The Edgewood eighth grade volleyball team finished second at the LaPorte Invite. In the front row, from left, are Kylie Prater, Gwynn Bellamy, Grayson Kilburn, Kiera Hatfield and Kaia Hummitch. In the back row are Delaney Walters, Allie McQuire, Haley Howard, Brooklyn Slone, McKenna Hawblitzel, Katie Schmidt, Emma Hoff and coach Bethany Tribbett. (Photo provided)

LAPORTE – The Edgewood eighth grade volleyball team finished as runner-up at the LaPorte Volleyball Invitational this past weekend. Edgewood defeated Michigan City Barker, LaPorte Boston, Penn Grissom and LaPorte Kesling in preliminary rounds. In the finals against Boston, Edgewood fell 22-25, 25-22, 15-14. With the result, Edgewood moved to 24-2 on the season. The seventh grade also played at LaPorte and bowed out in the semi-finals to Kesling. The seventh grade team at Edgewood is 22-3 overall.

Also of note, several area volleyball players from Washington Elementary and Edgewood Middle School recently attended a volleyball match between Syracuse and Notre Dame in South Bend. Former Winona Lake resident Maddie Plumlee is a sophomore outside hitter who plays for Notre Dame. While Notre Dame lost in a five-set match, Plumlee made time to talk with the volleyball players, sign autographs and pose for a few pictures.