FLYERS HANDLE SCOTLAND; BEARCATS UPSET BY IRENE-WAKONDA
Freeman Public and Freeman Academy/Marion were both in action Monday night, Nov. 4 in the opening round of the Region 4B Volleyball Tournament, with the Flyers moving on to Tuesday’s second round and the Bearcats seeing their season come to a close.
Freeman, the No. 6 seed, had little trouble with the No. 11-seed Highlanders at home, coming away with a 25-17, 25-18, 25-15 win. The Flyers will now travel to Menno Tuesday to face the No. 3 Wolves, who drew a first-round bye. Freeman improved to 11-16; Scotland finishes its season 3-24.
Menno goes into Tuesday’s match with a 16-10 record; Freeman lost to the Wolves 2-1 at the Sanford Pentagon earlier this season before coming back to win 3-0 in its regular-season match on Oct. 14.
No. 7-seed FA/Marion, meanwhile, was upset by the No. 10 Eagles in Marion after winning the first set 25-20 Monday night. Irene-Wakonda took the next three frames 25-23, 25-17, 25-23 to pull off the upset; the Eagles improve to 6-18 on the season and will face No. 2 Parkston (19-11) Tuesday night.
The Bearcats finish their season 10-16.
