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The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos pose with their sixth-place plaque after a match against the Adna Pirates on Nov. 11 at the Yakima Valley SunDome in Yakima. For more state coverage, see Page B1 (photos) and Page B4 (story on early games).
Elated senior Taylor Galbreath, left, and freshman Saige Galbreath show excitement over their team's state 2B victory over league rival Liberty (Spangle) on Friday, Nov. 11.
Freshman Zoe Galbreath digs deep on a serve on the first day of the state touranment.
Sophomore Madisyn Cameron and freshman Zoe Galbreath, back,celebrate a Broncos' point.
Junior Megan Melcher digs deep on a serve during the state 2B girls volleyball tournament in the Yakima Valley SunDome on Thursday, Nov. 10.
Sophomore Addy Colbert bumps a pass during the state 2B volleyball tournament in the Yakima Valley SunDome.
Taylor Galbreath sets the ball during the state tournament in Yakima.:
YAKIMA – The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos suffered a loss in a quarterfinal matchup on Nov. 10 at the WIAA 2B State Tournament in Yakima.
This loss meant that the Broncos couldn't finish better than a fifth-place finish in the tournament. To get to that the fifth/sixth-place game, they had to defeat league rivals Liberty (Spangle).
Which is exactly what Lind-Ritzville/Sprague did.
"It's so exciting to be able to redeem ourselves after losing to (Liberty) in the Districts," Lind-Ritzville/Sprague coach Cari Galbreath said. "But it's also really cool that we have two teams from the same district battling here on the last day of state. Liberty's a great team, a great program and it's rewarding to know you've earned it against a good team."
After beating the Lancers – the No. 8-seeded Adna Pirates were awaiting the Broncos in the fifth/sixth place contest.
Lind-Ritzville/Sprague began the match as best as they could – jumping out to a 2-0 match lead over Adna with set scores of 29-27 and 25-11.
The Pirates then decided that it was comeback season.
Adna got slight wins in the third and fourth sets (25-21, 25-20) to comeback from two down to tie the match and force a fifth set.
Set 5 (played to 15) was all Adna – with the Pirates winning 15-8 to secure the comeback and fifth-place honors.
Although the Broncos were on the wrong end of a comeback, they still walked out with a trophy and sixth-place honors for the 2B state tournament.
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