Broncos first at Paxton, second at Brady

    The Wauneta-Palisade volleyball team sits in eighth in the Class D2 point standings after a 3-1 week.
    The Broncos opened their week with their fifth-straight Paxton Tournament championship.
    WP took down Potter-Dix (6-9) in the first match of the night. The Broncos quickly took a 5-2 lead and steadily increased it. A five-point serving run by Izzy Stehno set WP up with match point and the Broncos quickly won 25-15.
    Set two was much closer. Most of the set stayed within two points. WP trailed 16-18 until serving runs by GraCee Goings and Cali Cox erased a 18-19 deficit and gave WP a 25-20 win.
    Cox and Alexa Sandman each had six kills for WP.
    Paxton (7-9) beat Wallace 25-21, 25-13 to advance to the championship game against WP.
    With the match tied at 16 in the first set, Sandman served the Broncos to a three point lead. WP never looked back. Once more, Stehno set up set point and the Broncos won 25-16.
    The Tigers broke open a 15-15 tie to take the second set 20-25.
    With the tourney title on the line, the teams battled to a tie at 14.
    Goings increased a 19-17 lead to match point from the service line and WP took a 25-19 win.
    Saturday the Broncos fell one win short of their second tournament title for the week.
    WP beat 5-6 Sandhills Valley 25-21, 25-22 in its first game of the Brady Tournament.
    WP took on 13-4 Anselmo-Merna in the championship match.
    The Broncos battled back from a 8-12 deficit in the first set to tie the game at 17. The Coyotes jumped ahead again, 23-20, but WP had an answer. Sandman finished off the match, serving the Broncos to a 25-23 win.
    In the second set, WP held a 14-6 lead. The lead evaporated, however, and WP lost the set 25-27.
    The final set was just as close.
    Featuring 14 ties, WP held off two match points, but couldn’t take advantage of three match points of their own in a 28-30 loss.

Up next
    The Broncos hosted 0-17 Dundy County Stratton Tuesday for Senior Night.
    Thursday WP will travel to 12-1 Maywood/Hayes Center. The Wolves sit in the top spot of the Class D2 point standings. The RPAC has three teams in the top 10 in each of the Class D1 and Class D2 point standings. The conference tournament will be Oct. 18 and 19.
    Next Tuesday, WP will travel to Perkins County for a triangular with the 11-5 Plainsmen and 15-4 Garden County.