By Greg Perkins The Lady Wildcats are headed to the 1A state volleyball tournament as the sixth overall seed. They will face No. 11 St. Michael at 1 p.m. on Friday afternoon. The match will be played at Coronado High School. With a win they would move on to face either No. 3 Red Mesa or No. 14 Lincoln Prep in a 7 p.m. contest. If they can advance past that round, they would play at 12 noon on Saturday in the semi-final round. The state championship match for 1A is scheduled at 3 p.m. on Saturday. All the 1A games are played at Coronado High School. The Wildcats finished the regular season last week with three games. On Monday they traveled to Mayer and took care of the Wildcats in three games, 25-14, 25-18 and 25-16. Tuesday’s game was at home, but they fell to Williams who is seeded seventh in the bracket, in four games. Williams took the first and second games 25-20 and 25-15. Joseph City won game three, 25-21, but fell in game four 25-15 to lose the match. Ajhana Tagler and Samantha Jesmer each had 8 kills in the loss. Kassidy Juarez had 19 digs, and Kayle James finished with 16 assists. Joseph City traveled to face Anthem Prep for their regular season finale on Thursday night. this match went the distance before the Cats prevailed in the fifth game. They won game one 25-23 and took the second game 25-22. The Eagles battled back winning game three 25-20 and tied the match with a game four win at 25-18. Joseph City took the decisive fifth game 15-6. Kate Edwards led in kills with 13. Jesmer served four aces. Kadence Armstrong had 5 blocks. Kassidy Juarez finished with 21 digs and Arami Miller had 18 assists. Joseph City finished the regular season with an overall record of 23-15-3 including all tournament games. In regular season play they were 14-4.
