VIDEO: Tosa East Reaches State Boys Volleyball Tournament for Sixth Time with Win over Shorewood

With a trip to the WIAA boys volleyball state tournament on the line, the Wauwatosa Red Raiders met the Shorewood Greyhounds Thursday night in sectional finals at Brookfield East High School.

The scrappy Greyhounds would go up early, but battling back was Tosa East taking a close first game after being down 25-24 late.

Shorewood would take a second game 25-19 to tie it at a game apiece.

Tosa East would respond by taking a third game 25-16, but it all came down to a fourth game, which see-sawed.

Down by several points late, the Greyhounds battled back to tie it at 25 but couldn’t pull out the upset.

The Red Raiders would secure the trip to the state tournament and WIAA Sectional Championship trophy with a 30-28 win in game four. Your final tally, 3-1 Tosa East.

Raiders head coach John Simon said he’s proud of his team’s season, even though they had some rough patches, and he is pretty optimistic about their chances in the state tournament. Tosa East faces Germantown at 5 p.m. Nov. 11 in the quarterfinals at Wisconsin Lutheran College.

While the Greyhounds season ended Thursday night, Shorewood head Coach Kevin Gemignani said it was a great season for this team and he wished it didn’t have to end.