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Pawnee City Sterling

Indians

Jets

The Sterling (NE) varsity volleyball team lost Thursday's home non-conference match against Pawnee City (NE) by a score of 2-0.

	S1	S2	Wins
Pawnee City	25	25	2
Sterling	13	10	0

Final score provided by C. Thies.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Match Stats

Sterling (25-26)

Pawnee City

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	2	15	7.5	38.5	39	11	.103
1	Denielle Gyhra (Jr)	2	1	0.5	100.0	1	0	1.000
2	Ericca Gyhra (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
3	Kaylee Turnbull (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
5	Emalyse Gottula (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	2	0	.000
6	Madelyn Osborne (Sr)	2	4	2.0	57.1	7	2	.286
7	Kinsley Benson (Jr)	2	2	1.0	40.0	5	1	.200
8	Ainsley Rauner (Fr)	2	0	0.0	.0	1	1	-1.000
9	Haylee Plager (So)	2	1	0.5	50.0	2	0	.500
10	Kailey Hartman (Jr)	1	0	0.0	.0	2	2	-1.000
13	Shayla Puhalla (Sr)	2	1	0.5	100.0	1	0	1.000
14	Ashlyn Puhalla (So)	2	3	1.5	60.0	5	1	.400
16	Abby Dietrich (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
20	Breonna Gyhra (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
22	Adelyn Sisco (Jr)	2	2	1.0	28.6	7	2	.000
23	Taelyn Blecha (Jr)	2	1	0.5	16.7	6	2	-.167

Sterling

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	2	0	0.0		11	0
1	B. Houghton (So)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
2	Taylor Truscott (Jr)	2
9	Alex Vollman (So)	2	0	0.0	.0	5	0	.000
10	Kynli Portwood (So)	2	0	0.0	.0	2
12	Josie Rathe (So)	2
13	Nora Uher (Fr)	2			.0	4	0
	Stepth Bolen (So)	2

Pawnee City

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %
	Team Totals	2	14	7.0	28.6	49	7	85.7
1	Denielle Gyhra (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
2	Ericca Gyhra (Jr)	2	5	2.5	41.7	12	1	91.7
3	Kaylee Turnbull (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
5	Emalyse Gottula (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	1	1	.0
6	Madelyn Osborne (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	2	2	.0
7	Kinsley Benson (Jr)	2	1	0.5	16.7	6	3	50.0
8	Ainsley Rauner (Fr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
9	Haylee Plager (So)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
10	Kailey Hartman (Jr)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0
13	Shayla Puhalla (Sr)	2	3	1.5	20.0	15	0	100.0
14	Ashlyn Puhalla (So)	2	5	2.5	41.7	12	0	100.0
16	Abby Dietrich (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
20	Breonna Gyhra (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	1	0	100.0
22	Adelyn Sisco (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
23	Taelyn Blecha (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0

Sterling

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	2	0	0.0	.0	9	3	66.7	0
1	B. Houghton (So)	2	0	0.0	.0	3	0	100.0	0
2	Taylor Truscott (Jr)	2
9	Alex Vollman (So)	2	0	0.0	.0	5	1	80.0	0
10	Kynli Portwood (So)	2	0	0.0	.0	1	1	.0	0
12	Josie Rathe (So)	2
13	Nora Uher (Fr)	2					1
	Stepth Bolen (So)	2

Pawnee City

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	Tot Blks	B/S
	Team Totals	2	1	1	0.5
1	Denielle Gyhra (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0
2	Ericca Gyhra (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0
3	Kaylee Turnbull (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0
5	Emalyse Gottula (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0
6	Madelyn Osborne (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0
7	Kinsley Benson (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0
8	Ainsley Rauner (Fr)	2	0	0	0.0
9	Haylee Plager (So)	2	0	0	0.0
10	Kailey Hartman (Jr)	1	0	0	0.0
13	Shayla Puhalla (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0
14	Ashlyn Puhalla (So)	2	0	0	0.0
16	Abby Dietrich (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0
20	Breonna Gyhra (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0
22	Adelyn Sisco (Jr)	2	1	1	0.5
23	Taelyn Blecha (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0

Sterling

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	BA	Tot Blks	B/S	BE
	Team Totals	2	1	0	1	0.5	0
1	B. Houghton (So)	2	1	0	1	0.5	0
2	Taylor Truscott (Jr)	2
9	Alex Vollman (So)	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
10	Kynli Portwood (So)	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	Josie Rathe (So)	2
13	Nora Uher (Fr)	2
	Stepth Bolen (So)	2

