Oskaloosa High’s volleyball team is going to the State Tournament.  The Indians defeated Pella in three straight sets Tuesday (10/27) to win the Class 4A Region 3 championship.  The scores were 25-19, 26-24 and 25-16.  Senior Faith DeRonde says it’s the culmination of years of hard work.

“We’ve honestly put in the work since we were 13 years old.  We had this vision since we were young.  I remember being in the back gym and we were 13 years old and  we always said we’re going to make it to State one day.  Senior year, here it is and we made it.”

Oskaloosa Coach Jennifer Comfort talks about the victory.

“We had a game plan and we came out and executed it.  I’m just really proud of the girls.  We worked hard on it,  they were ready, they were focused, they were confident and I thought we played one of our best matches tonight.”

Senior middle blocker Aubree Blanco is understandably excited about going to State.

“It feels amazing.  We worked so hard for this and it’s just great to know that we put all this work in and it paid off and we’re going to State.’

This will be the Osky volleyball team’s first trip to State since 2006.  The 31-4 Indians are seeded sixth in the Class 4A tournament….and they’ll play Waverly-Shell Rock Monday night at 6:00.  You can hear the Oskaloosa Indians volleyball team at State on KBOE-FM.