Prep volleyball: 3A District 1 tournament
Published 11:24 pm Thursday, November 3, 2011
OAK HARBOR — Glacier Peak beat Oak Harbor for the first time in two years, 3-2, to move on in the 3A district 1 tournament and play Everett at noon on Saturday. The winner of Glacier Peak-Everett will then face the loser of the championship game between Meadowdale and Lynnwood for a place in the state tournament.
Ruby Mensing had 20 kills, six aces and 25 digs for the Grizzlies, and setter Taylor Rasmussen had 59 assists. Set scores were 25-15, 18-25, 32-30, 21-25, 15-7. “Game three was huge, phenomenal,” said Glacier Peak head coach Christopher Pratt. “There were about eight game points contested, it was back and forth. It was a huge game to win, to be up 2-1. It was a pivotal game. To Oak Harbor’s credit, they came right back at us in game four.”
Everett 3, Mount Vernon 0
MOUNT VERNON — Everett beat Mt. Vernon 3-0 in three close sets (25-19, 25-22, 26-24) Thursday night, eliminating the Bulldogs and moving on to play Glacier Peak on Saturday. Loretta Forrest had 14 kills and nine digs and Tenika Wentworth had 34 assists. Other strong performances came from Jody Barhanovich (27 digs) and Debbie Peterson (five kills, three aces, five blocks). Everett is now 8-7.
