Shawnee Heights and De Soto are an even 4-4 against one another since September of 2018, but not for long. The Shawnee Heights Thunderbirds will take on the De Soto Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Shawnee Heights is no doubt hoping to put an end to a four-game streak of away losses.
Last Thursday, Shawnee Heights didn't have quite enough to beat Blue Valley Northwest and fell 2-1. While the Thunderbirds didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Huskies 25-19 in the first period.
Shawnee Heights started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last two. The match finished with set scores of 23-25, 25-19, 25-21.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when De Soto duked it out withBasehor-Linwood on Tuesday. De Soto walked away with a 2-0 win over Basehor-Linwood.
De Soto's not only won, but also showed off some consistency: keeping Basehor-Linwood to exactly 17 points across their sets. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-17, 25-17.
De Soto can attribute much of their success to Ashley Scott, who had 13 digs and two aces, and Kylie Groves, who had eight digs and 13 assists.
De Soto couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 41.5% of their attack attempts. The last time their hitting percentage was this high was back in September of 2023.
Shawnee Heights' defeat dropped their record down to 13-12-1. As for De Soto, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten matches, which provided a massive bump to their 14-11 record this season.
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