Bolts
| vs WHS 9-4-2026 | 2-1 | W |
| vs RCCHS 9-4-2026 | 2-1 | W |
| vs BHS 9-4-2026* | 2-1 | W |
| vs RHS 8-29-2026* | 2-0 | W |
Thunder Basin faced Wheatland in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. The Bolts narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past the Bulldogs 2-1. The win is more of the same for the Bolts, who have now won four matches in a row.
Thunder Basin was actually outscored in aggregate across those three sets (59-57), but they still managed to win. The final set scores came out to 25-20, 16-25, 16-14.
Natilee Lillard paced Thunder Basin's offense, picking up 14 kills. Lillard got some help from Ellie Hastreiter and her 36 assists. Hastreiter was also solid from the service line: she led the team with two aces.
Thunder Basin has now won 11 of their last 12 games at home. That gives them a 7-1 record this season. As for Wheatland, their loss dropped their record down to 3-3.
Thunder Basin has already played their next contest, a 2-0 defeat against Douglas on the 5th. As for Wheatland, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next game, a 2-1 loss against Big Horn on the 5th.
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