Tigers snag 20th win of season on road

Red Oak picked up its 20th win of the season in a marathon 25-20, 25-27, 18-25, 25-9, 15-11 victory over Tri-Center in Western Iowa Conference play Thursday in Neola.
The Class 2A, No. 12 ranked Tigers (20-6 overall, 6-2 in the conference) got a big hitting night from Keely Jones and Ellie O’Neal.
Jones led the way with 24 kills. She also added 22 digs. O’Neal smacked 19 kills.
Kaylee Erickson paced the Tiger offense with 31 assists while Ella Blackman dished up 20 assists.
Mariel Ramirez led the Tiger defense with a new school record 32 digs against the Trojans.
Tess Casey led Tri-Center with 22 kills.

Red Oak 25-25-25,
Shenandoah 22-12-15
 Keely Jones had 17 kills, to lead the way for Red Oak in a 25-22, 25-12, 25-15 win over Shenandoah in Western Iowa Conference volleyball last Tuesday.
“A rivalry game on senior night is always going to be a little extra charged but I think what stood out to me is that after spending some more fine tuning on our passing in both transition and serve receive,” said Red Oak coach Angie Montgomery. “It makes a huge difference if we can make the setters job a little easier by giving them a good pass and I think our passing was in system and that allowed us to be able to do a lot of things on offense that we had been missing.”
Jones added 10 digs and three aces on a night she surpassed 1,000 career kills.
“The 1,000 club is a very elite honor and is the result of lots of years playing and putting in the extra work to be the best she could be for her team,” Montgomery said. “We could not be more proud of her and this wonderful achievement.”
Kaylee Erickson paced the offense with 15 set assists while Ella Blackman added 14.
Mariel Ramirez led the Tiger defense with 14 digs.