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West Valley and Monroe Catholic kept their Region VI girls prep volleyball title hopes alive by posting victories in five-game matches Friday night.West outlasted league-leading NorthPole 15-11, 9-15, 15-5, 12-15, 15-13 to pull within a half-game of first place and Monroe upended Eielson 15-11, 18-16, 3-15,10-15,15-13 to move within a game of the top spotTonight, North Pole plays at Monroe in the final Region VI game of the season If North Pole wins the Patriots will claim the championship and an automatic berth into the state tournament, but if Monroe wins there will be a three-way tie for the top spot.West claimed its victory in dramatic fashion as the Wolfpack bounced back from a 13-9 deficit to win the decisive fifth game 15-13. Janet Hand served for the final three points to secure the victory.“I’m extremely happy with the win, being that it was our last game and kept us in the running for the region championship. said West coach Matt Steffes. ‘‘We had some very strong bench support tonight.”Sharon Kim led the West attack with 17 spikes and 10 kills with Hand, Pam Baker and Courtney King also having good hitting games. King and Milan were the leading setters.The West girls wore their uniforms to school Friday and painted their faces in the school colors, red and gold. They had planned to take the makeup off prior to the match, but then decided to leave it on.“Since there was nothing in the rule book against it, we bacame the first truly color coordinated team,” Steffessaid “It wasn’t to well received by North Pole, but it was certainly interesting for us ”West finished the season with a 12-game winning streak and a 17-4 overall record West is 9-3 in league play while North Pole is 9-2 and 13-6 overall“Callie Thomas, Sheryl Bond and Johnna Thomas played extremely well tonight Callie had her best net game with her spiking,” said North Pole coach Linda Marquette “We had a few mental problems which really affected our teamwork, but both teams showed a great deal of talent offensively and defensively.”West’s junior varsity handed North Pole its second loss of the season by posting a 15-12,15-4 decision.Monroe trailed 7-3 early in the final game its match with Eielson, but the Rams rallied to pull out the victory. Monroe is 8-3 going into tonight’s game Eielson finished Region VI play with a 2-10 record.“I think we were a little bit complacent because we were looking forward to Saturday night’s game with North Pole, said Monroe coach Nancy Cook. “Theresa and Shonna W'right played particularly well for Eielson They were really hitting the ball and we weren’t covering the floor.“I felt we did a very good job to come back in the fifth game and finally win,” Cook addedMonroe won the junior varsity contest 15-4,15-8.In a non-conference game Friday night the Lathrop Malemutes dropped a five-game match to the Barrow Whalers 15-13, 7-15,15-4, 9-15,15-12.The loss dropped Lathrop’s season record to 1-19 heading into next weekend’s regional tournament.rookie Kelly Trtpucka, another first round pick, and 20 by Phil Hubbard Sidney Moncrief had 22 for Milwaukee “I don’t think I deserve all the credit,” said Thomas, whose four free throws down the stretch iced the game “There were other guvs out thereget some good performances that we needed from some of our players ”Jazz 105, Mavericks 89 Utah fought back from an early 15-1 deficit as Adrian Dantley, the NBA’s leading scorer last season, hit for 39 points Dantley had 19 points in theclinch itRockets 113, Lakers 112,2 OT Malone’s layup with one second remaining in the second overtime period gave Houston the victory in a fight-marred game Malone hit from underneath eight seconds after theWestMonroe still alivein Region VI spike raceDIVING—West Valley volleyball players Courtney King (5) and Pam Baker dive for the ball as Anita Krejci (10) looks on during Friday night’s match with North Pole. TheWest players wore red and gold paint on their faces during the match which theywon 15-11, 9-15, 15-5, 12-15, 15-13 to keeptheir Region VI title hopes alive.(Photo by Joe Correia
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Fairbanks Daily News Miner
Fairbanks, Alaska, US
Sat, Oct 31, 1981
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