Adena Wins 39th VB District Crown With Southeastern & Zane Trace Runners-Up

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The Adena Warriors are the final SVC volleyball team still standing in the 2025 postseason, winning the Division 5 District title (25-13, 25-15, 25-10) over conference foe Southeastern. Zane Trace fell later in the day to New Lexington (25-17, 21-25, 25-17, 25-18), Saturday afternoon at Waverly High School.

Wheelersburg swept the day’s finale (25-17, 28-26, 25-21) over Alexander.

ADENA (25-13, 25-15, 25-10) OVER SOUTHEASTERN
SVC “Player of the Year” Katie Burns led the Warriors’ offense with 25 kills in their sweep of (15-10) Southeastern. The 5’10 senior also had 2 blocks in the match along with 6 digs and one serving ace. Sophomore Jacey Jones added 12 kills, Peytyn Lemaster 3 kills, and one each from Caroline Glandon, Adyson Wisecup, Jacey Smith, and Allie Bossert.

The Warriors defense picked up 14 digs from SVC “Co-Defensive Player of the Year” Kimmy Dalton. Jacey Smith added 13, Allie Bossert 8, with Kortney Sowers and Adyson Wisecup each adding 6. The Warriors served 9 aces for the match.

Southeastern sophomore Kylee Dunn powered 11 kills in the first two sets, but was shutout in the third. Calley Stauffer added 4 kills, while Ava Carrico and Jade Turner added 3 each. Abby Millett had one kill. Gracie Brown led the Panthers defense with 14 digs and Jade Turner with 12. Macy Stanley added 7 digs, with Calley Stauffer pitching in 6.

Adena pulled away from a close Set 1 when leading 7-5, scoring five unanswered points for a 12-5 lead. They were not threatened again on their way to a 25-13 decision.

Set 2 had the Panthers out-front early with a 5-1 advantage, only to see Adena go on an 8-2 run. Southeastern fought back to 9-9 and trailed only 11-10 when the Warriors took off on a 9-2 run for a 20-12 lead and closed 25-15.

Set 3 was all Adena as they started out on a 9-0 run and went on to win the match with a 25-10 decision.

Adena improves to (24-1) and claimed their 39th district title in school history, with Coach Laura Smith leading 33 of those. Southeastern closes as district runner-up and a record of (15-10) under first year coach Taylor Pepin.

Adena will play East District winner Union Local at 6pm Thursday in the D-5 regional semi, starting at 6pm.

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NEW LEXINGTON DEFEATS ZANE TRACE (25-17, 21-25, 25-17, 25-18)
(23-2) New Lexington used their length at the net to overpower (19-6) Zane Trace in the second district final of the day Saturday in Waverly. The Panthers appeared as if they were on a mission to gain the crown as they fell short last season in a loss to Adena. The Pioneers, who were district champs last season, close as runner-up this season.

New Lex had three players in double digit kills, lead by 5’10 senior Chloe Dick with 20. 5’8 senior Caroline Dupler added 12, with many of them coming from the outside on sharp cross-court shots. 5’10 senior Lena Finck added 10. Layla Baker swatted 7 kills, setter Jorja Burkhart had 2. 6’3 sophomore Ava Snedecker was held to only one kill, but smothered 4 blocks for the match. The Panthers served 8 aces on the day.

The Pioneers had one player in double digits as 6’0 sophomore Karlee Snavely powered 18 kills. 6’3 Emma Houston had one of her better matches of the season, drilling 9 kills from her left-front position. Sophomore Kerrigan Hill contributed 5 kills, with Kailee Johnson and Carlee Conaway adding 1 kill each. Johnson did have 3 blocks and Snavely with 1. (We did not have access to digging stats)

ZT dug a deep hole for themselves in Set 1 as New Lexington darted out of the gate for a 12-2 lead, before the Pioneers kicked it into gear and got as close as 15-14. However, the Panthers closed the set with a 10-3 run and a 25-17 decision.

The Pioneers serving game came to life in Set 2, getting the New Lex offense out of system. Zane Trace launched into a 9-3 lead and never allowed the Panthers any closer than 11-8 as they won 25-21 to even the match at (1-1).

Unfortunately for ZT, they could not keep that momentum as New Lexington got their offense cranked up in Set 3, breaking away from a 8-6 score when they went on a run of 8-0. The Panthers grabbed a (2-1) match lead with ZT needing a win in Set 4 to stay alive.

Set 4 remained close until midway through the stanza with the Pioneers holding their final advantage at 11-10. A 6-1 run by the Panthers was too much for Zane Trace to recover from- falling 25-18 for the match.

New Lexington will face Wheelersburg in the regional semi at 7:30pm October 30th at Logan High School, after the Pirate swept Alexander for their district title (25-17, 28-26, 25-21).

In other area volleyball title matches Saturday, Circleville won their first district title in 41 years in a sweep of previously unbeaten Gallia Academy in Division 4. Miami Trace was swept by Dover in the D-3 title match. South Webster and Valley won D-6 crowns, and Notre Dame and Eastern Meigs claimed D-7 titles.

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