Region Volleyball
Groton upsets top seed Britton-Hecla

•Like Assistant Coach Joel Guthmiller said after the match, "You can have an exciting volleyball match when you put two good teams together." And last night, Groton Area knocked off top seeded Britton-Hecla to advance to the region championship game on Tuesday.
• "I challenged the girls at the beginning of the year," said Coach Aaron

Helvig, "that there's one thing missing up on the wall in the Arena. There's no banner for volleyball. Wouldn't be awesome if we could do that. We want to reach our goal and do something that's never been done before in our school history. Volleyball has been in Groton since the late 1980s."

• Groton Area and Britton-Hecla engaged in battle from the very first game. The Braves jumped out to a 2-0 lead but Groton tied the game at three, four and six before taking a 7-6 lead. But then Britton-Hecla went on a rally to score seven straight points to take a 13-7 lead. The Braves later added four more consecutive points to take a 22-14 lead and went on to win, 25-18.

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