BETHANY – Bethany honored its senior volleyball players Monday (Oct. 7) with a three set sweep of Putnam City.

The Lady Bronchos, second-ranked in 4A, won 25-9, 25-8 and 25-16 to improve to 29-4.

“This was a really fun match. We always have a really good time playing PCO,” Bethany coach Kerri Cagle said. “We saw them earlier in the season when they came to our tournament, but, we don’t even like look at them as rivals. They’re just kind of our like community family.”

In the match, the Bethany seniors got a chance to play together.

“Very rarely do all of them get to be on the court at the same time. And so that’s always special,” Cagle said.

‘FUN’ SENIOR CLASS

After the win, the senior group of Jaidyn Reid, Lauren Koonce, Karly Shirola Keziah Lofton, Addie Hoefar and manager Lauryn Clark were honored.

“They are such a fun group to be around. And what’s special about them too, is they all like they know and they understand and embrace their role,

“So it doesn’t matter if they’re on the court at the moment playing or over on the bench cheering, like they are so supportive of each other and they get excited for each other and there’s not like Any of that tension or anything that I know some teams experience,” Cagle said. “They just they absolutely want the best for each other.”

Over this senior class’ career, Bethany has gone 101-44. The group reached the state quarterfinals in 2021 and were state runner-ups in 2023.

Last season, Bethany peaked at number two in the state rankings. This season, the Lady Bronchos and defending state champion Community Christian have flip-flopped between first and second place throughout the season.

At the ceremony, Cagle highlighted each senior’s stats and accomplishments,

In her career, Hoefar has eight aces, four digs, five kills and one solo block.

Koonce has six aces in her career as well as eight digs.

Shirola has accumulated 59 serves, nine aces, 20 digs and two kills over her career at Bethany.

Lofton was hurt this year and was unable to play. The Oklahoma basketball commit is well known for her hoop exploits on the same court. In her two years playing varsity volleyball, Lofton has 164 kills, 58 digs, 197 solo blocks and 123 block assists for a total of 484 points.

In Reid’s four years on the varsity team, she has 241 aces out of 1,375 serves. Reid has 808 digs, 104 solo blocks, 199 block assists. Reid has 926 kills out of 2,413 attack attempts. Reid’s point total is just under 1,500. Reid holds school records in aces, serves and kills.

Cagle also honored manager Lauryn Clark, who wasn’t able to attend Monday.

“We’re losing a fantastic manager,” Cagle said.

UP NEXT

The Lady Bronchos will host the Class 4A Regional tournament Thursday (Oct. 10). Bethany meets Douglass (10-15) at 1 p.m.

In the other semifinal, No. 18 Verdigris (18-20) meets Clinton (16-16) at 2:30 p.m.

At 4 p.m. the two semifinal winners meet for the regional title, with the winner advancing to the state tournament Oct. 17-19 in Sapulpa.

Putnam City (1-19) heads to Choctaw (18-15) Tuesday (Oct. 8) at 6 p.m.