Lady Grizz Earn Big Win Over Oakley

The number three ranked 2A volleyball team in the state rolled into Grace last week looking to add to their win column but the Lady Grizzlies had an upset on their mind.  The Oakley Hornets sit on top of the Snake River Conference and have logged some impressive wins this season.  Some of those wins were over teams that the Grizzlies had suffered tough losses to.  When the two teams faced off last week the Hornets looked like a team that was playing with the confidence you would expect from a top tier team.  What the Hornets may not have expected was a Grizzly team that was riding a high and a confidence boost of their own after snapping a long losing streak by taking down a very good Rich County team.

As the game got underway it was apparent that both teams were in for a dog fight.  Neither team would be able to pull away for very long from the other.  There were several lead changes and plenty of action throughout the night.  The Lady Grizzlies took the early advantage winning the first set by the score of 25-22.  The tough Hornet team would not let the Grizzlies keep the momentum for long as they would take set two with the same margin of victory 25-22.  At this point the Grizzlies seem to falter a little and appeared to lose some of their newly gained confidence.  This lull in the play from the Lady Grizz allowed the Hornets to win the third set by the largest margin of victory on the night 25-19.  The Lady Grizzlies were not ready for their night to be over as they would fight and claw their way through the fourth set eventually winning 25-22.  This sent the two teams to the winner take all fifth set.  Like all the other sets neither team seemed to be able to pull away in the final set with the teams eventually being tied at ten points a piece.  This is when the Grizzlies made a move and created a small cushion sneaking out a small two point lead.  A little more back and forth and a couple of timeouts later the Grizzlies finished off the upset win knocking off the Hornets by the score of 15-12.

Following the big win the Grizzlies traveled to West Side where the tough Pirate team swept the Grizzlies in three straight sets.  The Lady Grizzlies also took part in the Malad tournament last weekend facing several more 3A teams.  At the time of the writing of this article no scores were available from that tournament.

The Grizzlies will be at home on Thursday hosting Malad for the Grizzly’s senior night.  The Dragons will come in as one of the top 3A teams in the state giving the Grizzlies a tough challenge for their final home match of the season.  The tough competition will aid them with their remaining road games at two rival schools, Soda Springs and Butte County.