Clarion Area Hosts Junior High Volleyball Tournaments (04/12/15)

The Clarion Area Lady Cats Junior High Volleyball Teams hosted their annual tournaments on Friday, 10th and Saturday, April 11th.

8th Grade Championship Match between Freeport and Warren

8th Grade Championship Match between Freeport and Warren

The 7th grade tournament was held  Friday night, with the 8th grade teams playing on Saturday. Nine schools took part in the tournaments: Clarion Area, Keystone, North Clarion, Redbank Valley, Union, A-C Valley, Cranberry Freeport and Warren.

In pool play on Friday, it was Freeport winning Pool-A with an 6-0 record, followed by Clarion, A-C Valley and Union, all with 2-4 records, while Redbank Valley won Pool-B with a 5-1 record, followed by Cranberry at 4-2, North Clarion at 3-3 and  Keystone at 0-6.

Freeport defeated Redbank Valley 2-0 in the 7th grade championship match.

Saturday’s 8th grade tournament saw Freeport winning Pool-A with an 8-0 record followed by A-C Valley at 6-2, Redbank Valley (Red) at 4-4 and Clarion and Union, both at 1-7; Warren won Pool-B, going 7-1, followed by Cranberry at 5-3, Redbank Valley (White) at 4-4, Keystone at 3-5 and North Clarion at 1-7.

Freeport downed Warren 2-0 in the 8th grade championship match.

Coach Erika Bevevino had this to say about the Lady Cats,’ “Our teams (gained) valuable experience this weekend and should be able to use that for our upcoming matches and the Redbank tournament next weekend.”

(Thanks to Coach Bevevino for information for this article.)