The Salem Hills Skyhawks are on the road again on Friday to play the Cedar Reds at 5:00 p.m. Salem Hills will be strutting in after a victory while Cedar will be coming in after a loss.
Salem Hills is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Utah's top teams: Bingham, who was ranked 12th in their home state at the time (Salem Hills was ranked 16th). Salem Hills skirted past Bingham 3-2.
Salem Hills was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (105-104), but they still managed to win. The match finished with set scores of 19-25, 20-25, 25-20, 25-22, 15-13.
Meanwhile, Cedar came up short against Lone Peak on Thursday and fell 3-1. The Reds have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Cedar started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 23-25, 25-13, 25-18, 25-23.
Salem Hills has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-6 record this season. As for Cedar, they now have a losing record at 10-11.
Salem Hills suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Cedar when the teams last played back in September of 2023. Can Salem Hills avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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