Boys' Volleyball: Top Games for Fri 4/29

Friday 4/29

Masuk @ Glastonbury @ 6pm
-Odd cross-over match right here but it will be an exciting one as it features the 7-1 Masuk Panthers, coming off their 3-2 win over Lewis Mills, traveling to take on the 4-1, but Class L, Glastonbury Tomahawks.  Traditionally, Glastonbury is the better team but this is the year Masuk can really win and I think they will in fact do so on Friday night.

Staples @ Southington @ 630
-THE MOST ANTICIPATED MATCH OF THE SEASON!!!!! For one time only, Staples and Southington will meet in the regular season.  These two teams have been the Class L Championship game for the past 4 years and Southington finally won for the first time last year in a major upset of the Wreckers, who had not only won a state championship in 8 of the 9 years that the CIAC sponsored boys' volleyball (they moved to Class M in 2005 and did not win that year) but were on a 101-match win streak!  Staples is not as good as they traditionally are this year (they lost to Masuk) and Southington is a perfect 7-0, having lost only one set (to Maloney, surprising if you consider the good teams they've 3-0ed this year).  It will be a good one since both teams know this is more than just one game on the schedule; it is the faceoff between the two best teams in Class L!  I think Southington being at home gives them the edge in this one but it is so slight that anything can really happen! (I'm rooting for the Wreckers, just like I was in the championship game last year, by the way)