After both having extra time off, the River View Black Bears and West Holmes Knights will shake off the rust and duke it out at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (River View has 18 straight wins, West Holmes has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
River View proved they can win big with a three-set victory on Tuesday. On Thursday they proved they can win the close ones too. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Meadowbrook 3-2.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (107-106) River View actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The match finished with set scores of 26-24, 25-20, 20-25, 20-25, 15-13.
Kelsie Smith was her usual excellent self, getting 40 assists, 28 digs, nine kills, and two aces. The team also got some help from Lindyn Fry, who had 36 digs and two aces.
Meanwhile, West Holmes lost 3-0 to Clear Fork on Thursday.
Once all was said and done, the final set scores wound up at 25-16, 25-12, 25-13.
River View will need to focus on slowing down Paxton Baker, one of several West Holmes players who made an impact when they last played. She had 11 digs and a solo block. Another player making a difference was Mya Clark, who had seven kills and two aces.
River View has now won 13 of their last 14 games at home. That's helped them to a 21-1 record this season. As for West Holmes, their loss dropped their record down to 4-18.
