Hillsboro wins 5-set thriller over Fairfield; earns shutout win over Blue Lions 

The Hillsboro Lady Indians won what was a five-set match against Highland County rival Fairfield on Monday evening, where it was HHS rallying to win the final three sets of action at Hillsboro High School. 

Fairfield took control early in the contest by winning the first two sets by scores of 25-17 and 25-18. 

Hillsboro wasn’t finished, though, as they battled back to win the third set at 25-17, then tied the match score at two sets each with a set-four win at 25-17. In the fifth and match-deciding set (first to 15 points with a two-point lead), the Lady Indians won that set too, winning by three points at 15-12. 

Hillsboro ended the Highland County rivalry match with 47 kills, 42 assists, six aces, 83 digs and 10 blocks. 

Senior Tylee Davis led Hillsboro with 24 kills, plus she added 19 digs and a block. Sophomore Macy Fauber finished with three assists, one ace and a team-high 20 digs.

Senior Marianne Mycroft totaled two blocks for the Lady Indians. Teammate Riley Pence, a junior, collected five kills, one assist, one dig and a team-high three blocks. 

Senior Scarlett Perkins finished with one kill, one assist, four digs and a block. Senior Josie Rhoades had four assists, a team-high four aces and 16 digs. 

HHS senior Ryan Wagoner finished the match with 10 kills, one assist, one ace and 12 digs, plus she added a block. Sophomore Emmalee Young totaled seven kills, a team-high 31 assists, 11 digs and two blocks. Senior Paisley Zink ended the contest with one assist. 

The following evening on Tuesday, Oct. 6, the Lady Indians defeated the Washington Lady Blue Lions in three consecutive sets at HHS for the Frontier Athletic Conference win. 

Hillsboro won the match by scores of 25-17, 25-12 and 25-11. 

In the match Davis totaled 10 kills, two aces and she also collected seven digs. Fauber totaled three aces in the win along with seven digs. Mycroft finished the match with three kills and one ace. 

The FAC match also included Pence finishing the victory with four kills and three blocks. Perkins had six kills for the Lady Indians to go with one assist, one ace and two digs. 

Rhoades finished with one assist and two digs. Wagoner collected 11 kills, three aces and seven digs. Young ended the contest with two kills, 28 assists, five aces and two digs. Zink ended the match with one kill, one ace, two digs and a block. 

Following those two wins, the Lady Indians held an overall record of 14-5 with a FAC record of 5-4.