The Madera Coyotes boys volleyball team was given the No. 7 seed in the Div. II Central Section playoffs, but the No. 10 seeded Pioneer Valley Panthers had other plans with a four-set victory in the first round.
The Coyotes stumbled throughout the match and couldn’t keep any momentum and fell 25-21, 26-24, 25-21, 25-15 Tuesday in Joe Flores Gym.
“We picked a bad day to not play at our best,” head coach Rhonda Jefferson said. “We closed out the season playing well, but we couldn’t shake off the cobwebs this week. I feel for these boys. We’ve played shorthanded all year and I wished the boys could have had a better ending.”