Pawnee City

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	D/S
	Team Totals	2	14	7.0
1	Denielle Gyhra (Jr)	2	4	2.0
2	Ericca Gyhra (Jr)	2	1	0.5
3	Kaylee Turnbull (Jr)	2	2	1.0
5	Emalyse Gottula (Jr)	2	0	0.0
6	Madelyn Osborne (Sr)	2	1	0.5
7	Kinsley Benson (Jr)	2	0	0.0
8	Ainsley Rauner (Fr)	2	0	0.0
9	Haylee Plager (So)	2	0	0.0
10	Kailey Hartman (Jr)	1	0	0.0
13	Shayla Puhalla (Sr)	2	0	0.0
14	Ashlyn Puhalla (So)	2	1	0.5
16	Abby Dietrich (Sr)	2	3	1.5
20	Breonna Gyhra (Jr)	2	0	0.0
22	Adelyn Sisco (Jr)	2	1	0.5
23	Taelyn Blecha (Jr)	2	1	0.5

Sterling

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	DE	D/S
	Team Totals	2	5	3	2.5
1	B. Houghton (So)	2	0	0	0.0
2	Taylor Truscott (Jr)	2
9	Alex Vollman (So)	2	1	0	0.5
10	Kynli Portwood (So)	2	2	2	1.0
12	Josie Rathe (So)	2	0	1	0.0
13	Nora Uher (Fr)	2
	Stepth Bolen (So)	2

Pawnee City

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA
	Team Totals	2	14	7.0	35
1	Denielle Gyhra (Jr)	2	2	1.0	3
2	Ericca Gyhra (Jr)	2	0	0.0	0
3	Kaylee Turnbull (Jr)	2	1	0.5	2
5	Emalyse Gottula (Jr)	2	0	0.0	0
6	Madelyn Osborne (Sr)	2	0	0.0	0
7	Kinsley Benson (Jr)	2	0	0.0	0
8	Ainsley Rauner (Fr)	2	3	1.5	13
9	Haylee Plager (So)	2	0	0.0	0
10	Kailey Hartman (Jr)	1	0	0.0	0
13	Shayla Puhalla (Sr)	2	8	4.0	15
14	Ashlyn Puhalla (So)	2	0	0.0	1
16	Abby Dietrich (Sr)	2	0	0.0	0
20	Breonna Gyhra (Jr)	2	0	0.0	0
22	Adelyn Sisco (Jr)	2	0	0.0	1
23	Taelyn Blecha (Jr)	2	0	0.0	0

Sterling

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA	BHE
	Team Totals	2	0	0.0	7	0
1	B. Houghton (So)	2	0	0.0	3	0
2	Taylor Truscott (Jr)	2
9	Alex Vollman (So)	2			4	0
10	Kynli Portwood (So)	2	0	0.0	0	0
12	Josie Rathe (So)	2
13	Nora Uher (Fr)	2
	Stepth Bolen (So)	2

Pawnee City

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	2	14	1	7.0
1	Denielle Gyhra (Jr)	2	5	0	2.5
2	Ericca Gyhra (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0
3	Kaylee Turnbull (Jr)	2	2	0	1.0
5	Emalyse Gottula (Jr)	2	1	0	0.5
6	Madelyn Osborne (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0
7	Kinsley Benson (Jr)	2	1	0	0.5
8	Ainsley Rauner (Fr)	2	0	0	0.0
9	Haylee Plager (So)	2	0	0	0.0
10	Kailey Hartman (Jr)	1	1	1	1.0
13	Shayla Puhalla (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0
14	Ashlyn Puhalla (So)	2	1	0	0.5
16	Abby Dietrich (Sr)	2	1	0	0.5
20	Breonna Gyhra (Jr)	2	2	0	1.0
22	Adelyn Sisco (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0
23	Taelyn Blecha (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0

Sterling

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	2	12	8	6.0
1	B. Houghton (So)	2	3	3	1.5
2	Taylor Truscott (Jr)	2
9	Alex Vollman (So)	2	3	0	1.5
10	Kynli Portwood (So)	2	2	4	1.0
12	Josie Rathe (So)	2	4	1	2.0
13	Nora Uher (Fr)	2
	Stepth Bolen (So)	2

Match Story

Nebraska High School Volleyball - Sterling Pawnee City

September 11, 2025: Sterling, NE 68443

Pawnee City Indians (Pawnee City, NE) boosters left the game thrilled Thursday as they saw their volleyball squad overcome the host Sterling Jets (Sterling, NE), 2-0 in a non-league challenge.

The Indians (2-4) will now prepare for their challenge against Falls City (Falls City, NE). The Tigers come into the non-league challenge with a 4-4 record. In their last challenge, Falls City was beaten by Elmwood-Murdock (Murdock, NE), 3-1, in a non-league challenge.

Next, the Jets meet the Red Cloud Warriors (Red Cloud, NE) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, September 19. Sterling will attempt to upgrade on its 0-7 season record.

Pawnee City @ Sterling Volleyball Match Info

Thu., Sep. 11, 2025 @ 6p

The Sterling (NE) varsity volleyball team lost Thursday's home non-conference match against Pawnee City (NE) by a score of 2-0.

