VICKSBURG — Harper Creek made it a long way down the road to the state finals last year, ending in the Final Four at Kellogg Arena.

If the Beavers want to take a similar trip back to the final weekend in Battle Creek this year, it had to start on Monday as teams across the state began district tournament play in the Michigan High School Athletic Association volleyball state tournament.

Harper Creek earned a hard-fought win over city rival Pennfield 3-1 in a Division 2 district tourney opener at Vicksburg High School on Monday, Nov. 3.

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"We have been looking forward to this day, start of districts, since Aug. 11, whenever the first day of practice was," Harper Creek coach Terra King said. "These girls know about thi

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