On Saturday, South Lyon East faced Clarkston in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The South Lyon East Cougars narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past the Clarkston Wolves 2-1. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Cougars.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day South Lyon East got the one that really mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 22-25, 15-9.
South Lyon East was led to victory by Sam Bearer and Addison Stepp. Bearer had 12 digs and two aces, while Stepp had 12 digs.
South Lyon East has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 18-5-1 record this season. As for Clarkston, the loss snapped their winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 16-4 record.
South Lyon East didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 2-1 win against Utica Eisenhower on the 5th. Clarkston has also already played their next game, a 2-0 victory against Frankenmuth on the 5th.
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