ECHO -
The Echo Lady Cougars defeated the Prairie City Panthers 3-1; 28-26, 22-25, 25-21 and 25-18.
It was cancer awareness day with a bake sale and other activities. I can tell from first hand
experience that the cake, cookies and cup cakes were excellent. And the money raised went to
a local cancer group.
The first set was pretty close with the teams battling for control of the set. The teams
exchanged or were tied nine times over the course of the set. There was a point that Echo
led by six, 21-15. Prairie City came back on the strength of serve to tie it up at 24.
The teams alternated scoring until Ashley Chandler closed it out for Echo, 28-26.
The second set was another close one with Prairie City inching the Cougars to take the set
25-22.
The third set was back and forth until Echo finally took the 15-14 lead. Echo then stretched the lead
to 20-15 on the strong serves of Evangalyn Marcum who hit two aces in a row. Echo won the third
set 25-21.
Prairie City led the fourth set until Echo finally tied it up at 13-13. Echo then slowly
pulled away from the Panthers. Ashley Chandler had a nice run of serve taking Echo to a
20-14 lead. Echo then went on to win by seven points, 25-18.
Eme Denning of Echo, number 6 in pink, blocks a shot by a Prairie City player.
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LEFT - Naomi Sherbahn serves it up for Echo.
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RIGHT - A Prairie City player winds up to spike the ball.
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LEFT - Ashley Chandler of Echo, in pink, smashes a shot.
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RIGHT- Elizabeth McCarty of Echo bumps a shot.
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LEFT - Breanna Doty of Prairie City, number 26 in black, attempts to block a shot by
Eme Denning of Echo in pink.
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RIGHT - Eme Denning of Echo winds up to spike the ball.
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LEFT - Eme Denning of Echo blocks a shot at the net.
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RIGHT - A Prairie City player sets a shot.
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LEFT - Ashley Chandler sets up in anticipation of a Prairie City serve.
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RIGHT - Ashley Chandler of Echo blocks a shot at the net.
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Hailey Cox of Stanfield, in the far court, hits a shot at Bailey Bennett of Heppner.
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LEFT - Evangalyn Marcum of Echo winds up to serve.
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RIGHT - Hayden Tarvin of Echo hits a shot at the net.
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LEFT - Evangalyn Marcum dives low to dig out a serve.
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RIGHT - The Echo libero Cheyenne Hilliard drops to one knee to dig a serve.
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Eme Denning of Echo takes a shot at the net.
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