Junior Vincent Orologio had a team-high eight kills and 14 digs while classmate Ian Quinn registered 26 assists as Churchville-Chili swept Hilton 25-11, 25-16, 25-17 in boys’ volleyball.
The first set was tied 5-5 before the Saints pulled away as Dylan Angora had two kills and one ace while Tyler St. Denis added one kill and two aces.
St. Denis had two kills and two aces in the second set while Griffin Stella and Jarod Moore each had a kill as the Saints ran out to a 14-9 lead. Orologio and Angora each had two kills down the stretch.
Thanks to scrappy defensive play by Hilton, the third set was much closer and tied 8-8. The Saints used kills by Orologio and Angora to take a three point lead before Hilton closed to within one at 13-12 on a Bryce Thomson cross-court kill.
The Saints watched another three-point advantage – built with two kills by Stella – shrink back to 17-16 before Churchville-Chili finally pulled away on an 8-1 run with St. Denis registering two more kills.
In addition to Orologio and Quinn, Stella and Angora each finished with seven kills and Moore added 11 digs. Hilton was led with five kills by Hunter Betrus, ten assists and six digs by Thompson and 11 digs by Aaron Gibbs.
