2023 GHSA Volleyball State Championships

NOVEMBER 3-4, 2023 • LAKEPOINT SPORTS COMPLEX CHAMPIONS CENTER

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NOVEMBER 3-4, 2023 A WORD FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

GREETINGS GHSA VOLLEYBALL FANS dance and support is integral to the success of high school athletics and for the team you are here to cheer on. Good sportsmanship is expected from our athletes and I urge you to be positive in your support of all of our teams. Let’s work together to make today’s games a great experience for all involved.

To put on an event of this magnitude takes many volunteers who have worked tirelessly to provide a first class event. elcome to the 2023 GHSA Many hours of work from this group will Volleyball State Championenhance the experience of our players, ships! The games are sure students and fans. The GHSA staff has to be exciting as all of the schools been working for weeks as well to enrepresented are looking forward to sure a special event for all involved. their team achieving the title of ChamFinally I would like to thank our corpion. However we all know that all of porate sponsors who make it possible our teams are outstanding and are to put on these championships. Their definitely winners. This has been an advertisements can be seen throughout outstanding season and this year’s this program and I encourage you to championship games will include fasupport them whenever possible. The miliar faces as well as teams that have GHSA wants to thank these exemplary worked hard and peaked at just the companies for their involvement, we apright time. Our congratulations are in preciate their support. order for all of the teams, coaches, adThank you for your attendance and ministrators, students and parents who I know you are going to enjoy the best have supported the athletes through high school volleyball anywhere! this year’s journey to the final games.

I know you will enjoy and appreciate Sincerely, the games and all of the work leading up to this exciting event.

I would also like to thank you for your support of high school volleyball James R. Hines, Jr. throughout the season. Your atten- Executive Director

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2023 GHSA VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE NOVEMBER 3-4, 2023 AT LAKEPOINT SPORTS COMPLEX CHAMPIONS CENTER

FRIDAY 1A

3:00 pm

Whitefield Acad. vs. Mt. Pisgah Chr.

2A

5:30 pm

Landmark Chr. vs. Mt. Paran Chr.

3A

8:00 pm

Oconee Co. vs. Sandy Creek

SATURDAY 4A

11:00 am

Lovett vs. Pace Academy

5A

1:30 pm

McIntosh vs. GACS

7A

4:00 pm

North Cobb vs. Walton

6A

6:30 pm

Alpharetta vs. Pope

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The 2023 Georgia High School Association Volleyball State Championship Guide is published by Score Atlanta, in conjunction with the GHSA. The guide was designed by Creative Director Laura Grieve along with Managing Editor Seth Ellerbee, Writer Craig Sager II, and Graham David managed the editing.

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2023 GHSA STATE VOLLEYBALL FINALS

PAST CHAMPIONS OPEN EVENT | 1993 – Woodward Academy • 1994 – Marist • 1995 – Westminster • 1996 – Woodward Academy • 1997 – Marist Year AAAAA AAAA AAA AA/A 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

N/A N/A Walton Walton Walton St. Vincent’s Acad.

Starr’s Mill Northview Harrison Northview Northview Pope Walton Walton

Year

AAAAAA

Year

AAAAAAA

2012 2013 2014 2015

Walton Walton North Cobb Walton

2016 2017 2018 2019

Walton Walton Walton Walton

Year

AAAAAAA

2020 2021

Alpharetta Walton

Year

AAAAAAA

2022

Buford

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Walton Walton Marist Woodward Acad.

Woodward Acad.

Woodward Acad.

Woodward Acad.

Woodward Acad.

Marist McIntosh Sandy Creek Whitewater Pope Pope

AAAAA

AAAA

Whitewater McIntosh Sequoyah Columbus

AAAAAA

Harrison Harrison Pope Allatoona

AAAAAA

Buford Buford

AAAAAA

Pope

Marist Marist Westminster Riverwood Westminster Westminster Westminster Westminster Blessed Trinity Columbus Woodward Acad.

Woodward Acad.

Woodward Acad.

