Golden Eagles
| 09/09/25 vs Pleasant Grove | 2-3 |
| 09/06/25 vs Bingham | 3-1 |
| 09/06/25 vs Northridge | 3-0 |
| 09/05/25 vs Snow Canyon | 3-0 |
| 09/05/25 vs Farmington | 3-0 |
Maple Mountain faced Pleasant Grove in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Tuesday. The Golden Eagles fell just short of the Vikings by a score of 3-2. The Golden Eagles' defeat signaled the end of their four-game winning streak.
Maple Mountain wouldn't go down easily and took Pleasant Grove into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking four-point loss. The final score came out to 25-12, 25-22, 23-25, 23-25, 15-11.
Karli Smith paced Maple Mountain's offense, picking up 13 kills. Smith got some help from Adison Thornton and her 23 assists. Thornton also made an impact serving: she shared the team lead in aces with Aliyah Marks, racking up three apiece.
Kaitlin Stadler had an outrageously good game for Pleasant Grove as she had 24 digs and three aces. Those 24 digs gave Stadler a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Marley McCandless, who hit 77.8% for seven kills and 44 assists and 11 digs.
Maple Mountain's loss was their first in the region, dropping their region record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 11-5. As for Pleasant Grove, their victory bumped their record up to 7-8.
We've got plenty of inter-region action coming up soon. Maple Mountain is set to take on their familiar foe Timpview at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Meanwhile, Pleasant Grove will square off against rival Payson at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday.
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