State Volleyball

     After winning the sub-state title, the Chadron High School volleyball team made it to state, held in Lincoln during November 10-12.
     The Chadron girls were matched up against Malcolm in the first round, an undefeated team. Head coach Donald Matt's first thought about Malcolm were, "They are big, but we can handle them."
     The game got away from Chadron very fast, and the first set ended 14-25. The girls never had the lead and the second set also went Malcolm's way, and ended 18-25. Going into the third set, not winning any sets, Coach Matt still had faith and told the girls, "We are still in it, we just needed to clean it up, and control the ball." Malcolm got ahead very quickly, and ended the last set 11-25, winning the game.
     The Chadron girls did a few good things. They served well and hit well when they set it up, and also Teagan Westemeier had a few ace serves that helped the girls gain a few points. They also had many weaknesses during the game. The girls did not ball control well, did not handle passing on any level, and just panicked.