Volleyball wrap-up from Thursday 9/3
Marion Blasts IC West In Battle of Ranked Teams
MARION – The Class 4A sixth-ranked Marion Wolves moved to 8-2 on the season Thursday night, sweeping a triangular at the Wolf Den.
Marion defeated Waterloo United 25-10, 25-23 in the opener, then shocked Class 5A fifth-ranked Iowa City West, 25-22, 25-14 to complete the sweep.
WAT. UNITED — 10 23 — 0
MARION — 25 25 — 2
IC WEST — 22 14 — 0
MARION — 25 25 — 2
WaMaC 2, MVC 0 at Linn-Mar Quad
MARION — West Delaware and Williamsburg took it to Jefferson and Linn-Mar in a volleyball quadrangular at Linn-Mar.
The Hawks rolled to a 25-15, 25-17 sweep over the Lions, then blew past the J-Hawks 25-14, 25-12 to make it a perfect night.
The Raiders drilled Jeff 25-11, 25-23 then went to a third set battle with Linn-Mar winning 26-24, 19-25, 17-15.
WEST DEL — 25 25 — 2
LINN-MAR — 15 17 — 0
WEST DEL — 25 25 — 2
CR JEFF — 14 12 — 0
W’BURG — 25 25 — 0
CR JEFF — 14 12 — 0
W’BURG — 26 19 17 — 2
LINN-MAR — 24 25 15 — 1
Calamus-Wheatland Wild One From Wildcats, 3-1
WHEATLAND — It was closer than it looked.
Calamus-Wheatland defeated Central City 3-1 Thursday night in a back-and-forth battle.
The Wildcats took the opener, 25-21 before the Warriors came back to take the next three, 25-23, 25-22, 26-24 to pick up the win.
CENTRAL CITY — 25 23 22 24 — 1
CAL-WHEATLAND — 21 25 25 25 — 3
Bellevue Outlasts Alburnett, 3-2
ALBURNETT — It took five sets, but Bellevue managed to take a 3-2 River Valley Conference win over Alburnett Thursday night.
The Comets took the first set, but the Pirates fought back to take the second, 25-19. Bellevue won the third set 25-21 before Alburnett forced a tie-breaker, 25-16, where the Comets soared to a 19-17 win to take the match, 3-2.
BELLEVUE — 25 19 25 16 19 — 3
A’NETT — 23 25 21 25 17 — 2
No. 8 Wilton Rolls Past Lisbon, 3-0
LISBON — The Wilton Beavers made quick work of the Lisbon Lions Thursday night with a 3-0 win in River Valley Conference action.
Wilton won by scores of 25-11, 25-13, 25-12 to move to 8-2 on the year, while Lisbon dropped to 4-1.
WILTON — 25 25 25 — 3
LISBON — 11 13 12 — 0
