Lady Miners look to regroup

By Mike Armstrong

The Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School girls volleyball team went to the state tourney knowing the first team they faced would be tough.

At 4:30 p.m on Nov. 7 in Casper, the Lady Miners confronted Carbon County rival Saratoga. The Lady Panthers, who were seeded number two and became eventual finalists in the championship, proved to be difficult as they have been every time the two have met this season.

The Lady Miners put up a tremendous fight with their first opponent but in the end the Lady Miners were defeated.

The Lady Panthers won the first set 20-25. The second set also had Saratoga win 16-25. The Lady Miners dug deep and came back to win the next game 25-23. The fourth game was close, but the Lady Panthers took it 25-23.

The next day at 1 p.m. the Lady Miners faced Meeteetse. The Lady Longhorns won the first game in a hard fought battle 24-26. The next game, the Lady Miners dominated and won 25-15. The Lady Longhorns regrouped and took the next game 20-25. The fourth game also went to Meeteetse 19—25.

HEM was done for the season.

Meeteetse went on to win third place in the tournament.

The bright side for the Lady Miners is that there are no seniors graduating and the team will remain intact as a team that went to state.

Head Coach Jackie Jones could not be contacted for an interview when the Sun reached out on Monday because she was in Denver with her husband who was undergoing surgery.