Area volleyball teams drop matches on Tuesday night

(Geronimo) — The Class 4A Navarro Panther volleyball team fell to Class 6A Cibolo Steele on Tuesday night at Navarro High School, dropping the match in four sets 25-22, 25-19, 17-25, 25-18.

Prior to the match, Lady Panther senior Taylor Helms was celebrated for reaching 1000 kills in her career. Helms along with her younger sister Morgan were their usual selves with a number of kills Tuesday evening.

Navarro’s Kate Wozniak was also active on the night for the Lady Panthers despite the loss. The junior came up with several digs on the back line and worked the front line slamming down a number of kills and set up her teammates with a variety of assists.

Navarro head coach Paige Poth talked about Wozniak’s versatility after the match.

“I put them in a situation where we had to change a lot and with Kate I had to put her on the outside for our rotation and she handled it really well,” Poth said. “She got up and made some blocks a couple times and put some balls away for us. So, with all the changes we made throughout the game, it gave us options to see what we can put up against our district.”

The Lady Panthers have three more matches before they start District 27-4A play on September 12th at home against Fredericksburg. Navarro will be on the road this coming Friday to take on Jourdanton.

(Marion) — The Marion Lady Bulldogs dropped a five-set match to Bandera on Tuesday falling 25-20, 18-25, 25-13, 21-25, 15-9 at Marion High School.

Kylie Balderas lead Marion with 16 kills and three aces. Kacee McLendon had 22 assists and Bristin Birdwell had 20 digs.

Marion will be on the road on Friday to take on Natalia.

(San Antonio) — And the Seguin Lady Matadors fell in a close four-set match at San Antonio Southwest on Tuesday night, 25-23, 27-25, 21-25, 27-25.

The Lady Mats will be back home on Friday night to host San Antonio East Central. The match starts at 6:15 p.m. Friday evening at Goldie Harris Gym.

(Seguin) — And the Lifegate Lady Falcons swept past Town East Christian Tuesday night, winning in straight sets 25-19, 25-13, 25-14 at Lifegate Christian School.