Lady Lions outlast Sherman

Sports

Discussion

October 18, 2012

Lady Lions outlast Sherman

HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL

FROM STAFF REPORTS Herald-Banner Staff The Herald-Banner Thu Oct 18, 2012, 05:11 AM CDT

GREENVILLE — Greenville’s Lady Lions kept their volleyball playoff hopes alive with a 25-19, 26-24, 22-25, 25-15 victory at Sherman on Tuesday night.

The Lady Lions, who were tied for fifth place in District 13-4A, improved to 5-7 in district with two matches left to play.

“We needed it,” said Lady Lions coach Amanda Marek.

Marek said the Lady Lions have to win at Wylie East on Friday and at home on Tuesday against Royse City to stay in the hunt for a playoff berth.

Mackenzie Cooper led the Lady Lions with 10 kills, while Arian Alford managed six kills and Maygan Bloyed, Melanie Collazos and Savannah Himes all finished with five kills.

Ashley Walden topped Greenville with 14 assists and Kalli Moyer added nine assists.

Moyer and Lauren McManus both managed 11 digs and Alford finished with nine.

Bloyed paced the Lady Lions with six blocks, while Cooper had three and Alford and Kassidy Watson both managed two blocks.

Sherman took the junior varsity match, 17-25, 26-24, 25-20, and the freshman contest, 25-10, 25-18.

Phoenix beats

Poetry Christian

Greenville Phoenix wrapped up its home volleyball finale on Tuesday at the Reecy Davis Sr. Center with a 25-23, 25-21, 25-19 victory over Poetry Christian.

Lauren Swain and Beatrice Deleon both served for 16 points to lead the Lady Firebirds and Payge Lorda added 14 points.

“Tonight they came to a level and those girls took over,” said Phoenix coach Cassandra Simmons. “That’s a coach’s dream.”

Phoenix qualified to play Tyler King’s Academy in a tie-breaker playoff match that will determine who will go to state. The date and time of that match have not yet been determined.

Phoenix lost to King’s Academy, 25-20, 25-22, 15-25, 19-25, 15-8 on Monday.

Deleon led Phoenix with 25 points in that match and Lorda served for 14.

Cumby sweeps

Boles in three

QUINLAN — The Cumby Lady Trojans swept the Boles Lady Hornets, 25-20, 25-10, 25-11, in volleyball Tuesday.

Madison Thomas led Cumby with 17 points and six digs while Breanna Gay had eight points, six kills, three blocks and three digs.

Candice Horrocks tallied six points and nine assists and Grace Campbell had six points and two digs.

Karli Emmons tallied five points, five assists and three kills.

Kayla Akers managed five points, three kills and five digs.

Cumby improved to 23-11 for the season and 6-1 in district. The Lady Trojans play again at 6 p.m. Friday at Miller Grove.

Cumby took the junior varsity match, 25-14, 25-5. Briana Stone led Cumby with 11 points, Taylor Petty had 10 and Victoria Valentine added nine.

Wolfe City clips

Trenton in four

WOLFE CITY — The Wolfe City Lady Wolves downed Trenton, 25-8, 20-25, 25-20, 25-20, in varsity volleyball Tuesday.

Cheyanne Lake led Wolfe City with 18 service points, two kills, nine assists, while Savannah Richardson had 12 kills, six service points, four digs, and two blocks.

Michaela Burge had 16 service points, four kills, six digs, while Lacie Little tallied 14 service points and nine assists.

Sarah Andrews got nine service points, four kills and six digs for the Lady Wolves, while Kayla Doolin had 11 service points and four digs.

Wolfe City took the junior varsity match, 25-10, 25-15.

Wolfe City is now 16-12 overall and 4-4 in district and travels to Savoy Friday for a 4:30 p.m. varsity-only match.

Caddo Mills spikes

Leonard in four

LEONARD — The Caddo Mills Lady Foxes won 25-13, 25-12, 23-25, 25-18 over the Leonard Tigers in varsity volleyball action Tuesday.

Kathleen Steinhoff led Caddo Mills with six aces followed by Kristin Newell and Tabatha Moore with four each.

Shana Wells and Newell topped the Lady Foxes with 10 kills.

Makenna Tallant led with 23 assists, while in digs Tallant had 11 and Moore 10 for Caddo Mills.

