MORAN — Marmaton Valley Junior High’s athletes found the winning path and stayed on it Thursday evening.
Sure, there were some close calls.
The Wildcat eighth-grade A-team volleyball squad had to come from behind repeatedly to earn its three-set win over visiting Uniontown, and Marmaton Valley’s football team went into overtime.
But each still came out on the winning side, as did the volleyball B and C teams.
The volleyball A-team emerged with a 25-20, 19-25, 15-11 win.
“It seemed like we played behind them all night,” head coach Brenda Mills said. “We never got into our game, but I was proud of the girls because they never quit playing hard.”
MaKayla Brooks led A-team victors with 12 points, followed by Paige Becker, Shayla Brooks and Megan Ensminger with five points apiece. Trinitee Gutierrez and Clara Boyd each scored four.
“It was good to fight back and get a win, even when we didn’t play at our best,” Mills said. “That’s what good teams do.”
Marmaton Valley’s B-team downed Uniontown 25-17, 25-4. Sarah Spillman scored 14 points for the Wildcats, including 11 straight in the second set. Shailee Woods scored 11, including seven consecutive in the first set.
The Wildcat C-team won 25-18, 25-8. Mickayla Genn had 13 points, all of which came in on one service in the second set. Lana Myers followed with 11.
THE WILDCATS football team won in overtime, 38-36, despite mental mistakes, head coach Dan Uhlrich said.
“We were disappointed in the mistakes,” he said, “But it was nice to fight and get the win. We look forward to seeing improvement next week.”
