Lady Wolves sweep AHS

Perennial power Lake Hamilton swept Arkansas High, 25-10, 25-12, 25-10, Thursday at Razorback Gym.

The Lady Backs led in sets 1 and 2 early, but the Lady Wolves were able to put together long rallies to pull ahead for good. In the third set, Lake Hamilton grabbed the early momentum and never trailed, even though AHS had its longest streak in the third set.

Arkansas High forced some long rallies for a point with the Wolves, but more often then not those points went the way of the visitors on the scoreboard.

“We have to string points together and not be so up and down,” Arkansas High coach Kelsey Jackson said. “Lake Hamilton has a great squad and they’ll go far. But we have to improve going into Tuesday and become more consistent. That’s our big deal right now is consistency.”

The Lady Backs host J.A. Fair of Little Rock in another conference match next Tuesday.

Before a 3-point run near the end of the second set, Arkansas High had only managed consecutive points a few times.

Kasey Duncan served a 5-point streak for the Lady Backs to cut the third-set deficit to 13-7. AHS scored to make it 18-10, but the Wolves rattled off seven straight to complete the sweep.

Makenna Ivey and Sydnee Blackwell swatted 11 kills each for Arkansas High, and Blackwell also had five blocks and nine digs. Ivey added 13 digs, and Duncan had eight kills, three blocks and seven points. Teala Johnson contributed eight digs, and Kaitlyn Fortenberry had seven assists.

Morgan Fincham led the Wolves with 21 service points.

Lake Hamilton won the junior varsity match, 25-10, 25-18. Kynzee Dixon served 16 for the Wolves, and Z’niah Nelson had eight points for AHS.