Barbara Lawlor, Gilpin County. Gilpin County volleyball girls have been playing neck to neck volleyball in the past week, playing hard to the very end and coming up with one hard-fought loss and one hard-fought victory.

On Tuesday, September 9, the Eagles traveled to North Park and although they lost the match 2-3, every point was a battle. North Park, however, was able to put up 17 blocks to Gilpin's two and 54 attacks to Gilpin's 22.

Alyssa Chareunsouk had a great offensive game with 5 kills and 25 attacks and 13 aces. She and Stephanie Siegrist are the aggression leaders. Siegrist also had 35 attacks, adding 5 kills and 3 aces to the score.

Game scores: 13-25, 28-26, 31-29, 9-25, 9-15.

Game player stats:

Alexis Kennedy, 10 serves, 11 digs, 9 serves received

Alex Martin, 3 kills, 9 attacks, 1 ace, 17 serves, 12 digs,  21 serves received

Aspen Nadeau, 1 dig

Bailey Hanssen, 8 attacks, 6 serves received

Cicely Lepro, 2 serves, 7 digs, 13 serves received

Alyssa Chareunsouk, 5 kills, 35 attacks, 3 aces 13 serves, 15 digs, 22 serves received

Stephanie Siegrist, 6 kills, 35 attacks, 3 aces, 23 serves, 2 blocks, 10 digs, 5 serves received

Sierra Planck, 3 kills, 13  attacks, 2 serves received

Jada Gohdes, 4 kills, 14 attacks, 9 serves, 4 digs, 8 serves received

Sierra Deleon, 1 kill, 6 attacks, 14 serves, 12 digs, 22 assists and 125 ball handling.

On Saturday night, September 13, the Eagles traveled to Nederland where they beat their mountain rivals in four games, giving up the third game by two points. The teams were evenly matched, the bleachers were filled—at least half of them were Gilpin fans and energy bounced around the gym. Every game was an uphill march, both teams pushing forward with determination until the Eagles soared ahead in the fourth game to win the 3-1 match.

Game scores: 25-20, 28-26,  23-25. 25-14

Players stats:

Alexis Kennedy, 1 ace, 15 serves, 12 digs, 10 serves received

Aspen Nadeau, 1 dig

Alex Martin, 2 aces 17 serves, 11 digs, 10 serves received, 9 attacks

Bailey Hanssen. 8 kills, 16 attacks

Cicely Lepro, 1 attack, 1 ace, 6 serves, 4 digs, 8 serves received

Alyssa Chareunsouk, 4 kills, 23 attacks, 8 aces, 21 serves, 10 digs, 17 serves received

Stephanie Siegrist, 5 kills, 31 attacks, 1 ace, 12 serves, 13 digs, 6 serves received

Jada Gohdes, 1 kill, 16 attacks, 1 ace, 12 serves, 5 digs, 2 assists, 11 serves received

Sierra Deleon, 3 kills, 11 attacks, 2 aces, 7 serves, 14 digs, 20 assists, 99 ball handling, 2 serves received

The Eagles’ next home game is on Thursday, September 18, beginning at 4 p.m. against Denver Waldorf. The next four games will be away games.