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WHEELING -- Wheeling Park mounted a comeback victory on Wednesday, the Patriots-- seeded No. 8 in the WVSSAC Volleyball Class AAAA North Region tournament-- winning the final three sets against No. 9 Jefferson for a 17-25, 20-25, 25-11, 25-20, 15-11 triumph.
Morgan Zoladz led the way for Park with 21 kills. Andrea Lowe collected 30 digs as well as two service aces. Olivia Hengler finished with 16 assists and three service aces. Kat Schnacke and Leah Young also each had eight kills.
Wheeling Park moves on to face No. 1 Musselman next week.
VOLLEYBALL
Indian Valley 3, St. Clairsville 1
BYESVILLE - The third-seeded Red Devils won the first set but dropped the next three in the Ohio Division IV, East 1 District finals Wednesday at Meadowbrook High School, 18-25, 25-18, 25-22 and 25-14 to the second-seeded Braves.
St. Clairsville, which won the OVAC Class 4A championship, fell to 20-4.
Indian Valley moves on to regional action at Logan High School's Jim Myers Gymnasium.
(Late Tuesday)
BOYS SOCCER
St. Clairsville 4, Coshocton 3
ST. CLAIRSVILLE - St. Clairsville held off a late charge by Coshocton in the Ohio Division V, East 2 district tournament semifinals Tuesday night on the artificial surface at Red Devil Stadium.
The third-seeded Red Devils (13-6) led 4-1 before the No. 4 Redskins pulled to within 4-3 with approximately seven minutes remaining. However, Coshocton hit the post in the waning moments but couldn't get the equalizer.
"They had us a little worried," St. Clairsville head coach Jeff Roberts admitted.
With the hard-earned victory, St. Clairsville advances to Thursday's district finals against top-seeded Beaver Local at the Edison Unified Sports Complex in Richmond. Match time is 6:30 p.m.
Coshocton took a 1-0 lead on a penalty kick but St. Clairsville drew even when Caden Blacker headed in a Lucas Causey assist to make it 1-all at the half.
A Causey throw-in was kicked into the Redskins net by one of their players for an own goal, making it 2-1. Trevor Tuttle headed in another assist from Causey for a 3-1 reading before Tuttle rammed home a penalty kick for what turned out to be the match-winner.
Brycen Beck made three saves for the Red Devils.