KINGSFORD---The MHSAA District Volleyball Tournaments began on Monday across the Upper Peninsula, with the most intense match happening in Kingsford as the Houghton Gremlins came to town for a Division Two match.
It was a marathon match, with the Flivvers pulling out a 3-2 victory.
Kingsford won the first set, 25-12, before the Gremlins came back to win the next two sets, 25-21 and 25-14. In the fourth set, the Flivvers stayed alive with a 25-16 victory, forcing a winner-take-all fifth set. And that one went overtime, with the Flivvers taking the set, and the match, 17-15.
Ths win for Kingsford advances the Flivvers into a semifinal match against the Escanaba Eskymos. Escanaba won both Great Northern Conference matches during the regular season, with Kingsford taking a match at the Gladstone Rock Invitational.
The match is set for Wednesday night. The other semifinal sees Gladstone travel to Menominee, with the chmapionship match set for Friday night.
It was a marathon match, with the Flivvers pulling out a 3-2 victory.
Kingsford won the first set, 25-12, before the Gremlins came back to win the next two sets, 25-21 and 25-14. In the fourth set, the Flivvers stayed alive with a 25-16 victory, forcing a winner-take-all fifth set. And that one went overtime, with the Flivvers taking the set, and the match, 17-15.
Ths win for Kingsford advances the Flivvers into a semifinal match against the Escanaba Eskymos. Escanaba won both Great Northern Conference matches during the regular season, with Kingsford taking a match at the Gladstone Rock Invitational.
The match is set for Wednesday night. The other semifinal sees Gladstone travel to Menominee, with the chmapionship match set for Friday night.
