The Centralia Lady Panthers were on the prowl and pounced their way to the Twin Valley League tournament title winning an utmost impressive championship match against the B&B Falcons.

After a long day of pool play action and wins in the semifinals that top two teams in the TVL in Centralia and B&B looked to square off for the third time season. The Falcons of B&B got the best of the Panthers the first two times but this time the Panthers battled and took the match in three impressive hard fought sets. Set one went in favor of the host B&B Falcons taking flight to a set one win, 25-16. But the Panthers came back in set two to take an early lead and hold to it throughout the contest, fending off the Falcons runs in the set, pushing the championship match to a third set, by winning set two, 25-22. The third and final set came and it didn't disappoint as the teams traded points back and forth and Centralia worked themselves to match point but it was only appropriate the set go extra points and that it did as B&B tied the match at 24-24, but then the Panthers came back to take the match 26-24 and win the TVL tournament with a 4-0 day. While B&B took home second place with a 3-1 day.

The Panthers took on Washington County in the semifinals as both teams won their pools, while B&B face Valley Heights in the semifinals to take the championship match. Panthers earned a straight set (25-15, 25-16) win over the Tigers, while the Falcons posted a straight win too (25-11, 25-14) over the Mustangs of Valley Heights.

In the other matchups outside of pool play Axtell took down Hanover in a three set battle, 25-22, 17-25 and 25-22. While, Frankfort notched a win on the day beating Clifton-Clyde in straight sets 25-22, 25-18.

Pool play action saw the top four teams hold serve as those teams finished pool play unbeaten to make the semifinals. In Pool "A," B&B beat Frankfort and Axtell both in straight sets, while Axtell went 1-1 in pool play with a straight set win over Frankfort, with the Wildcats 0-2 in pool play. Pool "B," saw Centralia go 2-0 with straight set wins over Clifton-Clyde and Hanover, while Clifton-Clyde picked up a win over Hanover in three sets and Hanover went 0-2 in pool play.

Pool "C," saw Washington County go 3-0 with straight set wins over Doniphan West and Troy and a three set win over Onaga. The Doniphan West had the second best outing in the pool going 2-1 in action with their wins coming against Troy and Onaga in straight sets and three sets, respectively. The Buffalos of Onaga went 1-2 and picked up a straight set win over Troy and forced Washington County to three sets in that loss; while the Troy Trojans went 0-3.

Pool "D," had the Valley Heights Mustangs go 3-0 with three set wins over Linn and Blue Valley-Randolph and a two set win over Wetmore. Linn followed them with a 2-1 pool play record after a pair of straight set wins over Wetmore and Blue Valley-Randolph. The Cardinals of Wetmore picked up a win on the day going 1-2 by beating Blue Valley-Randolph in three sets, while Blue Valley-Randolph went 0-3.

It was a great display of volleyball in Baileyville for the Twin Valley League and now the teams turn their attention final league games coming up on Tuesday and then to sub-state action next Saturday, October 26th for a chance to make the State tournament.

2013 Twin Valley League Volleyball Tournament Results: 

Pool A:
Axtell beat Frankfort 25-19, 25-22
B&B beat Frankfort 25-12, 25-15
B&B beat Axtell 25-13, 25-10

Pool B:
Centralia beat Hanover 25-20, 25-16
Centralia beat Clifton-Clyde 25-15, 25-5
Clifton-Clyde beat Hanover 14-25, 25-17, 25-20

Pool C:
Washington Co. beat Troy 25-9, 25-5
Washington Co. beat Doniphan West 25-12, 25-11
Doniphan West beat Onaga 25-20, 13-25, 25-21
Onaga beat Troy 25-18, 25-21
Washington Co. beat Onaga 24-26, 25-22, 25-9
Doniphan West beat Troy 25-6, 25-12

Pool D:
Valley Heights beat Blue Valley 25-12, 23-25, 25-22
Linn beat Wetmore 25-21, 25-14
Valley Heights beat Wetmore 25-17, 25-21
Linn beat Blue Valley 25-14, 25-12
Valley Heights beat Linn 14-25, 25-15, 25-17
Wetmore beat Blue Valley 23-25, 25-18, 25-17

Others matches:
Axtell beat Hanover 25-22, 17-25, 25-22
Frankfort beat Clifton-Clyde 25-22, 25-18

Semifinals:
Centralia beat Washington County 25-15 & 25-16
B&B beat Valley Heights 25-11, 25-14

Third Place: 
Washington County beat Valley Heights 25-23, 25-15

Championship:
Centralia beat B&B 16-25, 25-22, 26-24