Rankings & Records

Pawnee City (25-26)

NE	Class
236	44

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	SW	SL
9-17	0-1	1-4	3-7	5-6	.346	.000	26	41

Sterling (25-26)

NE	Class
275	48

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	SW	SL
1-25	1-1	0-10	1-8	0-7	.038	.500	2	61

Team Scoring Averages

	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	Wins
Pawnee City	20.6	20.0	19.4	19.0	9.0	1.0
Sterling	11.4	11.4	12.8	-	-	.1

Head-to-Head

Pawnee City won on 9/11/2025

9/11 @ 6p S1 S2 Wins

Pawnee City 25 25 2
Sterling 13 10 0

The Pawnee City (NE) varsity volleyball team won Thursday's away non-conference match against Sterling (NE) by a score of 2-0.
Box score
Pawnee City won last month

10/11 @ 1p S1 S2 Wins

Sterling 14 9 0
Pawnee City 25 25 2

The Sterling (NE) varsity volleyball team lost Saturday's neutral tournament match against Pawnee City (NE) by a score of 2-0.
Box score
Pawnee City won last month

10/13 @ 4:30p S1 S2 Wins

Sterling 15 14 0
Pawnee City 25 25 2

The Sterling (NE) varsity volleyball team lost Monday's neutral tournament match against Pawnee City (NE) by a score of 2-0.
Box score

10/11 @ 1p	S1	S2	Wins
Sterling	14	9	0
Pawnee City	25	25	2

10/13 @ 4:30p	S1	S2	Wins
Sterling	15	14	0
Pawnee City	25	25	2

Team Stat Comparison

Pawnee City		Sterling
419	Kills	99
49	Total Blocks	78
143	Serving Aces	97
1033	Digs	163
383	Assists	29
1000	Receptions	341

Team Leaders

Pawnee City		Sterling	National Avg.
#14 Ashlyn Puhalla83	Kills	#10 Kynli Portwood34	52
#22 Adelyn Sisco34	Total Blocks	#2 Taylor Truscott27	11
#13 Shayla Puhalla29	Serving Aces	#3 Bella Lempka27	16
#1 Denielle Gyhra233	Digs	#2 Taylor Truscott44	82
#13 Shayla Puhalla210	Assists	#1 Braylee Houghton14	49
#1 Denielle Gyhra313	Receptions	#2 Taylor Truscott102	84

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Pawnee City	5-14		Sterling	1-13

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
8/28/25	Pawnee City	Lewiston	(W) 2-0	9/16/25	Lewiston	Sterling	(L) 2-0
9/30/25	Pawnee City	Lewiston	(W) 2-0	10/7/25	Sterling	Lewiston	(W) 2-1
9/5/25	Dorchester	Pawnee City	(L) 3-2	9/30/25	Sterling	Dorchester	(L) 3-0
9/13/25	Dorchester	Pawnee City	(W) 2-1
9/9/25	Pawnee City	Johnson-Brock	(L) 3-1	10/23/25	Sterling	Johnson-Brock	(L) 3-0
10/14/25	Pawnee City	Johnson-Brock	(L) 3-0
9/11/25	Pawnee City	Falls City	(L) 2-1	9/11/25	Sterling	Falls City	(L) 2-0
10/11/25	Pawnee City	Falls City	(L) 2-0	10/11/25	Sterling	Falls City	(L) 2-0
9/13/25	Pawnee City	Southern	(W) 2-1	10/21/25	Southern	Sterling	(L) 3-0
9/15/25	Pawnee City	Southern	(W) 3-0
9/23/25	Pawnee City	Southern	(L) 2-0
9/13/25	Pawnee City	Humboldt-Table Rock-Steinauer	(L) 2-0	9/23/25	Sterling	Humboldt-Table Rock-Steinauer	(L) 3-0
9/16/25	Pawnee City	Humboldt-Table Rock-Steinauer	(L) 2-0
10/9/25	Humboldt-Table Rock-Steinauer	Pawnee City	(L) 2-0
10/27/25	Pawnee City	Humboldt-Table Rock-Steinauer	(L) 3-0
9/23/25	Pawnee City	Sacred Heart	(L) 2-1	9/15/25	Sterling	Sacred Heart	(L) 2-0
10/18/25	Sacred Heart	Pawnee City	(L) 3-0	10/2/25	Sacred Heart	Sterling	(L) 3-0
				10/27/25	Sterling	Sacred Heart	(L) 3-0
10/9/25	Diller-Odell	Pawnee City	(L) 2-1	8/28/25	Diller-Odell	Sterling	(L) 3-0
				9/6/25	Diller-Odell	Sterling	(L) 2-0
10/11/25	Nodaway Valley co-op [West Nodaway/Nodaway-Holt]	Pawnee City	(L) 2-1	10/11/25	Nodaway Valley co-op [West Nodaway/Nodaway-Holt]	Sterling	(L) 2-0

Record Breakdown

Pawnee City (25-26)		Sterling (25-26)
9-17	Overall	1-25
0-2	League	1-2
4-10	Non-League	0-15
3-0	Head to Head	0-3
5-14	Common Opponent	1-13
1-4	Home	0-10
3-7	Away	1-8
5-6	Neutral	0-7
0-0	Playoff	0-0
9-16	In-State	1-24
0-1	Out-of-State	0-1