Northwest Whitfield waltzed into their matchup on Thursday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They had just enough and edged the Southeast Whitfield County Raiders out 2-1. That's more bragging rights for the Bruins, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Northwest Whitfield got the one that really mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-13, 24-26, 15-8.
Northwest Whitfield couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 40.6% of their attack attempts. The last time their hitting percentage was this high was back in August of 2023.
Northwest Whitfield is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-8 record this season. As for Southeast Whitfield County, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost ten of their last 12 matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 5-17 record this season.
Coincidentally, both will both be playing Ringgold the next time they take the court. Southeast Whitfield County will head out to face Ringgold at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, while Northwest Whitfield will play them later in the day, at 5:00 p.m.
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