Prep volleyball
- Updated: October 14, 2023
Oxford goes 4-1, reaches gold-bracket semifinals in Supreme Courts Invitational. Alexandria goes 2-2 in Blalock Invitational. PV wins Block Out Cancer tourney in Pell City, and Ohatchee goes 4-1. Cherokee County wins own Block Out Cancer tourney.
By East Alabama Sports Today
GUNTERSVILLE — Oxford went 4-1 in the Supreme Courts Invitational, beating Columbia
25-15, 25-11, Westminster 25-11, 25-9, Danville 25-12, 21-25, 15-7 and Priceville 19-25, 25-22, 15-8.
The Yellow Jackets lost to Central Florence in the gold-bracket semifinals, 18-25, 22-25. Top performers for Oxford (37-13):
—Payton Brooks: 114 assists, 10 digs.
—Ava Thomas: 46 kills.
—Mileah Prince: 34 kills.
—Jaslyn Montgomery: 30 kills, nine blocks.
—Jamea Gaston: 46 digs, four aces.
—Arilyn Pool: 19 digs.
—Kaelyn Crossley: 20 digs.
—Berkley Mooney 17 digs, five aces.
—Sydney Jones: five kills.
ALEXANDRIA: Playing in the Blalock Invitational at Homewood on Friday and Saturday, the Valley Cubs won two on Friday and lost two on Saturday, beating Hewitt-Trussville and Alabama Christian then falling to Mountain Brook and McGill-Toolen:
Top performers for Alexandria (47-8):
—Kailey Dickerson: 22 kills, 19 digs, one block, four aces.
—Eryn Spradley: 33 kills, five digs, seven blocks, three aces.
—Kirsten Heathcock: three kills.
—Cassidy Hartsfield: 11 kills, one dig, two blocks, two aces.
—Devan White: three assists, 32 digs, four aces.
—Ava Johnson: one kill, 22 digs, two aces.
—Charlee Parris: 11 digs.
—Christian Hess: 21 assists, 16 digs, two aces.
—Sophie Martin: 37 assists, six digs.
—McKinley Cooper: four kills, one block.
PLEASANT VALLEY: At Pell City, the Raiders won the Block Out Cancer Tournament, sweeping St. Clair County, Faith Chrisrian and Shelby County in pool play.
In gold-bracket play, Pleasant Valley beat Lincoln 25-8,25-16 and Ohatchee 25-14, 25-22 to reach the final then beat host Pell City 25-16, 27-25.
After going 11-0 over the past seven days, including winning the Calhoun County tournament, the Raiders are 31-12. Top performers:
—Lily Henry: 47 kills, 10 aces, 37 digs, two blocks.
—Ella Parris: 19 kills, 19 digs, 10 blocks.
—Allie Bryant: 35 kills, 14 aces, 37 digs, two blocks.
—Maddie Schwabe: 11 kills, 124 assists, nine aces, 24 digs, six blocks.
—Madison Schwabe: 27 kills, four assists, seven aces, 43 digs, two blocks.
—Ellie Patterson: 13 kills, one dig, eight blocks.
—Madi Hay: four aces, 29 digs.
OHATCHEE: Ohatchee went 4-1 in the Block Out Cancer tourney, beating Leeds, Cornerstone (Birmingham), Isabella and Faith Christian before falling to Pleasant Valley. Top performers for the Indians (34-11):
—Rebecca Henderson: 31 kills, 39 digs, five assists, two aces.
—Alanah Fitch: 19 kills, 50 assists, 34 digs, eight aces.
—Brett Finn: 13 kills, 14 aces, nine digs, three blocks.
—Ellie Carden: three kills, 34 digs, three aces.
—Ayla Crook: nine kills, 16 digs, four aces.
—Emily Riddle: nine kills, five blocks.
—Brylie Myer: 13 digs.
—Kiana Garber: four digs.
—Bailey Fowler: four kills, five digs, two aces, two blocks.
—Kate Ryan: three kills, 15 assists, three aces.
CHEROKEE COUNTY: In the Warriors’ version of a Block Out Cancer tourney, they beat Brindlee Mountain 25-11, 25-21, White Plains 25-16, 25-22 and Westbrook Christian 15-25, 25-21, 15-9 in pool play.
They beat Jacksonville 25-21, 25-15 in the semifinals and Sand Rock 26-24, 24-26, 15-9 in the finals to improve to 30-16 on the season. Macy Lea reached 2,000 career assists along the way.
Top performers for Cherokee County:
—Lea: 129 assists, 24 digs, six kills, five blocks, four aces.
—Nevaeh Gaidurgis: 65 kills, 28 digs, five aces, two assists, one block.
—Ava Haygood: 33 kills, 22 digs, seven aces, three assists, one block.
—Libby Curry: 22 kills, 15 digs, four aces.
—Ellisan Givens: 58 digs, seven assists, two aces, one kill.
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