By State-championship dreams remain alive for six Monroe County Region volleyball teams.
Bedford, Flat Rock, New Boston Huron, Ida, St. Mary Catholic Central and Erie Mason moved into District title games with semifinal victories on Wednesday, Nov. 4.
All of the finals will be played on Thursday, Nov. 5.
It will be New Boston Huron and Flat Rock competing for the Division 2 crown at Airport and SMCC playing for the trophy of the Division 4 event at Hudson.
Bedford get a chance to win the Division 1 tourney it is hosting and Ida will play in the finals of Dundee’s Division 2 event.
The championship matches at Airport and Dundee will begin at 6 p.m. with Bedford and Hudson starting at 7.
DIVISION 2 AT AIRPORT
Slow start can’t stop Huron
Grosse Ile delivered a wake-up call by winning the opening set before Huron rallied for a 19-25, 25-19, 25-16, 25-17 win.
“That first set was really ugly,” Huron coach Devon Newman said. “I guess we had too many emotions going.”
Ava Russo sparked the comeback with 15 kills and 19 digs. Maecey added 10 kills. Brianna Holbrook led the defense with 21 digs and Emily Moreno racked up 20 assists.
Huron improved to 17-13-5.
Flat Rock handles Airport
Sarah Giroux had another balanced effort for Flat Rock with 14 kills and 13 digs. Lilly Klein added six in each of those categories and Claire Kujat logged 7 kills.
Zoe Ryan led with 24 assists and added 9 digs for the 24-11-1 Rams.
“We started a little slow,” Flat Rock coach Morgan Delhey said. “That’s kind of been the story of our season.”
Mya Stahr (4 kills, 2 aces), Katie Roecker (4 kills), Darby Philbeck (2 aces, 9 assists) and Isabelle Jones (6 digs) were the leaders for Airport, which finishes 15-18.
“I am proud of the effort,” Airport coach Janelle Knaggs said. “We will be back next year, ready to come back.”
DIVISION 2 AT DUNDEE
Ida’s Bogden steps up
Hadley Bogden hit .750 with 9 kills and logged a team-high 13 assists to spark a 25-23, 25-21, 25-12 sweep of Ann Arbor Greenhills.
Libbie Wolfenbarger also finished with 9 kills and Lily Mae Morrison added 7.
Alli Schrader had 9 digs to lead the defense and Adisyn Swiderski and Amelia McCoy chipped in 8 each.
Madelynn Roderick and Karlee Walentowski also played well.
“I think we started with some nerves but were able to figure it out,” Ida coach Ashley Begeman said. “The first set we were down pretty significantly but were able to fight back and take the set.After that we were able to find a rhythm and played well the rest of the match.”
The Blue Streaks take a 22-18 record into the finals.
This article originally appeared on The Monroe News: Bedford, Flat Rock, New Boston Huron, Ida, SMCC Mason reach finals
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