Region 9 sends three teams to state volleyball semifinals; STGNews photo gallery

Written by Andy Griffin
November 2, 2013
3A State Volleyball Tournament, Orem, Utah, Nov. 1, 2013 | Photo by Robert Hoppie, St. George News

OREM — Top-seeded Desert Hills, to no one’s surprise, cruised into the state semifinals. Hurricane and Snow Canyon scored some mild upsets to join the Thunder in volleyball’s final four, along with Region 10 champion Morgan.

The Thunder didn’t lose a game in defeating Park City and Payson in the first two rounds. Hurricane, which finished second in Region 9 this season, also swept through the first two rounds, recording twin 3-0 wins over Union and Region 11 champion Tooele. Snow Canyon, the Region 9 third seed, swept Uintah, then beat region 12 champion North Sanpete in four games, 25-18, 23-25, 29-27, 25-22. The Lady Warriors will battle Hurricane in Saturday’s 12:30 p.m. semifinal. The Tigers have beaten Snow Canyon in both meetings this season.

Morgan beat Dixie in four games and Stansbury in five to make it to the semifinals. The Lady Trojans will face Desert Hills in the first semifinal at 10:30 a.m. Saturday. The winners of the semifinals matches will square off for the state championship at 5:30 p.m. at UVU’s McKay Events Center.

Dixie rebounded from its opening loss to sweep Carbon in the consolation bracket. The Lady Flyers play an elimination game at 9 a.m. Saturday.

For full results, click here: 3A State Volleyball: Scores and stats — updated

STGNews photographer Robert Hoppie was at the state tournament and recorded this top-notch photo gallery:

Click on photo to enlarge it, then use your left-right arrow keys to cycle through the gallery. 

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3A State Volleyball Tournament, Orem, Utah, Nov. 1, 2013 | Photo by Robert Hoppie, St. George News
3A State Volleyball Tournament, Orem, Utah, Nov. 1, 2013 | Photo by Robert Hoppie, St. George News

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Andy Griffin has been in sports media since 1989 and has covered BYU, Utah State and the Utah Jazz as well as all sports in southern Utah. A journalism graduate of USU, Andy has carried on a dual career as both a sports writer and a sports broadcaster and has been heard around the country. He has also been published in USA Today, Sport magazine, The Sporting News, Fairways magazine, the Los Angeles Times and locally in the Deseret News, the Salt Lake Tribune and the Spectrum. Andy was “The Voice of Region 9 sports,” for many years. He also hosted a daily sports talk show for three years called AG in the a.m. Andy has been married to his college sweetheart Shelly for 28 years and has five children ages 13 to 25.

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