Wednesday’s Northern Buckeye Conference volleyball showdown felt more like a kill festival by Eastwood 5-foot-11 freshman hitter Mackenna Miller and Lake 5-11 senior outside hitter Taryn DeWese, both wearing No. 9.The two front line players traded shots the entire game, combining for 46 kills 28 by DeWese and 18 by Miller.However, the Eagles got the best of the match-up, winning in four sets, 25-19, 26-28, 25-23, 25-20. Eastwood’s seniors have been working for years to finally get this win over Lake, which has won two straight outright league titles. The Eagles and Flyers last shared an NBC title in 2020.
Despite the Eastwood girls track championship at the Northern Buckeye Conference meet, Woodmore’s Olivia Vogelpohl got Athlete of the Year and her teammate Azure Travis got Track Athlete of the Meet.