Mountain Grove hadn't done well against Strafford recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Thursday. The Mountain Grove Panthers won by a set and slipped past the Strafford Indians 3-2. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Panthers.
Mountain Grove was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (106-102), but they still managed to win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-21, 17-25, 19-25, 26-24, 15-11.
Mountain Grove pushed their record up to 8-1-1 with the victory, which was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Strafford, the defeat snapped their winning streak at eight games and leaves them with a 10-3 record.
Mountain Grove will face off against West Plains at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. West Plains will roll in looking for their fifth straight win, something Mountain Grove surely won't give up without a fight. As for Strafford, they will challenge Springfield Catholic at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday.
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