Playoff Bound – Lady Leps Clinch Postseason Spot; Lady Bulldogs Jump Into First Place Tie
The La Grange volleyball team swept Navasota in dominating fashion Tuesday 25-15, 25-11, 25-17.
The victory improves the Lady Leps’ overall record to 21-12 and 8-3 in district and officially clinches a playoff berth for La Grange with a week-and-a-half left in the regular season.
“The girls have worked since 12:01 a.m. on August 1st and this was a goal, to get into the playoffs, and we’re in it. Securing this is exciting for us,” said first-year La Grange head coach Cierra McCain. “We actually did a lot of crazy things tonight, playing around with things (because of the dominating nature of Tuesday’s win the Lady Leps played with a lot of different combinations of players), but the girls’ volleyball IQ is very high so they were able to adapt.”
Avery Griffin led the way for La Grange offensively with 10 kills. Brion Williams and Campbell Cooper each had six kills and Hannah Gross had five.
Ashtyn Smith led in digs with 10 and Gabby Hollek had 21 assists.
That total helped push Hollek over the 1,000 career assist mark, a milestone she celebrated with her teammates after Tuesday’s game.
“Gabby is awesome, she worked really hard for this and she deserves it,” McCain said.
The Lady Leps return to action Friday at home versus Brookshire Royal.
District 23-4A Volleyball
Bellville 10-0 La Grange 8-3 Sealy 8-3 Giddings 7-4 Tomball West 6-5 Navasota 3-8 Katy Harmony 1-10 Brookshire 0-11
RTC Beats Fayetteville
In a battle between two local teams both ranked in the state’s top 10, No. 7-ranked Round Top-Carmine defeated No. 9-ranked Fayetteville 2927, 26-24, 25-19 Tuesday.
RTC improved to 22-9 overall with the win and 3-0 in district.
RTC stats from the match were: Madison Markwardt 2 kills, 2 assist blocks, 14 digs, 41 assists, 2 aces; Bree Dooley 12 kills, 11 digs, 4 assists, 3 aces; Caydan Nelius 9 kills, 1 solo block, 2 assist blocks, 1 dig, 1 assist; Hayden Kasmiersky 8 kills, 1 assist block, 1 dig; Rebekah Sacks 6 kills, 1 solo block, 1 assist block; Morgan Nelius 12 kills, 13 digs, 1 assist; Liliana Salinas 7 digs, 1 assist; Reagan Williams 7 digs, 1 ace; Avery Lamson 8 digs, 2 aces; Aliya Ehler 2 digs.
Fayetteville fell to 22-11 overall and 2-1 in district.
Lainey Gromaski and Lilly Aldape had eight kills each for Fayetteville. Maycee
See Miller and Cambree Denham each had four kills. Emily Keilers had 20 digs for Fayetteville, Raelee Denham had 13, Aldape 11 and Gromaski eight. Scotti Beseda had 25 assists for the Lady Lions.
Flatonia Edges Weimar in Five
The Flatonia volleyball team defeated Weimar Tuesday at home 24-26, 25-22, 25-21, 14-25, 15-4 to pull into a first place tie with the Lady Cats in 272A. The victory improves the Flatonia girls to 9-1 in district. Flatonia stats from that match include: Aces: Harper Morrill and Kennedy Dornak; Kat Sullivan -2; Block Assists: Kat Sullivan and Emma Kosler 4, Paige Carruthers 3; Digs: Kat Sullivan 19, Brynlee Zimmerman 17, Emma Kosler 16; Assists: Harper Morrill 49, Brynlee Zimmerman and Emma Kosler 1; Kills: Kat Sullivan 22, Quinn Arnett 13, Abbie Uzzell 12.
Schulenburg Falls to Columbus
The Schulenburg volleyball team lost to Columbus Tuesday 25-16, 2522, 25-21. The loss drops the Lady Horns to 23-18 overall and 8-3 in district. The Columbus girls improved to 35-3 overall with the win and 10-1 in district.