Friday March 29th, 2024 9:11AM

Volleyball: Lady Trojans claim Hall County championship after long day's battle

By AccessWDUN Staff

North Hall volleyball claimed the Hall County Championship title on Saturday, courtesy a 4-1 performance in the tournament in which the Lady Trojans defeated West Hall, Johnson, Gainesville and Lakeview.

Also East Hall defeated Chestatee and Lanier Christian Academy but lost to Gainesville in pool play. In the Gold Bracket playoff the Lady Vikings lost to Lakeview Academy and Gainesville to finish in fouth place for the tournament. The Lady Red Elephants, meanwhile, finished third, going 4-1.

North Hall defeated the Lady Spartans 25-14, 25-8, then suffered a 25-21, 25-27 defeat to the Lady Lions before bouncing back to sweep the Lady Knights 25-5, 25-11, edge Gainesville 25-18, 23-25, 15-11 and then avenge their only loss to Lakeview, 25-22, 25-16.

Lily Paschall had 79 assists, 9 kills and 7 aces over the course of the day to help pace North Hall, while Melissa DeVerter added 33 kills and 14 blocks. Autumn Tucker also provided 31 kills and 13 digs, and Lena Strickland had 11 aces and 41 digs. 

Also conributing were Maci Gillespie with 11 digs, Caroline Brady with 9 kills and 4 blocks, Madison Brock with 7 kills, Savannah Miller with 9 kills and 3 blocks, 
Holly Worden with 6 aces and Molly Martin with 3 digs.

North Hall plays host to Gainesville on Tuesday. 

The Lady Red Elephants (8-3) were led by Camille Holcomb with 3 aces and 10 digs, while Isabella Appling had 5 aces, 43 digs and 9 assists, and Sadie Roach had 4 kills, 5 blocks and 7 digs. Ashley Filson also had 6 digs, and Ansley Turner added 11 aces, 8 kills, 44 assists and 16 digs. Camille Calkins also provided 15 aces, 13 kills and 10 blocks; Anna Wylie had 5 aces, 12 kills, 7 blocks and 10 digs; Savannah Roys had 12 aces, 37 kills, 4 blocks, 34 assists and 18 digs, and Abby Alexander had 26 kills and 6 blocks.

Meanwhile, East Hall's Niyah Rucker helped lead the Lady Vikings with 27 kills, 1 assist, 1 dig and 9 blocks, and Savannah Thellman had 15 points scored on serve with 7 aces, 5 kills, 19 digs and 54 assists. Holly Poole also had 25 points scored on serve with 9 aces, 3 assists, 27 digs and 21 kills; Summer Lindsey had 22 points scored on serve with 3 aces, 2 assists, 1 kill and 65 digs; Tessa Rider scored 11 points on serve with 8 aces, 33 digs, 3 assists and 27 kills; Janelly Lara scored 17 points on serve with 4 aces and 29 digs; Macy Thomas scored 3 points on serve with 1 ace, 8 kills, 4 blocks and 5 digs; Rachel McGee had 3 points scored on serve with 4 digs and 2 kills. Katie Baugh also had 2 points on serve and 1 dig on the day.

East Hall plays again at West Hall on Thursday against West Hall and Stephens County. Play begins at 5 p.m.

(NOTE: stats provided by North Hall and East Hall, to send additional stats, please email: [email protected].)

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