Burton ends Lady Comanches’ season
The Shiner volleyball team finished the season 27-15 and advanced to the region quarterfinal round. Playing this season for the Lady Comanches were Emmalie Berkovsky, Tabitha Blaschke, Meagan Chumchal, Amanise Coleman, Tamara Hajek, Jennifer Hartl, LaNeshia Hunt, Jayde Kurtz, Sara Lauer, Lauren Oden, Julianna Rankin and Kristin Schacherl. They were coached by Megan Klimitchek and assisted by Cece Oden.
COLUMBUS – There is a time where all good things must come to an end.
That time was Tuesday night for the Shiner volleyball team, who suffered a 3-1 setback at the hands of Burton at Columbus High School. The scores were 25-22, 23-25, 25-13, 25-22.
Burton advanced to the Region IV-Class A semifinal round where it will face Yorktown at 5 p.m. today at Brenham High School. Shiner ended its first season under Megan Klimitchek with a 27-15 record.
“I can’t really put into words what this season meant to me,” Klimitchek said. “I could not have asked for a better team, coaching staff or fans. I’m truly blessed and thankful for everyone who supported us.”
The Lady Comanches opened the match on a 4-2 run behind a pair of kills from Amanise Coleman, a kill from Lauren Oden and an ace from Kristin Schacherl. But Burton went on a 21-13 run to build a 23-17 lead.
Despite a 5-1 Shiner run to cut the lead to 24-22, the Lady Panthers scored the 25th point to take a 1-0 match lead. Coleman, Oden and LaNeshia Hunt all had kills during the Lady Comanches’ final run.
Burton looked primed to take a 2-0 match lead as it jumped out to an 18-3 lead. But Shiner never quit as the Lady Comanches used a 20-4 lead to take a 23-22 lead.
During the rally, Coleman recorded two blocks and a kill, Hunt and Emmalie Berkovsky both had a pair of kills, Oden and Schacherl both had aces and Jennifer Hartl posted a kill. The Lady Panthers recorded a kill to tie the game before Hunt recorded a kill and Burton committed an error to give Shiner the second game and tie the match at one game apiece.
The third game belonged to the Lady Panthers. Burton broke a 4-4 tie with a 21-8 run to take a 2-1 match lead and move within a game victory of clinching the match.
The Lady Comanches opened the fourth game on an 18-11 tear. Coleman sparked the run with three kills and a pair of blocks, while Hunt recorded two kills, Tamara Hajek recorded an ace, and Oden and Julianna Rankin both had kills.
The Lady Panthers didn’t go away though. They used a 14-4 run to rally for the match-clinching win.
Tuesday’s match was the final high school volleyball contest for a trio of Shiner seniors – Berkovsky, Hunt and Oden.
“The seniors were my team leaders,” Klimitchek said. “They made life so easy for me and they did everything I asked them to do.”
“Our teamwork brought us together,” Berkovsky added. “We knew we had to work together and play our hardest.”
Coleman (team-high 12 kills, team-high 4 blocks, 2 digs), Hajek (team-high 4 aces, 3 digs), Hunt (19 digs, team-high 12 kills, block), Rankin (team-high 27 digs, 7 kills, 3 blocks), Schacherl (team-high 31 assists, 25 digs, 2 aces, 2 blocks) and Tabitha Blaschke (5 digs, team-high 4 blocks, kill) led the way for the Lady Comanches. Berkovsky (7 digs, 3 kills, block), Oden (17 digs, 5 kills, 4 assists, 2 blocks, ace) and Meagan Chumchal (23 digs) also contributed.
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