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Friday, October 23, 2026 at 4:33 AM

Popp's 26 kills leads Comets past Eagles

Popp's 26 kills leads Comets past Eagles
Leland sophomore Ruby Popp scores against Lake Leelanau St. Mary Monday. Enterprise photo by Kate Ward

Leland sophomore Ruby Popp couldn’t be stopped Monday night as she led with the Comets in a 3-1 win over Lake Leelanau St. Mary.

Harmony Johncox had 34 assists, nine digs, and an ace, along with 17 digs from Lia Kiessel, and Sophya Sluiter with nine kills. Briana Diaz had eight digs and a big block. Aubrey Rousseau had five digs and Alivia Stachnik had two kills and four digs.

On Tuesday, Leland narrowly came away with a five-set win against Charlevoix Tuesday 3-2 25-21, 25-17, 21-25, 13-25, 8-15, on senior night.

The Comets took a two set lead before the Rayders won three in a row 21-25, 17-25, 21-25, 13-25, 8-15.

Sluiter led the Comets with 16 kills, 12 digs, an ace, and Popp had 12 kills, five aces and eight digs. Johncox had 29 assists, 10 digs and aces, while Stachnik had three kills and three digs.

Johncox had 34 assists, nine digs, and an ace, along with 17 digs from Lia Kiessel, and Sophya Sluiter with nine kills. Briana Diaz had eight digs and a big block. Aubrey Rousseau had five digs and Stachnik had two kills and four digs.

Suttons Bay splits at McBain Suttons Bay fell to McBain Northern Michigan Christian 25-18, 25-21, before defeating the Elks 19-25, 26-24, 26-24 Tuesday.

Norse down Comets

Suttons Bay defeated Leland 25-27, 25-12, 23-25 Thursday during the Comets’ ‘Dig Abby’ cancer game.

Ava Anderson led the Norse (14-6-2) with 20 kills and 12 digs. Leah Clark had 30 assists and four aces, while Olive Craker had nine kills, nine digs, and Cecelia Koleno added four kills and two blocks. Olivia Schmidt added to the impressive performance with four aces and 15 digs.

For the Comets (5-18-1), Popp had 10 kills and seven digs, while Sluiter had nine kills, one ace and six digs. Rousseau led the Comets at the service line with five aces.

Bears down Lakers after fast start

Buckley defeated Glen Lake volleyball clinched a share of the Big North Conference championship with a 3-1 win over Glen Lake 25-14, 25-19, 17-25, 25-21.


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