North Gem Volleyball Gets Back To Back Wins

The Lady Cowboys had a very busy week last week.  They started off by traveling to Mackay on Thursday to take on the Miners.  The Miners are sitting at the top of the conference with Rockland and Grace Lutheran while the Cowboys are still trying to mesh and get experience for their young team.  This match up of teams at different stages did not go the Cowboys way.  The Miners took the match in three sets with scores of 25-16, 25-13, and 25-8.  The Lady Cowboys did have their moments in this match where they seemed to really click but the experience factor gave the edge to the Miners.

Following their trip to Mackay the girls traveled to Idaho Falls on Saturday to play a double header with Taylor’s Crossing and American Heritage.  In the current conference standings North Gem is sitting in the middle just ahead of each of their opponents on that day.  A pair of wins would keep them in the hunt while a loss could mean a bad draw at districts next month.  The Cowboys had a little trouble getting off of the bus as they faced the first team Taylor’s Crossing.  North Gem dropped the first set to the Eagles 17-25.  The Lady Cowboys shook off the early jitters after that and dominated the remainder of the match.  North Gem wins this match-up going away three sets to one.  The final three sets had scores of 25-14, 27-25, and 25-15.  Next up the Cowboys took on the Patriots of American Heritage.  The Lady Cowboys left no doubt in this match as they easily handled the Patriots winning three sets to zero.  Set scores were 25-3, 25-10, and 25-11.  With the two wins the Cowboys created some separation in the top and bottom of the conference.  North Gem continues to see improvement each week.  Coach Yost stated, “We did some switching of positions and put Madalyn Barnes as middle.  She worked the net really well.”  Coach Yost also mentioned that the serving of Sage Daniels and Shalyn Thompson continue to be bright spots for the Cowboys.  

The Cowboys next face the same team twice in a row as they will take on the Leadore Mustangs at home on Thursday the 26th then travel to Leadore on October 1st.