American Fork faced Westlake in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Tuesday. American Fork took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Westlake. The Cavemen were not able to repeat the success they had when they faced the Thunder earlier this season, when they won 2-1.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-16, 20-25, 25-16, 25-19.

Evan Olmstead
03/25/25 @ Westlake | 19 |
03/18/25 @ Mountain Ridge | 18 |
03/14/25 vs Springville | 21 |
03/13/25 vs Bingham | 20 |
03/11/25 vs Riverton | 19 |
+ 4 more games |
Despite the loss, American Fork had strong showings from Jarett Santiago, who had 31 assists and three digs, and Evan Olmstead, who had 19 digs and two assists. Olmstead is on a roll when it comes to digs, as he's now had ten or more in each of the last nine games he's played. Kapono Manuela also deserves some recognition as he had his first digs of the season.
Talon Schank was nothing short of spectacular for Westlake: he had 21 digs and one assist.
American Fork now has a losing record of 6-7. As for Westlake, they pushed their record up to 8-2 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season.
American Fork wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next game, a 3-2 defeat against Lone Peak on the 26th. As for Westlake, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 2-0 win against Bell Gardens on the 28th.
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