Calhoun County, AL – Donoho tops Pleasant Valley. Alexandria sweeps tri-match. Jacksonville sweeps St. Clair County. Oxford splits tri-match. Weaver, Pell City victorious.
PLEASANT VALLEY — Sam Wakefield had 17 kills, and Callee Taylor had 35 assists as Donoho swept Pleasant Valley 25-14, 25-18, 25-23 on Tuesday.
The match was a clash of recent-former area rivals who combined to win four state titles with two runner-up finishes since 2019.
Wakefield also had 14 digs, and Taylor added a kill and five digs.
Pleasant Valley lost middle blocker Ella Parris to what Raiders first-year coach Jennifer Mann called a lower back injury during warmups. Parris will learn the extent of the injury Wednesday.
“Looking forward to Ella’s report tomorrow and praying she is back on the court quickly!” Mann said.
Donoho’s other top performers:
—Kate Williamon: eight kills, three aces, seven digs, one block.
—Ryals Jones: six kills, one dig, one block.
—Ava Michaels: five kills, seven digs.
—Brentlee Pahman: one assist, nine digs.
—Chloe Melton: six digs.
—Alana Maldonado: six kills, one block.
—Lindsey Brewer: three digs.
—Anna Kate Whitson: one assist, five digs.
Pleasant Valley’s fop performers:
—Lily Henry, 19 kills, 14 digs, three blocks, two aces.
—Madison Schwabe: one kill, 11 assists, 12 digs, three blocks.
—Cailey Almaroad: one kill, two blocks, six digs, one ace.
—Elise Wheeler: one kill, 14 assists, 10 digs, one block, two aces.
—Bella Uesry: one kill, one block, three digs.
—Ava Washington: five digs.
—Janette Turner: three digs.
ALEXANDRIA: Alexandria swept a tri-match at home, beating Oxford and White Plains. Alexandria’s top performers:
—McKinley Cooper: nine kills, one dig, one block.
—Eryn Spradley: 26 kills, one assist, six digs, three blocks, four aces.
—Kylie Jeffers: five kills, two digs.
—Cassidy Hartsfield: eight kills, three digs, three blocks, one ace.
—Kaden Pritchett: eight kills, four digs, one blocks.
—Landry Patterson: one kill, 11 digs.
—Zayley Mobbs: one dig.
—Shelby Morris: six digs, one ace.
—Charlee Parris: three assists, 18 digs, to acs.
—Sophie Martin: three kills, 44 assists, eight digs, three aces.
OXFORD: The Yellow Jackets split a tri-match, beating White Plains 25-14, 25-8, 25-14 and falling in five sets to Alexandria, 17-25, 34-32, 14-25, 26-24, 17-19.
Oxford’s top performers:
—Arilyn Pool: 30 digs.
—Payton Brooks: 75 assists, 17 digs, one block, 17 aces.
—Mileah Prince: 34 kills, 14 digs, one block.
—Daelyn Bozeman: 18 kills, one block.
—Jaslyn Montgomery: 23 kills, one block.
JACKSONVILLE: Setter Sydney Soriano returned from an ankle injury and dished out 23 assists to go with two kills, a block and two digs as Jacksonville beat visiting St. Clair County 25-15, 25-17, 25-23.
Soriano suffered the ankle injury in the second set of Saturday’s Albertville Invitational gold-bracket final.
Jacksonville’s other top performers:
—Camryn Stone: one ace, six kills, four blocks, four digs.
—Mya Swain: three aces, eight kills, two blocks, two digs.
—Nyla Hoult: two aces, four kills, one block, five digs.
—Chloe Henderson: one kill, five digs.
—Alexis Phillips: three kills, five digs.
—Reese Rollins: four kills, one block.
WEAVER: Weaver beat Saks 25-15, 25-16, 25-19. Top performers for the Bearcats:
—Ali Anderson: seven assists.
—Chloe Collison: two aces, four kills.
—Gracie Duncan: 13 digs.
—Jadey Hatten-Rivera: four aces, one kill, eight assists.
—Bailey Hodges: three aces, one kill, seven assists.
PELL CITY: Pell City beat Lincoln 25-18, 25-17, 18-25, 25-20. The Panthers’ top performers:
—De’Nadriya Moon: 5 Kills
—Nyla Treptau: one ace, one assist, four Kills, 29 digs.
—Brooklyn Rains: three kills, three blocks, two digs.
—Ella Grace Haynes: nine kills, one dig, three blocks.
—Taylor Stinnett: 13 digs.
—JaAnna Johnston: one ace, five digs.
—Reese Tarver: one ace, 25 assists, two kills, eight digs.
—Hailey Richey: nine kills, 12 digs, two blocks.
—Briley Goodgame: two aces, 38 digs.
—Madison Graham: 11 kills, nine digs, one block.
