V-ball set to make a run

Tonight the real season starts for the Grantsburg (29-1, 70-3 in sets) volleyball team.

Grantsburg finished second in the state last year, making it all the way to the championship game and losing to an incredible Wisconsin Heights volleyball team.

From the second the last point hit the ground in that match all thoughts turned to this year and how Grantsburg would be poised to make a serious run at the gold ball.

Grantsburg’s only set losses came at the hands of Hayward (ranked 8th in division 2 with a 29-1 record. Hayward’s lone loss was courtesy of Grantsburg in the championship game of the Ashland tournament. Here’s a blip I wrote about that situation.).

The Pirates take on Glenwood City tonight (the only record I found for them was 0-7 with a whole bunch of unreported scores. Their school’s website was not helpful at all, unlike Grantsburg’s). The Hilltoppers probably look at this game as their last of the season. There is no way Grantsburg loses tonight.

You can hear the match on 105.7 WXCX. First serve is at 7:30.

Only four teams in the state of Wisconsin will be able to say they won their final match of the year. Here’s some confident hope that the Pirates will be one of them.