COUGARS WIN OVER MORRILL- PUNCH TICKET TO D-1 STATE VOLLEYBALL

Cross County junior Ava Pruter (16) slams the attack into the Morrill Lions frontline defense during Saturday’s D1-4 final at Morrill High School. Pruter led the Cougars with 22 kills as Cross County earned their first state volleyball berth since 2022. Photo by Sandy Thompson.
Cross County junior Ava Pruter (16) slams the attack into the Morrill Lions frontline defense during Saturday’s D1-4 final at Morrill High School. Pruter led the Cougars with 22 kills as Cross County earned their first state volleyball berth since 2022. Photo by Sandy Thompson.

MORRILL – The #13 Cougars traveled 387 miles to Morrill to take on the fourth ranked team. Morrill is about 8 miles from the Wyoming state line and is named after Charles Morrill, who is buried in the Stromsburg Cemetery.

Cross County came out on top after five sets and qualified for state volleyball in Lincoln. 18-25, 25-18, 25-22, 20-25, 16-14.

The first set the Cougars started out with an early l…