The Steelville High School volleyball team continued its winning season with another strong week starting on Sept. 23 when they traveled to Kingston. The Lady Cardinals won a close first set 25-20 before dominating the second set 25-8. Kingston rebounded and showed fight in the third set, which led to a long 31-29 victory over Steelville. The Lady Cardinals didn’t waver, and returned to winning form for a convincing 25-11 victory to win the match.

Steelville’s JV team took care of business in Kingston, winning 25-18 and 25-16 in back-to-back sets to get the victory.

The Lady Cardinals then returned home where they played a marathon match on Sept. 25 against the Bourbon Lady Warhawks. The first set was a grueling battle between the two teams that ended in a 32-30 victory for Bourbon.

The Lady Cardinals didn’t waver and won 25-22 in the second set. The Lady Warhawks then rebounded with a 25-20 victory in the third set to get within one set of victory.

With their backs against the wall facing a loss, Steelville gutted out a 26-24 victory to push the match to a fifth and final set. The Lady Cardinals finished strong to win the grueling match 15-12 and earn a victory.

Steelville’s varsity team is now 8-3-2 heading into the Sept. 30 match against Licking which will be detailed in next week’s paper.

The Lady Cardinals JV team continued its strong season and won two close games against Bourbon 25-22 and 25-20 to earn the victory and bring their record to 5-1 on the season heading into the matchup against Licking.

The Lady Cardinals hosted Licking on Sept. 30 which will be detailed in next week’s paper. Steelville will then play the Cuba Wildcats on Oct. 2.