Highlight Reel: Class D Semifinals
November 22, 2014
The Battle Creek St. Philip volleyball team defeated Waterford Our Lady 3-0 in a Class D Semifinal on Friday, and Leland followed with a 3-2 victory over Onaway. Click the headings below for highlights:
LAKERS GET THINGS STARTED - Waterford Our Lady jumped out to a 10-4 lead in the first set against Battle Creek St. Philip on the strength of plays like this one by Courtney Wightman.
BATTLE CREEK BLOCK PARTY - Battle Creek St. Philip rallied to top Waterford Our Lady in the first set, 30-28, with Anna Lehouiller and Adrian Hibbard finishing things with a great block.
ONAWAY DOMINATES FIRST SET - Onaway took the first set, 25-10, against Leland, wrapping things up on this ace from Taylor Ehrke.
LELAND WHITEWASH TAKES THE FIFTH - Leland scored an incredible 15-0 win in the final and deciding set against Onaway. Here's a nice play in that run by Maddie Trumbull.
Watch the St. Philip/Our Lady match in its entirety and order DVDs by Clicking Here and the Leland/Onaway match by Clicking Here.
Serving Up District Volleyball Results
November 3, 2014
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
The MHSAA volleyball tournament begins today with 169 District matches over four classes.
Stay up to the moment on every result and future matchup on MHSAA.com.
Be sure to click on MHSAA Score Center throughout tonight and this week for scores as we receive them, and see brackets updated real-time with next game information for every class. (See the "view class" menu in the upper right-hand corner of the brackets page to switch between classes, and click the rectangles within the "bracket navigation" box to switch among District tournaments.)
The volleyball season will conclude Nov. 22 at Battle Creek's Kellogg Arena. All four Finals will be covered on Second Half, with a preview of all 16 semifinalists published Nov. 19.
PHOTO: Saginaw Valley Lutheran finished runner-up at the Tri-Valley Conference all-division tournament Saturday, to North Branch. (Click to see more from HighSchoolSportsScene.com.)