Vote for Ames Tribune female Athlete of the Week for Oct. 11-17

Oct. 11-17 was the final week of the regular season for Iowa high school volleyball and cross country.

The girls swimming and diving season is also winding down.

In area high school volleyball, Ames defeated Oskaloosa and fell to Class 5A No. 2 Dallas Center-Grimes to end up tied with 5A No. 13 Indianola for third in the Little Hawkeye Conference behind DCG and 4A No. 1 Norwalk. Ballard, the No. 6 team in 4A, downed Gilbert and Bondurant-Farrar to finish atop the Raccoon River Conference and the Bombers also went 5-0 at the Knoxville Invitational.

Roland-Story, the No. 10 team in 3A, finished second to 2A No. 7 Woodward-Granger in the Heart of Iowa Conference after sweeping Nevada to finish 8-1 in the conference.

All area girls cross country teams competed in their conference meets during the week. 

Ames ran at the LHC meet in Oskaloosa, Ballard and Gilbert ran at the RRC meet in Alleman and Nevada and Roland-Story competed in the HOIC meet at Perry. Collins-Maxwell and Colo-NESCO ran at the Iowa Star Conference meet in Waverly. 

There were several standout performances by high school female athletes from the Ames area during the week.

Here are the Ames Tribune female Athlete of the Week nominees for the week of Oct. 11-17. AmesTrib.com readers vote to determine the winner, who will be announced at the end of the week. 

Peters won the Iowa Alliance Conference varsity girls individual championship at the IAC cross country meet on Oct. 13 at the Wartburg Max cross country course in Waverly.

Peters completed the 5-kilometer course in 19 minutes, 15 seconds flat to beat Colo-NESCO’s Hayden Hendrick by 23.7 seconds for the title.

Lynch turned in a tremendous individual match for the Ames volleyball team during the Little Cyclones’ 25-23, 25-17, 25-20 sweep of Oskaloosa in LHC play on Oct. 13 at Ames.

Lynch handed out 26 assists for the Little Cyclones. She also had 10 digs, seven kills and one ace.

Weig turned in a top-three performance for the Nevada girls cross country team during the HOIC meet on Oct. 12 at Perry.

Weig ran a 5k time of 20:22.6 to trail only West Marshall’s Dalaney Eldridge (20:05.8) and Woodward-Granger’s Chlover Wall (20:15.8).

Hosteng had a fantastic performance for the 4A No. 6 Ballard volleyball team during the Bombers’ thrilling 18-25, 25-20, 25-20, 24-26, 15-12 win over No. 15 Bondurant-Farrar in a RRC match on Oct. 15 at Bondurant.

Hosteng led Ballard with 19 digs, went a perfect 19 of 19 serving with three aces and tallied two blocks. She was also a weapon on offense, finishing with six kills.

Geise turned in another fantastic match at setter to help the 3A No. 10 Roland-Story volleyball team defeat Nevada by scores of 25-18, 25-13, 25-18 on Oct. 15 at Nevada.

Geise dished out 32 assists and totaled seven kills on 60% efficiency against Nevada. She also recorded three digs and two aces.

Joe Randleman covers high school sports for the Ames Tribune. Contact him at jrandleman@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter at @JoeRandleman

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