The Indian Rocks Christian Eagles will face off against the Clearwater Central Catholic Marauders at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
Fans were treated to a battle of the Eagles on Thursday. Indian Rocks Christian fell just short of East Lake by a score of 3-2. The loss continues a trend for Indian Rocks Christian in their meetings with East Lake: they've now lost three in a row.
Indian Rocks Christian wouldn't go down easily and took East Lake into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking five-point loss. The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 25-9, 19-25, 14-25, 15-10.
Tesa Johnson
| 10/09/25 vs East Lake | 13 |
| 10/07/25 vs Northside Christian | 15 |
| 10/04/25 vs Harvest Community | 17 |
| 10/03/25 vs Seffner Christian | 11 |
| 10/02/25 vs Keswick Christian | 13 |
| 09/30/25 @ St. Petersburg | 12 |
Even though the team lost, they still had their share of impressive performances. One of the best came from Tesa Johnson, who had 13 digs and five assists. She is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 11 or more in each of the last six games she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Olivia Anderson, who had 12 digs and two aces.
Meanwhile, it's playoff time, and Clearwater Central Catholic had no trouble coming through when it counted. They blew past St. Petersburg Catholic 3-0 on Tuesday. The Marauders haven't had any issues with the Barons recently, as the game was their sixth consecutive victory against them.
The final score came out to 25-9, 25-18, 25-15.
Indian Rocks Christian's defeat dropped their record down to 16-9. As for Clearwater Central Catholic, their win bumped their record up to 14-12.
Indian Rocks Christian came up short against Clearwater Central Catholic when the teams last played back in August, falling 3-1. Can the Eagles avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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