Sandy Creek

AAA

Sandy Creek Columbus Marist Buford

AAAAA

Buford McIntosh McIntosh McIntosh

AAAAA

McIntosh St. Pius X

AAAAA

GACS

AA

Blessed Trinity St. Pius X Blessed Trinity Blessed Trinity

AAAA

Blessed Trinity Marist St. Pius Blessed Trinity

AAAA

Marist Marist

AAAA

Pace Academy

N/A N/A Sav. Country Day Landmark Christian Athens Academy Landmark Christian Wesleyan Wesleyan Wesleyan Wesleyan Westminster Wesleyan Blessed Trinity ELCA

Lovett Wesleyan Holy Innocents’ Holy Innocents’

AAA

Westminster Pace Academy Pace Academy Pace Academy

AAA

Westminster GACS

AAA

Morgan County

AA

St. Vincent’s Coosa Coosa Coosa

AA/A Public

Pace Academy Pace Academy

AA

Mt. Paran

A

Landmark Christian Holy Innocents’ Hebron Christian Calvary Day

A

Calvary Day Calvary Day Mt. Paran Hebron Christian

A Private

Holy Innocents’ Mt. Paran

A

Tallulah Falls

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2023 GHSA STATE VOLLEYBALL FINALS

CAPTIVATING REMATCHES AND STATE TITLE HOPEFULS PREPARE CHAMPIONSHIP STAGE

BY CRAIG SAGER II | CSAGER@SCOREATL.COM

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he GHSA Volleyball State Championships return to the Lakepoint Sports Complex Champions Center for two days (Nov. 3-4) of captivating championship showdowns.

Class 1A, 2A & 3A will crown its champions on Friday before the top four classifications take center court on Saturday.

This year’s finalists share a combined total of 46 all-time state titles, a significant leap from the 21 all-time titles shared by last year’s championship field. Class 7A finalist Walton leads with 15 all-time titles, McIntosh and Pace Academy currently boast six and Pope is looking to extend its dynasty with five all-time crowns. Pope, Greater Atlanta Christian, Pace Academy and Mt. Paran represent the four defending state champions that have returned to the finals this year. Additionally, Oconee County, Whitefield Academy and Mt. Pisgah are the only three teams out of the 14-team field that will be attempting to capture a firstever state title and the showdown between Mt. Pisgah and Whitefield Academy in the opening match of championship weekend will be the only battle guaranteed to crown a first-ever state champion.

Whitefield Academy had never won a playoff match prior to this year’s run to the finals and the Wolfpack will take on Mt. Pisgah Friday at 3 p.m. to open up the two-day, seven-match marathon. Mt. Pisgah has won both previous matches with the Wolfpack this season and rides a nine-match winning streak. The Class 2A finals stage two surging teams with Mt. Paran and Landmark Christian, who have won 13 and 16-straight matches, respectively, heading into

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Friday’s championship. Mt. Paran has not lost within Class 2A this season. Landmark’s only loss and last defeat to an in-state opponent came to Mt. Paran back in August in a (19-25, 22-25) sweep.

Friday’s triple-header will conclude with Sandy Creek and Oconee County. Sandy Creek emerged victorious when the teams last met on Aug. 17. Oconee County’s only other loss within Class 3A came to defending state champion Morgan County and the Warriors avenged that by topping the Bulldogs 3-1 in the quarterfinals. Sandy Creek will look to snap an 11-year championship drought, while Oconee County will look to become the first championship team in program history.

SATURDAY SPOTLIGHT The first matchup on Saturday is filled with star-power as Lovett’s UGA-commit Emma Duffield and Kennedy Campbell lead the Lions against six-time defending state champion Pace Academy and the Knights’ potent lineup that includes Ellie Siskin, Grace Agolli and Lawson Monroe. The Knights can win a seventh alltime state title and become the first program in state history to win seven-straight volleyball titles, while Lovett can achieve its first state title since 2012.

Two-time defending state champion Greater Atlanta Christian will square off with McIntosh in Saturday’s second showdown. Last year, the Spartans defeated McIntosh 3-2 in the semifinals before topping Chattahoochee for the title. This past Saturday, GAC once again

won a five-set thriller to advance to the finals— this time against Dalton. Two-time Gwinnett Super Six selection Gracie Rose scored the winning point. McIntosh also is fresh off a fiveset semifinal victory against Kell. The Chiefs will try to win their seventh all-time state title and first since 2020 when the team won a fourthstraight crown.

