Columbia Central is 9-1 against Shelbyville Central since September of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Columbia Central Lions are taking a road trip to challenge the Shelbyville Central Golden Eagles at 6:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Columbia Central has three straight victories, Shelbyville Central has 20 straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Columbia Central will bounce into Thursday's contest after beating Lawrence County, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Columbia Central came out on top in a nail-biter against Lawrence County on Tuesday, sneaking past 3-2.
Columbia Central was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (104-97), but they still managed to win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 13-25, 25-23, 18-25, 25-17, 16-14.
Columbia Central relied on the efforts of Gabby Bolton, who had 18 digs, and Anne Lindsey Wolaver, who had 13 kills, four digs, and two blocks. Bolton is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had five or more in the last nine games she's played dating back to last season.
Shelbyville Central might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 3-0 to Grundy County, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.
After all that action, the final score was 25-9, 25-16, 25-22.
Columbia Central's win bumped their record up to 8-1. As for Shelbyville Central, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-9.
Everything went Columbia Central's way against Shelbyville Central in their previous meeting back in August as Columbia Central made off with a 3-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Columbia Central 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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