Brewster volleyball team wins two before bowing out at State

BREWSTER – The Bears varsity volleyball team got a rousing sendoff to Yakima last Wednesday, Nov. 9, where the girls were one of three District 6 teams along with Manson and Okanogan to qualify for the playoffs at the SunDome in Yakima.

The No. 10 Bears faced No. 7 Liberty on Thursday morning, Nov. 10. After falling behind in the first two sets, 15-25 and 17-25, the Bears rallied to win the third, 25-16. At the end of a close fourth game that saw tie scores along the way, Liberty won the deciding set four sending the Lancers on to the next bracket against No. 3 Manson who defeated No. 15 Walla Walla Academy in three straight.

Brewster squared off against Walla Walla later that same afternoon. The Bears knocked off the Knights in three consecutive sets, 25-21, 25-22, and 25-14, to advance to Friday’s game across the net from – guess who? – No. 14 Okanogan for the fourth time this season. The Bulldogs were coming off a loss to No. 3 LaConner and had fallen to Brewster in two of three earlier matches leading up to state.

The Bulldogs claimed the first set 25-16, but Brewster recovered to win set two, 25-13. Okanogan responded with a 15-17 third set win and carried that momentum through a 25-21 set four win, bringing Brewster’s season to a close in the loser-out match. The Bulldogs went on to defeat Tri-Cities Prep. to place seventh at state.