AREA VOLLEYBALL RESULTS HIGHLIGHT BUSY WEDNESDAY AS LOCAL SPORTS CONTINUE THURSDAY
TWIN PIKES AREA — High school volleyball teams across western Illinois continued their October schedules Wednesday, with several straight-set victories highlighting the action. Thursday brings more volleyball, softball and cross-country competition on both sides of the Mississippi River.
Carrollton defeated Triopia in two sets, winning a close opener 27-25 before taking the second 25-19. Triopia's Ava Petefish finished with six kills and nine digs.
North Greene fell to Jacksonville Routt 25-14 and 25-18. Routt's Danica Grubb recorded six kills, while Ali Eoff contributed 10 digs and eight service aces.
West Central lost to New Berlin 25-15 and 25-15. Jenna McGath led New Berlin with nine kills and eight digs.
Greenfield recently claimed the Fran Struble Invitational volleyball championship in Carlinville, rallying against Calhoun 13-25, 27-25 and 25-14 to end Calhoun's seven-match winning streak.
THURSDAY'S LOCAL SPORTS SCHEDULE
PITTSFIELD, IL — The Lady Saukees are scheduled to host Liberty in varsity volleyball competition Thursday.
PLEASANT HILL, IL — The Lady Wolves visit Western for volleyball at 6 p.m. Pleasant Hill's cross-country team competes at Rushville beginning at 4 p.m.
BOWLING GREEN, MO — Bowling Green is scheduled to travel to Montgomery County for volleyball, while the Lady Bobcats host North Callaway in softball at 5 p.m.
CLARKSVILLE, MO — Clopton hosts Van-Far in a 5 p.m. softball matchup.
LOUISIANA, MO — The Louisiana Lady Bulldogs are scheduled to visit Mark Twain for softball at 5 p.m.
Bowling Green's cross-country teams are also scheduled to compete at Orchard Farm Thursday afternoon.
With the fall season moving deeper into October, local volleyball and softball teams are nearing the final stretch of their regular-season schedules. RiverNewsLive will have a separate Friday football preview ahead of this week's games.
Photo: Classroom Camera (Cascade Canyon School), CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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