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Lady Falcons Weather Tornadoe's Storm

</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[ Surviving a marathon second game, Elverado High School&#185;s Volleyball team

notched its third consecutive victory Wednesday night.

Outlasting host Zeigler-Royalton 25-7 and 32-30, the Lady Falcons

improved to 3-1. They are also 3-1 within the Black Diamond Conference and

will step out of league play for a home match against Vienna Friday night.

&#179;I&#185;m so proud of our girls for just perservering,&#178; Elverado coach

Donette Wheatley said. &#179;We did a good job just to hang tough and get the

win,&#178;

Jennifer Yates paced EHS with 16 points and three aces.

Julia Bost added six points and was perfect on 23 sets. Bost had a

match-high 11 assists.

Kelsey Tuthill went 27-for-27 with six assists.

Jenna Cochran (five) and Katie Watts (four) led in digs while Hanna Scott

added three.

At the net, Mallory Winthrop dominated play with eight kills and one

block.

Watts (five kills) and Tuthill (four kills) weren&#185;t far behind.

&#179;We caught that &#338;second game syndrome&#185; disease,&#178; Wheatley said.

&#179;We played so well during the first game and then when we switched sides,

the court seemed to shrink and we couldn&#185;t hit anything in.&#178;

EHS (2-2, 2-2) won an exciting junior varsity match in three games over

Z-R. Scores were 25-16, 12-25, 16-14. The frosh squad (1-2-1, 1-2-1) posted