No. 4 Big Sandy opens against No. 5 Chester/Joplin-Inverness

The Big Sandy Pioneer volleyball team concluded the regular season last Monday with a 3-1 (25-4, 25-20, 20-25, 25-11) win over the Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds to finish the regular season with a 3-7 conference mark (3-9 overall) to earn the No. 4 seed at the District 6C-East Tournament.

Big Sandy will begin the tournament with the first game of the day Thursday at 10 a.m. against the No. 5 seed Chester/Joplin-Inverness Hawks. The Pioneers and Hawks both finished with identical 3-7 marks and split their head to head meeting but Big Sandy won their match in three sets while they lost to the Haw...