Laura Macke

The Nemaha Central Thunder volleyball team has put together a strong season including a second place performance at the Marysville Invitational last weekend to move to 23-6 on the year.

The Thunder rolled into the tournament on a seven match win streak and looked strong early working through pool play with straight set wins against Riley County, Sabetha and Concordia. Then in the Semifinals took down Hanover in straight sets to move to the Championship match against Concordia. This time Concordia got the better of the Thunder in straight sets to give Nemaha Central second place at the Marysville Invite.

Junior, Laura Macke was a key piece of the second place performance for the Thunder and has been at a key piece all season for Nemaha Central. Macke in five matches at the Marysville Invite registered 45 kills with a .281 hitting percentage, six blocks and 16 digs. While on the season she leads the team in kills with 206 and has a .292 hitting percentage, 20 blocks and 83 digs.

Macke and the Thunder have three of their six losses to ranked 4A teams and are looking to cap the season off strong in search of back-to-back Big Seven League titles and a run in the postseason.