Royal Valley came tearing into Saturday's contest with three straight wins and they left with even more momentum. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Hiawatha Red Hawks , sneaking past 2-1. That result was just more of the same for these two, as the Panthers also won the last time the pair played back in September.
Royal Valley had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next two. The match finished with set scores of 23-25, 25-23, 25-16.
Despite the loss, Hiawatha still got an impressive performance from Quinn Boye, who had five digs and four aces. The dominant performance gave Boye a new career-high in aces.
Royal Valley has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 25-7 record this season. As for Hiawatha, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 14-21.
Royal Valley has already played their next matchup, a 2-0 win against Linn on the 12th. As for Hiawatha, they will square off against Perry-Lecompton at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
