PREP VOLLEYBALL: Priest River caps off historic regular season with five-set win over Grangeville
MAX OSWALD | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 2 months, 2 weeks AGO
I grew up in the small town of Orwigsburg, Pa., where I resided all of my life before moving to Sandpoint. I attended Blue Mountain High School, where I participated in cross country and track and field, a sport that I ended up falling in love with. I went on to attend and run for DeSales University (with other brief stints at Susquehanna University and Elizabethtown College) and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in sport communication with a minor in sport management. I remember just how great it made me feel when I was mentioned in my hometown newspaper. I want to be able to give that feeling to every athlete in Bonner County, no matter how big or small their accomplishments are. As an athlete myself, I know how many hours of work are put in on a daily basis, and that hard work deserves to be recognized. It is my goal to cover as much of the Bulldogs, Spartans and Wampus Cats as I can. I want to work with every athlete, parent, coach, administrator and the community to ensure the best stories are published. | October 11, 2025 3:10 PM
Priest River 3, Grangeville 2
GRANGEVILLE — Seniors Kenadie Kingery and Jayda Storro collected a season-high five blocks each, junior Raygn Turner amassed a team-high 15 kills and served up a team-high four aces and the Lady Spartans closed out their regular season with a five-set 3A Central Idaho League win over the Lady Bulldogs (16-25, 25-21, 16-25, 25-11, 15-9) on Saturday afternoon at Grangeville High.
Storro set up a team-high 28 assists and junior Rylee Dixon chipped in three blocks in the winning effort for Priest River, which used an early 10-4 run to fend off Grangeville for a second set win, used a 12-4 run to close out the fourth set, and led from start to finish in their six-point fifth set victory.
On defense, senior Toni Marinello and sophomore McKinley Burgess-Duquette tied for a team-high 12 digs while junior Callie Stanger added nine digs, Turner seven digs for the Lady Spartans, which captured their 11th win in the last 12 matches and 14th win of the regular season.
Priest River (14-2) will be the No. 2 seed heading into the 3A District 1-2 tournament. An opponent, date and time of the Lady Spartans' first round matchup will be announced early next week.
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