Trojans in Region semi final
Trojans in Region semi final
By TIM HANSON
The Turtle Lake-Mercer-McClusky Trojans volleyball team advanced to the Region 5 semi-final game with a 3-0 win over the Center/Stanton Wildcats. The Trojans’ next opponent will be Flasher as they defeated Washburn 3-1.
The other first round games: New Salem defeated Garrison/Max 3-0 and Grant County defeated Wilton/Wing 3-0.
The Trojans roared to an 11-0 lead with Amy Lee serving in game one. Lee had an ace; Taylor Fylling a pair of blocks; Kim Tkach a pair of kills; and Rachel Hanson a kill in that run. The Trojans increased their lead to 19-2 on Wildcat long kill shots. Fylling got the game point with a tip kill to make the final score 25-11.
The Wildcats took the lead to begin game two but kills from Fylling and Jacy Hausauer put the Trojans in front 5-3.
An ace from Wildcats’ Carissa Hintz tied the game at five. The Wildcats took an 8-5 lead on back-to-back kills from Ashley Vitek.
A couple of tip kills from Hanson and a block from Tkach put the Trojans up, 13-12.
From there the Trojans held a 1-2 point lead until a back-row kill from Kadee Berger and a kill from Whitney Weidrich put the Wildcats in the lead, 21-20.
