SIDELINES: Matanzas volleyball team goes undefeated at River City Classic

Ormond Beach Observer
Sports

The Matanzas volleyball team improved to 11-2 after winning five straight matches and the Coastal Division title at the River City Classic in Jacksonville.

Senior outside hitter Senna Thayer and sophomore libero Rylan Miller were named to the all-tournament team.

The Pirates have won eight straight matches heading into a game at Beachside on Tuesday, Sept. 19.

They won 17 consecutive sets over seven matches before losing their first set against Bartram Trail in their final River City match. They won the next two sets against the Bears to win the match.

CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS

Flagler Palm Coast’s boys and girls cross country teams each finished sixth at the 3D Distance Classic at Little Everglades Ranch in Dade City. Arianna Slaughter led the Bulldogs’ girls with a 19th-place finish with a time of 20:43.7. Cassidy De Young (21:03.30) was 23rd, and Taylor Novak ran a personal-record 21:36.70 to finish 29th.

Braedyn Wormeck led FPC’s boys with a ninth-place finish with a time of 16:22.0. Justin Gilliam (17:03.0) was 24th.

Seabreeze’s boys placed third at the Embry-Riddle Cross Country Classic. Sophomore Hunter Shuler placed seventh with a time of 18:29.4. Riley Hale led the Seabreeze girls with a time of 23:45.40 for 13th place.

Matanzas’ boys finished eighth at the Katie Caples Invitational at Bishop Kenny. Christian Norfolk (17:53.17) placed eighth. Blaine Vogel (18:27.01) finished 24th. Father Lopez’s Anna Nugent (22:45.20) placed 15th in the girls race.