with Hillcrest winning the first two sets 25-20 and 25-13. Hillcrest then dropped […]

Ravens Athletics COVID-19 Guidelines

August 31, 2020

General Guidelines For the most up-to-date info please refer to recommendation from the State associations: IHSAA & IGHSAU: All spectators, athletes and coaches should work to maintain six feet of social distancing. All spectators over the age of 2 are required to wear a face covering. There will be an athletic trainer on site […]

Ravens volleyball opens with a tournament at Fairfield

August 28, 2020

Yesterday’s tournament was the season opener for the Ravens volleyball team. Match one was against Eddyville-Blakesburg – dropping the match 0-2 sets. Set one was 18-21 and set two was 10-21. Highlights from this game include: 100 percent serve efficiency for the team, with Malia Sedlacek leading the team with two aces during the match. […]

Volleyball season ends

October 23, 2019

The Hillcrest volleyball team played in the Regional Tournament at New London on Tuesday, October 22. The Ravens ended their season with losses to New London in three sets: 8-25, 8-25, 12-25. Highlights from the evening included Yani Gutierrez with four kills, Malia Sedlacek with nine digs, and Norah Yoder with six assists. Way to […]

The Ravens compete at Triangular

October 16, 2019

The Ravens volleyball teams were on the road Tuesday October 15 for the Columbus Triangular. The Junior Varsity won against Columbus 21-13, 21-12, while Varsity fell to Columbus 16-25, 18-25, 10-25 and Louisa Muscatine 11-25, 11-25. In the match against Columbus, junior Yani Gutierrez led the team with six kills, senior Danae McGaffey had five […]

Ravens lose on Senior Night

October 11, 2019

The Varsity Ravens fell to Highland on Thursday night at home in an exciting match-up: 12-25, 19-25, 24-26. Yani Gutierrez shined with eight kills, while Norah Yoder offered nine assists and six digs. Senior Danae McGaffey provided seven digs and senior Abby Fritz fired off five aces in the final home game of their careers. […]