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Clearfield's Mckinlee Philpott (17) and Ava Rasband (15) defend Weber High's Sophie Sparrow (14) during a non-region volleyball contest on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, in Clearfield.

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Weber High's Kobree Crowther (19) settles the ball during a non-region volleyball contest with Clearfield on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2025, in Clearfield.

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Clearfield's Ducati Lassig (13) sets up her serve during a non-region volleyball contest with Weber on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, in Clearfield.

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Weber High celebrates a score during a non-region volleyball contest on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, in Clearfield.

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Weber High's Vivian Cruz (18) sets up her serve during a non-region volleyball contest with Clearfield on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, in Clearfield.

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Clearfield's Reagan Ford (14) fires toward Weber High's Aubrey Wolsey (11) and Maddie Page (4) during a non-region volleyball contest on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, in Clearfield.

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Weber High's Scarlett Smith (3) sets up her serve during a non-region volleyball contest with Clearfield on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, in Clearfield.

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Clearfield's Amoree Scholer (27) returns the ball during a non-region on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, in Clearfield.

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CLEARFIELD — Both Weber and Clearfield girls volleyball teams were undefeated coming into their match on Tuesday, in a manner of speaking.

Weber was perfect in two matches last week, while the Falcons had yet to take the court this season. Experience won out as the Warriors swept the Falcons 3-0 (25-14, 25-17, 25-22) in a non-region whitewash.

“We’ve been tested and I’ve been impressed with us staying calm in situations where we’re down and still coming back,” Weber coach Renae Birch said. “It’s definitely good for us that we’ve played before and worked out some of our struggles and some of our rotations already.”

Three matches have helped the Warriors settle on a successful blueprint, according to senior libero Tesyn Stewart.

“In our very first game (against Copper Hills), serving was a good point for me. … Now, we switch it around, starting in different rows so I’m middle and I’m serving first,” Stewart said. “We discovered what works best for us.”

Stewart’s lasers got the Warriors rolling with an 8-0 lead to open the first set, which they captured 25-14.

“It’s always great to start off a game like that strong, where you can run off a whole bunch of points and get that energy going,” Stewart said.

She tallied two aces and nine digs for the match.

“I’m good about keeping my energy high…don’t let things get me down. If I make a mistake, brush it off and go on to the next point,” Stewart said. “I think I’m really good about hyping my team up and making sure they’re confident in themselves as well.”

Clearfield, meanwhile, stumbled out of the starting gate in its season debut.

“There’s always going to be first game jitters. It was clear at the beginning of the first set that we were more nervous because we hadn’t played,” Clearfield coach Brooke Pehrson said. “I told my team we were old enough and mature enough that it shouldn’t be a thing. So, no excuses.”

But things didn’t get much better for the Falcons in the second set as Stewart’s serves jump-started an early 4-0 edge for the Warriors and they coasted to a 25-17 win and a 2-0 advantage.

“I felt we played clean the first two sets and were playing well,” Birch said. “Then in the third set I was most impressed because we had to come back when things weren’t going our way.”

As in, Clearfield led 20-14 behind impressive service sets by Ducati Lassig and Reagan Ford.

Following a strategic time out, serves of Erica Durbin helped Weber rally to tie it at 20, then finished an 11-2 run to win 25-22 for the three-game sweep.

“We were making uncharacteristic errors, so I really challenged them: ‘Hey, we have to just focus on the one point at hand if we’re going to win this set; what can I do to put this ball away and move on to the next one,'” Birch said.

Stewart echoed her coach’s sentiments, adding: “We needed to play together; we’re a good team and were making little mistakes we knew we shouldn’t. We went out there and had a really good service run, got our energy up and that helped us.”

The Falcons were undone by their inability to counter Weber’s service game, which got into their heads.

“I told my team that they’re tough servers and you’ve got to be great service receivers. The way we run practice, we should be on offense no matter what their serves look like,” Pehrson said. “I have some girls that have not experienced pressure at the varsity level and we’ll fix that. Mentality is a choice; you can choose to be mentally tough.”

Maggie Borchert had six kills for the Clearfield. Ford and Lassig had three and two aces, respectively, and Erin Lowry chipped in 10 digs.

On the Weber side of the ledger, Sophie Sparrow again led the way with 15 kills, Vivian Cruz smashed 10 kills and Scarlett Smith aided the Warrior cause with 30 assists.

“We’re in a good spot moving forward. I’m excited to play more teams to really see where we’re at,” Birch said.