Saturday’s third match will see Walton attempt to break its own state record and become the first program to reach 16 alltime titles against Region 5 rival North Cobb.

Walton and North Cobb split their two previous matchups this season with North Cobb coming away with a 3-1 (21-25, 25-21, 25-17, 25-15) victory on Sept. 19 and Walton rallying back from an 0-2 deficit to win a five-set thriller (2125, 22-25, 25-15, 25-17, 15-11) in the region tournament on Oct. 12. In the semifinals, Sarah Boyle led North Cobb with 10 kills in a 3-0 win over Cherokee. “That is what has helped us all season. We don't have just one hitter,” head coach Steve Sansing told the Marietta Daily Journal. “We have to be aware of all of our hitters. All six of our hitters have over 100 kills this year, so you don't really know where it's coming from, and that helps us.” The Class 6A championship nightcap will pair Area 7 rivals Pope and Alpharetta and the teams split their two meetings in the regular season.

Alpharetta defeated Pope 3-0 on Sept. 21 in what was part of a 32-game winning streak and the Greyhounds took the rematch 3-1 on Oct. 14 to earn the No. 1 seed. The only other losses by Pope (39-3) and Alpharetta (37-3) occurred outside of the Class 6A field.

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2023 GHSA STATE VOLLEYBALL FINALS

CLASS AAAAAAA W

alton and North Cobb split their two previous matchups this season with North Cobb coming away with a 3-1 (21-25, 2521, 25-17, 25-15) win on Sept. 19 and Walton rallying back from an 0-2 deficit to win a five-set thriller (21-25, 22-25, 25-15, 25-17, 1511) in the region tournament on Oct. 12. Walton’s victory snapped North Cobb’s 18-match win-streak and gave the Raiders the No. 1 seed in the tournament. The 15-time state champions dropped just one set through the first four rounds of the playoffs and North Cobb has also reached the finals with just one dropped set. After falling in last year’s final four, Walton has succeeded in reaching its 11th final in the last 14 seasons. Walton senior Sophia Henry posted a season-high 22 kills in the Raiders’ 3-2 win over North Cobb and has racked up 64 kills in the playoffs. North Cobb’s 6-foot senior Nikol Antova had a team-high 19 kills in the Warriors’ last showdown with Walton and has posted 61 kills during the playoffs.

MARIETTA

0

3 WALTON

3

0

CHEROKEE

CHEROKEE

WALTON RAIDERS HEAD COACH: KAREN DUNCAN

No. Name Pos. Gr. 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ella Cobb. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Samantha Nagel . . . . . . . . . . DS/L. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elli Cristadoro . . . . . . . . . . . . DS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lydia Zeng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L/DS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Katelyn Kowitz . . . . . . . . . . . S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Calina Havette. . . . . . . . . . . . MH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Summer Anderson . . . . . . . . . DS/L. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scarlett Holden . . . . . . . . . . . MH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elsa Huet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MH/OH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ashlee Gomes . . . . . . . . . . . . OH/OPP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dylan Musacchia . . . . . . . . . . DS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marissa Mceckron . . . . . . . . . OH/OPP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Breezy Sterner . . . . . . . . . . . S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Julia Allison . . . . . . . . . . . . . S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lihi Zaibert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sophia Henry . . . . . . . . . . . . OH/MH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kylie Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Simone Searles . . . . . . . . . . . OPP/OH/MH . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ivana Idemudia . . . . . . . . . . . MH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lauren Butler . . . . . . . . . . . . OH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Keira Kelkar . . . . . . . . . . . . . DS/L. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 22. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brooklyn Hoff . . . . . . . . . . . . MH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 23. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caroline Bonner . . . . . . . . . . S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Somto Igwilo . . . . . . . . . . . . . MH/OPP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 25. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Abigail Lyons. . . . . . . . . . . . . DS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 26. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Isabella Stein . . . . . . . . . . . . DS/L. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

