Local Volleyball Round Up: Tigers keep rolling in volleyball
Oct. 4—Bandon's volleyball team stretched its Valley Coast Conference win streak to seven by sweeping both East Linn Christian and Central Linn at Gold Beach High School on Saturday.
The Tigers also swept Illinois Valley and Gold Beach in league matches during the week and are 9-1 heading into this week, when they host Waldport on Tuesday and visit Reedsport on Thursday.
Bandon is tied for second in the league standings with Lowell, trailing unbeaten Oakridge. The Tigers meet those teams at home in a doubleheader on Oct. 14, the final day of the league season.
Reedsport was swept by both Lowell and Oakridge at Oakridge High School on Saturday, but did pick up its second win of league play earlier in the week, outlasting Waldport in a five-set match Tuesday. Reedsport, 2-8 in league play, was swept by visiting Oakland on Thursday.
In addition to hosting Bandon on Thursday, the Brave host Gold Beach on Tuesday.
PIRATES TOP BULLDOGS: Marshfield swept North Bend in the first rivalry match for the two schools on Thursday, winning 25-13, 25-10, 25-19.
For Marshfield, it was a good way to bounce back from a tough loss to Marist Catholic two days earlier. The Spartans, who lead the league at the midway point of the schedule, won 25-23, 18-25, 25-16, 19-25, 15-13.
This week, Marshfield hosts Junction City on Tuesday and visits Cottage Grove on Thursday.
The loss to Marshfield was North Bend's lone league match of the week, and came on the heels of winning the North Marion tournament the previous weekend. The Bulldogs beat La Grande, Astoria and Tillamook in the tournament, sweeping the Cheesemakers 25-20, 25-20 in the final. North Bend's only losses to Class 4A teams have come to Marist Catholic and Marshfield and they get a second shot at the Spartans on Tuesday and visit Junction City on Thursday.
CRUSADERS TOP COQUILLE: The Red Devils lost their second match to the Medford schools on Tuesday, when they fell to host St. Mary's 21-25, 25-17, 25-21, 25-10.
Coquille bounced back to beat Central Linn in a nonleague match Friday, 25-12, 25-11, 25-9, and played in the Creswell Invitational on Saturday (results were not available).
The Red Devils are 3-2 in Far West League play heading into games at North Valley on Thursday and Lakeview on Friday.
SKYLINE LEAGUE: Myrtle Point won a pair of matches during the week, beating visiting New Hope on Tuesday 25-12, 25-11, 25-22 and then topping Riddle on the road in four sets Thursday to improve to 6-1 in league play heading into a big week.
The Bobcats are at North Douglas on Tuesday and host Camas Valley on Thursday before visiting Glendale to start the final week of league play next Monday.
North Douglas is unbeaten at 8-0 and Umpqua Valley Christian, which handed Myrtle Point its lone league loss, is 7-0. Camas Valley is 6-2, just behind the Bobcats in the standings
Powers lost its only game of the week, swept by Umpqua Valley Christian at home on Tuesday 27-25, 25-10, 25-14.
The Cruisers, 2-4 in league play, were at Pacific on Monday, host Milo Adventist for a nonleague match Tuesday and Days Creek on Thursday and visit Yoncalla on Saturday.
Pacific, 1-4 in league, fell to Glendale in four sets on Tuesday and hosts Riddle on Thursday and New Hope on Friday.
