North Hall held off East Hall Thursday to win the Area 7-3A girls volleyball championship.
The Lady Trojans beat the Lady Vikings in four sets 25-15, 21-25, 25-20, 25-22 to capture the title. North Hall also beat Lumpkin County 25-8 and 25-8 and then beat Dawson County 25-12, and 25-8 to advance to the finals.
For North Hall, Grace Hollifield had 18 kills, 3 aces, and 3 blocks, Maci Gillespie had 39 assists, 2 kills, and 1 dig, and Madison Brock had 17 kills, 29 digs, and 2 aces. Isabella Foster added 23 digs and 6 aces, Alexandria Bryant had 18 digs, 3 aces, and 1 kill, Dovie Williams had 9 digs and 2 kills, Ansley Smallwood had 5 kills, and Zoe Finelli finished with 16 digs, 1 kill for the Lady Trojans.
The Lady Vikings lost to Dawson County in three sets 16-25, 25-16, 25-18 but stormed back defeating Cherokee Bluff 25-14 and 25-13, Fannin County in three sets 11-25, 25-16, 27-25, Lumpkin County 25-19 and 25-13 and then got revenge on the Lady Tigers beating Dawson County 25-10 and 25-20 to advance to the title match.
For East Hall on the day, Savannah Thellman scored 50 points on serve with 12 aces, 13 kills, 40 digs and 128 assists. Thellman set a new school record for assists in a season with 828.
Tessa Rider scored 21 points on serve with 4 aces, 65 kills, 1 assists and 99 digs and she set a new school record for kills in a season with 451. Ivey Shadburn scored 29 points on serve with 3 aces, 2 kills and 55 digs, and Janelly Lara scored 33 points on serve with 9 aces, 33 kills, 7 assists and 93 digs for the Lady Vikings.
Alysia Teague scored 20 points on serve with 6 aces, 3 assists and 62 digs, Nehemiah Jinks had 33 kills, 3 digs and 8 blocks, and Lakeria Whelchel scored 47 points on serve with 4 aces, 19 kills, 2 assists, 10 blocks and 12 digs for East Hall.
The Lady Vikings next will play in the Class 3A state volleyball tournament on Saturday, October 20 with a start time and location TBD.
