Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Northstars' first title in 52 years comes down to final set of final match at Butternut
The Hurley volleyball team celebrates with the conference championship plaque, its first in 52 years. Team members include from right: Kasey Klemme, Kaylin Hewitt, Saylor Gilbertson, Lily Youngs, coach Heather Sbraggia (with plaque), Alex Tolemy and Piper Romosz.
BUTTERNUT, Wis. - The other team was off the bench, celebrating a decades-long conference championship drought, after seemingly getting the 25th point in the fourth set.
Yet Hurley, looking to do the same thing, had life, a net violation giving that point to them.
The Northstars took advantage, scoring the final six points of the set to win it 26-24 and then surviving a back-and-forth fifth set for a 15-13 victory. Butternut still hasn't won a conference title since 1959. Hurley's 52-year drought, on the other hand, is over.
They sweated out a battle of conference unbeatens in the final match...
