The Deshler Dragons's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Shelton Bulldogs at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Saturday, Deshler narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past High Plains 2-1.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Deshler got the one that really mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-22, 22-25, 25-17.
Meanwhile, Shelton waltzed into their contest on Tuesday with nine straight wins... but they left with ten. They walked away with a 2-0 victory over the Hornets.
The 2-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Shelton was: they took both sets by at least 13 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-12, 25-10.
Deshler is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 10-5 record this season. As for Shelton, their win was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 17-2.
Everything went Deshler's way against Shelton when the teams last played back in October of 2023, as Deshler made off with a 3-0 victory. Does Deshler have another victory up their sleeve, or will Shelton turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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