Joseph City’s volleyball team picked up a regular season win on Tuesday before putting in a strong showing in its own invitational tournament over the weekend.
Tuesday’s home-court game over Music Mountain was dominated by the Wildcats, who won in three straight games: 25-13, 25-11 and 25-15.
The team collected 29 kills, led by Tory Beatty’s 7. Peyton Bushmad added 6, Jackie Richards added 6, Kynlee Miller added 5, Reese Fish added 3 and Julianna Fraley had 2.
Beatty and Shenoa Skidmore each served 9 aces to lead in that category. Skidmore also led in digs with 20, and Beatty added 7. Miller led the team in assists with 13. Beatty added 12.
Hosting their own tournament over the weekend, the Wildcats went 3-1 in Friday’s pool play, beating Valley Sanders 2-0, Red Mesa 2-1 and Kingman Academy 2-1. They lost 0-2 to Monument Valley Utah.
Saturday’s bracket play started with a 2-0 win over Kingman Academy. They followed that with a 1-2 loss to Willcox in the next round. Playing in the consolation bracket, they defeated Monument Valley Utah 2-0, but their tournament ended in the following game with a 1-2 loss to Kingman Academy.
This week, the team will host Desert Star on Wednesday, then will travel to Williams on Friday. Next Tuesday, they travel to Grand Canyon.
Joseph City is 7-4 in regular-season games and was ranked 11th heading into this week’s action. The team is 13-16-1 overall.
