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Historic season ends in state quarters for Wyoming Area girls soccer team

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Wyoming Area heads high after state field hockey defeat in overtime

<p class="x_MsoNormal">Holy Redeemer is headed back to the PIAA Class 2A girls volleyball semifinals for the second time in three years.</p><p class="x_MsoNormal">Skylar Osenkarski had 32 kills and 10 blocks while Korren Hicks had 46 assists and 17 service points as the Royals advanced with Saturday&#8217;s 25-18, 23-25, 25-22, 25-12 victory over District 1 champion New Hope-Solebury at Quakertown High School.</p><p class="x_MsoNormal">Holy Redeemer, ranked first in the state in Class A by the Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association, advances into a Tuesday rematch with Delone Catholic. The Royals will have a chance to avenge their only loss of the season.</p><p class="x_MsoNormal">Delone Catholic defeated Panther Valley, 25-11, 25-23, 25-17, in another Saturday quarterfinal.</p><p class="x_MsoNormal">Livia Moore had 14 kills, six blocks, three digs and 13 points.</p><p class="x_MsoNormal">Along with setting up the Royals hitters, Hicks also had eight digs in the win. Holy Redeemer coach John Kablick said the Royals also did a good job of getting the ball to Hicks in the right spots to let her go to work.</p><p class="x_MsoNormal">&#8220;You can&#8217;t get a good swing without a good pass,&#8221; Kablick said. &#8220;Our serve receive and our back row defense was just on again.</p><p class="x_MsoNormal">&#8220;Julia Andrejko, Liv Moore, Sarah Kuderka. They gave Korren options. A lot of times a bad pass will limit our setter to one option, but we were getting multiple options off our passes.&#8221;</p><p class="x_MsoNormal">Andrejko, Kuderka, Sarah Liskowicz, Abby Lapinski and Maddie Lewis also contributed to the win.</p><p class="x_MsoNormal">Andrejko had eight kills and eight digs. Kuderka had 14 points and nine digs. Liskowicz had seven kills and two blocks. Lapinski had three kills and three blocks. Lewis had eight points.</p><p class="x_MsoNormal">After dropping the second set, Kablick set the Royals went back to some of the execution they had shown early.</p><p class="x_MsoNormal">&#8220;We did make a slight adjustment as well as our serving goes,&#8221; Kablick said. &#8220;We always want to go away from where they want to go. They had two terrific hitters.</p><p class="x_MsoNormal">&#8220;We knew where they wanted to go and we wanted to make it tough to get there. We did it through our hitting and, especially, through our serving.&#8221;</p><p class="x_MsoNormal">Taking the same approach is not as easy for Holy Redeemer opponents because of the team&#8217;s balance.</p><p class="x_MsoNormal">&#8220;We just had too many hitters,&#8221; Kablick said. &#8220;Too many hitters from too many angles.&#8221;</p><style>
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Osenkarski, Holy Redeemer hit way back to state girls volleyball semis