Lady Trojans battle hard in two road setbacks

The Whitehall High School volleyball team battled to the end but ultimately fell in two hard-fought matches last week.

The Lady Trojans were defeated 23-25, 19-25, 24-26 Thursday against Manhattan.

"The girls played so hard against Manhattan. Manhattan is a good team and all three games were really close," said head coach Kyla Simon.

Kendra Klapan led the team with 22 kills and two blocks, Haley Briggs had 12 assists, and Meagan Johnson finished with eight digs. Johnson and Hannah Tebay had a team high two aces.

On Saturday, Whitehall fell in five games against Lone Peak.

Simon said the team w...