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Girls to travel to Kittitas, Kettle Falls
Eagle Cami Larsen dives for the ball in Thursdays nights win over Tekoa-Rosalia in a Southeast 1B matchup.
RITZVILLE – The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague girls volleyball team remains unbeaten after sweeping both Upper Columbia Academy and St. George's last week.
The Broncos (7-0) topped the Upper Columbia Lions (1-4) on Tuesday, Sept. 26, with set scores of 25-11, 25-16, 25-20.
Zoe Galbreath put in the leading performance, racking up 12 assists, 7 kills and 6 aces.
Senior Megan Melcher had 10 digs for the Broncos and Saige Galbreath added 2 digs.
For the Lions, Madison Threadgill had 14 assists and 1 ace. Kate McCoon had 6 kills and 4 blocks, and Cambrie Stam added 6 digs.
The Broncos then followed up that win by spiking winless St. George's, 3-0, on Thursday, Sept. 28.
Individual statistics were not reported prior to press time.
Despite the wins, the Broncos slipped from No. 1 to No. 5 in the state 2B volleyball poll.
Adna, Manson, Napavine and Goldendale hold the Top 4 positions, respectively.
The local girls are on the road this week.
On Tuesday, Oct. 3, the Broncos were scheduled to take on the Coyotes (5-2) in Kittitas at 6:30 p.m. The newspaper went to press before the game started.
The Coyotes were coming off a 3-1 loss to Goldendale on Thursday, Sept. 28.
Then on Saturday, Oct. 7, the Broncos will travel to Kettle Falls (2-5) to play the Bulldogs.
Game time is 12:30 p.m.
Other area teams
In other area volleyball teams, the St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse girls (6-1) are ranked No. 7 in state Class 1B rankings.
Last week, the Eagles swept Dayton on Tuesday, Sept. 26, and Tekoa-Rosalia on Thursday, Sept. 28.
Set scores against Tekoa-Rosalia were 25-20, 25-17, 25-18
This week, St. John-Endicott travels to Colton to take on Southeast 1B rival, Colton (3-3).
In Class 2A volleyball, the Othello Huskies (3-3) are also on the road, traveling to Grandview on Tuesday, Oct. 3, to play the Greyhounds (2-4).
The Huskies return home Thursday, Oct. 5, to host the Prosser Mustangs (3-6).
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