Falls City and Johnson County Central are an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2020, but not for long. The Falls City Tigers will venture away from home to face off against the Johnson County Central Thunderbirds at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Having struggled with three losses in a row, Falls City finally turned things around against Sterling on Saturday. They came out on top against the Jets by a score of 2-0.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Falls City took both sets by at least 13 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-10, 25-12.
Falls City can attribute much of their success to Paige Young, who had six digs and four aces. That's the most aces Young has posted since back in October of 2023.
Meanwhile, everything went Johnson County Central's way against Auburn on Thursday as Johnson County Central made off with a 3-0 win.
The final score came out to 25-11, 25-13, 25-21.
Johnson County Central found their leader in underclassman Reese Carter, who had 15 digs and five aces. Those five aces set a new season-high mark for Carter.
Johnson County Central couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 43.2% of their attack attempts. They are a perfect 4-0 when when their percentage is at least 0.4.
Falls City's victory ended a six-game drought at home and bumped them up to 8-15. As for Johnson County Central, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 12 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 18-5 record this season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Monday's game: Falls City has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 5.5 aces per game. However, it's not like Johnson County Central struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.8. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Falls City came up short against Johnson County Central when the teams last played last Saturday, falling 2-0. Can Falls City avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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