It was a big year for hardware for Oceana County volleyball this season, especially in Shelby. The district champion Tigers had three players earn all-West Michigan Conference first team honors, a fourth get honorable mention, and maybe most notably of all, earned a team academic all-state honor.

Shelby got off to the start it wanted last Tuesday in the regional semifinals against NorthPointe Christian, but two very close games in the middle swung the Mustangs’ way and were the difference in a 20-25, 25-23, 26-24, 25-19 defeat.

HOLTON — A lot of Shelby Tigers, past and present, had celebrating to do after their team defeated Hesperia Thursday night in the district finals, 25-9, 21-25, 25-10, 25-13, none more so than the classes of 2021 and 2022.

MUSKEGON — Pentwater’s volleyball team was able to keep pace with Muskegon Catholic early in each game of their MHSAA Division 4 district championship match Thursday, but the host Crusaders pulled away late to earn the win, 15-25, 13-25, 11-25.

HOLTON — Back with its regular lineup, Shelby enjoyed one of its most dominant performances of the season Wednesday night, dispatching rival Hart 25-11, 25-9, 25-10.

SHELBY — Shelby coaches tracked freshman Navea Gauthier’s eventual arrival on the varsity volleyball team for some time, and now that she’s here, she’s lived up to expectations.

MUSKEGON — Pentwater had no trouble dispatching a hapless Muskegon Heights squad Tuesday in a district semifinal matchup, 25-10, 25-6, 25-5.

Hesperia finished its regular season by earning the Bronze bracket championship Saturday at the Central Montcalm tournament. Hesperia beat Reed City in the Bronze finals, 25-23, 25-21.