HEM digging deep

Last year when the Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School girls volleyball went to Lingle for the Dogger Invite, they won only one game out of five.

This year the Lady Miners had a better showing, winning three out of five.

The first opponent was Upton and, although HEM did not prevail, the first set was a close 25-24 and the second match went 25-20.

“The girls were getting used to playing together for the first time as a team and there was some jitters,” Russ Wiggam, HEM athletic director said. “The first set couldn’t have been closer and they played well the second set.”

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