The Parry McCluer High School volleyball team suffered a 3-0 home loss to James River on Thursday night in Buena Vista.
James River improved to 2-0 with a 25-7, 25-17, 25-10 victory. The Fighting Blues, who were coming off a 3-0 home loss to local rival Rockbridge County in the season opener on Tuesday, fell to 0-2.
Guiding the Knights’ attack was outside hitter Ashby Wilkes, who led all players with 11 kills.
With strong setting and net play, JR raced to a 17-2 lead in the first set and stayed comfortably ahead.
In the second set, a pair of kills from Jorja Catlett helped the Blues stay close early on. It was tied 4-4, but the Knights won the next three points. With strong serving by Presley Camden, the Blues battled back to tie it at 12-12, but Wilkes made three kills to help JR go on a 7-0 run, and the Knights pulled away to take the set.
JR carried the momentum into the third set, racing to a 7-1 lead. PM trimmed the lead to 10-7, but JR answered back and outscored the Blues 15-3 to seal the win.
PM showed progress from their season opener, committing just four service errors on Thursday after making 14 service errors in the opener.
The Blues will take their first road trip of the season on Monday when they play at Amherst County, starting with junior varsity action at 5:30 p.m.
For the stories on this week’s action, with photos from Tuesday’s match against RC, please see our Sept. 2 newspaper.
