Bourbon High School’s volleyball team capped a busy week of action with a victory in the consolation finals of the Oct. 10 Belle Varsity Volleyball Tournament with a win over Dixon.

Earlier in the week, the Lady Warhawks defeated New Haven Oct. 5 and Belle Oct. 6 on senior night.

Bourbon is set to play its last regular season games of the season this week before competing in the Class 2 District 7 Tournament in Steelville.

The Blue and White hosted Viburnum Oct. 12, played in Steelville Oct. 13 and are scheduled to host Dixon Oct. 15 in its regular season finale. All of those matches will be detailed in next week’s edition.   

In the Class 2 District 7 District Tournament bracket, Bourbon is seeded fourth and will play fifth-seeded Belle at 5 p.m. Oct. 20 in the first round. The winner will play number one-seeded Licking at 5 p.m. the following evening.

Oct. 5 vs. New Haven

Bourbon welcomed the New Haven Lady Shamrocks into town on Monday. The Lady Shamrocks proved to be bad luck for the Lady Warhawks, earning a sweep in straight sets over Bourbon to move to 10-14-1 with the win. New Haven won 25-12, 25-13 and 25-19 as Bourbon fell to 6-15-4 on the year with the loss.

Hailie Kahmke tallied 15 receptions, nine digs and three kills to lead the Lady Warhawks. Brianna Bouse had six receptions and four digs. Lauryn Hercules recorded five receptions and two service aces. Maddie Blanton registered five digs and five receptions and Abbi Payne chipped in five digs.

The Lady Warhawks junior varsity team played first and won 25-18 and 26-24 to secure a match victory in straight sets.

Oct. 6 vs. Belle

The Lady Warhawks hosted Belle for senior night and a Gasconade Valley Conference (GVC) matchup. Bourbon seniors Hailie Kahmke, Allie Sutton, Payton Helton, Leah Negretti and Maddie Blanton were honored between the junior varsity and varsity game.

Belle defeated Bourbon in straight sets in their first matchup Sept. 1, and the Lady Warhawks gave the Lady Tigers a taste of their own medicine over a month later.

Bourbon won a close first set 26-24 before settling in and winning 25-19 in the final two sets to sweep the Lady Tigers in straight sets. Bourbon moved to 7-15-4 with the win and Belle dropped to 7-14-2 with the loss. 

Sutton had a game-high 16 assists along with four service aces. Hercules tallied 10 receptions, six kills and six service aces. Kenzii Withorn recorded 10 receptions, eight digs and two kills. Kahmke registered nine digs, seven receptions and four kills. Savanna Vance had four kills and three service aces and Helton added six receptions and two digs.

In the junior varsity match. The Lady Warhawks won the first set 25-13, lost the second set 25-18 and won the third set 15-11 to earn a match victory in the first contest of the evening between Bourbon and Belle.