Oakesdale volleyball wins tournament

YAKIMA - The Oakesdale Nighthawks volleyball team swooped into the SunDome Volleyball Festival and flew away with the win.

The Yakima area was filled with 80 high school volleyball teams for two tournaments on Sept. 18-19. On Friday it was 32 teams from 1B, 2B, and 1A leagues. Bigger schools played the next day.

"We actually won the tournament," said Coach McKinzie Turner. "It was a really good day for our kids. We played some really tough teams."

The Nighthawks started the tournament with seven players and lost Marilla Hockett to illness. It left Gianna Anderson, Olivia Booth, Payton Davis, S...