Red Hawks knock off Raiders

For a second time this season, the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau volleyball team picked up a rivalry win over Arcadia — this time doing it on the road.

The Red Hawks (15-15, 4-6 Coulee) lost a marathon opening set, then bounced back to win the next three over the Raiders (7-22, 0-11) 26-28, 25-10, 25-13, 26-24 last Tuesday at the Wanek Center.

Trailing 16-10 in the opening set, the Raiders raced back to knot things up late and the two teams started trading points with neither able to close out the set. With the score tied 26-26, two consecutive return errors from G-E-T allowed Arcadia to seize a 1-0 lead in the match.

The Red Hawks responded well to win the next two sets in convincing fashion, then found themselves in another tight battle in the fourth. Trailing 24-22, G-E-T staved off three Arcadia set points and went on a 5-1 run to close out the match, punctuated by a Madeline Hale kill on match point.

Leading the charge for the Red Hawks were Rylynn Simmons with 20 kills, seven aces and 10 digs, Ally Burns with eight kills, Taryn Leighty with 23 assists, 11 digs and eight aces, Liliana Pederson with 12 digs and Amelia Walz with 12 assists.

Arcadia stat leaders included Tatum Drazkowski with 11 kills, 16 digs and three aces, Teagan Pientok with six kills, Megan Breska with three aces and Sophia Jereczek with 15 assists and 10 digs.

West Salem 3 G-E-T 0

The Panthers (22-8, 11-0) guaranteed themselves no worse than a share of this year’s conference championship by sweeping G-E-T 25-13, 25-23, 25-18 last Thursday in Galesville.

The Red Hawks were led in the loss by Simmons with 14 kills and 10 digs, Burns with five kills, Pederson with 21 digs, Leighty with 15 assists and Walz with 13 assists.

Logan Invite

G-E-T enjoyed a solid day overall last Saturday in La Crosse, putting up a 3-1 record at the Logan Invitational.

During pool play, the Red Hawks lost 13-25, 12-25 to Independence/Gilmanton and swept Mauston 25-22, 25-18. As part of the silver bracket, G-E-T breezed past North Crawford 25-15, 25-12 in the semifinals and outlasted host La Crosse Logan 17-25, 27-25, 15-7.

G-E-T wraps up the regular season when they host Viroqua on Thursday at 7 p.m.