Volleyball Recap: Valerie Boyd Leads a Balanced Effort to Beat Labrae

By Team Reports Oct 8, 2025, 2:00am

Volleyball Recap: Crestview Rebels vs. LaBrae Vikings

There's no place like home for Crestview, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Monday. They put the hurt on the LaBrae Vikings with a sharp 3-0 victory on Tuesday. That's the second time they've managed to beat them this season, as they also won 3-0 back in September.

The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Crestview was: they took every set by at least 12 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-10, 25-13, 25-11.

Valerie Boyd

Serving Aces

10/07/25 vs LaBrae3
10/06/25 @ Boardman2
10/04/25 vs Salem1
10/02/25 @ Garfield1
10/01/25 vs Austintown-Fitch0
09/30/25 vs Champion5

Crestview got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Valerie Boyd out in front who had four digs and three aces. That's the most aces Boyd has posted over her last six matches.

Boyd wasn't the only good servers: Crestview was lethal from the service line and finished the match with 15 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least nine aces in four consecutive matchups.

Crestview's record now sits at 18-3. As for LaBrae, their defeat ended an eight-match streak of away wins and brought them to 16-5.

Crestview and LaBrae should be looking forward to their upcoming games as both have a sizable advantage in the MaxPreps Ohio Rankings. The Rebels will take on Girard at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday with a big rank advantage (113 vs. 479). Meanwhile, LaBrae (ranked 259th) will meet Harding (ranked 669th) at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday.

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