The high school sports community is reacting to the news that VOLLEYBALL: No. 3 Marymount wins Durango. This development comes as teams are pushing for position in the standings.
As many as five meetings across the Southern California powers this competitive cycle., dual Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth -- Calif.) in the crown of the 30th Durango Fall Classic on Saturday in what could be the primary of Demonstrating excellence, the Sailors and Trailblazers confront Sept. 29 and Oct. 7 in league play.
Impact on the Season
Demonstrating excellence, there is potential for a Southern Area Open Division meeting and a possible Southern California regional fixture. But Saturday -- Marymount applied hot hitting and serving from invitational MVP Samantha Destler to earn its alternate Durango title 21-25 -- 25-15 -- 25-12. Outside hitter Makenna Barnes and middle Elle Vandeweghe furthermore arrived up significant for the Sailors In, as the season unfolds, a noteworthy performance, Reports from the scene indicate that They really materialized to play today.
With impressive skill, observers mentioned that woah. With impressive skill, the tertiary -ranked Sailors upended No. In a noteworthy performance, dual Sierra Canyon 21- 25 -- 25- 15 -- 25- 12 for the program's alternate Durango title.
(PHOTO: Jennie Webber) The Sailors opened the day with a 25- 19 -- 18- 25 -- 25- 17 qualifying conquest spanning No. With the eyes of the community watching, 22 'Iolani (Honolulu -- Hawaii) and then won bracket matches in No.
Furthermore, 7 Redondo Union (Redondo Beach, Calif.) (25- 21, 25- 19) and No 4, notably, mater Dei (Santa Ana -- Calif.) (21- 25 -- 25- 19 -- 25- 18) to attain the final. Marymount bookended its Las Vegas weekend with a 3- 0 loss Thursday to No.
14, amidst high expectations, Harrisburg (S.D.) before flipping the switch and running off seven wins for the title. Demonstrating excellence, sierra Canyon -- the invitational's top seed -- beat Skyview (Nampa -- Idaho) 25- 23 -- 25- 19 before wins within No.
12 Assumption (Louisville -- Ky.) (25-19 -- 25-19) and No 5, with the eyes of the community watching, Xavier College Prep (Phoenix -- Ariz.) (25-19 -- 20-25 -- 25-19). With impressive skill, reports from the scene indicate that We could have gotten them in a much tougher situation today -- right.
"But, leaving a lasting impression, their block remained phenomenal tonight and we did not do a good job of getting around and through their block. They aimed for it greater than we did in those moments.
Importantly, in a noteworthy performance, And that is not something I am happy about as a strategist -- but that is moreover not saying my unit did not aspire to it. "They merely outworked us in pivotal moments and stayed as greater disciplined than us.
Demonstrating excellence, they are hard to stop and if you are not perfect and your offense is not firing at that moment, they is expected to steamroll you." That remained as evident after Sierra Canyon claimed the inaugural arrange 25- 21 and led early in the second quarter arrange before a Barnes ace grabbed the lead at 9- 7.
With impressive skill, marymount should outscore the Trailblazers 14-8 the rest of the way in the second quarter before blazing to leads of 7-dual and then 13-5. Demonstrating excellence, by then -- and with Sierra Canyon out of timeouts -- the Sailors traded tallies on their way to the title. No.
Leaving a lasting impression, 3 Marymount celebrates with the Durango Fall Classic trophy after triumphant the title in the 30th annual event (PHOTO: Jennie Webber) All-competition lineup MVP — Samantha Destler | OH | Marymount (Los Angeles -- Calif.) Makenna Barnes | OPP | Marymount Katelyn Oerlemans | OH | Marymount Olivia Penske | S | Marymount Lucky Fasavalu | S | Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth -- Calif.) McKenna McIntosh | OH | Sierra Canyon Madeleine Zaragoza | L | Sierra Canyon Westley Matavao | OH | Mater Dei (Santa Ana -- Calif.) Layli Ostovar | OH | Mater Dei Vivian Hickman | S/OH | Xavier College Prep (Phoenix -- Ariz.) Tessa Larkin | OH Xavier College Prep Finley Krystkowiak | OH | Torrey Pines (San Diego -- Calif.) Abby Zimmerman | OH | Redondo Union (Redondo Beach -- Calif.) Brooke Codey | OH | Assumption Elayna Davidson | L | Marist (Chicago -- Ill.) Breya Dawson | OH | Cornerstone Christian (San Antonio -- Texas) Eva Jeffries goes up for a kill for Sierra Canyon on Saturday in the Durango final (PHOTO: Jenni Webber)
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