Seesaw battle between Paris and BCI in Junior Volleyball playoffs

PARIS SPORTS REPORT with George Le Gresley

At the beginning of the week, only two fall sports teams remained: the Junior and Senior Boys' Volleyball teams.

In second place with a 6-4 record, the Junior team met third place BCI, with a 5-5 record, in semifinal play at home in Paris. In game 1 of the best-of-five match, Paris won, leading the game from the first point to the last The secret to winning volleyball is to win points when you serve, and in game 1, they won 18 of 25 points on their serves. The score for game 1 was 25-15. Game 2 was back-and-forth, with each team taking turns scoring a point until the score was tied at 1212. Then, BCI went on a run, scoring 13 points, and the Panthers scored just two, unable to get a side out The final score of game 2 was BCI 25, Paris 14 Game 3, the Mustangs simply dominated the Panthers, winning the game 3, 25-16. Game 4 started off much like the previous two games until the

Panthers seemed to take a turn when they were down 6-13 It seemed like the Paris side was playing like the team that won game 1, catching up to the Mustangs at 19-19. It was a seesaw battle, and the game was tied at 21-21. BCI took control, leading 23-24, and won the game and match 3 games to 1.

The season is not over, as the Panthers had a CWOSSA qualifying game Friday. If the team doesn’t lose focus and play like they did in game 1, they might be a force to be dealt with moving on.

Watch for an update on the Junior CWOSSA qualifier in next week’s Paris Independent!