EMPORIUM — No. 11 DuBois Catholic came back from being down 2-0 to win a five-set thriller against No. 6 Cameron County (25-17, 25-21, 20-25, 16-25, 16-14) in the opening round of the District 9 Class A volleyball playoffs.
“It was another tough one,” CC coach Brock Wennin said. “We had them, and we just didn’t finish them. We let off the gas, started playing on our heels and they managed to get back in and take it from us.”
Mallory McKimm had seven blocks, six kills and four aces for CC. Kaelee Bresslin had five kills and three aces, Hailey Hilfiger added seven blocks.
Oswayo Valley 3, Union 1
SHINGLEHOUSE — Behind triple-doubles from Jadyn Brabham and Avaree Kellert, fifth-seed Oswayo Valley cruised to a four-set (25-16, 23-25, 25-8, 25-13) victory over 12-seed Union Thursday.
Brabham racked up 23 service points, 11 aces and 13 digs, as well as eight kills, and Kellert added 20 digs, 16 points, 13 kills and four aces for the Green Wave (18-2), and Trinity Lundy added 12 assists, nine digs and nine points.
In addition, Mackenzie George posted 15 assists and nine digs, Macy West had six kills and five blocks, and Mykayla Bell notched 16 digs.
Oswayo Valley travels to four-seed Cranberry Tuesday.
Cranberry 3, Northern Potter 0
SENECA — The Lady Panthers’ season came to an end with a 16-25, 15-25, 15-25 sweep at the hands of fourth-seeded Cranberry.
Ava Ferringer had 11 kills, Jenna Reynolds added nine and Emily Duncan had 27 assists and three kills for the Berries.
For No. 13 Northern Potter (4-15), Savannah Herring had seven kills, Megan Hyde had four and Courtney Martin added three.
Johnsonburg 3, Keystone 1
JOHNSONBURG — Eighth-seeded Johnsonburg got 13 kills from Jenna Morgan to upend ninth-seeded and visiting Keystone, 3-1 (25-15, 25-16, 22-25, 25-16).
Emma King added nine kills for the Ramettes, who will play at top-seeded Elk County Catholic at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, while Kenzie Sallack and Alaina Sherry each had six kills.
Ceayra Altman led Keystone with 10 kills, while Alyssa Dunlap had eight kills and two aces.
McKenna Kaye ran the offense for the Lady Panthers with 17 assists.
