Shoshoni and Wind River tangled for the first time on the volleyball court at Shoshoni last week. The host Lady Wranglers handled the Lady Cougars in four games 25-15, 22-25, 25-10, and 25-19 in the first Northwest Conference match for both teams this season.
Saturday Shoshoni fell in a tight match at Cowley. Shoshoni fell behind in the first two games losing 25-13, 25-21 before they rallied in games three and four with identical 25-22 wins over the Grizzlies. In the bumper game, Rocky Mountain took the match with a 15-11 score.
Wind River faced Greybull and fell to the Buffs in three straight games 25-19, 25-12, and 25-16.
The weekend matches leave Shoshoni with a 1-1 Northwest 2-A record and Wind River 0-2.
The two teams arrived via the seemingly unending tournament schedule that now constitutes high school volleyball in Wyoming.
Shoshoni was one of three Class 1-A and 2-A schools at the Class 4-A Star Valley Invitational last week.
The Lady Wranglers faced very tough competition from top-ranked Class 1-A powerhouse Cokeville to open play losing 25-3, 25-16, then moved on three straight Class 4-A opponents.
They fell to Jackson Hole 25-8, 25-23, Star Valley 25-11, 25-15, and Campbell County 25-9, 25-19 before facing Class 2-A Southwest Kemmerer, a team they’d beaten twice previously in the season. Shoshoni fell to the Lady Rangers 23-25, 25-22, 9-15 in three games. It was their first loss against a Class 2-A team this season.
Wind River competed in a Class 2-A tournament with the addition of Class 3-A Burns in Sheridan County at Big Horn High School. The Lady Cougars opened with a two-game 21-25, 20-25 loss to Pine Bluffs, then fell to Wright 10-25, 23-25. They come back to beat Pine Bluffs 25-20, 25-21 in the consolation bracket of the tournament before falling to Burns 25-23, 21-25, 10-15.
Next up for the Lady Wranglers is a conference match with Greybull on Saturday at 2 p.m. in Wrangler gym.
Wind River hosts Rocky Mountain on Friday at 6 p.m. then travels to Thermopolis for a 2 p.m. game on Saturday.