Valley Christian is 9-1 against Wellpinit since October of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Valley Christian Panthers will square off against the Wellpinit Redskins at 5:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Valley Christian has three straight wins, Wellpinit has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Valley Christian will bounce into Thursday's match after beating Almira-Coulee-Hartline, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Valley Christian had just enough and edged Almira-Coulee-Hartline out 3-2.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Valley Christian got the one that really mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-12, 23-25, 25-18, 19-25, 15-10.
Among those leading the charge was Autumn Keyannie, who had two aces and 36 assists.
Meanwhile, Wellpinit lost 3-0 to Odessa on Tuesday.
Wellpinit was not held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the third set very close. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-19, 25-14, 25-22.
Valley Christian's victory ended a four-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 3-0. As for Wellpinit, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-4.
Everything went Valley Christian's way against Wellpinit in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, as Valley Christian made off with a 3-0 win. Does Valley Christian have another victory up their sleeve, or will Wellpinit turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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