Photo by Cody Nespor Wheeling Central’s Kamy Conners (9) blocks a Shadyside hit during Wednesday’s 3-1 win.

WHEELING — The Wheeling Central volleyball team posted a strong showing at home Wednesday afternoon, defeating visiting Shadyside in four sets.

After dropping the first set 25-17, the Maroon Knights (2-0) won a close second set 25-17 before storming to 25-12 and 25-14 wins in sets three and four.

“We went in knowing that Shadyside is a really good team and I think we just had to get the dust blown off,” first-year Central coach Kara Conners said. “We just had to find our groove and once we did that, the girls were a well-oiled machine.”

The Knights started strong in the opening set with the score tied at 13 midway through. From there, however, the Tigers took control of the set, scoring 12 of the final 16 points to win 25-17.

The second set looked to be heading in a similar direction when Shadyside went on a 5-1 scoring run to take an 11-9 lead. That was when the switch flipped for Central though as the Knights used two extended scoring runs to win 25-17.

Kamy Conners had a serving run of seven points in the set, followed by a four-point serving run by Nicole Reasbeck.

“Volleyball’s half mental and half physical,” Coach Conners said. “(Shadyside) has some good defense, has a good hitter and they’ve got a good coach. We just had to figure out how we could play around that.”

The Knights were in full control of the match following the second set. They exploded out to a 13-1 lead in set three, eventually winning 25-12 on a powerful spike by Reasbeck.

“We got our momentum,” Conners said. “Once we found our rhythm, we stuck with that and kept that going.”

Shadyside opened a 4-0 lead in the fourth set, but Central would eventually go on a 17-1 scoring run that put any hopes of a Tiger comeback to bed. That period included a 14-point service run by Reasbeck.

“I think Nicole played fantastic, she is an all-around good player,” Conners said. “It’s a team sport though so she’s only as good as the five others on the court. I give them all credit.”

Camy Conners led the Knights with 17 kills and nine aces alongside 10 digs. Reasbeck finished with 16 digs, 14 kills and eight aces.

Alexis Hood had a team-high 15 assists with six digs and two aces while Lainey Peters had eight assists, two digs and two kills. Ashlyn Knights had four blocks and a like number of digs.

Dangerous outside hitter Gentry Brown led the Tigers with 16 kills and 13 digs while also registering two blocks. Ali Weatherspoon had a team-high 14 assists.

Wheeling Central will continue its homestand later today with a visit from the Bellaire Big Reds.

Caldwell tops Linsly

CALDWELL — Linsly and Caldwell went the distance Wednesday, with the hosts winning in five sets.

Linsly won the first two sets 25-21 and 25-19, but Caldwell rebounded to win the final three 25-14, 25-10 and 15-10.

Barnesville sweeps River

BARNESVILLE — The Shamrocks picked up another sweep on Wednesday, handing River a 25-8, 25-12 and 25-8 setback.

Ava McFarland led the Shamrocks (5-1) with 10 points, 25 assists and six digs. Jalyn Skinner had nine points. Kynlie Cline added six points and 20 digs. Hallie Markovich had six points, two aces, 16 kills and two blocks. Ellie Thompson posted 18 points, eight kills and four digs.

River was led by Emma Reed’s eight points and an ace. Chloe Honeycutt added three blocks and two kills. Zoey Fox posted three blocks and a kill.

Beallsville sweeps Paden City

BEALLSVILLE — The Blue Devils posted an impressive sweep of Paden City Wednesday evening, winning by scores of 25-6, 25-16 and 25-7.

The Blue Devils received five assists and six aces from Kinley Hughes, while Kaylee Hagan had five kills and four aces.

Chloe McCulley added five assists and two aces.

BOYS SOCCER

Brooke 5, Parkersburg South 1

WELLSBURG — The Bruins picked up a win at home Wednesday.

Ben Ferguson led Brooke’s (3-2) charge with two goals and three assists.

Devin Copetti and Christian Packer both had a goal and assist while Evan Urso scored a goal.

Jeremy Gilchrist made seven saves in net.

Brooke will next play at Grafton on Saturday.

GIRLS SOCCER

Wheeling Park 7, Brooke 0

WHEELING — Wheeling Park’s girls soccer team improved to 4-1-1 on the season thanks to a 7-0 victory against Brooke Wednesday evening.

The Patriots received at least one goal from six different players.

Junior standout Merritt Delk scored a pair of goals and also had a like number of assists.

Kaylee Hunt, Seneca Heller, Audrey Lantz, Katelyn Smith and Hailey Hastings scored the other goals.

Adlie Abraham and Ellie Reasbeck both had a pair of assists.

Ryleigh Hicks picked up the win in net. She recorded two saves en route to the shutout.

GIRLS GOLF

Edison wins five-team event

MOUNDSVILLE — Edison shot a solid score of 209 to win a five-team event at Moundsville Country Club on Wednesday.

The Wildcats were better than Fort Frye (222), John Marshall (223) and River (244). Wheeling Central also took part.

Wheeling Central’s Maddie Potts shot a solid round of 44 to take the medalist honors.

John Marshall was led by Payton Clark’s 52.

BOYS GOLF

Linsly wins tri

WHEELING — The Cadets carded 314 to top Wheeling Central (323) and Brooke (404) at the Jones Course.

Linsly’s Jamie Romeral was the match medalist with a 74.

Central’s Justin Doerr finished second, shooting 75, while Linsly’s Matteo Guzzo and Central’s Ryan Constanzo both shot 77 for third place.

Brooke was led by Colten Haught’s 89.

Buckeye Local Falls

Indian Creek carded a 172 which was four shots better than Buckeye Local on the Bec-Wood Golf Course.

The Redskins’ Olivia Gibas was medalist with a 38.

The Panthers (11-1) were led by Aidan Polanski and Dominic Kempton who both fired 43s.