Area volleyball
- Updated: October 17, 2024
MVP Lea leads the way as Cherokee County wins Class 4A, Area 12 title. Runner-up Alexandria also clinches North Regional berth. Spring Garden takes 1A, Area 12 title, and Faith Christian also clinches regional berth.
By East Alabama Sports Today
ALEXANDRIA — Most valuable player Macy Lea dished out 61 assists in two Class 4A, Area 12 tournament matches, and Cherokee County won the area title.
The Warriors beat White Plains 25-23, 25-18, 25-14 in the semifinals and Alexandria 25-23, 22-25, 25-23, 12-25, 15-12 in the finals.
Cherokee County (40-13) and Alexandria advanced to next week’s North Regional at Hoover.
Joining Lea on the all-tournament team were Cherokee County teammates Nevaeh Gaidurgis, Jolie Alexander, Ellisan Givens and Ava Haygood. Gaidurgis was offensive MVP.
Cherokee County’s top performers:
—Macy Lea: 62 assists, 12 digs, four kills.
—Ava Haygood: 22 kills, 11 digs, four blocks.
—Jolie Alexander: 19 kills, seven aces, five blocks, five digs, one assist.
—Ellisan Givens: 27 digs, two aces, five assists.
—Nevaeh Gaidurgis: 30 kills, 17 digs, three blocks, one ace.
—Lilly Shaw: five kills, three blocks, one dig.
—Jesslyn Hincy: 17 digs, two aces, two assists.
ALEXANDRIA: The Valley Cubs finished as Class 4A, Area 12 runners up, clinching a North Regional berth. They beat Hokes Bluff 25-5, 25-12, 25-15 and fell to Cherokee County 23-25, 25-22, 23-25, 25-12, 12-15.
Charlee Parris, Eryn Spradley, Sophie Martin and Landry Patterson made the all-tournament team, and Parris was defensive MVP.
—McKinley Cooper: 13 kills, two digs, one block.
—Eryn Spradley: 27 kills, one assist, 10 digs, six aces.
—Kylie Jeffers: two kills, one dig.
—Cassidy Hartsfield: six kills, one dig, two blocks, two aces.
—Kaden Pritchett: eight kills, one dig.
—Landry Pattterson: one assist, 20 digs, five aces.
—Zayley Mobbs: five digs.
—Shelby Morris: 19 digs, four aces.
—Charlee Parris: one assist, 25 digs, four aces.
—Sophie Martin: six kills, 53 assists, seven digs, three aces, one block.
—Cali Hess: nine kills, six digs.
HOKES BLUFF: The Eagles eliminated Anniston then fell to Alexandria, 5-25, 12-25, 15-25 in the semifinals.
Hokes Bluff’s Addison Simmons and Mazely Ball made the all-tournament team. The Eagles’ top performers:
—Addison Simmons: 11 kills, three blocks.
—Mazely Ball: nine kills, four blocks.
—Chloe Dodd: six kills, four blocks.
—Mary Davenport: 15 assists.
—Makenna Bennich: nine aces, four blocks.
—Haylen Marbut: six digs.
WHITE PLAINS: The Wildcats fell to Cherokee County, 23-25, 18-25, 14-25.
White Plains’ Leighton Arnold and Sara Kate Adams made the all-tournament team. White Plains’ top performers:
—Leighton Arnold: 11 digs, three kills, two blocks, two aces.
—Carli Fritts: eight digs, three kills, one block, three aces.
—Aubrey: three digs, four kills, two blocks.
—Anna: six digs.
—Sara Kate Adams: three digs, seven kills, one block, two aces.
—Brooklyn: one dig, one kill, two blocks.
—Savannah: nine digs, two blocks.
Class 1A, Area 12
SPRING GARDEN: Defending Class 1A state champion Spring Garden swept its way to the area title, beating Woodland 25-3, 25-6, 25-4 in the semifinals and Faith Christian in the championship match, 25-18, 25-10, 25-23.
Spring Garden and Faith Christian advanced to next week’s North Regional at Hoover.
Spring Garden’s top performers:
—Ace Austin: 36 kills, four digs, one ace, one block.
—Avery Steward: 56 assists, three digs, five aces.
—Maggie Jarrett: 10 kills, six digs, two aces, one block.
—Olivia Law: eight kills, five aces, four digs, four blocks.
—Kristen Lewis: eight aces, 12 digs.
—Montana Highfield: four kills, four aces, two digs, one assist.
—Lleyton Carroll: four aces.
—Belle Bussler: two aces.
—Lacie Jo McMurray: two digs.
—Aubrey Kelley: two assists.
—Chloe Fennell: two kills, two digs.
—Hollis Jane Petty: one ace.
FAITH CHRISTIAN: The Lions eliminated Jacksonville Christian before falling to Spring Garden but clinched a regional berth with their runner-up finish.
Faith’s top performers on the day:
—Annalie Daniel: 15 digs, 4 aces.
—Kayson Cronan: 14 digs, nine aces, three kills, three digs.
—Cheyanne Rice: nine aces, 19 kills, three blocks, one dig.
—Serenity Pate: 13 kills, five blocks.
—Annie Ricard: 16 kills, three blocks, three aces, two digs.
—Anna Kate Robertson: 33 assists, two kills, two aces, one dig.
—Kolee Cronan: 12 assists, one kill, three aces.
—Emma Shaw: three digs.
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