LA PORTE — Hanover Central needed every point of a fifth set to win a regional championship.
The Wildcats beat Hammond Bishop Noll 18-25, 25-20, 25-22, 24-26, 16-14 in the Class 3A LaPorte Regional final Saturday, 10/24.
Bishop Noll won the first set and forced a fifth with a 26-24 win in the fourth. Hanover Central won the deciding set by two points.
The win extended the Wildcats’ winning streak to nine matches. Hanover Central (27-7) has not lost since a 3-0 defeat at Lake Central on 9/28. The 27 wins are two more than last season’s 25-5 finish and the program’s most since a 29-6 season in 2017-18.
Bishop Noll entered 26-8 as the Sectional 17 champion. Elizabeth Skubisz led the Warriors with 23 kills and 24 digs, and Ella Quiroz had 35 digs. Brielle Cipowski added 30 assists and 13 digs. Bishop Noll finished with 60 kills and 104 digs as a team.
Hanover Central reached the regional by winning the Class 3A Sectional 18 title on 10/17, beating River Forest and Illiana Christian and dropping only one set. The Wildcats have also won back-to-back Northwest Crossroads Conference titles.
**Up next:** Hanover Central plays Heritage (32-2) in a semi-state semifinal at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, 10/31, at NorthWood. Heritage beat Hamilton Heights in five sets in its most recent match.
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