Humboldt girls advance in regional semifinal, 3-1
Humboldt's Kendall Works (center) exults in celebration with her teammates after the Wildcat volleyball team swept Garner-Hayfield/Ventura in three sets in the Humboldt gym on Tuesday night, Oct. 22, in a first round Class 3A Region 2 match. Humboldt moved on to beat Forest City in a regional semifinal round match on Oct. 24, winning 3-1. Independent photo.
The Humboldt volleyball team moved within one match of the state tournament after turning back the Forest City Indians in four sets Thursday night (Oct. 24) in Forest City. Humboldt fell 25-11 in the first set but came back to win by scores of 25-15, 25-20 and 25-17 to move to 23-9 overall. The Wildcats will travel to Western Christian of Hull on Oct. 29 to face the Wolfpack in a regional final. Western defeated Algona in the other semifinal round match by scores of 25-14, 25-16 and 25-19.
Humboldt had no trouble winning their opening round Class 3A Region 2 match as they swept Garner-Hayfield/Ventura in three sets Tuesday night, Oct. 22 in the Humboldt gym. The Wildcats won by scores of 25-16, 25-18 and 25-19. Forest City defeated Clarion-Goldfield-Dows on Tuesday night by scores of 25-15, 25-13 and 25-16.
The other half of Region 2 had No. 2 ranked and No. 1 seed Western Christian of Hull hosting Estherville-LC and No. 2 seed Spirit Lake hosting Algona. Algona posted a 3-0 victory by scores of 25-23, 25-10 and 25-20. Western defeated ELC 25-10, 25-17 and 25-13.
The Region 2 final will be hosted by the highest ranked remaining team if travel distance permits.
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