It was an historic day for one of the four remaining H-DNL teams in the North Coast Section volleyball playoffs on Saturday afternoon.
All four local schools were in action in the quarterfinal rounds, with two of them advancing to next week’s semifinals.
The Ferndale Wildcats, who are seeded No. 3 in the Division-6 bracket, welcomed No. 6 Mendocino to the Cream City and won in straight sets.
The Wildcats won 27-25, 25-22, 25-15 and will play at No. 2 Anderson Valley on Wednesday night.
This is the fist time in program history that they have advanced to the final four in the NCS playoffs.
The winner of Wednesday’s game will advance to face either No. 1 St. Vincent de Paul or No. 4 San Francisco Waldorf in next week’s championship game.
No stats were immediately available from Saturday’s historic win.
Two H-DNL teams featured in the Division-5 bracket.
No. 1 seed Del Norte continued to roll and took care of business against No. 8 De Anza, 25-22, 25-22, 25-8.
The Warriors, who have not dropped a set in either of their first two playoff games, will now play No. 4 St. Joseph Notre Dame in Wednesday night’s semifinal in Crescent City.
Also in Division 5, No. 11 St. Bernard’s traveled to San Francisco to play No. 3 International and fell in straight sets, 25-14, 25-14, 25-16.
The loss ends an impressive season for the Crusaders, who shared this year’s Redwood League championship with Ferndale.
In the Division-3 bracket, meanwhile, a memorable season for the Eureka Loggers came to an end.
The Pacific League champs, who were seeded No. 7 in the bracket, traveled to play No. 3 Justin-Siena and lost in four sets, 23-25, 25-8, 25-18, 25-20.
