North Bend Central beats Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family and Raymond Central; falls to Columbus Scotus

The North Bend Central Tigers are 2-1 in their last three matches, downing Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family 3-0 on the road Thursday night before beating Raymond Central 2-0, but losing 2-1 to Columbus Scotus at their home triangular on Saturday.

The Tigers won sets one and three 25-19 over the Bulldogs, and claimed the middle set 25-17.

North Bend Central downed Raymond Central 25-15 in the first set, and 25-13 in the second set.

The Tigers defeated the Shamrocks 25-18 in the opening set before dropping the second and third sets 25-19.

I think North Bend Central has continued to play at a high level. The Tigers were close to beating Columbus Scotus, and probably should have won that match.

North Bend Central (9-1) is at Wisner-Pilger (4-2) Tuesday night.

The Gators swept West Point-Beemer 3-0 last Tuesday night.

Wisner-Pilger has had an entire week to prepare for the Tigers so North Bend Central has to be ready to go, and can't be hungover from the loss to the Shamrocks.

The Tigers must have a short memory, and come prepared and be ready to go toe to toe with a good team in the Gators.

North Bend Central has to come out with that killer drive, that killer instinct to put teams away.

The Tigers weren't able to put the Shamrocks away so perhaps North Bend Central will fare better against Wisner-Pilger.

The Gators are a good team, and the match being in Wisner is going to make it tough on the Tigers, in my opinion, but North Bend Central is more than capable of winning.

I look for the Tigers to bounce back and pick up a win Tuesday night.

I think this team will be a little angry and hungry to pick up a win after what took place on Saturday.

I look for the Columbus Scotus loss to only fuel and motivate this team.

I think you will see a very focused and determined North Bend Central squad take the floor Tuesday night.

The fact the Tigers already swept the Gators once this season makes them a candidate to do it again, although I could see this match going four sets.

North Bend Central has to approach this match with a business like attitude, and must be fired up to play well.

The Tigers have to simply come out and take care of business.