Friday March 29th, 2024 3:52AM

Volleyball: North Hall, East Hall get sweeps; GHS opens with pair of wins

By AccessWDUN

North Hall swept a pair of tight matches Thursday in girls volleyball action.

The Lady Trojans beat Jefferson and West Hall by identical 2-1 scores.

North Hall held off the Lady Dragons 25-22, 19-25, 25-23 in a thrilling ending and then knocked off West Hall 25-17, 19-25, 25-15 in the second match.

Maci Gillespie had 40 assists and 16 digs and Grace Hollifield had 12 kills and 4 blocks for North Hall. Madison Brock had 6 kills, 2 aces, and 17 digs, Mackenzie Crisp had 2 blocks and 3 kills, and Zoe Finelli had 5 kills fr the Lady Trojans.

Isabella Foster had 4 aces and 30 digs, Molly Martin had 2 aces and 2 kills, and Alexandria Bryant had 2 aces for North Hall.

 

EAST HALL SWEEPS

East Hall improved to 8-1 on the season after beating East Jackson and White County in Valhalla.

The Lady Vikings defeated swept East Jackson 25-9 and 25-10 then fought off White County 25-14, 14-25, 25-15.

Alysia Teague scored 25 points on serve with 6 aces, 4 assists and 35 digs and Savannah Thellman scored 17 points on serve with 7 aces, 5 kills, 11 digs and 34 assists to pace East Hall. Tessa Rider scored 10 points on serve with 3 aces, 15 kills, 3 assists and 30 digs, Lakeria Whelchel added 11 points on serve with 3 aces, 7 kills, 1 block and 3 digs, and Ivey Shadburn scored 3 points on serve with 1 kill and 11 digs for the Lady Vikings.

Janelly Lara scored 10 points on serve with 2 aces, 15 kills, 2 assists and 24 digs and Nehemiah Jinks had 12 kills, 1 dig and 5 blocks for East Hall.

The Lady Vikings next will play host Pickens Co., Hart Co. and Tallulah Falls on Tuesday.

 

GHS TAKES TWO TO OPEN SEASON

The Lady Red Elephants opened their 2018 season with a 2-1 outing in Duluth. They opened with a 2-0 win (25-6, 25-9) over Berkmar and then suffered a 0-2 defeat to host Duluth (25-23, 25-21) before rebounding with a 2-0 win (25-21, 25-21) over Chattahoochee.

Gainesville will be back in action Saturday at the Arcadia Tournament at North Forsyth.

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