{"id":25897,"date":"2025-05-02T13:03:28","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T17:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=25897"},"modified":"2025-05-02T13:03:30","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T17:03:30","slug":"pats-suffer-just-third-loss-of-season-to-tough-carroll-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/02\/pats-suffer-just-third-loss-of-season-to-tough-carroll-squad\/","title":{"rendered":"Pats suffer just third loss of season to tough Carroll squad"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Heritage captured the first set against a talented Carroll squad Thursday night at home, but dropped the next three to hand Carroll their 20th win of the year and drop the Patriots’ record to 12-3. The two teams will find out their sectional pairings on Sunday night’s pairings show. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zeke Litchfield led the Patriots in kills with twelve. He and Geremew Gerber had four blocks apiece at the net. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carroll won the match 21-25, 25-21, 28-26, 25-16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Patriots will round out their regular season with three more matches – against Wayne, Woodlan and Northrop – before postseason play begins. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Coach Tigulis’s team is slated to participate in a field that includes Bellmont, Blackhawk Christian, North Side, South Side, Wayne, Homestead, Huntington North, New Haven and Norwell in two weeks for an inaugural IHSAA sectional crown. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Graham Simmons had ten kills and Braden Walter had eight in the losing effort. Simmons also had two aces. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Litchfield led the team in digs with 14. Chase Buuck had twelve. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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