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PRIEST RIVER — The Priest River Lamanna High School volleyball won two more 3A Central Idaho league games last week, extending their win streak to six.
Second-ranked Priest River (6-2, 13-3) visited fifth-ranked Grangeville (0-8, 2-16) Friday, Oct. 9, winning 25-17, 25-21 and 25-23 in straight sets.
Priest River next visited third-ranked Orofino (3-5, 6-12), narrowly winning 3-2. Priest River took the first set 25-15 but was outpaced by Orofino in the second and third sets, which they dropped 14-25 and 16-25. Still, the Spartans made a comeback 25-14 in the fourth set, securing their win 15-13 in the tiebreaker.
The Spartans hosted Orofino for a rematch Tuesday, Oct. 13 after The Miner’s weekly deadline. They next play in the 3A State Tournament, with game times and dates still to be announced.
Ranger volleyball grabs two wins, one loss
METALINE FALLS — The Selkirk High School volleyball team won twice despite one loss last week.
Selkirk (4-4, 5-6) hosted Wellpinit (0-6, 0-9) Tuesday, Oct. 6, winning 3-0.
They visited Kettle Falls (1-5, 4-6) Thursday, Oct. 8, but lost 3-1. Though Selkirk managed to take the third set 25-21, they dropped the first 17-25, the second 20-25 and the fourth 1625, failing to force Kettle Falls into a tiebreaker.
Still, Selkirk hosted Northeast 1B North league rival Columbia (18, 2-9) Saturday, Oct. 10, winning 3-0. The Rangers are ranked third in the league, Columbia seventh and last.
Selkirk visits Cusick at 4:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16, hosts Republic on Senior Night at noon Saturday, Oct. 17, hosts Curlew at 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17 and visits Inchelium at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20.
Spartan runners break into top 509 half
SPOKANE — Priest River Lamanna High School runners broke into the top half of their respective races at the Ninth Annual Battle for the 509 Saturday, Oct. 10 on the Spokane Polo Grounds.
In the boys’ varsity red 5,000-meter, senior Daniel Gunkle led with a time of 18:13.9, finishing 40th of 159 runners. Freshman Seth Paschetag finished 55th with a time of 18:31.3.
Sophomore Maiyu Smith led Priest River in the girls’ novice 5,000-meter, finishing 43rd of 133 runners after clocking in at 26:06.1.
Senior Sakura Smith finished 63rd, clocking in at 26:36.5.
Finishing 84th with a time of 27:20.7 was senior Breelynn Duran.
The Spartans next run in the District I-II 3A Championship, with race times still to be announced.
