The La Canada Spartans will face off against the Arcadia Apaches at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday.
On Tuesday, La Canada didn't have quite enough to beat Crescenta Valley and fell 3-2. While the Spartans didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Falcons 25-11 in the first set.
La Canada actually scored more points across those five sets (106-98), but sadly they still had to settle for second. The final set scores came out to 11-25, 25-22, 25-19, 20-25, 17-15.
Meanwhile, Arcadia narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Burroughs 3-2.
Arcadia took Burroughs into a fifth set where they got it done with a two-point win. Once all was said and done, the final set scores wound up at 17-25, 25-19, 25-15, 26-28, 18-16.
Arcadia has been on a roll lately: they've won 10 of their last 13 games. That run has powered them to a 16-5 record this season. As for La Canada, they are now 5-7, having gone 2-4 since their three-game winning streak ended.
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