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West Branch Runs Win Streak to 7 With Sweep at Durant

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West Branch needed five sets to slip past Mid-Prairie at home on Tuesday.

There was no similar drama for the Bears in Thursday's road trip to Durant.

Abby Knoop and Claire Bridges each had 17 kills to lift West Branch to a 27-25, 25-19, 25-20 sweep of Durant in a River Valley Conference South Division match.

The win was the seventh straight for West Branch and improved the Bears to 13-6 on the season and 3-3 in RVC play.

Durant dropped to 5-9 and 2-4 in RVC play with its ninth straight loss.

Sophie Nopoulos had 24 assists, 11 kills and six kills for West Branch on Thursday while Sydney Lamont and Kaiya Luneckas each added four kills.

Riley Vaughan had 17 assists and 10 digs and DaLana Kron had a team-high 20 digs in the win.

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West Branch Rolls to Lisbon Tournament Title

West Branch senior Abby Knoop

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West Branch wasn’t perfect on its way to winning the title at the Lisbon Tournament on Saturday but the Bears weren’t far from it.

West Branch went 5-0 and dropped just one set on Saturday on its way to the tournament title, defeating Camanche 25-19, 25-17 in the title match.

The Bears improved to 11-6 on the season with the 5-0 performance and has now won six of its last seven matches.

West Branch went 3-0 in pool play on Saturday defeating Camanche (21-18, 21-19), Monticello (16-21, 21-16, 15-12) and North Fayette Valley (21-19, 21-10).

The Bears then knocked off host Lisbon 21-14, 22-20 in the semifinals before downing Camanche in the title match.

In the pool play win over Camanche Abby Knoop led West Branch with seven kills while Sophie Nopoulos had four kills and eight assists.

Sydney Lamont had four kills and Claire Bridges had eight digs.

Knoop had 16 kills against Monticello while Abbey Fryauf and Bridges each had three kills.

Nopoulos had 12 assists and DaLana Kron led West Branch with nine digs.

Against North Fayette Valley, Bridges led West Branch with nine kills while Knoop added four.

Vaughn had five assists and three ace serves.

In the semifinal win over Lisbon Knoop and Bridges each had eight kills for West Branch.

Nopoulous had 10 assists and Knoop led with 10 digs.

Knoop had nine kills in the title game win over Camanche while Bridges added five and Fryauf had four.

Kron had 13 digs in the title game while Knoop and Bridges both had three ace serves.

West Liberty Knocks Off West Branch

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West Liberty defeated West Branch 23-25, 25-16, 26-24, 25-20 on Tuesday in a River Valley Conference match in West Branch.

West Branch dropped to 6-6 on the season and 1-3 in RVC play with the loss while West Liberty improved to 7-4 and 2-1 in conference play.

Abby Knoop had 15 kills and 14 digs to lead West Branch while Claire Bridges added eight kills and 11 digs.

Knoop and Bridges each had two ace serves while DaLana Kron had three aces and 25 digs to lead the Bears.

Sophie Nopoulos had 10 kills and 18 assists and Riley Vaughan had 14 assists for West Branch.

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West Branch Sweeps Northeast

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West Branch defeated Northeast 25-18, 25-19, 25-18 in a River Valley Conference match on Thursday in Goose Lake.

Abby Knoop had a match-high 14 kills as West Branch improved to 6-5 on the season and 1-2 in RVC play.

Northeast dropped to 3-9 and 0-3 in conference play with the loss.

Claire Bridges and Abbey Fryauf each had seven kills for West Branch and Bridges added five ace serves in the win.

Riley Vaughan added three ace serves as West Branch had nine aces on Thursday.

Sydney Lamont added five kills for West Branch and Sophie Nopoulos had 18 assists.

DaLana Kron collected a team-high 18 digs.

West Branch Falls at Wilton

West Branch senior Abby Knoop

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WILTON – West Branch fell to Class 2A No. 15 Wilton 25-21, 21-25, 25-18, 22-25, 12-15 in a River Valley Conference South division match on Tuesday in Wilton.

Wilton improved to 10-1 on the season and 1-1 in RVC play while West Branch dropped to 5-5 on the season and 0-2 in RVC play.

Abby Knoop led West Branch with 24 kills and 21 digs while Claire Bridges added 11 kills, 20 digs and three ace serves for the Bears.

Sophie Nopoulos had 22 assists and 16 digs while DaLana Kron collected 24 digs for West Branch.

Riley Vaughan handed out 21 assists and Courtney Jarrett had three ace serves in the loss.

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