Mt. Spokane, Shadle Park to meet for final district spot

Mt. Spokane and Shadle Park, which shared sixth place in Greater Spokane League volleyball, will play for the final district playoff berth tonight.

The tiebreaker is at 7 at Mead. No GSL passes will be accepted.

Both the Wildcats and Highlanders finished league play with 8-5 records. The winner advances into the double-elimination District 8 tournament beginning Thursday at Gonzaga Prep. The loser is eliminated.

District play will continue Friday at University and Mead. The tournament concludes Saturday at Mt. Spokane beginning at 1 p.m.

The 3A District tournament is Thursday at Cheney beginning at 5:30 p.m.

College volleyball

Senior middle blocker Sarah Meek earned her second consecutive Big West Conference player of the week honor after leading the Vandals to wins over Washington State, UC Riverside and Cal State Fullerton.

Meek averaged 4.5 kills per game on .364 hitting percentage and 1.5 blocks per game. She recorded a double-double in the Vandals’ three-game sweep of Riverside with 16 kills and 10 blocks. The 10 blocks is a season high and ties her career high. She also recorded her 30th consecutive double-figure kill match (dating back to last season) in the five-game win over Fullerton.

Meek was the athlete of the week last week as well after leading the Vandals to wins over Cal Poly and then 13th-ranked UC Santa Barbara.