On Tuesday, Cherry Creek faced Rock Canyon in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Cherry Creek Bruins had just enough and edged the Rock Canyon Jaguars out 3-2. The victory was familiar territory for the Bruins who have now won four matchups in a row.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (105-100) Cherry Creek actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The match finished with set scores of 22-25, 25-19, 12-25, 26-24, 15-12.
Cherry Creek was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least nine aces in four consecutive contests.
Rock Canyon lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Reese Waller, who had 11 digs.
Cherry Creek is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 14-5 record this season. As for Rock Canyon, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 13-6.
Cherry Creek's road trip will continue as they head out to face Woodland Park at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Rock Canyon, they will challenge Windsor at 10:45 a.m. on Friday.
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