South Wasco, Dufur and Glenwood/Klickitat have clinched the three spots from the West division in the 2023 Big Sky district playoffs. The order of their finish will be finalized this week, but South Wasco has to win one of its three remaining matches to win the regular season title.
The Redsides played in the Eagle Invitational Tournament on Oct. 7 at Damascus Christian High School. The Redsides (8-0 league, 17-9 overall), Coach Shelley Iverson, lost their first two games by 2-0 scores to Trinity Lutheran and Prairie City/Burnt River. South Wasco won 2-1 over host Damascus.
“It was a tough tournament in Damascus with some very strong teams there and I feel like we should’ve done a little bit better,” Iverson said. “In our third game of the day, we finally started to get our act together.”
The Redsides were led offensively in the tournament by senior middle blocker Anabell Udey, who had 19 digs and 11 kills. Jayda Iverson was 27-for-28 serving, and sophomore Tayler Brittain was 24-for-25 serving.
The Redsides were scheduled to play Oct. 10 at Dufur. A South Wasco win would clinch them the regular season crown and No. 1 seed from the Big Sky west in the Oct. 21 district tourney at The Dalles High. “We have to fine tune a few things and we’ll be working towards that now,” Iverson said.
Dufur wins five straight
Dufur entered the South Wasco match on a five-match win streak, including a 3-0 home victory over Horizon Christian on Oct. 5. The Rangers are in second place in the Big Sky West division and they’ll play a district playoff game tentatively scheduled for Oct. 18.
Klickwood wins two straight
The Klickwood High Eagles (4-5 league, 5-8 overall) won two Class 1A volleyball games last week to hold onto third place in the Big Sky West. Klickwood clinched a district playoff spot by winning 3-1 over visiting Horizon on Oct. 3.
Huskies get key win
The Sherman High Huskies won a Class 1A Big Sky League volleyball match 3-1 over the Spray/Mitchell/Wheeler Oct. 5 to remain in second place in the Big Sky East standings.
The Huskies were seeking to get a second straight league win Tuesday at home versus Condon and will clinch at least second place if they defeat the Blue Devils. If they finish second, the Huskies will play a district playoff match up at home tentatively scheduled for Oct. 18.
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