Spikers end Homecoming Week in style 

Supercharged by their emphatic sweep of Telluride the previous Saturday up in San Miguel County, the Ignacio Volleycats returned to action Saturday, Sept. 30, and had little problem pounding visiting Ridgway not once, but twice. 

Completing the teams’ 2023 season set in one fell swoop, the ’Cats drubbed the Lady Demons 25-7, 25-12, 25-9 in the first match, then closed out Homecoming Week with a nearly identical 25-11, 25-7, 25-9 rout later that afternoon. 

Having not lost to RHS since the last match of the coronavirus pandemic-delayed/abbreviated Spring 2021 season, a streak of six matches, IHS improved to 11-4 overall this fall, and rose to 4-1 in 2A San Juan Basin League play (as well as 4-1 in all official 2A/1A SJBL contests). 

“The girls are aggressive, and they want to score; they have that ‘killer’ mindset of getting that point,” head coach Jennifer Seibel had said, following her squad’s 25-22, 25-15, 25-12 triumph at THS. “We’ve got a great team of very athletic girls, so … if you have that attitude, that mindset of you’re the one, and have the confidence to go with it … we just blossom from there. Then my game plan’s like ‘Do not take that foot off the gas!’” 

Individual statistics from the doubleheader inside IHS Gymnasium had not been verified and reported as of press time. 

Ridgway fell to 2-9 overall (1-3 2A SJBL, 1-4 2A/1A SJBL) prior to facing non-league 1A Caprock Academy (9-6 overall) on Tuesday, October 3, in Grand Junction. 

Ignacio will next see action on Saturday, Oct.r 7, at 1A Nucla as league play continues. Results from the Volleycats’ much-anticipated third go-round with 2A Mancos (Oct. 5 at MHS), however, were unavailable at press time. Standing 12-1 overall, 4-0 in 2A SJBL play and 6-0 in official 2A/1A SJBL action, the vaunted Lady Jays avoided disaster their most recent time out – nabbing a 25-9, 25-16, 20-25, 16-25, 15-13 nail-biter inside THS’ MinerDome – before the showdown.