Sep 5, 2025, 6:18 AM CST
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RICHLAND CENTER, Wis (WRCO / WRCE) – The Richland Center high school volleyball team swept Prairie Chien on the opening night of Southwest Conference play. The scores were 25-15, 25-6, and 25-20 during family night for the Hornets at the Richland Center High School Fieldhouse. Senior Danica Pauls led the way with 4 kills in the opening set and a match high 11. Freshman Adelyn Wertz had 7 kills and sophomore Ella Clements had 3 kills in the opening set as Richland Center set the tone. Junior Ellavy Weiss had 4 kills in the 2nd set.
The Richland Center JV 1 and JV 2 teams also scored wins over the visiting Blackhawks.
Following the 3 set sweep, Richland Center will prepare to host its own invitational on Saturday. Saturday It will get underway at 8:30am and feature a stacked lineup of talented teams including Black Hawk, Cuba City, Edgewood, Fennimore, Hillsboro, Iowa-Grant, Ithaca, Lancaster, Luther, Reedsburg, and Royall.
In other conference matches on Thursday night, Platteville was a 3 sets to 1 winner over River Valley and Lancaster swept Dodgeville.
Adam Hess has been involved in radio broadcasting since 1990, with many of those years spent on the air at WRCO FM in Richland Center. Currently, Adam hosts the Weekend Wake-up and Prime Mover Saturdays on WRCO FM, jumps in and helps out with news duties, handles Social Media duties for WRCO and WRCE, and is the Director of Technology at a Southwest Wisconsin School District. Reach him at [email protected].
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