The Dino Boy’s volleyball team spent the weekend in Mount Pleasant participating in the North Sanpete Varsity Invitational. Carbon finished the weekend 3-2, claiming a fourth-place finish playing against some of the top teams in the 3A classification.
After the weekend, Carbon sits at 12-7 overall and 5-2 in region play. They also hold the No. 6 spot in the latest RPI rankings with five games left in the season before the playoffs begin on May 3.
The first contest of the weekend was against the Utah Military Academy—Camp Williams (UMACW) Marauders. Carbon won in straight sets.
The Marauders kept set one close, but the Dinos would claim a 25-16 win. Set two was less competitive, with Carbon taking a 25-9 win.
Carter Warburton logged nine service aces and four kills, and Connor Gleave had seven assists.
Game number two was against the Dugway Mustangs. Carbon once again took the match in two sets.
The first set was all Carbon, with the Dinos taking a 25-9 win. The second set was a little tighter, as the Mustangs were ready to play, but the Dinos still shut them down to take a 25- 17 win.
Charles Tima collected six digs and six kills to go with three service aces for Carbon. Warburton had five digs and kills to go with four service aces.
The final match on Friday was with North Sanpete. The Hawks hold the No.5 spot in the RPI, and the Dinos were looking to avenge an early-season loss. They did just that, taking a 2-1 win.
Carbon came out firing in the opening set, and so did the Hawks as both teams would battle, with the Dinos coming away with a 25-22 win. The roles and score were reversed in the second set, with North Sanpete earning the 25-22 win. The Dinos slowed down the Hawks in the third and final set to get the 15-9 win.
Warburton earned nine kills and nine digs for Carbon. Tima collected nine kills and seven digs. Grant Mathis and Gleave each had 13 assists, and Kyler Orth had seven kills in the win.
First up on Saturday morning, in the Championship Rounds, Carbon faced Salt Lake Academy, the No. 3 team in 3A. This was the season’s first meeting for the two schools, and after taking the first set, the Dinos would give up three straight as the Griffins won 3-1 in four sets.
Carbon won the first set battle 26-24, but then Salt Lake Academy took over, taking set two 25-18. The Griffins handed the Dinos another loss in set three, 25-17, and then closed them out in the fourth and final set, 25-12.
Warburton had 16 digs, seven kills, and three service aces for Carbon. Tima had nine digs and seven kills, Evan Lancaster earned seven kills and digs, and Mathis had 14 assists in the loss.
The fifth and final match was against the American Heritage Patriots. These two teams have squared up twice this season, with each team winning once, and they will hook up one more time before the end of the season. This match went five sets, but the Patriots earned a 3-2 win.
The Dinos jumped out, winning the first two sets 25-21 and 25-20, but it was all American Heritage after that. The Patriots earned a 25-19 win in the third set, and then they took the fourth set 25-17 to even up the match 2-2. American Heritage closed out the Dinos 15-8 in the fourth set to win the game.
Lancaster put together a great stat line with 11 digs, 10 kills, and five blocks for Carbon. Warburton had 10 kills and nine digs, Orth earned seven kills and four digs, and Mathis had 14 assists in the loss.
Carbon will return to the floor on Tuesday when they welcome Judge Memorial Catholic to Jurassic Park at 6:30 p.m. for a region match-up.