8-1 against public schools

This morning, the surging Patriots went into Hebron High's beautiful gym and defeated the host Hawks in four games. This game was a late addition to the schedule, arising from contacts Coach Carr made at the Kankakee Valley tournament. Oh, and in case you're wondering, CCS's other two losses were against Catholic schools.

This was kind of a strange game, a game of streaks and momentum. The opening game began a kill by Taylor. Good start. An ace by Holly and three kills by Faith gave CCS a 6-2 lead. That didn't last long. A couple of kills, a couple of CCS errors and a nice block, and Hebron led 8-7. No team led by more than a point until CCS eked out a two point lead at 15-13 on a kill by Rachel. By 18, Hebron had caught up again. It was still even at 21 when Hebron scored on an ace, a couple of CCS errors, and closed it out with a dink kill.

So how do you explain what happed in game two? I have no explanation. There were some nice hits by our girls and some aces, but mostly there were errors. Hitting errors, serving errors , setting errors, defensive errors. Did I miss anything? Oh yes, net violations. And almost all of them by Hebron. CCS got the serve back leading 5-2, and when Rachel finally hit one into the net, it was 15-2. From there, other than two little three-point Hebron runs, Calumet dominated. Everyone contributed with hits, digs and other good plays. When the dust settled, Calumet had game two, 25-9.

The original Hebron team showed up for the third game. They cut way down on the errors from the previous game. We made a few more than we had, interspersed with with a lot of hitting. No team led by more than two (and that only once) until Hebron went ahead 13-10. A four-point run by Calumet ensued, capped off by a very nice block by Faith. It stayed very close throughout the remander of the game. The teams were even at 23. Faith then got a dink kill and Hebron messed up the serve to give CCS game three, 25-23.

Game four was similar to game two. Rachel's quick dink on the second hit stretched the the lead to 12-6. A couple of Hebron points later, the Patriots began a string of points. Taylor had a nice block, then a Holly kill and a Holly dink kill kept it going. Faith then finished strong with several kills. Holly had a nice kill and an ace as well in the run. At 24-12, Ally dinked the ball to an empty space, and Calumet had the victory.

Another quick note: the JV team rolled over Faith on Friday, 25-8, 25-13 and the junior high team won in three - I don't have the scores of that game.

Westville Tuesday. See you there.