RAPID CITY – A slow start proved to be costly for Castlewood.
Chester Area swept the Warriors 25-13, 25-20, 25-21 in the semifinal round of the Class B State Volleyball Tournament Friday night at The Monument.
Chester Area scored the first 11 points of set one, putting Castlewood in a hole it could not climb out of. The Flyers held control through the rest of the set despite the Warriors’ attempts to come back.
Castlewood coach Breanna DeKam felt her team was ready for the match.
“I’m kind of surprised that we started off like that after our game (Thursday) night,” DeKam said. We just let the nerves get after us. I thought we were definitely going step up there and we didn’t. That slow start really put us behind the whole match.”
DeKam also gave credit to Chester Area’s serving ability that gave Castlewood problems.
“They’re good servers, that’s for sure,” DeKam said. “Our serve-receive definitely crumbled at the beginning, but I think it was
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