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Chelsea Snyder finished with five kills, four digs and four aces. Molly Lockwood was 11-of-12 serving with three aces. Allison Garrett made eight assists, and Chelsee Strine had four kills.

Kate Hodges and Kassie Magee both had outstanding floor games for the Warriors.

"That first game went back and forth," Forest Area head coach Ron Stremlow said. "We settled down and got on a little hot streak. We had one of our better hitting games. We hit .317.

"I thought the girls played pretty well for the first conference game. JoBurg has a lot of its girls back, so I thought we were on the right rack there." Forest Hills competed in the Manton Invitational last Saturday, and reached the quartefinal round, losing the final game in a heartbreaker. Pool play found the Warriors beating Big Rapids Crossroads Academy 25-17 and 25- 10, Manistee Catholic Central 25-15 and 25-8, losing to Big Rapids 20- 25 and 18-25 and defeating Manton 25-8 and 25-3.

The Warriors had to play Manton again in the quarterfinals and made it two in a row over the Rangers with a 25-4 and 25-9 victory to reach the semifinals. Lake City defeated the Warriors in the semifinals, 17-25, 25-15 and 15-17. Forest Area took the lead twice in the third game, 12-9 and 15- 14.

"Our girls played real hard,"coach Stremlow said. "What hurt, our told the girls, was we got up 8-0 in the first game and lost. If we would have kept momentum from that first game, we would have been all right. "But, we dug a little hole and had to get out of it."

Helsel was 75 percent serving, with nine aces, nine kills, nine assists and 20 digs. Dani Orr had 18 kills and seven blocks. Both were named to the All- Tournament Team.

Snyder finished 60-of-61 serving with 12 aces, had 25 kills and 25 digs. Lockwood was 32-of-34 serving with four aces, and led the team in digs with 27. Garrett had 27 assists and 19 digs. Strine was 28-of-30 serving with six aces and had 16 kills. Hodges had 17 digs, and Mazie Johnson (filling for Magee) was 41-of-43 serving with five aces, nine kills, 33 assists and 17 digs.

"We served 93 percent as a team, and that's the best we've served all year,"coach Stremlow said. Like I told the girls ... we played well enough win, we just came up a couple of points short.

"They were a little disappointed, because they wanted to get to the finals. But, as far as the effort, was pleased. There are still little things to work on, but we're headed in the right direction."

Junior varsity action

In junior varsity action, the Warriors lost Jo-Burg 12-24 and 22-25.

Addie Dutton paced the Warriors at the service line, going 12-of-12. Rachel Daniels had 12 assists. Renee Henry was eight-of-eight serving with three kills.

The Warriors played in the Cadillac Invitational on Saturday. In pool play, they went against McBain Northern Michigan Christian first and won 25-16, 25-12.

Next they defeated Hart, 25-12 and 25-13. But they lost to Cadillac, 15-25 and 3-25. Forest Area bounced back to win the first game against Chippewa Hills, 25-22, before droping the second game, 23-25 to finish second.

Forest Area lost to Traverse City St. Francis the quarterfinals, 16-25 and 17-25.

Henry was 50-of-51 serving, and played an outstanding floor game. Daniels went 30-of-33 at the line. Samantha Nicks was 30-of-31 serving. Ashley Czuk had 11 kills.

"We played real well,"junior varsity coach Suzie Greter said. "It was good competition. The girls played with a lot of effort, and a lot of energy." The junior varsity is now 7-3-2 overall. Forest Area is at Gaylord St. Mary on Thursday in its only competition this week.