(Geronimo) — The Navarro Lady Panthers and Randolph Lady Ro-Hawks battled in a five-set marathon on Tuesday night in Geronimo with the Lady Panthers coming out on top.
The final tally was 25-17, 25-22, 26-28, 22-25, 15-8. The victory was the 13th of the season for the Lady Panthers and their first with returning all-district first team senior Rylee Smith. Smith made her first appearance in a match this season for Navarro after dealing with an injury.
Lady Panther head coach Paige Poth talked about having her senior hitter back in the lineup after the match.
“This was her first game back and we pushed a little bit of the boundaries today. The plan going in was to give her three or so rotations,” Poth said. “And she had 13 kills tonight. That was more than what she was getting last year. So, we’ll smooth her back in (to the lineup) because she’s gonna benefit more from this live play than she will from practice play.”
Navarro has one more non-district match before they start District 28-4A play next week. The Lady Panthers will be on the road to take on Schulenburg on Friday. Next Tuesday, Navarro will open their district schedule at San Antonio Memorial.