Cathedral faced Franklin Community in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Tuesday. The Fighting Irish fell 3-1 to the Grizzly Cubs. The Fighting Irish were given a dose of their own medicine in this game as the Grizzly Cubs apparently hadn't forgotten their defeat the last time these teams played back in April of 2024.
Cathedral might've come up short, but they didn't make it easy on Franklin Community: every set was decided by three points or less. The final score came out to 25-23, 24-26, 25-22, 25-23.
Owen Peterson paced Cathedral's offense, picking up 13 kills. Peterson got some help from Nick Whitley and his 44 assists. Whitley was also solid from the service line: he led the team with five aces.
Cathedral's loss dropped their record down to 21-4. As for Franklin Community, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 16-10 record this season.
We've got plenty of inter-conference action coming up soon. Cathedral is set to challenge their familiar foe Carmel at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Meanwhile, Franklin Community will square off against rival Martinsville at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
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