Volleyball

ADDISON - The Addison Lady Bulldogs put the hammer down, destroying Meek and Sulligent  in three straight sets for each match. Scores for the Meek match were: 25-6, 25-10 and 25-16.
The Lady Dawgs defeated Sulligent 25-9, 25-10 and 25-11 on Thursday, Sept. 19.
Bulldog stats for Meek and Sulligent combined were: Savannah Manley, 19 kills, 2 digs, 5 blocks, 4 aces;
Callie Crider, 12 kills, 11 digs, 2 blocks, 3 aces;
Addisyn Smothers, 15 kills, 5 digs, 2 blocks, 3 aces;
Sunny Snoddy, 9 kills, 3 digs, 1 block, 2 aces;

By Allen Dunavant
Correspondent
HUBBERTVILLE -Hubbertville welcomed the Meek Tigers to Wiley Hollingsworth Stadium on Friday night, with hopes of bouncing back from last week’s loss.
The Lions wasted little time, being  first on the scoreboard with 8:29 remaining in the opening quarter.
The Lions were  successful with a touchdown and PAT in their next series and they were up 14-0.

BRILLIANT - The Lynn Lady Bears took a match in three straight sets over the Brilliant Lady Tigers on Tuesday, Sept. 10.  Scores were 25-22, 25-23 and 25-23. The match was held at BHS.
Submitted stats for the Lady Bears include: kills, Ella Brown, 8; Lexi Adamson, 10; service aces: Kendra Hannah 5. No stats were available for BHS.

HALEYVILLE - The 4A Haleyville Lady Lions defeated the 5A Russellville Lady Tigers in two straight sets Thursday, Sept. 13, while losing a close match to the 6A ranked Muscle Shoals Lady Trojans in the tri-match. HHS won 25-14 and 26-24 over Russellville and lost 25-17 and 25-16 to the Lady Trojans.
Stats for the Lady Lions in their match against Russellville include:
Kaylee Riddle: 4 kills, 3 digs;
Ashton McCullar, 2 aces, 3 kills, 8 digs;
Laura Lunsford: 2 aces, 3 kills, 8 assists, 2 digs;
Madison Caine: 7 kills, 4 digs;

ARLEY - The Meek Lady Tigers took the match  in five sets Thursday, Sept. 5, over the Winston County Lady Yellow Jackets.
Meek won the first set 25-15, with WCHS taking the second 29-27. Meek returned the victory in the third set 25-16 and Winston County won the fourth 25-22. It came down to the final fifth set, with Meek winning 15-7.
Stats for the Lady Tigers include: Abby Phillips, 14 kills, 13 digs, 5 aces, 3 blocks;
Madison Smith, 10 kills, 6 blocks;
Hannah Taylor, 9 kills, 8 digs, 3 aces, 1 block;
Sunnie Manning, 6 kills; 12 digs;

HALEYVILLE - It was a good night of volleyball for spectators as the 2A state runners-up Winston County Lady Yellow Jackets battled against the 4A Haleyville Lady Lions in volleyball Tuesday, Aug. 27, in the HHS gymnasium.
The Lady Lions took a commanding win in the first set 25-13, but the Lady Jackets took the next three in close action 25-21, 25-23 and 25-22.
Stats for Haleyville include: Kaitlyn Burleson, 2 kills and 9 digs;
Kaylee Riddle, 2 aces, 1 kill, 10 digs and 10 assists;
Ashton McCullar, 1 ace, 5 kills, 2 assists and 10 digs;

ADDISON - The 2A reigning volleyball champions, the Addison Lady Bulldogs, took down 4A Danville,  in action Thursday, Aug. 29, at AHS. Danville is currently ranked #6.
The match went 3 to 1 sets, with AHS winning the first set 25-22. Danville took the second one 25-18, and the Lady Bulldogs taking the final two 25-23 and 26-24. The Lady Bulldogs have been without Savannah Manley in the middle due to a knee injury. She returned to play Thursday night, contributing to Addison’s win.
Stats for the Addison Lady Bulldogs include: Addisyn Smothers, 7 digs, 1 ace, 4 kills;

CARBON HILL - The Haleyville Lady Lions began their 2019 volleyball season, traveling to Carbon Hill High School.
The Lady Lions played tough against the Lady Bulldogs, but fell three straight in action.
Stats for the Haleyville Lions include:
Ashton McCullar, 9 kills, 1 block assist, 3 digs;
Madison Caine, 3 kills, 3 blocks, 1 block assist, 9 digs;
Kaitlyn Burleson, 1 ace, 4 kills, 5 digs;
Adyson Robertson, 1 ace, 3 kills, 1 block, 6 digs;
Audrey Sibley, 4 kills, 1 block assist, 1 assist;
Samara Pratt, 1 block, 1 block assist;

Mackenzie Blackwood and Elle Donaldson from Winston County High School and Savannah Manley from Addison High School have been named to Al.com's seniors watch list this season in volleyball. The AHS Lady Bulldogs will be vying for yet another state championship, while Winston County will be looking to take the top spot after ending the season as runners-up in the state title game last year.