Trio of area teams finish 2-1 at jamboree

Morgan City, Berwick and Central Catholic finished 2-1 to lead Tri-City area volleyball teams at the Morgan City High School Jamboree Thursday.
Patterson recorded a 1-2 day to round out the area teams.
Morgan City defeated West St. Mary (25-6) and Patterson (25-9), while falling to Central Catholic (25-22).
“I think we did well,” Morgan City coach Christy Theriot said. “We’re definitely progressing. I thought we looked good. We hustled. We didn’t let the balls hit the floor. You saw a few connections. ... (We) do have some things to work on, consistent serving, we picked up on tips at the end but got to read them from the beginning, but overall, I thought they all did well.”
Berwick defeated Central Catholic (25-21) and Patterson (25-10), but fell to Highland Baptist (25-20).
“Overall, pleased,” Berwick coach Heather Templet said of her team’s performance. “We saw some things that we need to work on. Still working on finding that starting rotation. Very pleased with the outcome against Central. We showed up. We were showing the fight. We pulled that one out. Then we ended it on a good note with Patterson.”
In addition to the win against Morgan City (25-22) and the loss to Berwick (25-21), Central Catholic defeated Franklin 25-7.
“It was up and down. … It was (a) roller coaster, and we can’t enter into our season Monday against Vandebilt Catholic, who has always been a powerhouse, the way we played today,” Central Catholic coach Latashia Wise said of her team’s performance Thursday. “We’re going to have to step it up big time. We got some things we’re going to work on (today) in practice to get ready for Vandebilt, but overall, I think it was maybe a ‘B-C’ performance. It’s still real early. It’s still jamboree, one set, not really having the whole set to go to give everything you have, but I think overall, we did OK.”
Patterson topped West St. Mary but fell to Berwick (25-10) and Morgan City (25-9). No score was available from the West St. Mary contest, and coach Chasity Toups could not be reached for comment this morning.
In Morgan City’s win against West St. Mary, Kennedy Hebert had six kills, one block and four digs, while Paige Loftin had four aces, one kill and three digs.
Allie Vincent added one ace, one kill, eight assists and one dig to round out the top performers.
Against Patterson, Dwanna LeBeau had one ace and four kills to lead Morgan City, while Hebert added two aces and one dig.
In the loss to Central Catholic, Hebert led Morgan City with five kills and two blocks, while Vincent had one ace, one kill, five assists and four digs, and Alex Thompson had one kill and two blocks.
In Berwick’s win against Central Catholic, Ashton Morales led Berwick with two kills, one block, two assists and seven digs, while Sydney Aucoin had four kills and four digs.
Other top contributors included Brittany Roberie, one assist and eight digs; Alyssa Gray, one ace, one kill, one assist and three digs; and Rosalyn Gros, one ace and four digs.
Against Highland Baptist, Morales had one kill, one block, two assists and three digs, while Jordan Lipari had three kills and two digs.
Other top contributors included Gros with one ace and four digs; Mary Jordan Melancon, one assist and four digs; and Emma Hover, four digs.
Against Patterson, Morales had two aces, four kills, two assists and two digs, while Melancon had three aces, two assists and three digs. Roberie added one ace and six digs.
In junior varsity action, Morgan City defeated West St. Mary, 25-9.
McKenzie Smith had five aces for Morgan City, while Twanna LeBeau had one ace and three kills. Abby Reynaud added two aces and six assists.
Morgan City also defeated Patterson.
Reynaud had three aces and seven assists, while Sh’Diamond Holly had three kills.
In other junior varsity action, Berwick defeated Central Catholic 25-16, Highland Baptist, 25-24 and Patterson, 25-14.
Central Catholic defeated Franklin 25-6 in junior varsity play.