Kankakee Valley is 8-2 against North Newton since October of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Kankakee Valley Kougars have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the North Newton Spartans at 6:30 p.m. Kankakee Valley will be strutting in after a win while North Newton will be coming in after a loss.
Last Monday, it was close, but Kankakee Valley sidestepped Wheeler for a 3-2 victory.
Kankakee Valley took Wheeler into a fifth set where they got it done with a two-point win. The match finished with set scores of 23-25, 25-22, 25-21, 18-25, 16-14.
Kankakee Valley kept the net locked down and finished the game with 11 blocks. That's the most blocks they've posted since back in August of 2023.
Meanwhile, North Newton was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They fell 3-1 to Twin Lakes.
North Newton 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 11-25, 25-18, 25-21, 25-18.
Kankakee Valley is on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 13 matches, which provided a massive bump to their 13-5 record this season. As for North Newton, their loss dropped their record down to 1-15.
Everything went Kankakee Valley's way against North Newton in their previous matchup back in September of 2023 as Kankakee Valley made off with a 3-0 win. Will Kankakee Valley repeat their success, or does North Newton have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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