I see that no one else has addressed this yet so I will give a brief report. (REALLY brief by my standards, mainly because I don't speak volleyball language.)
The Indians traveled to Clarke County tonight and won in five sets in the state semi-finals. Clarke had won the Region 2-B title last week by beating Fort in three sets on the Indians' home court. Each team then posted a state quarter-final win over the weekend. In Fort's case, that was also a five-set win. I believe it was over Bruton but don't quote me on that.
Anyway, tonight the hometown Eagles won the first and third sets, which put the Indians in come-from-behind mode. They pulled out a win in a fairly close fourth set. I think it was something like 25-21.
In the deciding set, the teams were tied at every point from 1-5, before the Indians broke in front for good and gave themselves some breathing room. They moved out to an 11-6 lead before Clarke fought back to close to within 12-10, but the Indians were then able to put it away with a 15-11 win.
Fort will now advance to the state finals Saturday afternoon at the Salem Civic Center. I believe I have read that will be at 2:30. I assume that their opponent was also determined this evening and that will be whatever team survived out of Regions C and D.
As for Clarke, tonight was their second bitter loss in front of the home fans, as their football team lost a shocker Friday night to Madison County, although they entered that game unbeaten and seeded number one in the region. Just like with the girls, Clarke had beaten Madison on the road the week before, only to fall short at home.
So congrats to the Lady Indians and best wishes for Saturday. It is always exciting when a county team brings home a state title in any sport.
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