Gentry falls to Shiloh Christian, Prairie Grove
DECATUR — Coming off of their second conference victory of the season, the Decatur Lady Bulldogs played host to the West Fork Tigers at Peterson Gym in Decatur on Oct. 3.
The two teams last met Sept. 13 at West Fork where the Tigers took the match in three straight sets.
In this match, the Tigers overwhelmed the Bulldogs, holding them to single digits in the first two sets, 25- 5 and 25-8. It looked like a repeat of the earlier match in West Fork.
But Decatur bounced back in the third set, taking an early five point lead. The Tigers would come back to tie the set at 11. The lead changed hands several times during most of the second half of the set. With the game tied at 21-all, the Tigers gained the advantage, hitting three straight points to take the final set, 25-21, and the match in three straight sets.
The Decatur Bulldogs senior girls dropped to 2-11 in conference and 2-13 overall going into the Gravette Lions match at Gravette on Oct. 4.
The Bulldogs conclude their home season with a match in Decatur on Oct. 11. The final match of the regular season will be Oct. 13 at Elkins. Both games start at 4:30 p.m. with the junior high A and B teams.
In other West Fork matches, the junior high B team was defeated by the Tigers, 25-15 and 25-20. The junior high A team was also defeated by West Fork, 25-16 and 25-19.
GENTRY — The Lady Pioneers dropped two conferences matches last week, falling to Shiloh Christian at home on Oct. 4 and to Prairie Grove on Thursday at Prairie Grove.
Against Shiloh’s Lady Saints, the Gentry girls lost in three straight sets by scores of 25-9, 25-8 and 25-4. At Prairie Grove, the Lady Tigers shut them out, 25-10, 25-13 and 25-10.
The Gentry girls also played a Branson team in the Mustang Classic on Saturday and lost in two sets, 25-9 and 25-10. A final score in a scheduled Saturday game against McDonald County was not available at press time.
The Lady Pioneers were scheduled to travel to Lincoln on Tuesday (after press time) and to host the Lady Lions of Gravette on Thursday.