McCook girls spike down win in Cambridge

McCook seniors Joy Rippen and Jaci Meyers high five while teammates (clockwise from left) Bailee Fawver, Kori Rippen and Leah Spencer celebrate a point Tuesday night. Sophomore Ashlyn Randel retrieves the volleyball to begin another attack at this Cambridge Triangular.

R.B. Headley/McCook Gazette

CAMBRIDGE, Neb. — The McCook Bison have won two of three volleyball matches before this weekend's Panhandle road trip as they swept Cozad 25-18, 25-13 at Tuesday night's Cambridge Triangular.

McCook (4-11 record) also won its tourney finale at Holdrege on Saturday.

The Bison gave Class D-1 No. 2 Cambridge a good first set until those Trojans prevailed 25-20 and 25-13.

Cambridge (19-1) also swept Cozad 25-15, 25-12 to be triangular champions with the 2-0 evening.

Team leaders and other details will appear Thursday.

The Bison move on into Scottsbluff where they'll play three matches on both Friday and Saturday.

Other volleyball scores from across the Gazette area Tuesday evening:

Amherst over Southern Valley (10-10 record) 25-13, 25-21, 19-25, 25-21

Arapahoe (8-8) over Loomis 25-17, 21-25, 25-16, 25-22

Gothenburg over Chase County (8-9) 25-14, 25-13

Southwest (15-4) over Decatur Community, Kan. (4-14) 25-9, 25-15

Southwest over St. Francis, Kan., 25-15, 25-16

Wauneta-Palisade (6-11) over Dundy County-Stratton (0-17) 25-21, 25-12, 25-9