Palo Verde holds off Green Valley in girls volleyball — PHOTOS

Palo Verde’s Naomi White (8) serves the ball during a volleyball game at Palo Verde high school on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, in Las Vegas. (Amaya Edwards/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @amayaedw5

Green Valley’s Ensilina Savelio (6) serves the ball during a volleyball game at Palo Verde high school on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, in Las Vegas. (Amaya Edwards/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @amayaedw5

Green Valley’s Ensilina Savelio (6) sets the ball during a volleyball game at Palo Verde high school on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, in Las Vegas. (Amaya Edwards/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @amayaedw5

Green Valley’s Ensilina Savelio (6) serves the ball during a volleyball game at Palo Verde high school on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, in Las Vegas. (Amaya Edwards/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @amayaedw5

Green Valley’s Ensilina Savelio (6) sets the ball during a volleyball game at Palo Verde high school on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, in Las Vegas. (Amaya Edwards/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @amayaedw5

Green Valley’s Faith Arriola (7) serves the ball during a volleyball game at Palo Verde high school on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, in Las Vegas. (Amaya Edwards/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @amayaedw5

Green Valley’s Ensilina Savelio (6) cheers with her team mates during a volleyball game at Palo Verde high school on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, in Las Vegas. (Amaya Edwards/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @amayaedw5

Green Valley team members listen to their coach in between sets at a volleyball game at Palo Verde high school on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, in Las Vegas. (Amaya Edwards/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @amayaedw5

Green Valley’s Aby Tibesar-Magassa (8), Aiyana Alchawa (10) and Lily Meyers (14) during a girls volleyball match at Palo Verde high school on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, in Las Vegas. (Amaya Edwards/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @amayaedw5

Green Valley’s Aby Tibesar-Magassa (8) blocks the ball during a girls volleyball match at Palo Verde high school on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, in Las Vegas. (Amaya Edwards/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @amayaedw5

Green Valley’s Haley Rivas (1) digs the ball during the Green Valley-Palo Verde girls volleyball match on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, in Las Vegas. (Amaya Edwards/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @amayaedw5

Palo Verde team members cheer after winning the Green Valley-Palo Verde girls volleyball match on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, in Las Vegas. (Amaya Edwards/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @amayaedw5

Palo Verde’s Jaedyn Simba-Malasarte (13) bumps the ball during a volleyball game at Palo Verde high school on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, in Las Vegas. (Amaya Edwards/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @amayaedw5

Palo Verde’s Corynne Hausler (3) bumps during a volleyball game at Palo Verde high school on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, in Las Vegas. (Amaya Edwards/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @amayaedw5

Palo Verde’s Peyton Reese (5) gets ready to serve during a volleyball game at Palo Verde high school on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, in Las Vegas. (Amaya Edwards/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @amayaedw5

Palo Verde’s Deloris Nangah (11) serves the ball during a volleyball game at Palo Verde high school on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, in Las Vegas. (Amaya Edwards/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @amayaedw5

Palo Verde’s Naomi White (8) cheers with her team mates after scoring a point during a volleyball game at Palo Verde high school on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, in Las Vegas. (Amaya Edwards/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @amayaedw5

Palo Verde’s Naomi White (8) sends the ball back during a volleyball game at Palo Verde high school on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, in Las Vegas. (Amaya Edwards/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @amayaedw5

Palo Verde’s Peyton Reese (5) and Naomi White (8) block the ball during a volleyball game at Palo Verde high school on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, in Las Vegas. (Amaya Edwards/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @amayaedw5

Palo Verde teammates embrace during a volleyball game at Palo Verde high school on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, in Las Vegas. (Amaya Edwards/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @amayaedw5

Palo Verde’s Peyton Reese (5) claps during a volleyball game at Palo Verde high school on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, in Las Vegas. (Amaya Edwards/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @amayaedw5

Palo Verde’s Deloris Nangah (11) and Lincoln Common (9) block the ball during a volleyball game at Palo Verde high school on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, in Las Vegas. (Amaya Edwards/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @amayaedw5

Palo Verde’s Cortny McCracken (7) high-fives a teammate during a volleyball game at Palo Verde high school on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, in Las Vegas. (Amaya Edwards/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @amayaedw5

Palo Verde’s Emma Neville (6), Corynne Hausler (3) and Danielle Robinson (15) react to an out-of-bounds play near the end of a volleyball game at Palo Verde high school on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, in Las Vegas. (Amaya Edwards/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @amayaedw5

Palo Verde’s Peyton Reese (5) serves the ball during a volleyball game at Palo Verde high school on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, in Las Vegas. (Amaya Edwards/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @amayaedw5

Palo Verde team members cheer after winning the Green Valley-Palo Verde girls volleyball match on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, in Las Vegas. (Amaya Edwards/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @amayaedw5

By Mark Anderson / Las Vegas Review-Journal

October 11, 2022 - 10:18 pm

Emma Neville had 10 kills and seven digs as host Palo Verde defeated Green Valley 25-16, 24-26, 25-15, 27-25 in a girls volleyball match on Tuesday night.

Contact reporter Mark Anderson at at manderson@reviewjournal.com. Follow @markanderson65 on Twitter.

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