Huemann Hits 1,000 Assists

The Rockets traveled to Campus this past Saturday for a four-game round-robin against all 5A and 6A teams and the Rockets looked really good. Game one for the Rockets would be against Topeka West, and the game would be a three-set game that really shouldn’t have gone to three. The Rockets would lose in set one 26-28 as they looked sluggish in the early morning game, but the girls would quickly wake up as they would come out and win 25-27 and 25-10 in the following sets. Game two would be against Heights and this game would go well for the Rockets as they would win it in two sets 25-22 and 25-15. The Rockets were finding their footing and it was looking good as we went into our toughest game on the day against Ark City. Set one would be won by the Rockets in what should’ve been a 25-23 score, but there was an official scorebook error early on in the game where the Rocket point had been given to Ark City; thus, later on in the game Ark City would win the back and forth with the Rockets, 24-26. There is a quote us managers use, that is used in all sports, “Ball don’t lie” and it most certainly was executed in the rest of this game as the Rockets would look like a better team than they looked against Clearwater as they won the next two sets 25-22 and 25-14 in a max effort game. For the final game on the day the Rockets would play Maize; however, the Rocket tank was out of fuel and the girls looked exhausted after the three-set match against Ark City and the girls would lose in two sets 12-25 and 17-25. On top of this good Rocket weekend, a big achievement was hit by junior Kadance Heumann. In our game against Ark City, Heumann would hit the 1,000 career assists margin, when asked about the accomplishment Heumann stated, “It is a pretty big accomplishment and I couldn’t have done it without my teammates doing their part as well!” Heumann is officially number six on the Rocket career assists chart, passing Breckynn Myers who had previously held number six with 920 assists. The celebration for both this huge accomplishment and senior night will be this upcoming Tuesday when the Rockets play Wellington and Andale. Be there to support the Rockets this Tuesday for our last home game!!