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Sometimes a loss is a win, depending on perspective.
In the big picture, Columbia High’s four-set loss to always tough Castle Rock on Oct. 13 may be the impetus the Bruins need to make a late-season run to the district playoffs. Columbia did get its first league win the past week, 3-1, at Seton Catholic on Oct. 11. That victory enabled the Bruins to remain in playoff contention.
The path to Trico League volleyball supremacy continues to go through Castle Rock and La Center, as the Columbia High Bruins experienced this past week.
Defense usually trumps offense early in the season, and the Columbia High volleyball team proved that adage correct Saturday with a four-set nonleague win at Goldendale.
The Field of Dreams movie adage, “If you build it, they will come,” is proving true for Columbia High and its volleyball program.
Columbia High’s volleyball team attained a season goal by reaching the district playoffs, but that’s where the Bruins’ run ended Saturday.
The Bruins lost to the Trico League’s runner-up, La Center, at the District 4 tournament at King’s Way High School in Vancouver. Columbia had advanced to Saturday’s second round at district by winning one of two matches Nov. 3 at Castle Rock.
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Columbia High will try to rebound this week from two Trico League volleyball setbacks and regain some momentum heading into postseason play.
The Bruins dropped to 8-6 overall, 3-4 in Trico play, with a 3-1 home loss Oct. 19 against King’s Way and a 3-0 road loss at La Center on Oct. 21.
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Columbia High moved above .500 in Trico League volleyball play Thursday with a three-set, playoff-clinching road win at Seton Catholic.
Equally important, the Bruins finished the week by improving their overall record to 8-4 after also winning a district cross-over match Oct. 12 against Elma and placing second at a tournament Saturday in Corbett.
Try as she might, Columbia High volleyball Coach Heidi Shultz is having a hard time sequestering district playoff talk surrounding the Bruin program.
It’s a good problem to have.
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Columbia High enters its Trico League volleyball schedule this week buoyed by a non-league home win against Riverside on Sept. 21, when Coach Heidi Shultz said her team continued its improved play.
