Hawkettes Advance to Regional Semifinals

EG VS. WG FRIDAY @ 7 IN WOODWARD

East Greene advanced to the Class 1A regional volleyball semifinals with a definitive 25-11, 25-19, 25-23 blowout of Northeast Hamilton (Blairsburg) tonight in quarterfinal action at Burnside.

This sets up a “Battle of the Hawkettes” (and the “Greens”) as the Hawkettes of EG (green and white school colors) travel to Woodward to face 10th-ranked Woodward-Granger in a semifinal tilt on the WG Hawkettes’ (green and gold) home court in Woodward at 7 p.m. on Friday night, Oct. 28.

WG rolled over Madrid 25-9, 25-14, 25-17 in a quarterfinal match tonight in Woodward. The WG Hawkettes, winners of the West Central Conference, with a perfect 9-0 record, improved to 18-5. The EG Hawkettes improved to 10-15.

EYE ON GJ SAYS: This is a big win for the Hawkettes and shows they are really peaking at the right time. A tough non-conference slate that included matches against teams like Guthrie Center and Coon Rapids-Bayard—both ranked during the season—has paid off.

EG is the lone Rolling Hills Conference team still playing as Adair-Casey was beaten at home tonight by Earlham, another West Central team, 17-25, 25-17, 25-12, 28-26. Earlham (17-6) advances to a semifinal face-off with Coon Rapids-Bayard (22-8), a quarterfinal winner over Guthrie Center, 25-21, 25-16, 22-25, 25-23, on Friday night in Guthrie Center.

The Guthrie Center and Woodward semifinal winners advance to the Region 5 final on Tuesday, Nov. 1, at Adel.

Jefferson-Scranton dropped its 2A quarterfinal match to Roland-Story in Roland, 25-21, 25-23, 25-23.