Volleyball Recap: Wheatland Takes Loss Despite Strong Efforts from Darrius Birts and Noah Xiong

The Wheatland Pirates came up short against the Westlake Charter Explorers on Tuesday and fell 3-1. The Pirates have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-19, 19-25, 25-15, 25-21.

Noah Xiong

Digs (Career)

03/25/25 vs Westlake Charter	20
03/24/25 @ Bear River	10
03/19/25 vs Marysville	6
03/04/25 vs Natomas	6
03/05/25 vs Mira Loma	5

Wheatland's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Noah Xiong, who had 20 digs and one assist, and Darrius Birts, who had 13 assists and eight digs. Those 20 digs gave Xiong a new career-high.

Wheatland's loss dropped their record down to 5-5. As for Westlake Charter, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 9-7.

Wheatland has already played their next game, a 3-1 defeat against Lincoln on the 26th. As for Westlake Charter, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 3-0 victory against Elite on the 26th.