NORTH COBB WARRIORS HEAD COACH: STEPHEN SANSING

WALTON

3

0

WALTON

OCT. 25

HILLGROVE

OCT. 28

OCT. 28

N. COBB

3 HILLGROVE

N. GWINNETT

NOV. 4

2

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OCT. 25

3 3

GRAYSON

N. COBB

N. COBB

1 RICHMOND HILL

No. Name Pos. Gr. 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ashley Hendershot. . . . . . . . . S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kimura Dotson . . . . . . . . . . . DS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saniyah Blake . . . . . . . . . . . . OH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mia Goldbach . . . . . . . . . . . . OH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hannah Lumpkin. . . . . . . . . . RS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Itoro Okpok . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sarah Boyle . . . . . . . . . . . . . OH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chloe Reynolds . . . . . . . . . . . RS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hannah Nicholson . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carys Sanabria . . . . . . . . . . . MH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Imani Mensah . . . . . . . . . . . . RS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Titomi Adeyinka . . . . . . . . . . MH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Isabela Lane . . . . . . . . . . . . . MH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alexandria James . . . . . . . . . OH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Olivia Boyle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . S/RS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nikol Antova . . . . . . . . . . . . . OH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anabell Gordon . . . . . . . . . . . S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Keagan Ruffus . . . . . . . . . . . MH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

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2023 GHSA STATE VOLLEYBALL FINALS

CLASS AAAAAA D

efending state champion Pope sits one match away from winning its sixth all-time state title and will face an Alpharetta team that is searching for its second all-time championship after earning the crown for the first time in 2020. Alpharetta defeated Pope 3-0 on Sept. 21 in what was part of a 32-game winning streak and the Greyhounds took the rematch 3-1 on Oct. 14 to earn the No. 1 seed. The only other losses by Pope (39-3) and Alpharetta (37-3) occurred outside of the Class 6A field and Pope has swept its playoff opponents, while Alpharetta has dropped just one set to North Forsyth in the Sweet 16. In the semifinals, Cooper Abney led Pope with 38 assists and 10 digs in the 3-0 win over Blessed Trinity. Alpharetta cruised past St. Pius (25-12, 25-16, 25-19) in the semifinals and senior Logan Wiley (17) and junior Brooke Boyles (13) combined for 30 of the team’s 49 kills, while Abigail Li notched 40 assists.

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SAINT PIUS X

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JOHNS CREEK

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POPE

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OCT. 24

WOODWARD

OCT. 28

OCT. 28

POPE

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POPE

MARIST

OCT. 24

3 BLESSED TR. 0 BLESSED TR. 0 S. EFFINGHAM

ALPHARETTA RAIDERS HEAD COACH: MARSHALL KING

No. Name Pos. Gr. 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brooke Boyles . . . . . . . . . . . . OH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jala Drayton . . . . . . . . . . . . . OH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emerson Petitt . . . . . . . . . . . . L/DS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stephanie Payne . . . . . . . . . . OH/RS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maddie Boland . . . . . . . . . . . S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kennedi White . . . . . . . . . . . . OH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cait Kilkelly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . OH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Madison McLin . . . . . . . . . . . MH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Logan Wiley . . . . . . . . . . . . . MH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nyla Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RS/OH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kailey Leonard . . . . . . . . . . . L/DS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Abigail Li. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Audrey Simpson . . . . . . . . . . MB/RS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

POPE GREYHOUNDS HEAD COACH: KATIE KIRIAN

No. Name Pos. Gr. 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sophie Harvey . . . . . . . . . . . . OH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dayla Ortiz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L/DS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC Wright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Isabella Koo . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Riley Leach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lynden Harvey . . . . . . . . . . . OH/RS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amanda Vlkovic . . . . . . . . . . . DS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aila Mclean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sarah Trowbridge . . . . . . . . . RS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cooper Abney . . . . . . . . . . . . S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jahan Lalli . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lilla Golden. . . . . . . . . . . . . . DS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Melissa Seixas . . . . . . . . . . . . OH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ellis Crawford . . . . . . . . . . . . MH/OH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Piper Rieman . . . . . . . . . . . . RS/MH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Greatchen Eichelzer . . . . . . . . MH/OH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Taylin Lockhart . . . . . . . . . . . MH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ansley Roberts . . . . . . . . . . . S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

NOVEMBER 3-4, 2023

MCINTOSH CHIEFS

CLASS AAAAA

HEAD COACH: HOLLY HAYES

No.

