{"id":7411,"date":"2026-10-14T18:13:29","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T18:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/?p=7411"},"modified":"2026-10-14T18:13:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T18:13:29","slug":"cougars-knights-cards-win-north-matches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/?p=7411","title":{"rendered":"Cougars, Knights, Cards win North matches"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Kelseyville closes in on another league championship with sweep of Lower Lake<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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FORT BRAGG >> Avenging a five-set home loss to Fort Bragg on Sept. 24, the Upper Lake Cougars defeated those same Timberwolves 25-23, 25-23, 25-22 on Tuesday night in Fort Bragg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The outcome of the North Central League I North match leaves both teams tied for second place at 5-2, two games behind the Kelseyville Knights (7-0).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Lady Cougars had a good night on the court,\u201d Upper Lake head coach Fawn Rave said. \u201cThey played well and did a great job covering and hustling. Close sets, but they were able to fight until the end of each set to bring home the win.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alyssa John\u2019s seven kills, eight digs, three blocks and two aces led the way. Aubree Sperber added seven service points, four aces, four kills and six digs while Kenzie Foley had seven assists. Other team leaders were Jordyn Parker with five digs, three kills, three blocks and one ace, and Marina Quiett with four digs, two kills and one ace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Upper Lake won the junior varsity match 25-6, 25-9 and is now 6-1 in league play. Sabrina Wenning\u2019s 12 service points, four aces and one kill sparked the Cougars. Kyra Santos contributed five service points and four kills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEveryone played and worked well together,\u201d Upper Lake head coach Raelene Cromwell said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Upper Lake teams are home Thursday to take on Clear Lake. JV action begins at 5 p.m. It\u2019s senior night for the varsity club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In other league action Tuesday:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kelseyville def. Lower Lake<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Kelseyville, behind 20 assists from Riley Hanson and eight kills from Cassidy Hanson, the Kelseyville Knights moved to within a win of clinching no worse than a share of the NCL I North championship with a 25-12, 25-8, 25-17 victory over the Lower Lake Trojans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRiley did a great job connecting with hitters in all zones,\u201d Kelseyville head coach Donelle McCallister said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paelynn Beall added six kills on nine arms swings with no errors while Lilly Had had five kills and eight swings with no errors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cImpressive tonight were two sophomores,\u201d McCallister said of Beall and Hamel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The serve receive of Olivia Bushey and Cassidy Hanson also stood out, according to McCallister. Bushey also led the team with five aces. Both Bushey and Hanson were above a two average pass rating on a scale of zero to three.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFirst time all season we\u2019ve had two players achieve that stat,\u201d McCallister said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lower Lake stats were not reported. The Trojans are 1-6 in league play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kelseyville\u2019s JVs also improve to 7-0 in North play with a 25-13, 25-9 win over Lower Lake. Olivia Arredondo led the Knights with six kills, Mali Rico finished with 14 assists, and Nya Martinez had five aces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kelseyville\u2019s teams make the long trip to Fort Bragg on Thursday. The JV match opens at 5 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clear Lake def. Willits<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Lakeport, Clear Lake improved to 3-4 in the North standings with a 25-18, 25-15, 25-8 win over the Willits Wolverines (0-7).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aniya Jauregui served up eight aces and had three kills for Clear Lake while Ashlynn Cruz added five kills and two aces. The Cardinals\u2019 other leaders were Kiara Hopkins with four aces and three kills, Avery Fiske with three kills and three aces, and Jazmin Wiebusch with 16 assists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clear Lake won the JV match 25-22, 25-18.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Cardinals travel to Upper Lake on Thursday. JV action begins at 5 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sonoma Academy def. Middletown<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Santa Rosa, after losing to Middletown in five sets on Sept. 24 in Middletown, the Sonoma Academy Coyotes returned the favor Thursday, topping the Mustangs in five sets, 25-20, 21-25, 25-20, 24-26, 15-11.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe played solidly tonight,\u201d Middletown head coach Erika Galvan said. \u201cThere were several rallies that just kept going, and the girls kept hustling.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bridget Lisenbee had a big night for Middletown with 22 service points, 18 assists, 12 digs and three aces while Emma Davis recorded 28 digs, 19 kills, eight service points and four aces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Middletown also received a lift from Izzi Hoogendoorn with 29 digs, 13 kills and two aces, Jordyn Harbison with 22 digs and three assists, and Trinity Galvan with 23 digs and 13 assists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur defense kept us in the game tonight,\u201d Galvan said. \u201cThe girls were all over the court.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Middletown (3-4) has dropped its last three NCL I South matches. Sonoma Academy improved to 6-2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Middletown\u2019s JV team won its first league match and first match of the season with a come-from-behind 13-25, 25-23, 17-15 victory over Sonoma Academy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThese girls have never given up their fighting spirit,\u201d Galvan said. \u201cIt paid off tonight. It was so exciting to see them get this win.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rylee Gabbert served eight straight points in the second set, tilting momentum in Middletown\u2019s favor, according to Galvan. She also had nine digs, three aces and one kill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cassidy Duval led the Mustangs with 13 digs and five kills, Janel Wilkinson added seven assists and four aces, and Ella Del Zompo contributed nine digs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Middletown\u2019s teams are home Thursday to face Cloverdale. JV play starts at 5 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kelseyville closes in on another league championship with sweep of Lower Lake Lake County Sports on Facebook FORT BRAGG >> Avenging a five-set home loss to Fort Bragg on Sept. 24, the Upper Lake Cougars defeated those same Timberwolves 25-23, 25-23, 25-22 on Tuesday night in Fort Bragg. The outcome of the North Central League […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,20,58,27,86,17,18,19,59,15,57],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7411"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7411"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7412,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7411\/revisions\/7412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}