Blue Valley West, St. Teresa’s, Aquinas, and St. James big wins

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>What a day of volleyball. My predictions ended up all over the place, but who cares? What mattered was that exciting volleyball took place at St. James in the 16th showing of the volleyball slam. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Blue Valley vs. Blue Valley Northwest</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Blue Valley earned the sweep in the opening match to end my perfect prediction streak early in the day. A 25-20, 28-26 to start the year for the Tigers. No stats were available for Blue Valley. Blue Valley Northwest got five kills from [player_tooltip player_id='807475' first='Taylor' last='Cutting'] and Maren McCarty</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Topeka Hayden vs. (11) St. Michael the Archangel</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Match two of the day saw Topeka Hayden make the trek down the highway to take on St. Michael. Hayden took the match in three sets. No stats have been uploaded from this contest. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>(6) Lee's Summit West vs. (5) Olathe West</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>We finally got one right with the third match, as Olathe West defeated the Titans in straight sets. [player_tooltip player_id='807773' first='Ella' last='Stowell'] led the offensive attack with ten kills. Grace Yeager had three aces in the match. [player_tooltip player_id='355651' first='Neely' last='Leathers'] dished 24 assists. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Blue Valley North vs. Washburn Rural</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>North took the first set before Washburn came back to win the second and third for the match win. [player_tooltip player_id='445976' first='Reese' last='Maslowski'] dropped 14 kills in defeat. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>St. Teresa's vs. Bishop Miege</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>In a rivalry contest, St. Teresa's got the best of Miege, winning in a competitive fight in straight sets, -23, -22. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>(3) Blue Valley West vs. (2) Blue Valley Southwest</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Blue Valley West said, "Please don't disrespect us again", and swept Blue Valley Southwest in their highly anticipated matchup. 25-23, 25-20 in a competitive duel. Peyton and [player_tooltip player_id='807962' first='Jensen' last='Kubik'] both had 6 kills apiece for the winners in a match where attackers were shaking off the summer rust. Blue Valley West attacked at a zero clip, while Southwest wasn't much better at .018. Southwest was led by [player_tooltip player_id='222097' first='Taylor' last='Stanley'] with 6 kills. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>(1) Mill Valley vs. (4) St. Thomas Aquinas</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>St. Thomas Aquinas won the battle of defending state champions in three sets. The preseason number one-ranked team looked the part in set one, dominating the set 25-15. The Saints didn't fold, winning set two 25-21 before escaping with the entertaining 27-25 set three. No stats were available at post time. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>(9) Lansing vs. (7) St. James</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>St. James said we are the higher-ranked team for a reason, so don't pick against us. It was a great match to end the day with the host team getting it done in three. No stats or scores available at post time. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->