Calhoun volleyball continues surge with home sweep
The Calhoun Lady Jackets continued their solid play of late with a sweep of a home trimatch on Tuesday.
The Lady Jackets (13-9) defeated both Adairsville and Gordon Central in two sets. The win over the Lady Tigers moved Calhoun’s Area 1-AAA record to 2-1 on the season.
Calhoun coach Randy Rice said it was a good team effort by all the girls in the two victories. Leading the way statistically was Emma Kate Smith with eight kills, eight aces and two digs, Ashlyn Brzozoski with six digs and four aces and Erin Davis with four digs and four aces. Also contributing was Sophie Stewart with five kills and two aces, Anna George with four kills, two blocks and one ace, Erin Kelly with five aces and two kills, Railey Greeson with four digs and two aces, Callie Ledford with four aces, one dig and one kill, Jenna Santori with two digs and Anna Hoblitzell with one dig.
The Lady Jackets were at home again on Thursday to host Woodland and LaFayette. (For details on those matches, see Wednesday’s Calhoun Times.) They will visit Sonoraville for a tri-match against the Lady Phoenix and Union County next Thursday at 6 p.m.
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VOLLEYBALL Lady Jackets sweep non-area tri-match
Calhoun hosted Chattooga and Armuchee for a non-area test on Monday night and came away with two victories.
The Lady Jackets (119) defeated Chattooga 2-0 and Armuchee 2-1. Anna George had a big night with 13 kills and seven blocks to lead the way. Erin Davis added six aces, and Sophie Stewart had five kills and five aces to help the effort.
Also contributing stats were Erin Kelly with four blocks, three kills and two aces, Emma Kate Smith with three kills and two blocks, Railey Greeson with two aces, Anna Hoblitzell with one dig and one kill and Ashton Ensley with one kill.
Sonoraville snaps losing skid with split at tri-match
The Lady Phoenix needed a win to regain some confidence and after dropping their first match to Bremen on Tuesday night, they got the win they needed to break a nine-match losing streak as the dispatched of Paulding County.
In the first match of the night, Sonoraville (4-12, 0-2) lost in three sets (18-25, 26-25, 12-25) to area frontrunner Bremen. But they didn’t hang their heads as they bounced back to defeat Paulding County in a non-area match in two sets (25-21, 25-12).
“Bremen is the top team in our area right now, and we put up a great fight against them,” said Sonoraville coach Trace Vaughn. “We had an opportunity to take the first set and let it slip away. It was really a match we could have won, and we just didn’t finish. It was a defensive battle, and we played much more loose and had more fun than we’ve had the last couple of weeks. We took care of business with Paulding and kind of got the monkey off our back with a win. If we play like we did tonight, we will give a lot of teams trouble.”
Skylar Huskins paced the effort with nine kills, seven digs and four aces; Anissa Hales had 19 digs; Bree Steely had 14 assists and three kills; Kinsey Wilson had 13 digs and four kills; Alea Johnson had five assists and four kills; Hannah Wehunt had 10 digs; Abby Chambers had four kills and three aces; and Raleigh Hooper had four kills.
The Lady Phoenix were back in action on Thursday at Adairsville in a quad match along with Therell and North Paulding. (For details on those matches, see Wednesday’s Calhoun Times.) They will be back home next Thursday (Sept. 7) when they host Calhoun and Union County at 5 p.m.
SOFTBALL Sonoraville 8, North Murray 0
Sonoraville held North Murray scoreless for the entire game and then exploded for an eight-run sixth to earn a big region crossover win on Monday.
The Lady Phoenix (7-7) got a dominant complete-game effort from Kristen Davis in the circle as she went six innings and only allowed one hit while striking out seven. Her offense then gave her all the support she needed in the sixth as they put together a huge inning to force the mercy rule.