{"id":2897,"date":"2025-11-09T22:30:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T04:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/west-central\/?p=2897"},"modified":"2025-11-09T22:30:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T04:30:14","slug":"trojan-volleyball-headed-to-sodak-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/west-central\/2025\/11\/09\/trojan-volleyball-headed-to-sodak-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Trojan Volleyball Headed to SoDak 16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-275\" src=\"https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/west-central\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/WestCentralTrojans.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/west-central\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/WestCentralTrojans.png 96w, https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/west-central\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/WestCentralTrojans-80x80.png 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/>The West Central Trojan volleyball team earned a spot in the SoDak 16 with a come-from-behind, five-set match win over the Baltic Bulldogs in Baltic on Thursday, November 6th.\u00a0 The Trojans won the match by set scores of 22-25, 14-25, 25-17, 25-12, and 15-10.<\/p>\n<p>West Central started the opening set with an early 3-1 lead, but Baltic quickly erased that with a 6-2 run to take a 7-5 advantage.\u00a0 The Bulldogs were able to stay in front the rest of the first set.\u00a0 They led by three points through the middle portions at scores of 10-7, 15-12, and 18-15.\u00a0 Baltic extended the lead to 20-15, but West Central battled to within one, 23-22.\u00a0 The Bulldogs would take the first set by scoring the final two points.<\/p>\n<p>Baltic used that momentum in the second set.\u00a0 They took a quick 5-1 lead to start and never looked back.\u00a0 The Bulldogs extended the lead to 10-5 and then to 14-8.\u00a0 The lead continued to go to a 21-12 advantage before the Bulldogs won 25-14.\u00a0 An early 2-2 tie started the third set.\u00a0 West Central grabbed a 5-4 lead and slowly grew it five points, 13-8.\u00a0 The Trojans continued to roll to a 21-11 lead.\u00a0 The Bulldogs cut the lead down to 23-17, but West Central scored the final two points to win 25-17.<\/p>\n<p>West Central would pick up the momentum in the fourth set.\u00a0 After an getting an early 5-4 lead, the Trojans went on a 7-3 run to make the score 12-7.\u00a0 They would slowly extend the lead to 20-12 before finishing the fourth set with a 25-12 win to force a fifth and final set.<\/p>\n<p>The Trojans took an early 4-2 lead to start the fifth set.\u00a0 They then went on a 5-1 run to push the lead to 9-3.\u00a0 After a 12-4 score, the Bulldogs went on a 5-0 run to cut the lead to 12-9.\u00a0 West Central, however, would end the rally with two straight points and then finish the match with a 15-10 victory.<\/p>\n<p>West Central is the #11 seed and will play #6 Hamlin in Madison on Tuesday, November 11th at 7:00 p.m.\u00a0 The winner of the match will advance to the State A Tournament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The West Central Trojan volleyball team earned a spot in the SoDak 16 with a come-from-behind, five-set match win over the Baltic Bulldogs in Baltic on Thursday, November 6th.\u00a0 The Trojans won the match by set scores of 22-25, 14-25, 25-17, 25-12, and 15-10. 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