2B Prep Volleyball: Toutle Lake survives Toledo’s attempted home invasion

Backroad Thriller — Fighting Ducks lean on Dean in 5-set win over Riverhawks

Toutle Lake’s Lainey Dean makes final preparations for one of her 18 kills while a Blast Zone Media reporter records video upstairs. The Fighting Ducks went on to defeat Toledo in five sets, Thursday, Oct. 17, in Toutle — Courtesy of Catrina Webber

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TOUTLE — If you happened to be one of the hundreds of folks who braved a bright hunter’s moon and overconfident deer along a fog-lit backroad Thursday night to see some Central 2B League volleyball in East Cowlitz County it’s fair to say you got your money’s worth. 

It’s also fair to say the contest between the hometown Fighting Ducks and the visitors from over the hill in Toledo was as much about who would make the last mistake as it was about who would take the money and run.

With unforced errors, especially at the service stripe, sabotaging the momentum for both teams it was clear from the onset that the match was destined for five sets. Toutle Lake opened up with a win in extra points in the first set and went on to take the contest by scores of 27-25, 23-25, 25-18, 20-25, and 15-8.

Toutle Lake’s Kendal Dean sets the volleyball during a five-set win over Toledo, Thursday, Oct. 17, in Toutle. Dean finished the match with 28 assists. — Photo courtesy of Catrina Webber

“We were all a little off,” Toutle Lake setter Kendal Dean.