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Bruins Breeze Through Senior Night

by Veronica McGill

10/1/2024

The Bruin volleyball team had a wonderful senior night as they breeze through Muskogee. The Junior Varsity team smashes their competition ending the first set with 25- 19. To conclude the Jv game the Bruins finish Muskogee off with the 3rd set ending with 25-11. The Varsity Volleyball team gets to celebrate extra today as they are celebrating their seniors last home game on Bruins territory. The Bruins seniors are Mads Hyde #9, Rya Christensen #11, Hayden Brandon #1, Emry Brown #12, Camille Eklan #21 and Marissa Demuth #33. The start of senior night had a fantastic beginning as the Bruins run through the first set which had many incredible plays throughout ending the first set with an impressive score of 25-6. The second set had everyone at the edge of their seats as both Muskogee and Bartlesville fight for the lead and going back and forth on points. Soon the set comes to and end as the Bruins demolish the Roughers by ending with a score of 25-23. The Bruins go into the third set with an astonishing attitude as the Lady Bruins have an impressive gameplay and conclude their senior night with a marvelous score of 25-3. Some of these fantastic seniors plan to continue their play in college and face the tough game in their next step. Congratulations Lady Bruins you’ll go far.

Chieftains Fall to the Bruins

by Veronica McGill

9/17/2024

The unbeatable bruins do it again as they face the Sapulpa Chieftains. The JV starts off with a fantastic beginning for the Bruins as their first set finishes with a whopping 25-9 and the second following up with an impressive ending of 25-14. Young inspiring volleyball girls take the court to help introduce the “volleyball sensations” (the varsity). The Bruins set it off and dominated their first set with a magnificent score of 25-9, the bruins making it a struggle for the chieftains to get close to double digits. The second set was even more impressive as the phenomenal Bruins fought through intense battle and fulfilled a tremendous score 25-18. The Bruins finalized the game with an immense score of 25-15. The bruins breezed their way through Sapulpa continuing to crush the competition to become a fantastic team which created an amazing image for the Bartlesville Bruins.

Bruins Maul the Wildcats

by Veronica McGill

9/12/2024

A phenomenal night for the Lady Bruins volleyball teams. Jv ran through the Ponca City Wildcats ending their game with a knockout score of 25-16 on the first set and 25-14 on the second. Varsity had even better odds as they kick off only the first set with a whopping score of 25-6. The rest of the sets were smooth sailings from there as the second set concluded with the impressive score of 25-16. The start of the last set of the match had everyone at the edge of their seats as the Wildcats and the Bruins fought for the lead but easily took it over coming towards the end of the set. The “BruWINS” dominated their match against the Wildcats and came to a successful victory as the varsity Bruin volleyball team took it home with a fantastic score of 25-21. The Lady Bruins had a dazzling night and we can’t wait to see them in action for their next game on September 17th agaisnt the Sapulpa Chieftains.

Bruins Impress; Defeat #1 Ranked Broken Arrow

By Matlin Waller

9/10/2024

Bartlesville Lady Bruins versus Broken Arrow Tigers Volleyball was a night to remember. The Tigers being undefeated and number one in the entire state, Bruins were in for their work. Bartlesville started strong in the first set with a wipe out of 25-8 having been in the lead the entire time. Coach Blain stated Emery Brown carried the team during this game as a whole, but to add, she dominated the court during the first set. Second set was an intense match with the teams being close the entire time, unfortunately, towards the end Broken arrow caught the lead and won 18-25. With tension of the-tie up in the air the third period was even closer. Again though, Bartlesville was just points behind losing 23-25, making the closest set of the season, but the Bruin spirit was not down yet. During set 4 Bruins dominated, being in the lead the majority of the match and scoring 8 of the first ten points, and won 25-18. Now it was Bruins 2, Tigers 2. The crowd was loud the whole time, but now restlessness was felt in the air and seen on everyone's face, as well as the apprehensive energy. The fifth and final set started very close, but Coach Blane put in Mia Johnson and she helped the team gap the Tigers with the most exciting win of the season yet, 15-9, Bruins win!

Sorrowful lost to Booker T

By Abigail Beffer

10/3/2023

On October 3rd, the Bartlesville bruin varsity volleyball team went against the Booker T hornets. In game one of the series the Bruins are tied 14 to 14, but ended up losing that one. Moving into game two, the Bruins picked it back up and there was a close call 24 to 24 but the Bruins ended up winning. The third game was a nice fight by the bruins but they ended up losing. The fourth game was intense but Booker T got a big lead and won the game. So in the end Booker T wins the game.

Varsity Volleyball Vs Jenks

By Nathaniel Munoz

9/19/2023

The Volleyball game that happened Tuesday night was between Bartlesville Bruins and Jenks Trojans. The Bruins were able to win Set 1 out of 5, with several highlights standing outs; Kelsey Ward serving and Marielle Bussey on header, were able to win the First Set. However, the Trojans were really good and the next 2 sets they were able to kill a lot of attacks that the Bruins couldn’t catch in time. During the 4th set, things did change a bit for the Bruins, as Emry Brown was able to strike up 19 kills during this period, which Coach Andrew Blain remarked, “Audree Brown Killed it with those 19 kills! Very Impressive!”. However, the Trojans won, but it’s not to say that both teams did very well! Coach Blain said, “The Trojans were just really good, but many of our players also did very well, Especially Kelsey Ward as server, and Emry Brown as Outside Hitter!”

Lady Bruins Roughed Up the Spartans

By Coach Vermeire

If you are not a fan of volleyball, you would be if you watched the matches last night between the Bixby Spartans and your Bartlesville Bruins. The freshmen played first set of matches. In game one of the series the Bruins got off to a slow start down by 6 points, but rallied back hard for a solid 25-21 win. In game two they played well together, and as a team proved victorious with a 25-20 victory, and sweeping the series 2-0. Next up were the junior varsity matches. These did not go as well for the Bruins who just seemed to never get under their feet. They seemed off balanced and outgunned at every turn. The Spartans swept this series 2-0 with a 25-13 win in game one, and a 25-12 win in game two.

Next up was the varsity matches. These were an absolute showdown. In game one, the Bruins came out swinging and dominated the Spartans 25-17 behind some amazing defense by Sofie Frye and the powerful spikes of Kelsey Ward. Moving into game two things got really heated. It was a back and forth match where no one seemed to have the upper hand. When the smoke cleared the Bruins were the ones on top 25-23. Heading into game three the Bruins were confident they could put the Spartans away, but that is not what happened. The Spartans came out with a more aggressive approach that proved productive and got the Bruins on their heels. The Bruins held on as long as they could, but they just seemed to be plagued by bad serves, giving the upper hand to the Spartans who won 25-21. Game four ended up being the match everyone came to watch for the evening. The Bruins found themselves down by 4 to 5 points at times but always rallied back to stay in the game. Toward the end of the match the Bruins even held a 9 point lead in what seemed like a definitive win. After a questionable call that went in favor of the Spartans, they were able to rally back to tie up the match. The final points were nothing but spectacular to witness and had the whole crowd on the edge of their seats. The Bruins proved they deserved their win and came out on top 25-23, winning the series 3-1.

The Lady Bruins will be going on the road for their next matches this Friday, all participating in tournaments. The freshman will be going to Catoosa, the junior varsity will be going to Southmoore, and the varsity will be at Lincoln Christian. Best of luck to our Lady Bruins and a well-deserved Great Job on last night’s games.