M

cIntosh is coming off a dramatic five-set semifinal victory over Kell (25-22, 24-26, 25-21, 18-25, 19-17) that proved to be one of the most competitive matches in this year’s playoffs. In the semifinal victory, the Chiefs were led by a total team effort as sophomore Mya Conley (14), freshman Lina Wang (13), sophomore Claudia Meditz (13), senior Leslie Johns (9) and junior Taylor Elston (7) combined for 56 of their 58 total kills. Now, the Chiefs will try to win their seventh all-time state title and first since 2020 when the team won a fourth-straight crown. Greater Atlanta Christian earned the No. 1 seed with a win over Kell in the region championship and is one win away from its third-straight state title. Last year, the Spartans defeated McIntosh 3-2 in the semifinals before topping Chattahoochee for the title. On Saturday, GAC once again won a five-set semifinal against Dalton and two-time Gwinnett Super Six selection Gracie Rose scored the winning point. The 6-foot-1 Rose surpassed 1,500 career kills in the Spartans’ region championship victory.

UNION GROVE

1

3 2

KELL

2

DALTON

3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rilynn McKillop . . . . . . . . . . . MH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lina Wang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mya Conley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RS/OH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Taylor Elston . . . . . . . . . . . . . OH/OPP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mackenzie Craig . . . . . . . . . . MH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sofia Pruden . . . . . . . . . . . . . S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jacqueline Fournier . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baylee Tanton . . . . . . . . . . . . S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Izzy Zamboni . . . . . . . . . . . . RS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Claudia Meditz . . . . . . . . . . . MH/OH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lauryn Fiscus . . . . . . . . . . . . DS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Catherine Swanson . . . . . . . . RS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leslie Johns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . MH/RS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 99. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ava Flores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

HEAD COACH: CRYSTAL LEE

1

McINTOSH

Gr.

GREATER ATLANTA CHRISTIAN SPARTANS

DALTON

3

Pos.

2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ava Underwood . . . . . . . . . . . DS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

No. KELL

Name

DECATUR

Name

Pos.

Gr.

2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maddie Burrough . . . . . . . . . DS/L. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kelsey Sykes . . . . . . . . . . . . . OH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mayer Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

OCT. 25

McINTOSH

OCT. 28

NOV. 4

OCT. 28

OCT. 25

McINTOSH

3

7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caroline Rountree . . . . . . . . . S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sophi Pak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

GACS

3

6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alina Phillips . . . . . . . . . . . . . RSH/OH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

3 3

GACS

9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ivy Holland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reagan May . . . . . . . . . . . . . MH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anna Hardy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

GACS

13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amyra Burchik . . . . . . . . . . . OH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jade Howard . . . . . . . . . . . . . RSH/OH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

JEFFERSON

2

0 STATESBORO

18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Addie Stinchcomb . . . . . . . . . S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 23. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gracie Rose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 11 | WWW.GHSA.NET

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NOVEMBER 3-4, 2023

PACE ACADEMY KNIGHTS

CLASS AAAA

HEAD COACH: CATHERINE MONROE

No.

D

efending state champion Pace Academy will square off with Area 5 rival Lovett for a chance to win its seventh all-time title.

The Lions sit one match away from the program’s second championship and first since 2012. Pace Academy took both matches against Lovett this season, including a 3-0 sweep for the region title on Oct. 12. The first meeting produced a 2-0 sweep that Pace Academy took 25-19, 30-28 and the region championship match was a 25-20, 2624, 25-21 sweep. Pace Academy’s Ellie Siskin (16), Grace Agolli (11) and Lawson Monroe (11) combined for 38 of the Knights’ 46 kills, while Lovett’s Kennedy Campbell posted a career-high 18 total blocks. Campbell’s presence will be key in thwarting Pace Academy’s firepower and the 6-foot-1 senior also contributed 10 kills in the Lions’ 3-0 win over Westminster in the semifinals—marking the third-straight match with double-digit kills. Teammate and UGA-commit Emma Duffield had a team-high 16 kills in the semifinals and a season-high 19 kills in the 3-1 quarterfinal win over Trinity Christian.

