The West Central Trojans hosted the #2 team in Class B, the Chester Flyers, on Tuesday, October 13th. The two teams played an exciting five-set match, and the Flyers came away victorious by scores of 25-20, 23-25, 22-25, 25-18, and 19-17.
After an early 2-2 tie to start the first set, the Trojans took a 5-3 lead. Chester went on a 5-1 run to go in front 8-6. The Flyers would hold leads at scores of 14-10 and 17-15. West Central rallied for a 4-1 run to go back in front 19-18. Chester, however, responded with a 5-0 run for a 23-19 score before winning 25-20. The second set also started with an early tie, this time at 3-3. West Central took another early lead at 7-5, but Chester went on a 6-3 run to go in front 11-10. The score would be tied again at 15-15. After some back and forth, the two teams were tied once more at 20-20. The Flyers went on a 3-1 run for a 23-21 lead, but the Trojans stormed back with four straight points to take a 25-23 win.
West Central used that momentum to build an early 4-0 lead to start the third set. They extended that lead to 12-6, but Chester was able to get within two points by 18-16. West Central was able to hold off the Flyers and pushed the lead back to four points, 23-19. Chester got within a point, 23-22, but the Trojans finished the set with two straight for a 25-22 win. The Flyers took the early 4-2 lead to start the fourth set. West Central responded with a 4-1 run to go ahead 6-5. That lead did not last long as Chester took the advantage again at 10-9. They would continue to lead at 14-13 and 18-16. The Flyers then slowly pulled away to a 21- 17 score and then won 25-18 to force the fifth and final set.
The Trojans struck first for an earl 4-2 lead. They kept the lead at 6-4, but the Flyers rallied for a 5-1 run to go in front 9-7. The Trojans battled back to tie the score 10-10. The score was tied again at 11-11 and 12-12. West Central scored the next two points for a 14-12 lead and were on the cusp of getting the big win, but Chester found a way to flip the script and score three straight points to go ahead 15-14. West Central tied the score 15-15. The two teams were tied again at 16-16 and 17-17. The Flyers, however, would get the two straight points needed to win 19-17.
Maddyx Ingalls finished with 14 kills. Ella Harden had 12 kills, and Isabella McKinney ended with nine kills. Brylee Garry had five ace serves and four kills.
