Colfax v-ball wraps 10-0 league run

Colfax volleyball team logged league wins over Lind/Ritzville/ Sprague Thursday and Tekoa/Rosalia Tuesday to finish its league run at 10-0 in the south side of the NE league race.

Between the two league rounds, the Bulldogs traveled north to play Shadle Park Saturday for another non-league round against a GSL team. They lost in a battle which went down to a 15-10 win by the host Highlanders in the fifth game.

The Bulldogs now stand at 22-4 overall with losses to Shadle and Gonzaga and to Richland and Lewiston in the crossover tourney.

The 10-0 league run means Colfax will host one of the first playoff rounds Saturday. The playoff will continue Tuesday and finish at St. George's with six teams in the finals in search of four tickets to the state finals at the Yakima.

Wilbur/Creston leads the north side of the league with an undefeated record. The playoff round will mix the north and south side finishers in inverse order.

Action at Colfax Saturday will start at 12:30 with Asotin vs. Springdale. Winner of that round will play the Bulldogs.

Tuesday, Colfax topped Tekoa/Rosalia 25-19 25-12 and 25-9 in the last league round. Senior Taylor Garcia rapped a total of six aces in the short match, and Abbie Miller had a run of seven serves in the third game.

Kylie Kackman rolled out 13-14 serving with three aces.

Saturday at Shadle, Colfax and the Highlanders locked up at 2-2 but Shadle claimed the win at 15-10 in the decider.

"It was a great match, and we had some great volleys," coach Sue Doering noted.

Carmen Gfeller hit 24 kills in the long match and finished 18-19 serving with an ace.

Kackman hit 20-21 serving and booked 39 assists, and Garcia rapped seven kills and five blocks at the Spokane team.

Line score for Saturday's Shadle win was 22-25, 25-21, 25-18, 23-25 and 15-10.

Last Thursday, Colfax swept the LRS Broncos in three sets at Ritzville, 25-15, 25-20, 25-19, to advance to 9-0 in league play.

Gfeller hit 17 kills, and the Bulldog front line rapped 17 blocks with Gfeller hitting four and Piper Cai hitting two. Kackman had 23 assists.

Kackman booked long stints at the serving line and finished at 35-35 serving for the night with eight aces. In the second game, she hit a 10-point serving run against the Broncos.

Stats vs. LRS: Kackman 35-35 serving with 8 aces; Gfeller 7-8 serving with 2 aces, 17 kills, 4 blocks, 5 digs; Abbie Miller 7-8 serving with ace, 10 digs; Cai 5-6 serving, 6 kills, 2 blocks, 5 digs; Garcia 2-4 serving, 2 kills, 3 blocks; Gretta Geier 3-5 serving, 2 kills, 3 blocks, 1 dig; Johanna Stolle 4-4 serving, 4 kills, 3 blocks, 1 dig; Lexie Smith 1 kill; Sarah Kraut 1-1 serving, 1 dig; Rachel Brown 1 kill, Parker Warwick 1-1 serving, 1 dig.

Stats vs. Tekoa/Rosalia: Kackman 13 assists; 13-14 serving with 3 aces; Gfeller 9 kills, 2 blocks, 5-5 serving with 2 aces; Garcia 2 kills, 11-11 serving with 6 aces; Cai 6 kills, 7-8 serving with 2 aces; Geier 1 kill, 1 block, 2-2 serving; Stolle 1 kill, 2 blocks, 3-3 serving; Brown 1 kill, 3-3 serving; Smith 1 kill, 5-5 serving with 2 aces; Kraut 1-3 serving; Miller 6 aces, 5 digs.

Stats vs. Shadle: Gfeller 24 kills, 4 blocks, 18-19 serving with ace; Kackman 20-21 serving, 39 assists, 15 digs, 1 kill, 2 blocks; Miller 26-27 serving, 12 digs; Garcia 7-9 serving with ace, 5 digs, 7 kills, 5 blocks; Stolle 13-14 serving with ace, 9 digs, 7 kills, 44 blocks; Geier 2 kills, 1 block; Cai 9-9 serving, 18 digs, 6 kills.