Bancroft-Rosalie loses to Humphrey St. Francis in Sub Districts

The Bancroft-Rosalie Panthers lost their final match as the Bancroft-Rosalie Panthers last Monday, losing 3-0 to Humphrey St. Francis in the D2-3 Sub District at Guardian Angels Central Catholic.

Bancroft-Rosalie dropped set one 25-10, set two 25-14, and set three 29-27.

Tess Nottleman finished with a team-high 13 kills while Kassidi Browning and Lauren Zuhlke had 16 and 8 set assists, respectively.

The Panthers didn't have the type of showing they wanted to I'm sure, but Bancroft-Rosalie never gave up and continued to fight until the very end. That was evident by the score of their final set.

The Panthers finish the campaign with a 13-17 record.

Bancroft-Rosalie loses seniors Vicki Gatzmeyer, Kelcee Bacon, Lauren Ahlers, Browning, Hannah Flock, Zuhlke, Ashten Reil, and Mariah Petersen.

These eight seniors will no doubt be missed. I'm sure the Panthers wish they could have had a better season given the number of seniors they had, but things just went the way they did for whatever reason.

Junior Tess Nottleman led the way with 170 kills. Browning was the leader in set assists with 238. Nottleman also led the way with 46 blocks.

Nottleman will no doubt be a key contributor on the co-op team next year.

The future of the Bancroft-Rosalie-Lyons-Decatur Wolverines looks bright given the star players that return from both schools.

I look for Nottleman and Kelly Wakeley to make for a deadly duo next season.

It will be interesting to see how the co-op team does next year. Girls getting along will be a big thing. There can't be any selfishness on the part of anyone whatsoever.

I'm sure there will be certain players who feel they should start, and may not, but whatever the case may be, girls need to understand their role on the new team and just go with it.

Things may not be pretty at times next season, but I look for Nottleman and Wakeley to help the Wolverines pick up quite a few wins in 2016.

Both schools certainly graduate a lot of talent so it will be interesting to see what is coming up from the junior high ranks.