Sale Creek, CCS, Silverdale, Grace Among Volleyball Winners

Sale Creek and Chattanooga Christian both posted straight-set volleyball wins on Thursday with the Lady Panthers improving to 20-3 overall and 3-0 in District 6-A with the 25-1, 25-8, 25-9 win at Richard Hardy.

In another key District match in 5-A, the Grace Academy Lady Golden Eagles remained unbeaten after six matches with a 3-1 win over Boyd-Buchanan, another team who came into Thursday's match unbeaten in district play.  Set scores were 25-13, 25-27, 25-16 and 25-14.

The CCS Lady Chargers did their winning at home as they swept Grundy County  by scores of 25-13, 25-12 and 25-10.

Bailey Nelson was the spark plug for Sale Creek as she finished the day with 13 assists and 14 aces while teammate Ariana Smith chipped in with seven kills, seven digs and five aces.

A.J. Johnson had 13 kills and five digs to lead the Lady Chargers while Rachel Kay had 21 assists and Cassie Curry eight digs and seven aces.

CCS is now 6-8 overall and 4-2 in District 7-AA.

Silverdale beat Copper Basin by scores of 25-17, 25-17, 25-16 in a District 5-A contest.

Ooltewah (17-8) rebounded from a rare District 5-3A loss against Cleveland to defeat rival East Hamilton 3-0 by tight scores of 25-19, 27-25 and 25-23. 

SALE CREEK STATS: 
Bailey Nelson -- 1 dig, 13 assists, 14 aces
Ariana Smith -- 7 kills, 7 digs, 5 aces
Gracie Janow -- 7 kills, 5 digs
Morgan Weatherford -- 21 digs
Madysun Steele -- 4 kills, 3 digs
Jayda Perry -- 1 dig, 13 assists
Tayla Willis -- 3 kills, 5 digs, 1 block
Sydney Gibson -- 3 kills, 1 dig, 1 assist
EmiLee White -- 2 kills, 7 digs, 1 ace
Karah Carson -- 2 digs, 3 aces
Avery Cox -- 4 digs
Abbey Burton -- 1 kill.

CHATTANOOGA CHRISTIAN STATS:
Cassie Curry -- 4 kills, 7 aces, 8 digs, 1 block
A.J. Johnson -- 13 kills, 5 digs, 1 assist
Anna Linkous -- 9 digs, 2 aces, 1 kill
Rachel Kay -- 21 assists
Bailey Lancaster -- 7 assists, 1 ace
Grace Logterman -- 3 kills, 3 aces, 2 blocks, 2 digs
Brieanna Hemphill -- 6 kills, 1 dig
Jenny Armao -- 2 kills, 1 dig
Allison Hughes -- 2 digs
Annika Fischer -- 3 kills, 2 blocks, 1 ace
Summer Jones -- 4 kills, 3 aces.

SILVERDALE STATS:

Caroline Dale: 2 aces, 4 kills

GRACE STATS:

Autumn Parrott -- 3 kills, 9 aces, 6 digs

Lexie Mullins -- 4 aces, 6 digs

Megan Long -- 3 digs

Summer Dean -- 7 kills, 40 assists, 1 ace, 14 digs, 2 blocks

Alexandra Smith -- 26 kills, 2 aces, 40 digs, 3 aces

Maggie Long -- 1 kill, 3 aces, 44 digs

Julianna Hill -- 3 kills, 10 digs

Holley Fulgham -- 5 kills, 3 digs, 2 blocks

Abby McGaughey -- 3 digs.

OOLTEWAH STATS: 

Macy Milliken – 2 kills, 19 assists, 1 ace, 10 digs

Sydney Alleman – 2 digs

Jadyn Raschke – 1 kill, 9 digs

Aubbie Collake – 4 kills, 1 ace, 3 digs, 1.5 blocks

Sidney Killingsworth – 8 kills, 1 ace, 1 dig, 1 block

Courtney Swafford – 15 digs

Shelby Sutton – 4 kills, 1 dig

Cheyanne Sales – 1 kill, 2 blocks

Anna Maria Novelli – 2 kills, 1 dig

Ally Chernak – 1 dig

Mabry Carpenter – 1 kill, 5 digs

Tyler Sullivan – 1 kill.