Friday, October 25, 2019

Cardinlas win Valentine volleyball tournament

     The Chadron volleyball team traveled to Valentine for a tournament on Saturday, October 19th. They played Cozad, Ainsworth, Valentine and Gordon-Rushville winning all four matches. Bringing their record to 24-5.
     The team beat all four teams in two or three sets. They beat Cozad in two, 25-11, 25-18, Ainsworth with two, 25-13, 25-15, GRHS with two, 25-15, 25-11. But the Valentine game took the the girls three sets to take the win, 25-19, 18-25, and 25-13. 
     The Cardinals had new competition except for Gordon-Rushville who they have faced before and defeated them. According to Coach Blakelee Hoffman GRHS is struggling more in October than they did in September to get a win.
    Coach Hoffman said the team had a great day and some players may have stood out more than others, but overall they all contributed and played consistent. 
     With Cozad being a 1-24 team the girls did not play down to their level, said Hoffman. Most of those matches are very slow paced but the girls stayed consistent with their serve/pass game. The Valentine game was a lot tougher for the girls, but they ended up taking the win. The second set was won by Valentine when they got an early lead on the Cardinals.
     Coach Hoffman said, "I was happy with how some of the younger girls played." The young girls had an opportunity to play a higher game than they're used to (their playing time was against Ainsworth and Cozad). The only weakness they had was when Valentine took that second set from them but that didn't take their momentum away, said Hoffman. 
     Coach Hoffman said, "This is a major lull in our schedule, especially with Hot Springs the following Monday. If anything, its good for our girls to rest their bodies and really prepare for Alliance and Sub-Districts."
 
     

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