Taft High again displayed the progress second-year coach Kelsey Hart has alluded to by winning its first set of the year, but fell in four sets Tuesday to Toledo in the season’s home-opening volleyball match.
There was plenty for Taft head coach Jake Tolan to build from Friday following the Tigers’ lopsided road defeat to powerhouse Harrisburg to open the 2018 high school football season.
The spectator-friendly Tillamook race offers a true cross country experience with two river crossings, a mud pit, a mile of wood-chipped trails and one-half mile on packed gravel.
The scoreboard might not have showed it, but the effort did, so Taft High volleyball coach Kelsey Hart took a lot of positives away from the Tigers’ 3-0 league-opening defeat at Amity.
The Taft boys deployed heavy offensive artillery in defeating Sutherlin 9-1 after building a 6-0 halftime lead, but the Bulldogs defeated the Tigers 6-1 in girls play.
