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CORTLAND -- Keagan Pruitt served 20 points with four aces as the sixth-seeded Columbiana volleyball team served up a 25-14, 16-25, 25-22, 25-12 win over eighth-seeded Warren JFK in a Division V district semifinal Tuesday at Lakeview High School.
Columbiana (21-3) has won five of its last six matches and will play third-seeded Lakeview (19-5) in the district final at 5 p.m. Thursday at Canfield High School.
The Clippers had a team effort as Ava Marks had 14 kills, two points and 15 digs; Landry Smith 12 kills, five points, two blocks and eight digs; Addison Dangler nine kills, eight points, one block and five digs; Adelaide Garrett 13 points, three assists and 11 digs; Eva Waller 40 assists and 11 digs; and Pruitt added six kills, one block and 21 digs.
Warren JFK finished at 18-3, including one win over East Palestine and two over Heartland Christian
Lakeview, which lost twice to South Range, defeated 15th-seeded Akron Manchester, 25-12, 25-18, 25-14, in Tuesday’s other district semifinal.
FAIRVIEW 3, CRESTVIEW 0
WOOSTER -- Crestview’s run of seven straight district volleyball titles came to an end Tuesday.
The seventh-seeded Rebels lost to ninth-seeded Fairview, 25-13, 25-23, 30-28, in a Division V district semifinal at Wooster Triway High School.
Both teams are 19-5.
Crestview senior Kerrigan Miller had nine digs, giving her a school-record 477 on the season. She topped the record of 474 set by Adrienne Huston in 2012.
Bella Ciapala paced Crestview’s attack with 16 kills. Sarah Hively had three kills and five blocks, Phiatra Bradley four kills and four blocks, Cam Davidson14 assists and three blocks and Addison Fitch 10 digs.
Fairview -- which has won 12 matches in a row since a loss to Elyria Open Door -- will play the winner of the fourth-seeded Wooster Triway and 10th-seeded Rootstown match in the district final at 7 p.m. Thursday at Rocky River Magnificat
CAMPBELL 3, EAST PALESTINE 0
ELYRIA -- Third-seeded Campbell Memorial swept sixth-seeded East Palestine, 25-15, 25-8, 25-13, in a Division VII district semifinal Thursday.
Campbell (19-5) will play second-seeded Elyria Open Door (20-5) in the district championship at 5 p.m. Thursday at Smithville High School.
East Palestine finishes at 16-8, including two losses apiece to Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference co-champions Columbiana and United.
Leading the Bulldogs were Destiney Burtyk with eight kills and nine digs,Kennedy Andre 10 assists and eight digs, Marley Blythe nine digs and four kills, Emma Gingher five digs and five points, Violet Glaven four kills and six points and Delaney Demster five digs.
Host Elyria Open won Tuesday’s first district semifinal against 13th-seeded Mapleton, 25-12, 25-24, 25-19. Mapleton ends at 13-11.
SOUTH RANGE 3, POLAND 0
BEAVER TOWNSHIP -- Top-seeded and unbeaten South Range routed 19th-seeded Poland, 25-10, 25-16, 25-17, in a Division V district semifinal Tuesday.
South Range was led by Anna Toy with 20 kills, 9 digs and two aces; Lily Weaver 19 digs, 10 kills and one block; Parker Zwingler 20 assists; and Natalie Barnett 13 assists and one ace.
South Range (24-0) will play 18th-seeded Akron Coventry (8-14) in the district final at Canfield High School at 7 p.m. Thursday.
Coventry (8-14) defeated 23rd-seeded Girard, 25-3, 21-25, 25-16, 25-21, in Tuesday’s opener.