ESCANABA — The Escanaba Eskymos overcame a sluggish start as they regrouped in plenty of time to reach the championship match of the Elks Invitational volleyball tournament here Saturday.

Crystal Falls Forest Park, however, retained its title by outlasting the Eskymos 25-22, 25-20.

Esky dropped a 25-20, 25-20 decision to Ishpeming Westwood in its opener, then racked up four straight victories before meeting the Trojans for the second straight year in the finals.

Forest Park went 4-0 in pool play and then defeated Cheboygan 25-19, 25-13 to reach the title match.

“It was a long and exhausting day of volleyball, but the competition was great and we had the chance to face teams we hadn’t seen yet this season,” said Trojans coach Bobbie Anderson.

“We ended up playing pretty good together,”

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