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WHEELING - The Wheeling Central Maroon Knights volleyball team stormed to a first set win by a 25-7 score and never looked back en route to a sweep over invading Fort Frye on Tuesday evening in the semifinals of the Class 3A tournament.
The top-seeded Knights (23-4) went on to post scores of 30-28 and 25-19 en route to claiming their spot in Saturday's title match against Columbiana, which dispatched United in the other semifinal.
The Knights, who have now won 18 straight, received another big game from junior Chloe Groome, who stuffed the stat sheet with eight kills, 27 assists, 14 digs and two aces.
Sophomore Teagan Peters posted 13 kills and five digs, while junior Jackie Maxwell recorded nine kills and two aces.
Senior Remy Peters was charted for seven kills, while classmate Olivia Stephens posted seven aces and 17 digs. Cassidy Seng added seven digs.
CLASS 2A SEMIFINALS
River def. Caldwell 3-2
CALDWELL -- The Pilots may have been the lower seed, but No. 3 River went on the road Tuesday and advanced through the OVAC 2A semifinals with a five-set win over No. 2 Caldwell, 25-22, 17-25, 19-25, 25-22, 15-8.
Mallarie Maddy finished with a team-high 26 kills as well as 15 digs and two aces. Hallie Hammel also put in work on the attack with 17 kills along with a team-high 19 digs.
Aubrey Fetty tallied 16 digs while Gracen Reed and Karly Showalter each had 19 assists.
Toronto def. Southern Local 3-0
TORONTO -- The Red Knights, who entered the conference tournament as the top seed in Class 2A, swept No. 4 seed Southern Local in convincing fashion in a semifinal clash on their home court, earning a trip to the ECO Center on Saturday.
For the Knights, the hard-hitting Addison Dobbs tallied 21 kills and five aces to lead the way, while Jayna Reeves tallied 17 kills, two blocks and an ace, Kylie Mitchell had nine kills and three blocks, Haley Bodnar recorded 15 digs, a kill and an ace, Jaylee Brown tallied seven digs and Danielle Sutherin finished with 43 assists and two aces.
It will be Toronto’s first trip to the championship game since 2023.
CLASS 5A SEMIFINALS
The John Marshall Monarchs upset top-seeded Beaver Local on the road Tuesday, winning the second, third, and deciding fifth set to advance to Saturday’s final.