Football, Volleyball and X-Country competed

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The student-athletes of North Central Washington were allowed to resume competitive events last weekend for the Fall sports seasons of football, volleyball and cross country. Girls soccer and cheer will resume activities this week.

The defending 1-A state champion Chelan volleyball squad opened impressively with clean sweeps of both 4-A Eastmont and Wenatchee last Saturday. Chelan football knocked off the rust in a three-team jamboree Saturday evening in Wenatchee and the Goats Cross Country team traveled to compete in a regional meet in Royal City.

Read below for coach updates from the various events below.

CHS Football Head Coach Travis Domser said: “It was sooooo nice to be back out competing and hitting other schools! We played 48 Varsity plays and 48 JV plays. You could feel the relief in the kids and coaches that we were doing something normal. We competed well with both Omak and Wenatchee High School. Lots of work to do but we are proud of our efforts and attitudes. Now it’s time to lock it down, continue to get better fundamentally, and get ready to play Cascade at home this Friday!

Volleyball Head Coach Jennifer Rainville had this to say: “We were excited to be back on the floor again playing great volleyball.  We had a strong start in set 1 with Eastmont and went up 8-0 which allowed us to get out the jitters.  We have quite a few returning players but we also added a few new ones. Even though we only had a week to prepare it was fun to see them compete on the court after a long awaited season. We have quite a few little things to work on and I look forward to being back in the gym with the team on Monday”.
Saturday results vs Eastmont:
Stats: 25-13, 25-16, 25-10. Elly Collins 10 kills, 5 digs, 1 assist, 20/20 serving with 2 aces Sasha Dandridge 7 kills, 1 block, 3 digs and 4/6 serving, Olivia Strandberg 6 kills, 3 blocks, 2 digs, 1 assist, 8/8 serving with 1 ace, Katie Rainville 4 kills, 4 blocks, 1 dig, 10/11 serving with 1 ace, AJ Gueller 4 kills, 2 blocks, Ally Williams2 kills, 27 assists, 19/20 serving, Morgyn Harrison 2 digs, 7/9 serving.

Saturday results vs Wenatchee (at Eastmont):Stats: 25-20, 25-14, 25-9. Sasha Dandridge 9 kills, 1 dig, 11/12 serving, Olivia Strandberg 7 kills, 1 block, 6 digs, 17/17 serving with 2 aces, Elly Collins 4 kills, 3 blocks, 5 digs, 13/15 serving, Katie Rainville 4 kills, 1 block, 11/11 serving with 3 aces, Ally Williams 1 kill, 23 assists, 1 block, 3 digs, 7/8 serving, AJ Gueller 2 blocks,  Morgyn Harrison 1 assist, 2 digs, 10/11 serving. Chelan volleyball will play next on Wednesday in Chelan against Moses Lake.

 Boys and Girls Cross Country: The Chelan Cross Country team traveled to Royal City for their first meet of the season. Competing on a deceptively challenging, spongy two-mile course, the runners raced against Royal, Wenatchee, Cascade, Okanogan, and Soap Lake. With new Covid regulations in place, the top four runners start in the first flight, one minute later the next set of runners begin. Cray Silva in his debut performance established himself as the team’s number one runner as a Freshman. He earned 5th behind upperclassmen from Wenatchee and Cascade. Luke Simmons, a sophomore, improved from last year to be the team’s number two runner followed closely by senior Tucker Fogelson. Elijah Strode, David Payan, and Ian Garfoot also competed well for Chelan

On the girls’ side, the CHS dynamic duo, Mireya Garibay and Teagan Silva continue their one-two punch for the third year in a row placing 7th and 9th respectively. Garibay ran a smart race passing several runners in the second mile making her our top runner. Ella Polley had a fantastic finish placing 20th, catching a racer from Wenatchee at the tape. Bella Gatzemeier, 15th, and Savannah Greshem, 30th, rounded out the team.

Next week the Cross Country team will travel to Lakeview Golf Course for an Ephrata Invitational. Boys JV races @11:00, Boys Varsity @1:30 and Girls Varsity @ 2:00.

Excited for a long-awaited competitive season. GO GOATS.