Laguna Blanca Volleyball Comes Through in Clutch, Advances to CIF D6 Quarterfinals

Laguna Blanca Volleyball Comes Through in Clutch, Advances to CIF D6 Quarterfinals

Laguna Blanca came up with clutch plays down the stretch to overcome a first-set loss and defeat La Cañada in four thrilling sets of a CIF-SS Division 6 second-round playoff match on Saturday at Merovick Gym. The scores were 23-25, 25-22, 29-27, 25-23. At match point, Liam Knezevic of Laguna Blanca serves an ace to win CIF-SS Division 6 second-round match over La Cañada. (Courtesy video) “This was a great battle all night long,” said Laguna coa…

Boys volleyball notes: St. Francis and Burroughs advance to quarterfinals

St. Francis’ boys volleyball team knew heading into the CIF Southern Section Division 2 playoffs that every round would be a battle. The Knights got a taste of the competitive parity in a five-set win over JSerra in the first round Wednesday. St. Francis was in danger of going down 2-1 in the third set before the team erupted with an 8-1 run to close out the game. JSerra forced a fifth set, in which the Lions led for a good chunk, but the Golden…