After both having extra time off, the Hermann Bearcats and the Fair Grove Eagles will dust off their jerseys to challenge one another on Friday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Hermann sitting on six straight victories and Fair Grove on 49 (dating back to last season).
Hermann is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They blew past Licking 3-0.
While Hermann won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the second set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 25-22, 25-18.
Meanwhile, Fair Grove earned a 3-1 win over Miller on Saturday.
Fair Grove had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 18-25, 25-9, 25-13, 25-14.
Fair Grove 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 six aces in five consecutive contests.
Fair Grove's victory bumped their record up to 39-0. As for Hermann, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 20-15 record this season.
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