Volleyball: Lady Dawgs place 3rd in Hawkins tournament

Staff Reports

Lady Bulldogs came up as 3rd place Silver Bracket Champs in the Hawkins Tournament last week. 

Thursday’s Pool Play  brought three losses for the Dawgs: 0-2 vs Tyler Heat (17-25, 20-25), 2-1 vs Sabine (7-25, 25-16, 10-25), and 0-2 vs New Diana (12-25, 18-25).

The ladies played weel though with Brooklyn Clark earning 24 digs; Janaa Goynes with 3 kills, 1 ace, and 18 digs; Kourtlyn Dowell had 13 kills, 9 aces, 2 blocks, and 5 digs; Ava Phillips with 4 kills, 13 assts, 3 aces, and 13 digs; NahNah Wallace had 4 kills, and 10 digs; Christiana Justice with 2 kills, 5 assts, 2 aces, 1 block, and 8 digs; Brynlie Braddock had 11 digs; Rayleigh Gulk with 6 digs; and Maddie Cooner with 8 digs.

Saturday play brought the Lady Dawgs back with six wins to place 3rd overall with the Silver Bracket Championship. 

They defeated Winona 2-0 (25-22, 25-10); split with Cumberland 1-2 (13-25, 25-20, 17-25); and topped Union grove 2-0 (25-15, 25-16), and Winona 2-0 (25-14, 25-17).

Saturday play was led by Janaa Goynes with 41 digs, 5 kills, and 3 assists; Rayleigh Gulk had 11 kills, and 9 assists; Ava Phillips with 38 digs, 35 assists, 16 kills, and 3 aces; Kourtlyn Dowell had 38 kills, 1 block, and 7 assists; Brynlie Braddock had 22 digs, 1 ace, and 1 assist; NahNah Wallace had 10 kills, and 4 aces; Christiana Justice with 30 assists, 7 kills, and 1 ace; and Brooklyn Clark: 14 digs.

This  brings the Lady Dawgs an overall season of 1-7. They played Atlanta at home on Tuesday (see results online); will face New Boston on Friday; and Gilmer (at home) on Tuesday.