Tri-Valley
(10/15)
The Scotties built their position over the season up to seed 2 in the playoffs, which gave them a bye game in game one of the Division III Southeast/East District playoffs. When it was finally their turn, the Tri-Valley squad stepped up to face the Steubenville Big Red on Rich Longaberger Court in Dresden Wednesday night. The Lady Dawgs started off strong in round one, with a powerful push forward, they kept the Big Red on their heels, winning 25 – 17. The second rolled on for Tri-Valley, who kept their momentum and pushed down Steubenville 25 – 14. Dresden witnessed a full sweep of the Reds, with the final round mimicking round one, with the Scotties winning 25 – 17 and earning a Sectional Title.
For the game, Ingrid Dittmar had 24 assists, four kills, five digs, and two blocks with a 6/8 serving. Liv Reffitt had eight kills, one ace, three digs, and two blocks. Reagan Lamonica had seven kills, one assist, seven aces, and three digs, serving 18/19.
(10/21)
Moving up to the District semi-final game against Dover on Tuesday in Dover, Tri-Valley was determined to give it all they had. In round one, the Crimson Tornadoes just edged past them with a 25 – 21 win. The Scotties answered back in round two, taking an equally narrow win of 25-22 against Dover. Round three was all Dover as they took control of the court and got out to a large lead to eventually take the round 25 – 15. The fourth and final round was a battle between the two teams that the Crimson Tornadoes finally won 25 – 20, ending Tri-Valley’s playoff run just short of the District final matchup that Dover ended up winning to take the District Title.
Zanesville
The Blue Devils stepped into the playoff circuit on the ground floor in their match against the Quakers in New Philadelphia, Monday night. New Phila blasted past the Devils in round one with a huge 25 – 4 win. Zanesville picked up the pace in round two but still fell 25 – 11. The Quakers took back over in round three, ending a clean sweep with a 25 – 6 round win. New Philadelphia went on to face Dover on 10/15, but after a very close first round, fell 3 – 0.
Maysville
Sixteenth-seeded Maysville Panthers headed to Warsaw Tuesday to face the second-seeded River View Black Bears on their home court. River View took control of the game from the first whistle and held a steady pace ahead of the Panthers to win round one 25 – 11. In round two, the Black Bears doubled their efforts to take a quick 25 – 7 win. Round three completed a sweep for River View as they beat Maysville 25 – 7. The Lady Black Bears continued on to win the Sectional and District titles and are still in the playoff circuit at the time this article is being written.
Philo
Tuesday night, the Lady Electrics took a long bus ride to Gnadenhutten to play the Indian Valley Braves. Indian Valley took the early lead with a 25 – 13 win in round one. Round two didn’t give the Electrics the chance to bounce back as they lost again, 25 – 13. The final round was closer for Philo, who tried to hold on to their playoff run but ultimately lost to a clean sweep with the Braves winning round three 25 – 19.
John Glenn
In game one of the postseason for the Lil’ Muskies, they faced the Potters in East Liverpool on Tuesday. John Glenn took the upper hand in round one with a well-contested 25 – 21 win. The Potters flipped the score in round two, passing the Muskies 25 – 21. East Liverpool kept the push going in round three, with the Muskies unable to hold them back and losing the round 25 – 22. Round four was another close battle that could have gone either way, but unfortunately for the Lil’ Muskies, the Potters took a final 25 – 21 win to win the match 3 – 1. The Potters went on to get the Sectional Title before losing the District final matchup to the Meadowbrook Colts.
West Muskingum
(10/13)
Buckeye Local traveled to Zanesville on Monday to play the Lady Tornadoes on their court. Round one gave West Muskingum pause as they fought down to the very last points and then some before the Tornadoes took the 27 – 25 win. West pushed harder defensively in round two to give themselves a little room as they took round two 25 – 20. The Panthers tried to make a comeback in the final round before the Tornadoes squeezed past with a 25 – 22 round win and a sweeping 3 – 0 victory.
(10/16)
Thursday, West Muskingum took the bus to Belmont to play Union Local. The Jets made their presence known with a blast forward in round one to win 25 – 11. The Tornadoes still couldn’t keep the pace with Union in round two and fell 25 – 13. As West M just started to get their footing in round three, they just couldn’t get past the Jets and lost the round 25 – 20, and the match 3 – 0.
Bishop Rosecrans
Monday’s matchup in Malvern against the Hornets was the start and finish of the Division VII East volleyball playoff action for Bishop Rosecrans. The Hornets laid down kill after kill to pin down the Bishops in round one, 25 – 12. Rosecrans pumped out five extra points in round two but lost out to the Hornets 25 – 17. Malvern had their formula down for round three and executed it well, pulling way out in front to take the final round and sweep 25 – 7. Malvern fell in the next round to Tusc Central Catholic 3 – 0.