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District play is now underway for local high school volleyball, and maybe the hottest team around is the Hooks Lady Hornets.
The ladies from Hooks opened district play at 2-0 with wins over DeKalb and Liberty-Eylau.
In the first district game of the season, the Lady Hornets took down the Lady Bears in three straight with scores of 25-17, 25-14, 25-16.
Sidney Haley had a total of 13 serving points, Sophia Floyd had a total of nine, and Austyn Harris added eight.
Chaning Barber continued her dominance up front with 13 kills in the match, while Rayya Brown added seven kills.
Sidney Haley added 17 assists while Addi Castle had eight. Rayya Brown and Sophia Floyd also had three solo blocks a piece. Keeli Harris had nine digs and Austyn Harris added seven to contribute to the team’s win.
Hooks then traveled to L-E on Friday and beat the Lady Leopards in three with scores including 25-14, 25-19, 25-21.
Addi Castle had 20 serving points including a pair of aces to lead the way for the Lady Hornets.
Rayya Brown had 14 kills and a block in the match block Chaning Barber had 10 kills and a trio of blocks. Addi Castle also had 16 assists and Sidney Haley had 15. Keeli Harris added 15 digs.
The Lady Hornets will host Queen City on Friday with varsity play set to start at 5 p.m.
In other area volleyball action, the Maud Lady Cardinals are at 19-2 on the season and ranked #4 in the state going into Tuesday night’s play against 3-A Queen City.
The Lady Cardinals will begin their march to a district championship next week as they face Ore City to start district play next Tuesday.
The Avery Lady Bulldogs celebrated back to back wins last week with victories over James Bowie and Rivercrest, and they will go into play this Friday at Clarksville before they begin district play next Tuesday versus Fruitvale.
