May 16, 2024 @ 8:00 PM | 1 | 2 | 3 | Games |
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Bingham Miners (12-13) | 19 | 18 | 22 | 0 |
vs Pleasant Grove Vikings (28-4) | 25 | 25 | 25 | 3 |
No. 3 Pleasant Grove beat No. 11 Bingham in both of its matches in the regular season, including a 3-1 win on May 8. Despite the wins, Pleasant Grove head coach Dave Neeley knew they couldn't underestimate the Miners. "We played Bingham in March early in the season and we played them again just last week, they fought us hard both times and of course they beat Riverton. We knew they had good players but we came out and took care of business. We served well, we blocked well, we passed well, we did everything that we always try to do and it showed in the result." The Vikings swept the Miners 25-19, 25-18, 25-22 in the 6A quarterfinal. Pleasant Grove senior Tyson Jarvis led in kills with 13, with Kenadi Lee recording 10 and Weston Johanson adding nine. After the win Neeley emphasized that getting to the Saturday 6A semifinal has been a goal for this group since the beginning of the season. "You always set goals at the beggining of the season and one was certainly to get to Saturday, but its exciting to be part of the final four. The 6A field is wild, there were so many teams here good enough to win the whole thing, so to still be standing is a blessing."