NTL VOLLEYBALL: WELLSBORO LADY HORNETS ARE DISTRICT IV 3A CHAMPIONS(November 5, 2026) Northern Tier West Sports Report ATHENS — The Wellsboro Lady Hornets rolled to a three-set sweep of Wyalusing to earn the District IV 3A volleyball championship here Thursday night.
Wellsboro returns to the top of the District IV volleyball podium after winning the 2A title two seasons ago, while their 3A championship is the first for the Hornets since 1988.
"The girls worked so hard to get to this point all year round and I couldn't be more proud of them," head coach Darci Pollock said. "We've talked a lot lately how defense wins championships .. and we've put a lot of that into it the past two years. I just couldn't be more happy about tonight."
The Hornets jumped out to leads of 12-5, 18-7 and won the first set 25-8 before pulling away from the Rams in the second set and winning 25-13.
Wyalusing started off the third set by going up 7-1 on the Hornets, but Wellsboro got a kill from Teagan Novinger to tie it up at 7-all and a Peyton Keane kill gave Wellsboro an 8-7 lead. The Hornets finished off a 14-0 run to go up 15-7 and finished Wyalusing off with a 25-16, third-set win to claim the title.
Ady Frantz led the Hornets from the service line, collecting 15 points with five aces and adding three kills and a block, while Ellie Largey handed out 16 assists and had eight points and four digs and Peyton Keane had 13 kills and five digs.
Kendall Sweet had 12 points with five aces and had six kills, Maddy Cruttenden had seven digs and Jill Mickey had 11 assists.
Wellsboro earns a spot in the State playoffs with their District title. They’ll face the runner-up from District 6 on Tuesday at home.
