Lady Grizzlies Grab Win At The Bird’s Nest
Sep 22, 2025 09:56AM ● By Jody Reeves
The Lady Cardinals front line goes for the block against Grace in last week’s rivalry game.
Soda Springs and Grace faced one another last week in a volleyball match. The two old rival schools met at the Birds Nest inside of Soda Springs High School. These days the two schools no longer compete in the same district or classification but some of the old rivalry feelings still remain. The two schools spent some time away from each other when Grace first dropped down a classification fifteen years ago but in recent years they face off several times each year in a variety of sports. The first installment of the 2025-2026 school year match ups took place last Tuesday. Like any other time that the two schools meet the atmosphere was electric with both student body sections in full voice.
As the game got underway the Lady Cardinals grabbed control early in the first set. The Lady Cards clung to a slim lead until midway through the set when Grace came roaring back and tied the set at thirteen. Soda Springs called a timeout but Grace kept the momentum for the rest of that set winning set one. In the second set the two teams stayed evenly matched up until the eighth point. After that the Lady Cardinals once again took over the match and ran away from the Lady Grizzlies to take set number two. The Lady Cardinals held the momentum to start the third but once again around the midway point the Grizzlies clawed it back to take a two sets to one lead. The pressure was now on Soda Springs to win set four to extend the match. The Lady Cardinals responded with yet another early lead in the fourth set. However once again the Lady Grizzlies were able to chip away at the lead and overcome the deficit to eventually pull away for the set and match win.
Volleyball season is just getting started and both of these teams will be in the hunt for state tournament births. If you missed your chance to watch them battle each other there is one more chance to watch them late in the season when Soda Springs will travel to Grace on October seventh. Until then there will be plenty of other chances to watch the girls perform on the court so keep an eye out for their next scheduled home games.
S1 S2 S3 S4 Wins
Grace 25 17 25 25 3
Soda Springs 19 25 18 19 1
