Marshfield, Junction City and Marist Catholic are all tied for second place in the 4A SkyEm League volleyball race following matches Tuesday night. The Lady Pirates downed visiting Siuslaw 3-2 (25-20, 25-21, 21-25, 21-25, 16-14) in Coos Bay, while Junction City won at home 3-1 over Marist Catholic and first place Cottage Grove had a 3-0 win at Elmira. On Thursday, Marshfield (5-3, 15-4) visits Marist Catholic (5-3, 5-9), Junction City (5-3, 11-7) travels to Cottage Grove (7-1, 14-3) and Elmira (1-7, 6-11) is at Siuslaw (1-7, 7-10). In 5A Midwestern League play, North Bend fell to visiting Churchill 3-1 (17-25, 25-8, 25-9, 25-7). The Bulldogs (0-13, 2-14) host Ashland Thursday.
