McClain sweeps Hillsboro in volleyball season opener
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Stephen Forsha-sforsha@gmail.com
HILLSBORO — In their season opener on Saturday afternoon, the McClain Lady Tigers traveled to Hillsboro in a non-conference showdown in place of the annual Spike and Dig Tournament. As the two Highland County foes battled, it was McClain who gained the win over Hillsboro, sweeping all three games for the victory.
McClain won the event by scores of 27-25, 25-23 and 25-14 in the match played at Hillsboro High School.
Thirteen times in the first game the two rivals were tied, starting at 4-4 and going all the way up to 25-25. At the start, McClain gained a 3-0 lead, but the game was later tied at 4-4, and eventually HHS held a lead of 11-10. McClain fought back for a 11-11 tied score, and the two teams went back and forth, tied at 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 19 and 20.
When the Lady Tigers tied the score at 19, it came off a point scored by Iva Easter, then MHS took a 20-19 advantage with the help of Evelyn Vanzant.
HHS answered by building a 23-20 advantage with one of the points scored by Gracie Dean, as she finished the entire match with 10 kills.
McClain’s Jaelyn Pitzer made it a one-point deficit at 23-22 with a play at the net, then the Lady Tigers tied the score at 23. Eventually the score was tied at 25, but two final points by McClain, including a point scored off a swerve by Vanzant, gave MHS the game one win.
The second game saw the Lady Tigers and Lady Indians battle once again with HHS leading at one point by a 12-6 score and later at 23-18. Some of the HHS scoring came from Sinai Roberts and Mya Bell, plus a point off a serve by Emma Burkhimer led to a score of 18-15 in favor of HHS.
Eventually the Lady Tigers battled back, tying the score at 23 with help from Pitzer and Ava Beatty, and the tying point came with as play at the net by Maddy Crawford.
The final two points for the 25-23 win came with a serve by Beatty, followed by the game-winning point off an HHS out-of-play hit.
In the third game, McClain jumped out to a 5-0 advantage with serves by Vanzant and a point by Camryn McCoy.
The Lady Tigers put some distance between them and Hillsboro by scoring 10 straight points in game three, going from a 7-7 tied score to a lead of 17-7. Many of the points scored came off points off the serves by McCoy.
McClain followed by building a lead of 20-8 and also led 22-10, as they eventually won with a 25-14 score.
McClain won the event by scores of 27-25, 25-23 and 25-14 in the match played at Hillsboro High School.
Thirteen times in the first game the two rivals were tied, starting at 4-4 and going all the way up to 25-25. At the start, McClain gained a 3-0 lead, but the game was later tied at 4-4, and eventually HHS held a lead of 11-10. McClain fought back for a 11-11 tied score, and the two teams went back and forth, tied at 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 19 and 20.
When the Lady Tigers tied the score at 19, it came off a point scored by Iva Easter, then MHS took a 20-19 advantage with the help of Evelyn Vanzant.
HHS answered by building a 23-20 advantage with one of the points scored by Gracie Dean, as she finished the entire match with 10 kills.
McClain’s Jaelyn Pitzer made it a one-point deficit at 23-22 with a play at the net, then the Lady Tigers tied the score at 23. Eventually the score was tied at 25, but two final points by McClain, including a point scored off a swerve by Vanzant, gave MHS the game one win.
The second game saw the Lady Tigers and Lady Indians battle once again with HHS leading at one point by a 12-6 score and later at 23-18. Some of the HHS scoring came from Sinai Roberts and Mya Bell, plus a point off a serve by Emma Burkhimer led to a score of 18-15 in favor of HHS.
Eventually the Lady Tigers battled back, tying the score at 23 with help from Pitzer and Ava Beatty, and the tying point came with as play at the net by Maddy Crawford.
The final two points for the 25-23 win came with a serve by Beatty, followed by the game-winning point off an HHS out-of-play hit.
In the third game, McClain jumped out to a 5-0 advantage with serves by Vanzant and a point by Camryn McCoy.
The Lady Tigers put some distance between them and Hillsboro by scoring 10 straight points in game three, going from a 7-7 tied score to a lead of 17-7. Many of the points scored came off points off the serves by McCoy.
McClain followed by building a lead of 20-8 and also led 22-10, as they eventually won with a 25-14 score.