The Clarkson/Leigh Patriots saw their year end on Tuesday as they lost 3-1 to GACC in the D1-4 Sub-District Final at Wisner-Pilger after sweeping Pender 3-0 on Monday.
Clarkson/Leigh downed the Pendragons 25-23 in sets one and two, and took set three 27-25.
Shelby Paprocki had 8 kills and 14 digs while Hannah Kasik totaled 7 kills. Halee Steffensmeier recorded 19 digs while Kaegan Held posted 9 digs and 19 set assists.
The Bluejays defeated the Patriots 25-19 in set one and 25-12 in set two before Clarkson/Leigh won set three 25-22. GACC took set four 25-18.
Paprocki compiled 16 kills and 14 digs while Steffensmeier totaled 15 digs. Held recorded 14 digs and 28 set assists with Cully Cerv contributing 7 digs.
It was a splendid season for the Patriots, in my opinion. I thought Clarkson/Leigh represented themselves, their schools, and communities well this year.
The Patriots wrap up the season at 17-15.
Big wins and highlight matches for Clarkson/Leigh this season were the wins over BRLD, Humphrey St. Francis, Shelby/Rising City, and Twin River (twice).
All of those teams listed finished with records above .500.
All but one of the Patriots' losses came against teams with above .500 records.
Kasik led the team in kills this season with 268 while Paprocki finished with 236. Steffensmeier was the leader in digs with 343 while Paprocki came in second with 340. Held amassed 699 set assists on the year.
Clarkson/Leigh has a lot to be proud of, and should feel good about what they did this season.
The Patriots lose just two seniors in Paprocki and Cerv.
Both will be sorely missed no doubt, but Clarkson/Leigh has to be excited about the future given all who comes back.
The Patriots return Beth Wiese, Sydney Folken, Held, Steffensmeier, Kasik, and Sara McEvoy.
I don't think there's any doubt Clarkson/Leigh will be better next year than they were this year.
I would venture to guess the Patriots will be pretty motivated to work hard in the offseason, and will only grow and improve as Volleyball players and young ladies from now until August.
A lot of these girls play basketball so hopefully the success this team had in Volleyball leads to success in basketball.
These girls are very athletic, and these sophomores are outstanding Volleyball players.
As good as they are though, there's always room for improvement. There's no reason why every single one of these players can't get better in the offseason.
I look for Clarkson/Leigh to come back better than ever in 2017.
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