Colfax wins District 7 Title

Bulldogs clinch No. 1 seed with district win over Liberty

Teren Kowatsch, Whitman County Gazette | Nov 10, 20220

Teren Kowatsch | The Gazette count

The Colfax volleyball team poses with its district championship plaque after beating Liberty High School in a district championship game Nov. 4 in Colfax.

COLFAX - Colfax secured a state playoff berth with its win over Upper Columbia Academy on Nov. 2 and a spot in the District 7 championship game against Liberty (Spangle).

The match was purely to decide seeding in the State Tournament on Nov. 10-11 in Yakima, with the winner to get the No. 1 seed and the loser to get the No. 2 seed.

Colfax wasted no time getting out to an early lead – going up 10-3 in the early stages of the game on the Lancers. The Bulldogs continued to expand on their lead – going up 19-9 before finishing with a 6-3 run to take the first set 25-12.

Liberty pushed back against...