Sports News Summary

VHS Bleachers

By Saige Cox

The volleyball team played their first region game against Escalante, and they claimed the victory in 3 sets! They then played Fredonia and gained another win! They went into their second region game against the Panguitch Bobcats and this ultimately led to their first loss! Going into their third region game against Piute, it was a close game, but going head to head in a total of 4 sets after playing to 31 points, the Buffaloes defeated the Thunderbird’s! They then went on to take another win over the Fredonia Lynx.The team played Water Canyon for their first time this season and won! In the JV tournament hosted by the Valley Buffaloes, the JV team got first place, winning a total of four games! The freshman team went to a tournament hosted in Millard and won second place in the silver division! The JV team made it to the gold bracket in the Parowan tournament.

This year the Volleyball team had a green game where they raised awareness for mental health. They had a huge success! They played the Piute Thunderbirds and defeated them again!

The team did a great job and took 2nd in the Region tournament. Especially exciting was taking Panguitch to the 5th set in the championship game. The team did an amazing job. Next came the state tournament, where the buffalos defeated the Green River Pirates and moved on to face a tough Milford Tiger team. They lost in 5 sets. After that, they defeated Monument Valley, but then couldn’t get past the Tabiona Tigers. They ended up taking 7th at state. Great job girls!

The cross country team is having a very successful season! A few individuals are doing especially well. There are a lot of athletes that have improved a ton this season! Savannah Wood and Cameron Franklin made it to state. Savannah Wood got 20th at state! Cameron Franklin got 27th! We are very proud of our cross country team and their success this season.