The Calvary Patriots faced the East Chicago Central Cardinals tonight in East Chicago and came away with their seventh straight victory, 25-10, 25-20, 25-16. This despite several of the girls fighting various ailments and with Tina going down with a rolled ankle in warmups. There are so many of the girls with colds and such that the official team cheer now consists of coughing in unison.
Poor Tina. After missing all last year with a broken wrist that wouldn't heal, now this. Let's hope and pray that it isn't serious.
Anyway, back to the game. The first game began with both teams playing tentatively, with ragged play and errors on both sides. After starting out close, Calvary pulled away a little to a 12-7 lead, causing EC to call a timeout. Maybe they regret that now, because the Patriots went on a 13-3 run from there (and that included once again giving up a couple of points on game point) to finish out the Cardinals, 25-10. Faith wasn't jump-serving, and with her coughing I thought it was because she was sick. However, she did tell me after the game that the lighting made it tough for her to see the ball when she jump-served. Good thing they didn't need it.
The second game saw EC cleaning up a lot of their errors. They also served quite well and picked up a lot of our hits. All this being said, Calvary never trailed and when they stretched the lead to 17-10, EC called timeout. This time it helped, as the Cardinals pulled within three at 18-15, but could get no closer and Calvary completed their second game victory, 25-20.
I don't know if it was because the girls were too relaxed after winning the first two, but they dropped behind 4-1 quite quickly in the third. The girls then rallied to take a 5-4 lead, and from there the lead went back and forth. Our girls benefited from a lot of service errors, and again pulled out to a comfortable lead at 18-11. EC then called a timeout. This time it didn't help. They made several more errors, and the game ended on yet another error by EC.
Other than losing focus at times, the girls played well despite their sicknesses. And Tina and Kara cheered very well from the bench. Let's hope for quick healing for the girls.
The JVa team defeated EC's JV team 25-13, 25-16. The JVb team lost to EC's freshman team, 24-25, 21-25. Report from Romeoville was that the JHa team won 25-15, 25-19 and the JHb team also won in two.
The next game for the varsity is next Tuesday at home against Heritage Christian. Please check the calender.
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