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Adena’s Ellie Harper Signs With Ohio State University Women’s Rowing

December 9, 2021 Mike Smith

Presented By Ross-Chillicothe Convention & Visitor’s Bureau and Chillicothe VAMC

While known to most area sports fans as an All SVC, All District and All Ohio Volleyball player at Adena, senior Ellie Harper has signed her national letter of intent for The Ohio State University Women’s Rowing team.

Litter Media’s Mike Smith talked with Ellie Harper about her opportunity to be a part of an elite NCAA Division 1 Rowing program, that has brought The Ohio State University several recent national championships. (CLICK INTERVIEW BELOW)

Harper was a three-time All SVC, All District and All Ohioan in volleyball, helping to lead the Adena Warriors Volleyball to back-to-back SVC titles, three straight regional tournament appearances and a State Final Four slot in 2021. She was a four-year letter winner with the Warriors.

Harper said she always wanted to attend The Ohio State University to study and said her volleyball coach Laura Smith had asked her last year if she would be interested in the OSU Women’s Rowing Team.

Ellie has since visited OSU’s training site, which is home to multiple NCAA National Championship Rowing Teams.

Ellie is the daughter of Shawn and Michelle Harper of Frankfort.

(Photo Below: Harper is joined by many of her Adena Volleyball teammates during her signing event)

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Area Players/Coach Named All Ohio Volleyball

November 7, 2021 Mike Smith

Presented By Hometown-Motors, Inc.

(OHSVCA) — Several area high school volleyball players have been named All Ohio by the Ohio High School Volleyball Coaches Association.

Division 3 First Team honors include Jenna Martin of Adena. Her teammate Ellie Harper is Third Team All Ohio. Warriors Coach Laura Smith is Division 3 Coach of the Year, an honor she also won in 1993 when the Warriors were State Runner-Up. Adena is in the D-3 State Tournament this year.

Marissa Mullins of Westfall is Second Team All Ohio along with Ryleigh Meeker of Wheelersburg.

Other Division 3 honorees were Third Team selections Lexi Scott of Zane Trace and Huntington’s Megan Steele, along with Harper.

The D-3 Honorable Mention list includes Huntington’s Allison Basye, Westfall’s Claire Latham, and Southeastern’s Hannah Lougheed and Lexie Lockwood.

In Division 2, Faith Stinson of Sheridan is Second Team, Vinton County’s Cameron Zinn is Third Team All Ohio and Bloom Carroll’s McKenna Wiseman is Honorable Mention along with Ally Perkins of Sheridan.

South Webster’s Faith Maloney is a Division 4 First Team selection, leading her squad to the school’s first volleyball Final 4. Maloney’s fellow Jeep Graci Claxon is Honorable Mention.

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Adena Stretches SVC Volleyball Lead With Sweep Of Westfall

October 8, 2021 Mike Smith

Presented By McDonald’s, I’m Lovin’ It!

The Adena Warriors moved to (10-1) in the SVC with a (25-19, 25-21, 25-12) win over Westfall Thursday, putting the Warriors two matches up on both the (9-3) Mustangs and (9-3) Zane Trace in the SVC standings loss column.

The Warriors have a makeup match at Paint Valley this Saturday morning, where they could clinch at least a share of the SVC with a win.

(Adena’s Jenna Martin attacks during Adena win)

In Set#1, Westfall darted out to leads of 4-0, 5-1, 6-2, 9-5, 11-7 and 15-11, before Adena went on a 7-1 run for an 18-16 advantage. The Mustangs tied the set at 19-19, only to see the Warriors finish on a 6-0 run for a 25-19 win for a (1-0) match lead.

Set #2- The score went back-and-forth, with the Mustangs leading as late as 10-7, forcing Adena to call a time-out. The Warriors responded with a 5-0 run for a 12-10 lead, with both teams countering punch-for-punch. The score was tied as late as 17-17 with Adena grabbing the lead back and never allowing Westfall to get any closer than two points in a 25-21 win and a (2-0) lead.

Set #3 was close early, seeing the Mustangs leading 5-4 before Adena kicked into overdrive en-route to a 25-12 win and the (3-0) sweep of the match.

Adena’s top offensive stats saw Ellie Harper and Jenna Martin each with 12 kills, Hannah Burns with 10 and Sydney Foglesong with 9 and 2 blocks. Camryn Carroll had 25 digs. Hope Garrison had 11 digs and 17 assists. Makaela Lovely had 22 assists.

Both teams served 5 aces on the match.

Statistics are pending for Westfall.