
The Carbon boys’ volleyball squad got things started last week with a pair of games against Ogden and Judge Memorial. In the contest with Ogden, the Dinos had a rough go of it, losing 3-0, but then turned around and earned a win over Judge Memorial 3-1.
Carbon opened the season on the road, facing the Ogden Tigers. Ogden finished last season in third place and looks to be a strong team this season.
The Dinos had a rough start to the match dropping set one 25-17. In set number two Carbon slipped even further falling again 25-13. In the third and final set, the Tigers closed out the Dinos 25-17.
Charles Tima collected four kills, two service aces, and a pair of digs. Grant Mathis had four assists, and Kyler Orth added three blocks in the loss.
A couple of days later they were back on the road to take on Judge Memorial, The Dinos found another gear, needing it for a battle of a third set, and went on to claim a 3-1 win.
The opening set was all Judge Memorial, taking a big 25-10 win over Carbon. In set number two, it was a dogfight as Carbon eeked out a 25-23 victory to tie up the match.
The third set was a flat-out battle as the Dinos would dig deep and find a way to take a 32-30 win going up two sets to one. Moving to the fourth and what would be the final set, Carbon once again found another gear to close out the Bulldogs 25-11 and win the match 3-1.
Tima would collect 10 kills and four digs for Carbon. Evan Lancaster, had nine kills, four service aces, and three blocks, Carter Warburton had 10 digs and eight kills and Conner Gleave had 15 assists in the win.
On Tuesday evening the Dinos will host North Sanpete for their home opener.
Game time is set for 6:30 p.m..