Volleyball Game Preview: Desert Hills Thunder vs. Salem Hills Skyhawks

The Desert Hills Thunder will take on the Salem Hills Skyhawks at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.

Salem Hills will be up against a hot Desert Hills squad: the team just extended their winning streak to three. Desert Hills blew past North Sanpete 3-0 on Friday. While the Thunder didn't have the best season last year (they finished 10-17), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.

While Desert Hills won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the third set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-13, 25-10, 25-22.

Desert Hills can attribute much of their success to Kai James, who had 12 digs and two assists. Graham Wintle also deserves some recognition as he had his first kills of the season.

Desert Hills was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That's the most aces they've managed all season.

Salem Hills not only won on Friday, but they posted their biggest win since March 15, 2024. They were the clear victors by a 3-0 margin over Snow Canyon. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Skyhawks.

Salem Hills never let Snow Canyon on the board, but things got pretty close in the second set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-17, 26-24, 25-19.

Salem Hills' victory bumped their record up to 2-4. As for Desert Hills, they pushed their record up to 7-4 with the win, which was their third straight at home.