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Alexandria voted top seed, Oxford No. 2 and Ohatchee No. 3 in Calhoun County Tournament. Alexandria sweeps, and Jacksonville splits in matches at Alexandria.

Calhoun County Tournament seeds

VARSITY
Oct. 5 &7
Alexandria/Jax State

Seeds
Team, overall record, vs. county
1. Alexandria 18-10, 5-0
2. Oxford 22-6, 5-1
3. Ohatchee 19-4, 7-1
4. Donoho 19-8, 6-2
5. Pleasant Valley 5-11, 1-2
6. Jacksonville 15-11, 4-7
7. Piedmont 9-6, 5-1
8. Weaver 14-6, 6-5
9. White Plains 11-18, 3-6
10. Faith Christian 10-11, 2-4
11. Wellborn 4-11, 2-7
12. Jacksonville Christian 8-4, 3-3
13. Saks 6-11, 0-9
14. Anniston 

Pairings
Oct. 5 (Alexandria)

No. 11 Wellborn vs. No. 14 Anniston, 10:30 a.m.
No. 6 Jacksonville vs. Wellborn/Anniston, noon
No. 7 Piedmont vs. No. 10 Faith Christian, noon
No. 12 Jacksonville Christian vs. No. 13 Saks, noon
No. 5 Pleasant Valley vs. JCA/Saks, 1:30 p.m.
No. 8 Weaver vs. No. 9 White Plains, 1:30 p.m.
No. 3 Ohatchee vs. Jacksonville/Wellborn/Anniston, 1:30 p.m.
No. 1 Alexandria vs. Weaver/White Plains, 3 p.m.
No. 4 Donoho vs. JCA/Saks/Pleasant Valley, 3 p.m.
No. 2 Oxford vs. Piedmont/Faith, 3 p.m.
Semifinals, 4:30 p.m.
Oct. 7 (Jax State)
Championhip, 7 p.m.

Wednesday roundup

ALEXANDRIA: The Valley Cubs beat Jacksonville 25-23, 27-25 and White Plains 25-20, 13-25, 25-17, 25-21.

Earlier Wednesday, Calhoun County coaches voted the Alexandria the top seed of the county tournament, set for Oct. 5 & 7 at Alexandria and Jax State. The Valley Cubs finished the day 5-0 against county competition, and No. 2 seed Oxford’s lone county loss was a five-set match against Alexandria.

“I feel like we’ve been here before, but it’s just a seed,” Alexandria coach Whitney Welch said. “We’re excited o have it, but at the end of the day, it don’t mean one thing.

“I’m proud we are the one, and I guess we should be. We haven’t lost any in-county matches. We played the real close one with Oxford, but I think we have a long ways to go, and we have to keep trying to keep getting better.”

Alexandria’s top performers Wednesday:

—McKinley Cooper: 10 kills, two digs, two blocks, two aces.
—Eryn Spradley: 26 kills, eight digs, five aces.
—Cassidy Hartsfield: 14 kills, one assist, five digs, three aces.
—Kaden Pritchett: nine kills, one assist, two digs, two blocks, one ace.
—Landry Patterson: one assist, 11 digs, five aces.
—Shelby Morris: six digs, one ace.
—Charlee Parris: one assist, 15 digs, one ace.
—Sophie Martin: two kills, 62 assists, six digs, one block, four aces.
—Cali Hess: 13 kills, six digs.

JACKSONVILLE: The Golden Eagles split two matches at Alexandria, falling to Alexandria 23-25, 25-27 and beating White Plains 25-16, 25-21. Jacksonville’s top performers.

—Sydney Soriano: four kills, 34 assists, two blocks, one dig.
—Camryn Stone: two aces, 13 kills, four blocks, five digs.
—Mya Swain: three aces, 11 kills, four blocks.
—Nyla Hoult: four aces, 11 kills, one block, one dig.
—Chloe Henderson: one ace, 10 digs.
—Alexis Phillips: eight kills, three blocks, four digs.
—Reese Rollins: three kills, one dig.

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