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Undefeated, Bayfield volleyball hosts Regional action Saturday

Herald Staff Report The Wolverines can count on more home cooking, home crowd and home court.

The Bayfield High School volleyball team this week was awarded one of four sites for the Class 3A Regional Volleyball Championships on Saturday.

The Wolverines won the District 7 Tournament last weekend and improved to 21-0, earning one of the four coveted Regional designations.

Bayfield will host three other teams in a round-robin format identical to the format last Saturday for the District Tournament.

BHS was designated the overall No. 4 seed in the 16-team field for Regionals. The top two teams from each of the four regions will advance to the State Volleyball Championships on Nov. 13-14 in Denver.

Joining the Wolverines in Bayfield will be No. 5 overall seed Faith Christian, 21-1, No. 12 seed Roaring Fork (Carbondale), 20-2, and No. 13 seed Hotchkiss, 15-7.

The other top seeds in Class 3A are No. 1 Colorado Springs Christian School, 22-0 and the defending state champion, No. 2 Valley (Gilcrest), 22-0, and No. 3 Eaton, 19-3.

Teams in the Colorado Springs Christian region include Monte Vista, 10-12, Middle Park (Granby), 18-4, and Frederick, 17-5.

Valley region teams include Platte Canyon (Bailey), 17-5, Platte Valley (Kersey), 15-6, and Manitou Springs, 12-10.

Teams in the Eaton region include Classical Academy of Colorado Springs, 19-4, St. Mary's of Colorado Springs, 19-4, and Holy Family, 16-7.

Matches in Bayfield are expected to start 8 a.m. Saturday, with Faith Christian taking on Roaring Fork first.

Bayfield will play Hotchkiss in the second match about 9:30 a.m. Saturday.

Bayfield will play Roaring Fork about 12:30 p.m. Saturday.

The Wolverines, who traditionally draw a large and vocal student cheering section, will play Faith Christian about 3:30 p.m. Saturday.

Starting times are subject to change. Matches will begin 15 minutes after the conclusion of the previous match.

Last weekend, Bayfield defeated Trinidad, Lamar and St. Mary's to take the District Tournament title in the BHS gym.

Faith Christian enters the Bayfield Regional coming off a District title last weekend. Faith Christian's only loss this year came 3-2 against Eaton, the overall No. 3 seed.

Roaring Fork's two losses entering the Regional Tournament are a District loss last weekend to Classical Academy and a regular-season loss to Coal Ridge (Silt/New Castle).

Roaring Fork also beat Salida and Olathe in the District playoffs a week ago.

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