Wheatland-Grinnell won the last time they faced Decatur Community, and things went their way on Saturday too. The Wheatland-Grinnell Thunderhawks had just enough and edged the Decatur Community Red Devils out 2-1.
Wheatland-Grinnell was staring down a 1-0 deficit headed into the second set, but they rallied to take the next three for the win. After all that action, the final score was 22-25, 26-24, 25-16.
Leading Wheatland-Grinnell to victory were Abigail Cheney and Brielle Hanna. Cheney had 13 digs, while Hanna had five aces. The dominant performance gave Hanna a new career-high in aces.
Despite the loss, Decatur Community still got an impressive performance from Jenna Fortin, who had 17 digs and two aces.
Wheatland-Grinnell has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season. As for Decatur Community, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 3-8.
Wheatland-Grinnell has the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome Quinter at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. Quinter will roll in looking for their fourth straight win, something Wheatland-Grinnell surely won't give up without a fight. As for Decatur Community, they will be staying on the road on Saturday to face off against Golden Plains at 6:00 p.m. Decatur Community is facing Golden Plains at the right time seeing as Golden Plains is stuck on a three-game losing streak.
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