STARRS MILL

0

3 WESTMINSTER PACE ACAD.

PACE ACAD.

3

OCT. 24

TROUP CO.

OCT. 28

1

3

OCT. 28

LOVETT

CENTRAL-CARR.

CENTRAL-CARR.

NOV. 4

0

OCT. 24

3 3

Gr.

1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dhru Lalaji . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L/DS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gabby Emch . . . . . . . . . . . . . L/DS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Britton McGurn . . . . . . . . . . . S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zoe Taylor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jolie Litvak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gadit Bejar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Olivia Siskin . . . . . . . . . . . . . S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sabrina Agharkar . . . . . . . . . DS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Skyla Harris . . . . . . . . . . . . . RS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lawson Monroe . . . . . . . . . . . OH/MB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grace Agolli . . . . . . . . . . . . . S/RS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elowyn Allen . . . . . . . . . . . . . DS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ellie Siskin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rebecca McCloskey . . . . . . . . OH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

LOVETT LIONS

0 WHITEWATER

PACE ACAD.

Pos.

HEAD COACH: MASON SUTHERLAND

0 WESTMINSTER

3

Name

LOVETT

LOVETT

1 TRINITY CHR.

No. Name Pos. Gr. 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ali Wainwright. . . . . . . . . . . . S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Margaux Godfrey . . . . . . . . . DS/L. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kennedy Campbell . . . . . . . . OPP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alaysia Georges . . . . . . . . . . OPP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emma Yoder . . . . . . . . . . . . . DS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Julia Prevost . . . . . . . . . . . . . OPP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sloan Balsley . . . . . . . . . . . . OH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cackie Watt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emma Duffield . . . . . . . . . . . OH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eloise Diffley . . . . . . . . . . . . . MH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Camille Collier. . . . . . . . . . . . DS/L. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Katherine Scott Drake . . . . . . MH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Abby Thompson. . . . . . . . . . . OH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Allie Steel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Katy Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shannon Collins . . . . . . . . . . MH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 13 | WWW.GHSA.NET

2023 GHSA STATE VOLLEYBALL FINALS

CLASS AAA

SANDY CREEK FIGHTING PATRIOTS

he battle for Class 3A will see Oconee County attempt to win its first-ever volleyball state title and Sandy Creek attempt to snap a championship drought that spans back to 2012 when the Patriots won their third all-time title. Saturday’s final will be a rematch of Sandy Creek’s 2-0 win over the Warriors back on Aug. 17. In that match, Sandy Creek scored a 25-20 win in the opening set before piling on a 25-16 win in the second set. Junior Asia Harvey led Sandy Creek with 10 kills, while junior Nina Atkins notched 20 of the team’s 21 assists. Oconee County was led by Isabel Miller (6) and Bailey Bartlett (4), who combined for 10 of the team’s 15 kills and Olivia Miller provided a game-high three blocks. Oconee County’s only two losses within Class 3A this season came to the Patriots and Morgan County, which Oconee County defeated 3-1 in the quarterfinals before its 3-1 win over Hart County in the semifinals. Sandy Creek topped Hebron Christian 3-0 in the semifinals (26-24, 28-26, 25-16) and has no losses within Class 3A this season.

1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ta'Zariah McCoy . . . . . . . . . . L/DS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

HEAD COACH: TISHAY LEWIS

No.

T

0

CRISP CO.

3 SANDY CREEK

3

1 MORGAN CO.

SANDY CREEK

OCT. 25

OCT. 28

SAVANNAH CHR.

OCT. 28

OCONEE CO.

0 HEBRON CHR.

HEBRON CHR.

NOV. 3

3

14 | WWW.GHSA.NET

0

1

Pos.

Gr.

