Wash tournament had something for everyone
A star-studded 12-team field Saturday at the 24th annual Washington Warrior Invitational volleyball tournament showed once again that class doesn’t really matter.
In the championship finals, Class 5A fourth-ranked Johnston survived Class 3A top-ranked Solon in three games.
But throughout the day-long tourney with seven ranked teams, little schools battled big ones on an equal footing.
From the Metro area, highly ranked Class 4A Marion and Class 5A Linn-Mar both made the championship semifinals. And unranked Jefferson fell to Johnston in the quarterfinals.
“We came really close to both Johnston and Solon,” said J-Hawk Coach Mary Kay Van Oort. “To think we played that well that against such impressive competition that’s here today is a good day. And I know we can play even better.”
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