High School Girls Volleyball
Lady Railers sweep Pleasant Plains on Kill Cancer Night

 

[October 03, 2023] 

The Lady Railers honored the family of Mikah Martin on Monday night in their annual Kill Cancer match against Pleasant Plains. On the court it was a two set victory for Lincoln, 25-20 and 25-18 the final scores. Off the court the teams raised $5,000 for the Martin family with the generous help of volleyball fans from all over the area.

Mikah Martin was diagnosed with B-Cell Lymphoma, specifically Burkitts Leukemia, in February of this year. Mikah has spent a lot of time at St. Louis Children’s Hospital this year as doctors have worked to eradicate the cancer cells. Mikah is currently receiving twice weekly immunotherapy in St. Louis while awaiting a tertiary treatment plan. Mikah was unable to be in attendance Monday night due to having a procedure that day. Mikah will turn six years old on October 16.

Railer Nation offered their support for Mikah in a big way, as did various sponsors and community members. The Lady Railers also recognized all cancer warriors and survivors and presented them with flowers.

The $5,000 raised was from the silent auction, which featured a wide variety of gift baskets and baked goods, and the 50/50 raffle. The winner of the 50/50 raffle was Bo Morris, who kindly donated his $282 winnings back to the family.

Set one

Lincoln was off to a 4-0 lead over the Cardinals with Alyssa Company and Peyton Sasse coming up with kills early on. After Kloe Froebe’s kill from the ten-foot line, the Lady Railers were up 6-4. Lincoln added to the lead on two more kills from Sasse and an ace from Addy Qualters, driving the lead to a 9-4 score. A 4-0 run by the Cardinals set the score at 9-8. Lincoln would go on to lead 13-10 and then 17-14. After a kill by Makia Hassebrock, the Lady Railers were holding on to an 18-16 lead. Pleasant Plains came back to tie the set 18-18. Lincoln took a 20-19 lead after a kill by Company. The Cardinals used a kill to draw closer, 21-20 the score. But Froebe’s kill against the Cardinals block started a 4-0 run to end the set. Froebe would also add two aces to help guide the Lady Railers to a 25-20 set one victory.

Set two

The teams started set two close, with Company and Sasse killing the ball early for Lincoln the score was knotted at 3-3. An ace from Sasse put the Lady Railers in front 6-5. Company added a kill for a point and a huge block for another point that allowed Lincoln to go up 11-8. Sasse put the team up 12-9 with another kill.

With the score 12-10, Lincoln used a 5-0 run to slow the Cardinals down. In the midst of the run, Rebecca Burge and Makia Hassebrock combined for a huge block that really lit a fire under the team. Sasse ended the run on a surprise tip and Lincoln was in command with the score 17-10.

Down the stretch it was Hassebrock with a couple big kills. The sophomore is making a statement at the Varsity level, proving that she can smack that volleyball with the rest of them. Her last kill drove the team out to a 19-14 lead. Froebe’s kill put Lincoln up 20-15 and the win was within reach. With Froebe at the service line, Lincoln would take a 23-17 lead. The Cardinals were called in the net to end the game and the final score was 25-18.

Peyton Sasse led Lincoln with 9 kills. Alyssa Company added 7 kills and 4 blocks.

Kloe Froebe led the team with 12 digs and Addy Qualters had 20 assists.

The Lincoln JV team won 25-23 and 25-9.

The Lincoln freshman team won 15-10, 15-9 and 15-1.

The Lady Railers improved their record to 23-3 on the season.

Lincoln will host Decatur Eisenhower on October 10.

Freshman @ 5:00 p.m.
JV @ 6:00 p.m.
Varsity @ 7:00 p.m.

Varsity stats versus Pleasant Plains

Sasse 9 kills 3 digs 2 blocks
Company 7 kills 4 blocks
Froebe 4 kills 12 digs 1 assist
Qualters 20 assists 6 digs
Heitzig 9 digs 1 assist
Hassebrock 3 kills 1 block
Burge 2 blocks 2 digs
Stoltzenburg 6 digs

[Teena Lowery]