Lady Trojans power their way to Coosa Invitational title
The Gordon Lee Lady Trojans and the LaFayette Lady Ramblers carried the banner for Walker County during the 16-team Coosa Invitational on Saturday and, when the final point had been scored, one of those two teams stood tall amongst all the rest.
That team turned out to be Gordon Lee, who put on a dominant performance to capture the championship by going 6-0 on the day. Meanwhile, LaFayette tied for third place after going 4-1 and falling in the semifinals.
Gordon Lee, last year’s Class 1A/2A Public School state runner-up, not only recorded straight-sets sweeps of all six of its opponents, five of which were in Classes 4A, 5A or 6A, they allowed only one team — Class 5A Calhoun — to score 20 or more points in any single set.
The Lady Trojans won its pool by crushing Pepperell (25-9, 25-7), Villa Rica (2512, 25-19) and Central-Carroll (25-15, 2516). In the first round of bracket play, they dropped Rome (25-17, 25-14) before a win over Calhoun (25-10, 25-21) in the semifinals. They later capped a title run with a victory over Carrollton (25-16, 25-13).
Brooklyn Hudson had a team-high 40 kills on the day to go with 20 aces and 11 digs. Arilyn Lee finished with 30 kills and eight blocks and Emoree Rogers had 25 kills, 18 blocks, 11 aces and 36 assists. Also making major contributions on Saturday were M.K. Roberts (27 digs, 10 aces, 16 assists) and Sam Cramer (47 assists, 15 kills, eight blocks).
Gordon Lee officially began the 2021 volleyball season last Monday with a tough tri-match in Chattanooga against two perennially strong squads in Grace Baptist and host East Hamilton.
The Navy-and-White scored a hardfought three-set win over Grace, 25-19, 15-25, 25-23, but dropped a close one to East Hamilton, 25-21, 25-22.
Lee finished the night with 13 kills, four digs and three blocks. Hudson had 14 kills to go with eight digs, five aces and five blocks. Rogers served up 20 assists and added five kills and four blocks, while Roberts recorded 14 digs.