3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jada Caruther . . . . . . . . . . . . MH/OPP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lailah Gibbons . . . . . . . . . . . DS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nina Atkins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grace Barbour . . . . . . . . . . . . OH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Skye Graham . . . . . . . . . . . . OH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aubrey Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . MH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ariyana Johnson . . . . . . . . . . OPP/OH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Asia Harvey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kaylee Snyder . . . . . . . . . . . OPP/MH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Logan Hazlett . . . . . . . . . . . . L/DS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zayonna Thompson . . . . . . . . MH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sarai Stephens . . . . . . . . . . . S/DS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

OCONEE COUNTY WARRIORS HEAD COACH: MARK OGLESBY

3 OCONEE CO.

3

SANDY CREEK

OCONEE CO.

Name

OCT. 25

3

HART CO.

0

COLUMBUS

HART CO.

No. Name Pos. Gr. 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Katherine Johnston . . . . . . . . DS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Petra Mooney . . . . . . . . . . . . OH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jill Benning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Addi Eberhardt . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Olivia Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . MH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Taylor Payne . . . . . . . . . . . . . S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Isabel Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brinley Bartlett . . . . . . . . . . . OH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sidney Tranel . . . . . . . . . . . . DS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gracie Hobbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . OPP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Willow Powers . . . . . . . . . . . . OPP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ella Timlin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Braylon Baughcum . . . . . . . . DS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bailey Bartlett . . . . . . . . . . . . OH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sofi Veal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OPP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Izzie Boddie . . . . . . . . . . . . . OH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elizabeth Wynn . . . . . . . . . . . MH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Callie Hayes . . . . . . . . . . . . . DS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

NOVEMBER 3-4, 2023

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2023 GHSA STATE VOLLEYBALL FINALS

CLASS AA

LANDMARK CHRISTIAN WAR EAGLES HEAD COACH: ALYA SMITH

No.

T

wo-time defending state champion Mt. Paran and Landmark Christian both have an opportunity to capture their program’s fourth all-time state title this weekend. Mt. Paran is riding a 13-match winstreak into the finals and Landmark Christian is carrying a 16-match win-streak into the championship. The last match that Landmark Christian lost to an in-state opponent was to Mt. Paran in tournament play on Aug. 19 (19-25, 25-22). Mt. Paran senior Sarah Schwartz came out big in the victory with a game-high 13 kills. Schwartz, who has 98 career goals as a soccer standout, already has tallied 62 kills in this year’s playoffs. Mt. Paran’s lineup also features senior setter Kaitlyn Moran, who has averaged 38 assists per match during the playoffs. Landmark Christian’s Destiny McKenzie (16), Lillian Campbell (11) and sophomore Laila Amos (10) combined for 37 of the Eagles’ 50 team kills in their 3-1 semifinal victory over Savannah Arts. Landmark Christian senior Madelyne Tanner had a playoff-high 39 assists in the semifinal victory.

LANDMARK CHR.

3

3 LANDMARK CHR.

3

0

MODEL

Gr.

2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lucy O'rouke . . . . . . . . . . . . . OPP/OH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Skylar Iverson . . . . . . . . . . . . L/DS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kara Gibson . . . . . . . . . . . . . DS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christina Whitning. . . . . . . . . OPP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Laila Amos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anaya Yates . . . . . . . . . . . . . MB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kaitlyn Brezina . . . . . . . . . . . S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Hollyn Stanford . . . . . . DS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Madelyne Tanner. . . . . . . . . . S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lillian Campbell . . . . . . . . . . MB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 22. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ryan Lawerence . . . . . . . . . . DS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 32. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Destiny McKenzie . . . . . . . . . OH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

MT. PARAN CHRISTIAN EAGLES

MODEL

1

Pos.

1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lauryn Mack . . . . . . . . . . . . . DS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

HEAD COACH: SELINA CHANCY

No. N. COBB CHR.

Name

0

PIERCE CO.

Name

Pos.

Gr.

1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kelsie Moran . . . . . . . . . . . . . DS/L. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kaitlyn Moran . . . . . . . . . . . . S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

LANDMARK CHR.

