The High Plains Storm will venture away from home to take on the Sandy Creek Cougars at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
High Plains proved they can win big last Tuesday (they won by three) and on Tuesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They won by a set and slipped past Meridian 3-2.
High Plains was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (102-95), but they still managed to win. The final score came out to 12-25, 18-25, 25-23, 25-17, 15-12.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Sandy Creek, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Thursday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 win over Deshler on Tuesday.
Sandy Creek had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 21-25, 22-25, 27-25, 25-20, 18-16.
Sandy Creek pushed their record up to 13-8 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home. As for High Plains, their win bumped their record up to 12-9.
High Plains was able to grind out a solid victory over Sandy Creek in their previous meeting back in October of 2024, winning 2-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Storm since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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