West Branch Advances to RVC Championship Bracket

West Branch junior Sophie Nopoulos sets against Tipton. Photo by Darran Miller.

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West Branch has played in the River Valley Conference tournament title game each of the past two seasons.

The Bears kept their drive for a third straight title game appearance alive on Tuesday.

West Branch went 1-1 at RVC pool play on Tuesday in Camanche to advance to the championship bracket on Thursday at Wilton.

West Branch defeated Regina 22-20, 21-5 and fell to Camanche 13-21, 21-18, 15-11 on Tuesday and advanced to the championship bracket on the tie breaker as Regina defeated Camanche 21-10, 15-21, 15-12.

Senior Abby Knoop led West Branch with 15 kills and 13 digs in the loss to Camanche while Claire Bridges added seven kills.

Abbey Fryauf had five kills and Sophie Nopoulos had four kills and 15 assists while Riley Vaughan added 12 assists and seven digs

DaLana Kron led West Branch with 21 digs.

In the win over Regina, Knoop and Bridges each had seven kills to lead West Branch while Fryauf added three kills.

Nopoulos had nine assists and three ace serves while Kron had nine digs and Vaughan had six assists.

West Branch Downs No. 15 Tipton

West Branch sophomore Abbey Fryauf hits against Tipton on Thursday. Photo by Darren Miller.

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Every team aims to be playing their best heading into the postseason.

West Branch continued to make good on that goal on Thursday holding off Class 2A No. 15 Tipton 25-22, 19-25, 25-15, 20-25, 15-13 in the River Valley Conference regular season finale for both teams in Tipton.

The win was the 11th in the last 13 matches for West Branch and improved the Bears to 17-8 on the season.

Claire Bridges digs a ball against Tipton. Photo by Darren Miller

West Branch finished 3-3 in RVC play and caused a four-way tie for the south division title with its road win on Thursday.

Regina, Tipton, West Liberty and Wilton all finished 4-2 to tie for the division title.

Abby Knoop had a match-high 28 kills and added 24 digs to lead West Branch on Thursday.

Claire Bridges added 10 kills and 18 digs and Abbey Fryauf had nine kills for the Bears.

Sophie Nopoulos had 26 assists and Riley Vaughan had 21 assists for West Branch while DaLana Kron finished with 22 digs.

Freshman Daniel Sommer led Tipton (21-8) with 19 kills while Blake Ehler added 16 kills.

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West Branch Runs Win Streak to 7 With Sweep at Durant

West Branch senior Abby Knoop

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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 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

West Branch senior Abby Knoop

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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.