Dragons fall to Wolves for the Red but playoffs are another story.

Written Tuesday October 18th, at 11:40 PM.

There were tears of sadness in the Dragon players and fans, tears of joy in the Wolves players and fans, and excitement as the OAA Red Championship was on the line in front of two spirited fan bases on Tuesday Night at Lake Orion High School. Tuesday Night proved to be better than advertised.

In a wild one the fourth ranked Clarkston Wolves survived the fifth ranked Dragons 26-24, 25-23, 21-25, 18-25, and 15-10, claiming the OAA Red Division championship for the sixth time in nine seasons and fifth straight in a playoff like setting as part of Dragons-Wolves week. They do meet in football on Friday in Clarkston and possibly in the boys soccer playoffs as well in Grand Blanc. This playoff atmosphere is something that both these teams should get used too.

"This one aged me, I kind of expected this game, this match could have gone either way." said Clarkston coach Kelly Avenall, referring to the five game match.

Dragons coach Bob Howey expressed disappointment for the Dragons seniors in their final regular season game. "This should had been our year, what are you going to do" Howey said to reporters after the loss.

The Dragons however do have one more guaranteed home game though, the district at Rochester has a play in game, and the Dragons are home for that one, on Monday November 5th against the Oxford Wildcats.

Orion was led by senior Shannon Murdock's 21 kills, senior Liz Kalugar had 15 kills, senior Maddie Hutchinson added 41 digs and senior Gwen Motley had a season high 51 assists and 11 digs. "I don’t think she (Shannon Murdock) was at her very best in the first two (games), but she’s probably the main reason we were in the match," Howey added.

The Dragons fall to 38-11-5 overall and 6-1 in OAA Red play with a game to play against North Farmington on Thursday Night in Farmington Hills then are in the North Branch tournament before districts start in a few weeks.

This was a devastating loss for the Dragons, but is this playoffs???, no not yet even though both the Dragons and Wolves are in different parts of the draw, Clarkston (48-4-1, 8-0 OAA Red) goes north while Lake Orion goes south. It hurts now and it's something the Dragon ladies never want to feel again.