3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Karis Woodard. . . . . . . . . . . . DS/L. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

OCT. 24

SAVANNAH ARTS

OCT. 28

NOV. 3

OCT. 28

SAVANNAH ARTS

0

4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Masai Harper . . . . . . . . . . . . OH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ava Short . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sadie Parkerson . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

MT. PARAN CHR.

3

OCT. 24

3 MT. PARAN CHR. 3

7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alexis Stubbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . DS/S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jessica Fields. . . . . . . . . . . . . MB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sarah Schwartz . . . . . . . . . . . OH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

MT. PARAN CHR.

10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Annie Elliott . . . . . . . . . . . . . OPP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Layla Dunn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MB/OH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

PROVIDENCE CHR.

1

0 EAGLES LND. CHR.

13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shelby Harris . . . . . . . . . . . . OH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Samantha Buff . . . . . . . . . . . MB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

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NOVEMBER 3-4, 2023

WHITEFIELD ACADEMY WOLFPACK

CLASS A

HEAD COACH: COURTNEY LEDFORD

No.

A

rea 6 rivals Mt. Pisgah and Whitefield Academy will battle for the Class A title and meet for the third time this season. Mt. Pisgah won both previous meetings in the regular season—scoring a 2-0 win on Aug. 29 and a 3-0 win on Oct. 12 to earn the No. 1 seed. Now, both the Patriots and Wolfpack will meet again with an opportunity to win their first-ever state titles. Mt. Pisgah senior Lane Kruse led the Patriots with 16 kills in their 3-0 semifinal win over Mt. Bethel and junior Adrianna Figurilli finished with six kills. This duo combined for 22 of Mt. Pisgah’s 39 kills in their most recent win over Whitefield Academy. Prior to this season, Whitefield Academy had never won a playoff game prior to this year’s run to the finals and the Wolfpack are playing with plenty of confidence after a 3-1win over Area 6 rival Mount Vernon in the semifinals. Elizabeth Cella and Kayden Bentley each had 13 kills and two aces, while Joelle Walker had four aces to lead the way for Whitefield.

Name

Pos.

Gr.

2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Madison Auer . . . . . . . . . . . . OH/DS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kaitlyn Rhudy . . . . . . . . . . . . DS/L. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joelle Walker . . . . . . . . . . . . S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prather Debutts . . . . . . . . . . . OH/RS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elizabeth Cella . . . . . . . . . . . OH/DS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emory McKeeby. . . . . . . . . . . OH/DS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kayden Bentley . . . . . . . . . . . MH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Angela Sanchez . . . . . . . . . . . DS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ansley Asche . . . . . . . . . . . . . S/RS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lauren Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . MH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elise Duncanson . . . . . . . . . . MH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Addison Burnett. . . . . . . . . . . OH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

0

LAMAR CO.

3 MT. BETHEL CHR. 3

WHITEFIELD ACAD.

0

18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kendall Hermanson . . . . . . . . MH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

MT. PISGAH CHRISTIAN PATRIOTS HEAD COACH: CLAIRE MORGAN

MT. BETHEL CHR.

No. WHITEFIELD ACAD.

3

0

HEARD CO.

Name

Pos.

Gr.

3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sophia Nasieku . . . . . . . . . . . DS/OH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reghan Frazzetta . . . . . . . . . S/OPP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

WHITEFIELD ACAD.

7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kate Garver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

OCT. 25

TEMPLE

OCT. 28

NOV. 3

OCT. 28

MT. PISGAH

1

OCT. 25

3 MT. PISGAH

8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Olivia Commissariat . . . . . . . DS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kamryn Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . DS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Natania Nasieku . . . . . . . . . . M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adrianna Figurilli . . . . . . . . . OH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nevaeh Arnold . . . . . . . . . . . S/OPP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

MT. VERNON

1

16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lane Kruse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

3 MT. PISGAH

21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Madison Atkinson . . . . . . . . . M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 MT. VERNON

3

0

SAVANNAH

22. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maddie Cuppia . . . . . . . . . . . DS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Camila Trujillo . . . . . . . . . . . . M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 17 | WWW.GHSA.NET