Woodland, Cass volleyball add wins
Cass and Woodland volleyball picked up wins Saturday in a busy day for local teams.
CASS GOES 2-3 AT ADAIRSVILLE TOURNAMENT
The Lady Colonels’ volleyball team won two of five matches Saturday at the Adairsville Welcome to the Jungle Tournament. Cass lost to Woodland 25-17, 25-17 and Kell 25-9, 25-7 in pool play that also included a 25-21, 25-20 win over the host Tigers.
In bracket play, Cass defeated Sonoraville 25-21, 25-17 to reach the tournament semifinals against Kell where the Lady Colonels fell in straight sets, 25-13, 25-8.
Cass hosts Calhoun and Armuchee Tuesday at 5 p.m.
LADY TIGERS DROP TOURNEY MATCHES
Adairsville volleyball finished 0-4 for the day as host of the Welcome to the Jungle Tournament Saturday. The Lady Tigers fell to Kell 25-7, 25-5; Cass 25-21, 25-20; and Woodland 25-21, 25-21 in pool play before dropping a tournament bracket match to Kell 25-7 and 25-11. Aaliyah Applin led Adairsville with 19 digs for the day. Autumn Henderson had eight blocks.
WOODLAND WINS THREE TO REACH TOURNEY SEMIFINALS
Woodland volleyball finished 2-1 in pool play at the Adairsville High School Welcome to the Jungle Tournament Saturday. The Lady Cats had wins over Cass and Adairsville, but lost to Kell in pool play.
Woodland then rallied past North Murray in the quarterfinals but couldn't quite match the feat in a semifinal loss to Fannin County to finish the day with a 3-2 mark.
Head coach David Condon noted inconsistency in the Lady Cats' play during the day. "I'm sure everybody experienced that," Condon said. "Hopefully, we'll iron some of those things out, working with a new rotation. We had spurts where we had really great effort and focus, and some where we didn't. We saw a lot of good things, so hopefully, we've got a lot of stuff to build on."
CARTERSVILLE DROPS PAIR OF MATCHES SATURDAY
The Lady Canes finished 1-3 in the 2019 Sequoyah Tournament following a pair of Saturday losses at Etowah High School. Cartersville fell in three sets to East Coweta and lost in straight sets to Hillgrove. In Saturday’s opener for the Lady Canes, East Coweta took Set 1 25-20, but Cartersville captured the middle set, 25-23. The Indians rallied in Set 3 to win the match 15-9. “I felt like we played a solid match against East Coweta,” said Canes coach Dutch Cothran. “They’re a good team and took advantage of the errors we made.” Lauren Wenzell had a dozen kills, three aces, and 11 digs in the match. Anna Grace Brock contributed ten kills, four aces, and nine digs while Macey Vaughn totaled 24 assists. The Lady Canes fell 25-20 and 25-14 to Hillgrove to close out the event. “We played hard against Hillgrove,” said Cothran. “They have about six girls taller than our tallest player and one of them was dominant. We struggled to stop her.” Againt the Hawks, Wenzell finished with eight kills, two aces, and 12 digs. Brock had ten digs and five kills while Vaughn tossed in 15 assists. “Although our record took a hit, the good news from this tournament is we saw some really good competition from bigger schools. That should help us when we face the good teams in Class AAAA. I saw a lot of things for us to work on and we’ll start that process Monday at practice,” Cothran closed.
Cartersville (1-5) travels to Northwest Whitfield for a tri-match with the Lady Bruins and North Murray Tuesday. The Lady Canes will play their first home match Thursday.