Caddo Mills took the junior varsity match, 25-14, 25-21.

Caddo Mills won the freshman match, 25-23, 25-18.

Caddo Mills is now 22-15 overall and 4-6 in district. The Lady Foxes will host Farmersville at 5 p.m. Friday.

Text Only

Sports

White team outscores Red in Lions' spring game
T.J. Hughes kicked field goals of 37 and 30 yards to give the White team a 20-14 victory over the Red in the Greenville Lions’ spring football game on Thursday night at T.A. “Cotton” Ford Stadium.
Hughes put the White team ahead for good with the 37-yarder with 8:06 remaining and then added the 30-yarder after Jeremy Myers-Wise’s 7-yard touchdown run was called back because of a holding penalty.

May 24, 2013 1 Photo
Quarterback battle to highlight Red-White game
Three quarterbacks competing for the starting job will show their skills tonight at the Greenville Lions’ Red-White spring football game.

May 23, 2013
Bobby Holley shoots 720 series
Bobby Holley led all league bowlers for the past week at DB's Sports Grill & Bowling in Greenville with a 720 series in the Guys Night Out league. Holley's high game was a 268.

Kerry Sheehan led the women with a 552 series in the Monday Summer Mix.

May 22, 2013
A&M-Commerce adds softball to athletic program
Coming soon, Texas A&M University-Commerce will no longer be the only school in the Lone Star Conference to not have a softball program.
A&M-Commerce President Dan Jones made the announcement during a press conference held inside the Alumni Center on Monday.
“I am thrilled about the addition of this program,” he said, mentioning that A&M-Commerce is one of the oldest universities in Texas and the only charter member left of the original LSC. “As long as we’ve been here, we’ve never had a womens softball program.”

May 20, 2013
No. 1 Pilot Point stops Commerce
Pilot Point’s Skylar Cagle showed why she’s one of the state’s top pitchers while leading the Lady Bearcats to a sweep over Commerce in a Class 2A regional semifinal softball series on Friday night.
Cagle struck out 22 batters in 14 innings as No. 1 state-ranked Pilot Point won 1-0 and 3-2 to advance to the regional finals. Cagle improved her season record to 23-0 as Pilot Point upped its team mark to 36-2.
Commerce finished the season with a 27-7 record after advancing the farthest in the playoffs in school history.

May 18, 2013
Commerce Lady Tigers to face No. 1 ranked team
Tonight the Commerce Lady Tigers will play Pilot Point, the No. 1 ranked softball team in the state.
But to Commerce Jeff Davidson, it’ll be just another game.
“It’s still another game,” he said. “It’s their best against our best.”
The Lady Tigers will face Pilot Point at 6 p.m. in Mount Pleasant at Northeast Texas Community College in the first game of a best-of-three Class 2A regional semifinal playoff series. Game two is set for 8:30 p.m. and if need be, game three is at 10 a.m. on Saturday.

May 17, 2013
Northeast Texas Trail ride planned
The organizers of the new Northeast Texas Trail (NETT) have scheduled its inaugural event to introduce the multi-use trail to potential users.
On Saturday at 7 am, teams of cyclists and equestrians will begin separate relays from trailheads in New Boston and Farmersville. The meeting point will be Love Civic Center in Paris (2025 S. Collegiate Dr.). Estimated time of arrival is at 2:30 p.m. Golden spikes will be driven into the ground at various points along the route which was originally a railroad corridor.

May 17, 2013
Wilson wins gold, silver at state track meet
Buck Wilson of Commerce won gold and silver medals this weekend at the state meet while Rains pole vaulter Charlotte Brown won over a lot of hearts.

May 12, 2013 10 Photos
GHS athletics hands out awards
The Greenville Lions held their Athletic Banquet at the Greenville High School Auditorium Saturday evening.

May 12, 2013
Storms test area athletes' patience
Patience was a necessity for local athletes competing on Friday at the University Interscholastic League State Track and Field Championships in Austin.

May 11, 2013
More Sports Headlines

Sports

Search Results

Discussion

Lady Lions outlast Sherman

HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL

The last Triple Crown Winner in thoroughbred horse racing in the U.S. was Affirmed in 1978. With Orb's loss in the Preakness there won't be a Triple Crown winner again this year. Will there ever be another Triple Crown winner?

Site Map

Contact Us