Rocky Grove's best season ever ends

"Hard to see this season come to an end." said coach Mike Stevenson after his Rocky Grove girls volleyball team dropped a four set opening round playoff match against Cambridge Springs Tuesday.

Their historic season has come to an end. The Orioles fell 20-25, 22-25, 25-20, 20-25 in the opening round of the District 10 Class 1A playoffs at the House of Thrills in Meadville.
Rocky Grove, the Region 1 runner-up, finishes the season at 12-5. The Orioles did put a scare into the Devils (9-4) by rallying back to win the third set, but fell too far behind in the fourth set and couldn’t recover. 

Cambridge Springs will face a familiar opponent in Region 2 foe Cochranton in the semifinals.

The region-champion Cardinals rolled over Kennedy Catholic 25-18, 25-6, 25-7. Dana Jackson had 27 assists for Cochranton (15-2). Devyn Sokol tallied 15 kills and Jaylin McGill added seven kills.

​The Cards had 21 aces as a team.

​ In other playoff action on Tuesday, Region 1 champ West Middlesex advanced with a 25-22, 25-17, 25-20 win over Erie First Christian. The Big Reds will play Saegertown in the semifinals.

The Panthers cruised past Jamestown 25-15, 25-9, 25-15.

Class 2A action is set for today. Reynolds takes on Harbor Creek at 6 p.m. at Meadville Area Senior High. Corry faces Lakeview in the nightcap.

​At Cochranton, Sharpsville and Girard square off at 6 p.m. with Maplewood and North East to follow at 7:30 p.m.

​On Thursday, Warren plays Meadville at 6 p.m. at Cochranton. Fort LeBoeuf then faces Grove City. Conneaut and Villa Maria have first round byes in the Class 3A tourney.

​ In Class 4A, McDowell topped Erie 25-18, 25-17, 25-20 on Tuesday

Below are more photos from Tuesday's match at Meadville High School between Rocky Grove and Cambridge Springs. Scroll to the bottom for a link to even more photos.

​Thank you to Lisa Renwick for compiling the information in this report and for her season long coverage of area volleyball for Eight & 322.

See more photos at ​https://sayerrich.zenfolio.com/p323735198

Editor's note: Another story will follow in the coming days regarding this team that we have had a blast following this season.We haven't seen the last of Rocky Grove girls volleyball. Their future looks bright.