KELSEYVILLE — Coach Donelle McCallister doesn”t think the Kelseyville Knights have played their best volleyball of the season just yet.
Considering how well her squad has played of late, that”s a scary thought.
Kelseyville needed only three games to put away the Cloverdale Eagles 25-16, 29-27, 25-19 in North Central League I interlock varsity volleyball action on Thursday night in Kelseyville.
Kaitlyn Goff”s nine kills powered the Knights, but two other players were also instrumental in the victory, according to McCallister.
Libero Sarah Johnson had 16 digs and sophomore opposite hitter Chelsea DeJohn added two kills and one ace.
“She had no hitting errors and no serving errors,” McCallister said of DeJohn. “She was real consistent. She”s just starting to really pick up.”
In other interlock volleyball action Thursday:
Middletown def. Upper Lake
At Upper Lake, the Middletown Mustangs beat the Upper Lake Cougars 25-23, 25-20, 25-11.
“We just lost our focus in that third game,” Upper Lake coach Sandy Coatney said. “(Middletown”s) Kayla Wood served up a bunch of points in that game.”
Rebecca Swaney led the Cougars with six kills and Katy DeVries added five kills and four blocks.
Wood led Middletown with 15 kills, Kelsey Guzman had six, Jessica Boylan five and Haley Tallman four.
Lower Lake def. St. Vincent
At Petaluma, the Lower Lake Trojans had a mostly good night as they beat the St. Vincent Mustangs 25-12, 27-25, 25-21 behind 10 kills and two blocks from Renita Gilliam.
“She had another wonderful night,” Lower Lake coach Danessa Udy said of Gilliam.
Tashee Denson added six kills and Darlena White had five kills and seven aces for the Trojans.
Clear Lake def. Fort Bragg
At Fort Bragg, a team pep talk earlier in the week did the trick for the Clear Lake Cardinals, who picked up their intensity with a 25-8, 25-8, 25-16 victory over the Fort Bragg Timberwolves.
Jesse Sondag”s 12 kills, nine digs and seven service points led Clear Lake.
“They played awesome,” Clear Lake coach Marci Psalmonds said.
Setter Katie Reynolds added 20 assists, Briana Butcher had 18 service points, and Danielle Howard added six kills and four blocks.
Girls” soccer
Clear Lake 3, Cloverdale 0
At Cloverdale, Elena Tipton, Annie Gall and Anisa Green all scored goals as the Clear Lake Cardinals won their NCL I South opener, shutting out the Cloverdale Eagles.
Clear Lake (9-4-1) out-shot Cloverdale 22-3.
“Our defense did a nice job,” Clear Lake coach Paul Larrea said.
Middletown 2, St. Helena 0
At St. Helena, the Middle-town Mustangs received second-half goals from Amber Preusser and Natalie Diaz to blank the St. Helena Saints in NCL I interlock play.
“We are on fire,” Middletown coach Louise Owens said of the 9-1 Mustangs. “We picked it up another notch. They”re doing such a great job and it”s exciting to watch them.”
Kelseyville 2, Willits 1
At Kelseyville, the Kelseyville Knights squared their NCL I North record at 1-1 with a victory over the Willits Wolverines.
Monique Santana scored in the first half and Amanda Horne scored in the second half for the Knights (1-1, 3-5), who led 2-0 until late in the second half.
“We played fairly well and are passing better,” Kelseyville coach Mark Andre said.
Boys” soccer
Cloverdale 5, Clear Lake 0
At Cloverdale, Clear Lake (2-9) kept it close for a half but dropped its NCL I South opener to the Cloverdale Eagles despite a strong effort from Cardinals keeper Raymundo Gregorio.
“He made some great saves to keep it at 0-0,” Clear Lake coach Brian Figg said.
Cloverdale scored late in the first half to take the lead and added four more goals in the second half.
“We played one of our best halves and it easily could have been 3-1 us after the first half,” Figg said.
Clear Lake”s Robert Anderson had a goal wiped out by an offsides penalty.
St. Helena 4, Middletown 2
At St. Helena, Middletown took an early 1-0 lead on a Jason Candelario goal but lost to the St. Helena Saints in NCL I interlock action.
Dylan Pastor scored in the second half for the Mustangs (5-7) to cut St. Helena”s lead to 3-2.
“We had tons of chances again,” Middletown coach Lee Hoage said.
Willits 3, Kelseyville 1
At Willits, the Kelseyville Knights fell to 0-2 in NCL I North play after falling to the Willits Wolverines.
Luis Macias scored in the first half for Kelseyville, now 4-3-1 overall. Macias just missed another goal later in the half when his shot cleared the Willits keeper but bounced off the top of the frame.
