RT LATE ROUNDUP: Liberty-Benton sweeps Vanlue volleyball

VOLLEYBALL L-B 3 VANLUE 0 VANLUE – One night after a tough loss to the No. 1 team in the state, Liberty-Benton rebounded with a quick three-game win at Vanlue. Izzy Granger smashed seven kills and had four blocks, and Sydney Elseser dished out 19 assists as the Eagles won, 25-5, 25-9, 25-13. Karris Willow had three aces, five kills and two blocks for L-B, which improved to 6-3, 3-0 in the BVC. Lauren Gerken had seven digs and three kills for the Eagles, while Kelsey Conkright added seven digs. For Vanlue, Emma Franks had five kills and four digs, while Audrey Phillips dished out 10 assists and seven digs. Sydney King added three kills and two digs. Vanlue dropped to 4-4, 2-2 in the BVC PANDORA-GILBOA 3 ARCADIA 0 ARCADIA – The first and third games weren't close. The second one was. But by the end, Pandora-Gilboa found itself where it has usually been this season: On the winning side of things. Lacie Fenstermaker slammed 16 kills and 10 digs, Mikayla Simons had 12 kills and 11 digs and Pandora Gilboa topped Arcadia, 25-12, 25-14, 27-25. Madison Hovest had 17 digs, a kill and an ace for P-G, which moved to 6-1, 3-0 in the BVC. For Arcadia, Lenci Rodriguez dropped nine kills and 22 digs, while Lyndee Ward added 40 digs. Samantha Burnett had 22 assists. Girls Golf L-BENTON &emsp;&emsp;6 VAN BUREN 1 Liberty-Benton scored the first six goals of the match – three in each half – and rolled to a 6-1 win over Van Buren on Wednesday in a North Central Ohio Soccer Association match. Olivia Bodie scored one goal and assisted on three others as L-B, ranked No. 5 among Ohio's Division III girls soccer programs, ran its unbeaten streak to eight matches, improved to 7-1-1 overall and remained undefeated in NCOSA play at 2-0-0. Maya Rickle scored L-B's first two goals. Emma Hooper, Alexis Rickenbacher and Taylor Ward also scored for the Eagles and Lexi Nagy had an assist. Liberty-Benton had an 18-5 advantage in shots on goal, with Sophie Aschemeier making four saves. Everlyn Masters scored Van Buren's goal with 4:26 left in the match. Sydney Sherick made 12 saves in goal for the Knights (3-4-1, 0-2-0 NCOSA). Mathias scores ace FOSTORIA – Fostoria's Jake Mathias scored a hole-in-one at the Fostoria Country Club on Wednesday, acing the 125-yard No. 9 hole with an 8-iron. Witnessing the shot were Ken Gustin and Don Debouver.