The Hooks Lady Hornets continued to be the hottest squad in local volleyball last week with huge district wins over New Boston and DeKalb. The Lady Hornets beat New Boston on Tuesday in three straight with scores of 25-17, 25-16, 25-16.
Sidney Haley had 16 serving points and nine assists in the match and Chaning Barber and Rayya Brown controlled the front line to lead Hooks to the win. Barber chimed in with 10 points from the service line,11 kills and six blocks and Brown also came up big with 11 kills and a block.
Emma Winniford had seven assists and Addi Castle added six of her own. Austyn Harris had nine digs in the contest and Keeli Harris added seven. On Friday versus the Lady Bears the ladies from Hooks won again in straight sets with scores of 25-16, 25-8, 25-20.
In this win, Barber had 16 serving points six kills and five blocks and Haley had eight points at the service stripe to go along with her 11 assists. Brown added six kills to her season totals.
Castle had 12 assists in the district win and teammate Austyn Harris had seven digs and Keeli Harris added six.
The win set Coach Kaci Price’s state ranked squad at 7-0 in district going into their matchup with Liberty Eylau on Tuesday.
In 2-A volleyball, the Maud Lady Cardinals also continued their dominance as they improved their district mark to 4-0 with conference wins over James Bowie and Linden-Kildare last week. The Lady Cards will be on the road at Ore City this Friday to take on a Lady Rebels squad that was winless in district play coming into this week.
In 1-A volleyball, the Avery Lady Bulldogs ended last week at 3-0 in district play and have absolutely overpowered all opponents in recent weeks.
The ladies from Avery have won their last seven matches in 3-0 straight set style.
Coach Whitney Kelsoe’s squad will be at home on the Gene Weaver Gym floor to take on district foe Fruitvale, who they already swept 3-0 to start their district schedule.
Other matches set to take to the court this Friday include district contests including New Boston at DeKalb for Lady Bears senior night, and the James Bowie Lady Pirates are on the road to face Harleton in a district contest.
Photo courtesy of Hooks High Yearbook Staff Hooks’ Chaning Barber goes high for a kill during the Lady Hornets district win over the DeKalb Lady Bears last week.
