The Klondike Cougars were just a play or two away from sweeping a dual match Tuesday evening at Grape Creek against a couple of bigger schools.
The Cougars started the evening by falling to Class 2A Hawley in a grueling match which went five sets. After dropping the first two sets, 16-25 and 22-25, Klondike rallied to win the next two sets, 25-23, 28-26. Hawley won the decisive fifth set, 17-15.
“This was fun to watch,” Klondike Coach Katie Cruz said, “After they won the first two sets, it was something else watching our girls come back and force them into three ...