{"id":22706,"date":"2015-11-16T06:56:47","date_gmt":"2015-11-16T13:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/krtnradio.com\/?p=22706"},"modified":"2015-11-16T06:56:47","modified_gmt":"2015-11-16T13:56:47","slug":"springer-lady-devils-take-district-next-up-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krtnradio.com\/wp\/2015\/11\/16\/springer-lady-devils-take-district-next-up-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Springer Lady Devils take  District.  Next up: State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by Kara Burton<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/krtnradio.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/WJ-250x55.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-15376\" src=\"http:\/\/krtnradio.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/WJ-250x55.png\" alt=\"WJ  250x55\" width=\"250\" height=\"53\" \/><\/a>SPRINGER, NM\u2008\u2014 The Springer Lady Devil varsity volleyball team swept District 5-A, winning the district championship this past Friday, beating the Des Moines Demons in a quick three set match.\u00a0<br \/> The Lady Devils came out strong in the first set, beating the Demons 25-18. \u00a0During the second set, the Devils played tense and nervously, allowing the Demons to keep the score close. \u00a0Ultimately, the Lady Devils came out on top, beating the Demons by a small margin of 25-22.<br \/> In the third set, Springer went on a scoring run, getting a lead of 12-3. \u00a0The Demons didn\u2019t give up, and kept fighting throughout the whole set. \u00a0Determined to win, the Lady Devils did just that with a score of 25-16, making them District 5-A Champions, and giving them high hopes for the upcoming state volleyball tournament.\u00a0<br \/> The Lady Devils will travel to Albuquerque today to compete in the state tournament. \u00a0Ranked eighth in the state, they will compete against Elida and Victory Christian in pool play this afternoon. \u00a0<br \/> The Lady Devils\u2019 assistant coach, Maria Gonzales when talking about the state tournament said, \u201cThere are a lot of strong athletes competing, but getting the chance to play on that court is an honor. \u00a0I hope to make sure the girls are mindful of that every step of the way, and that they are aware that they deserve to be there. \u00a0This is the moment they have worked all season for, and it\u2019s their moment to shine. \u00a0It is our time.\u201d\u00a0<br \/> The state championship is to be held on Saturday, November 14, in the Santa Ana Star Center in Albuquerque. \u00a0The Des Moines Demons will also be competing at the state tournament as the number ten team in the state. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/krtnradio.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/1545-Sports-Springer-Volleyball-to-State-Kara-Burton-263.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-22704 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/krtnradio.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/1545-Sports-Springer-Volleyball-to-State-Kara-Burton-263-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"1545 Sports Springer Volleyball to State Kara Burton  263\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/krtnradio.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/1545-Sports-Springer-Volleyball-to-State-Kara-Burton-263-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/krtnradio.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/1545-Sports-Springer-Volleyball-to-State-Kara-Burton-263-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Kara Burton SPRINGER, NM\u2008\u2014 The Springer Lady Devil varsity volleyball team swept District 5-A, winning the district championship this past Friday, beating the Des Moines Demons in a quick three set match.\u00a0 The Lady Devils came out strong in the first set, beating the Demons 25-18. \u00a0During the second&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22704,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","entry","rows-excerpt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/krtnradio.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/krtnradio.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/krtnradio.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krtnradio.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krtnradio.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/krtnradio.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22706\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krtnradio.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/krtnradio.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krtnradio.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krtnradio.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}