BENTON — Ponchatoula and Benton traded haymakers in a second-round Division I volleyball playoff game here Saturday. The 11th-seeded Lady Wave delivered the knockout blow is a hotly contested fourth set to punch their ticket to the state tournament in Lafayette.
The No. 6 Lady Tigers, in search of their first state tournament bid in program history and winners of 13 straight matches, lost the first set, but dominated the second before Ponchatoula took the final two.
Benton’s exit leaves no local teams alive in the postseason. Calvary, Loyola and Benton advanced to the second round…