Heading into this volleyball season, North Putnam second-year coach Jenny Heron voiced excitement for this year's team. 

The excitement has been backed up time after time thus far, as there's a 12-3 record the team brought into this week, they are 4-0 in the Western Indiana Conference, and now, they are the Putnam County County Volleyball champs after this weekend's tournament. 

The Cougars knocked off Greencastle 28-26, 19-25, 15-12 in the semifinal and then knocked off South Putnam 25-21, 25-15 in the final. 

"It feels fulfilling to win the county, as this is one of the smaller things we would like to achieve this year. I think as a whole we played well and are still capable of more as a team. Ashleigh Riley and Saylor Carrell did a great job on the outside for us and scored on some tough balls. Lexi Daigle did a great job of setting our hitters a tempo that was easy for us but made our opponent uncomfortable at times.I also think our back row Alexa Stiff, Addi Osburn, and Callee Riggle were able to serve tough to put our opponents out of systems and covered a lot of ground making it challenging for the other teams to score," Heron told The Putnam County Post. 

Heron said the season has been "pretty smooth" so far for the Cougars. 

"Our season has been pretty smooth so far with a couple of bumps that we have been able to recover from quickly. I think winning county is one step we were able to accomplish to help prove ourselves as a team and program. I am starting to see moments of where I want to peak at by the time sectionals are here in four short weeks," Heron said.

North Putnam was set to host Danville on Sept. 11 and will travel to Crawfordsville Sept. 12 for a 6 p.m. clash. 

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