Pulaski County jumped out to a quick 17-3 lead in the opening set and held Carroll County to a 10-8 advantage the remainder of the way for a 25-13 victory.
Morgan Osborne served three straight points and eighth grader, Page Ogle added three Kills to lead the comeback but the damage was done by the early run.
In the second set, Carroll County was trailing 17-9 when Ogle scored a Kill that sent Osborne to the service line. Five straight serves, including three Aces and kills from Ogle and an over the shoulder effort from Hayden Heflin, made it 17-14.
Pulaski County closed out the set and the match with an 8-2 run, producing a 25-16 final. The result will show a sweep but a closer look shows the score being 33-26 in favor of the visitors after the slow 🐌 start.
Little time to rest as the Junior Varsity team will play the middle game on Tuesday evening when the Radford Bobcats invade The Hill.
Salem had the Medalist at 68, which is incredible for a golfer 🏌️♂️ that doesn’t play very often out at Olde Mill.
Trace Reavis placed second overall with a 75 and was followed by Adison McGraw at 81. Camden DeHaven provided the third score by carding an 85 while both Wyatt and Bryce added 92’s. Fisher McMillian rounded out the effort with a score of 101.
The team will host one for match at Olde Mill before heading to Draper Valley for the Regional tournament. October 1st versus Pulaski County….
Brittany Kinney and Kelly Holderfield led their Middle School 🏫 Volleyball 🏐 team into action 🎬 Monday night and their team showed streaks of positive play.
In the opening set, the Lady Cavaliers trailed 16-5 early and 21-9 later but Briley McGhee headed to the service line and sparked a 5-0 run with three Aces and a fourth service winner. Laynee Burnett added both a Kill and an Ace before the Maroons closed out the opener, 25-17.
Mahala Holderfield and Burnett each landed an early Ace and then Emma Keith strung together three straight perfect serves to put the home team up 9-6. Tied at 14-14, Carroll County went on a 7-1 run to make it 21-15. The Lady Cavaliers closed out the second set 25-22 , forcing a winner take all third set.
Keith and McGhee opened the third set with consecutive Kills to make it 2-0. The Maroons answered with an 11-0 run to put the set out of reach. Zari Cushman and Burnett added points before Scott Memorial closed out the set, 15-6.
The Middle School 🏫 Volleyball team is set to host Radford Middle School Tuesday at 4:30.
Next step, I will send this to Coach Kinney and hopefully 🙏 we can add some of her thoughts !
From Coach Kinney :
Jerry-
I’m writing this post from Leesburg. After the game tonight, I headed straight out to a two day training in Ashburn, VA. I’m teaching a college class in the spring and needed this.
I thought our girls fought well tonight. That second game, was a true version of their best selves… happy & playing volleyball & winning.
I told our girls tonight I’m continuing to hold them to the “pass-set-hit” standard and most of the time we are executing that well to be a team of middle school girls!
You can see tonight serving is one of the most important (if not the most important) parts of volleyball. I thought we did a much better job at this than normal. I’m so proud of our girls for their performance!!
During the third set, we lost our composure a little bit and stopped having fun. Our score reflected that.
However, these girls are working hard. They are looking for feedback and they want to be successful.
I’m leaving them in the hands of the amazing Coach Kelly, Coach Nester, and Coach Heflin! I’ll be watching (and wishing) I could be on the sidelines with them tomorrow night for Radford.
Each Player on both Squads gets to choose the folks they want on the floor with them.. Friends, Teachers, Family 👪 members or anyone who has been a positive influence in their lives !
After 1 month of road matches, the Junior Varsity and Varsity return home for two more matches.
Next to Last – the four Seniors will control the invite list on Pink Night 🌙.
Last – Senior Night will belong to the Family members of Brooke Webb, Corrie Delp, Laiken Burnett and Callie Harris!
A.S.P.N on The Hill 