High school roundup: Calais volleyball holds off Machias in 5 sets

Apr. 7—VOLLEYBALL

At Calais

Calais def. Machias 16-25, 25-14, 25-15, 18-25, 15-7

Machias: Jacey Barabe 16/18 serving, 1 ace, 24 digs; Maggie Allen 12/16 serving; 3 aces, 5 kills, 15 digs; Emily Fletcher 10 kills, 7 digs; Kaitlyn Guptill 16/18 serving, 2 aces, 4 kills, 11 digs, 6 assists

Calais: Kendra Stevens 4 aces, 7 kills, 3 blocks; Lexi Doten 9 kills, 2 blocks; Cassidy Carr 2 aces, 8 kills, 16 digs; Hannah Gadway 22 digs, Emma Saunders 21/23 serving, 2 kills, 9 assists, 6 digs; Nevaeh Thomas 5 kills, 14 assists, 10 digs

JV: Machias def. Calais 16-25, 25-16, 16-25

PLAYOFFS

Penobscot/Down East Quarterfinals

Thursday, April 8

Large Schools

No. 6 Nokomis at No. 3 Mount Desert Island, 6 p.m.

No. 5 Ellsworth at No. 4 Hampden Acad., 6 p.m.

Small Schools

Prelim: No. 9 Bucksport at No. 8 Jonesport-Beals

No. 5 Machias at No. 4 Calais

No. 6 Sumner at No. 3 Woodland

Penobscot/Down East Semifinals

Friday, April 9

Large Schools

MDI-Nokomis winner at No. 2 Brewer, 6:30 p.m.

Hampden-Ellsworth winner at No. 1 Washington Acad., 6 p.m.

Quarterfinals

Small Schools

Bucksport/Jonesport-Beals winner at No. 1 George Stevens Academy, 4 p.m.