The Dragons have finally completed their exorcism of the Wolves.
After years of frustration,
Orion was 1-7 since 2011 against Clarkston but things started to change this
season.
In the regular season meeting
the fourth ranked Dragons beat the Wolves in three games 25-21, 25-17, and
26-24 where they ended Clarkston’s reign of eight straight Red titles
However there was still some
doubt in wondering if they can win the playoff meeting with the Wolves.
They did, in three hard
fought games, just like the game at Orion. The Dragons prevailed 25-23, 25-22,
25-16 on Monday night at Waterford Kettering ending the reign of Clarkston’s eight
straight district champions.
The girl leading the charge
was Courtney Wightman.
Wightman came back from an
ankle injury that cost her the final few weeks of the regular season. She came
back in a big way bringing her experience into play tonight with 16 kills.
Natalie Wehner (12 kills),
Kori Varney (30 digs), Wies Hurkmans (seven kills and three blocks), Lindsey
Wightman (ten defensive saves), Wren MaCaulay (19 assists), and Leah Kalugar
(24 assists) showed up huge tonight and played well. This could be the biggest
win in Coach Tony Scavarda’s head coaching career.
Clarkston (35-17-1) had a
solid game plan by going up and blocking every kill attempt Orion gave them led
by their star junior outside hitter Abby Malinowski who finished with ten kills
and Maggie Collins had nine kills on the night.
The Dragons also made some
errors which is something they need to work on.
Orion (59-6) moves on to
the district semifinals as they will play Pontiac on Wednesday at Waterford
Kettering at 7 PM. Oxford and Waterford Kettering will play in the first match on Wednesday at 5 PM.
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