High School Volleyball: Recalibrated R.A. Long wins 2A GSHL rematch with Woodland
Senior Night: Lumberjills solidify grip on 3rd place with 4-set win over Beavers
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THE LUMBERDOME — R.A. Long did its best to be distracted leading up to a critical 2A Greater St. Helens League rematch with Woodland on Tuesday. It was Senior Night at The Lumberdome, at the Lumberjills have a lot of seniors, so that’s a lot of hugs and happy tears all at once.
And let’s not forget that at R.A. Long every senior on the court gets their roses, no matter what color jersey they are wearing. So there were details to remember for the Beavers, too.
Add to that a couple of ragamuffin children belonging to who-knows-who running wild alongside the court for the first few chaotic moments of the first set, and it seemed like a home-cooked recipe for disappointment. And the Lumberjills had already felt that particular emotion earlier in the season when they watched a two-set lead turn into a five-set loss in a league tilt at Woodland.
So when the hosts dropped the first set at home against those same Beavers, it seemed like maybe it would be a quick night, but not in the way the R.A. Long faithful had hoped. Alas, those worries proved ill-founded as the Lumberjills managed to both claim their revenge and salvage an evening of celebration by coming back to take the match in four sets.
The set scores were 23-25, 25-21, 27-25 and 25-19 on Joe Moses Court.
“Tonight was so much fun to watch our team play together,” R.A. Long head coach Whitney Nailon said.
— Woodland winds up on the wrong end of a long rally that included a ball off the roof to give R.A. Long a hard-earned point during a 2A GSHL volleyball match, Tuesday, Oct. 21, at The Lumberdome. R.A. Long went on to win in four sets. / Video by Ben Hendrickson for Blast Zone Media —
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