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DJ SPENCER, SPORTS EDITOR SS NEWS TELEGRAM
SS News Telegram | 8/24/2023
SS News Telegram | 8/24/2023
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LADY WILDCATS PLAY WELL IN RECENT GAMES
WILLS POINT — The Sulphur Springs Lady Wildcats
resumed action this past weekend by competing in the
Wills Point Tournament. Also, they played a non-district
game against the Commerce Lady Tigers, which they
would win in four sets.
For their first tournament game, the Lady Wildcats took
on the Rains Lady Wildcats. Sulphur Springs would win
the game in three sets, with set scores being 25-23, 21-
25, and 2520.
Trinity Jefferson would lead the way with 10 assists, six
digs, and four kills. Tessa Allen would come away with
seven digs, two aces, and one assist. Rainey Johnson had
a solid game with seven digs, five kills, four assists, and
one ace.
Aaliyah Cheatum tallied the most kills with six. Mary
Taylor tallied five kills and three digs. Kate Monk
finished with four digs, three kills, and two assists.
Lauren Dittrich finished with three digs and two assists.
Madison Jeter would tally three aces, one dig, and one
assist. Other contributors include Harper Hodges with
three assists, one ace, and one dig, Kaylee Carter with
two kills and one dig, and Kyra Carter with one kill.
In their next tournament game, the Lady Wildcats took
on the Terrell Lady Tigers. The Lady Wildcats picked up
their second consecutive victory, winning in two sets. Set
scores were 2515 and 26-24.
Jefferson came up with 12 assists, six digs, three aces,
and one kill. Johnson finished with 10 digs, nine kills,
and one assist, coming one kill shy of a double- double.
Taylor totaled five kills, one block, one dig, and one
assist.
Allen and Jeter totaled five digs each. Cheatum finished
with four kills, two digs, and one block. Hodges tallied
three digs and two assists.
digs and three aces in the Lady Wildcats' four-set win.
Other contributors to the win include Kaylee Carter with
three kills, Kyra Carter with two kills and one dig,
Dittrich with one dig, and Monk with one kill.
The next day, the Lady Wildcats took a break from the
tournament to welcome the Commerce Lady Tigers to
Wildcat Gym for a non-district game. Despite a slow
start, the Lady Wildcats shook back from early hiccups
to take a four-set victory.
The first set began with the Lady Tigers jumping out to
an early 6-2 lead. The Lady Wildcats would respond with
a 5-2 scoring run to trim the score to 9-7.
Though a 4-3 scoring run for the Lady Wildcats brought
the score within 12-11, the Lady Tigers would embark on
an 8-5 scoring run to extend their lead to 20-16. After
the Lady Wildcats added another point, the Lady Tigers
scored the final five points of the set, winning 25-17 and
taking the early lead.
The second set began with the Lady Wildcats jumping
out to an early 3-1 lead. However, the Lady Tigers would
respond with an 8-3 scoring run to pull ahead 9-6.
Determined to stay in the game, the Lady Wildcats tied
the score at 1111 with a 5-2 scoring run. From there, they
would go on a 13-1 scoring run to extend their lead to
2412. Though the Lady Tigers added three more points,
that only delayed the inevitable, as the Lady Wildcats
scored the final point of the set, winning 25-15 and
evening the score at 1-1.
The third set would begin with both teams battling for
control early on, leading to a 5-5 tie. After that, the Lady
Wildcats went on a 9-2 scoring run to establish a 14-7
lead.
Following a 5-1 scoring run from Commerce that
trimmed the score to 1512, the Lady Wildcats increased
their lead to 21-13 with a 6-1 scoring run.
After the Lady Tigers cut the score to 22-19, the Lady
Wildcats scored the final three points of the set, winning
25-19 and taking a 2-1 lead.
The fourth set would start with a 3-3 tie from both teams
before a 6-1 scoring run from the Lady Wildcats brought
the score to 9-4. This was followed by a 5-3 scoring run
that increased the lead to 14-7.
The Lady Tigers weren’t ready to quit just yet, as they
went on a 7-2 scoring run to pull within 16-14. But from
there, the Lady Wildcats outscored the Lady Tigers 9-1
the rest of the way, winning the fourth set 25-15 and
winning the game in four sets.
Jefferson would tally 17 assists, nine digs, eight kills, one
block, and one ace. Allen recorded a team-high 17 digs,
also adding three aces. Johnson also had double-digit
digs with 15, also adding eight kills, five assists, three
aces, and two blocks.
Hodges would tally seven digs, seven assists, and three
aces. Cheatum totaled five kills, one block, and one dig.
Kyra Carter finished with five digs, four kills, and two
aces.
Dittrich finished with five digs and three aces. Monk
totaled four kills, two blocks, and one dig. Kaylee Carter
had three kills, three blocks, one dig, and one assist. Jeter
totaled one kill and one dig.
The next day, the Lady Wildcats resumed action in the
Wills Point Tournament by playing the Carrollton
Creekview Lady Mustangs. Creekview would hand the
Lady Wildcats a two-set loss, with set scores being 6-25
and 17-25.
Jefferson would record four digs, two aces, and one kill.
Kaylee Carter totaled three kills and one dig. Hodges
would tally three digs and two assists.
Other contributors include Allen with two digs and one
ace, Kyra Carter with two digs and one kill, Johnson with
two assists, one ace, and one kill, and Taylor with one
dig.
In the following game, the Lady Wildcats played the host
team, the Wills Point Lady Tigers. They would rebound
with a two set win in that game.
In their final tournament game, the Lady Wildcats
played the Ennis Lady Lions. They would win that game
in two sets, with set scores being 25-17 and 2927.
Jefferson led with 13 assists, seven digs, five kills, and
one ace. Allen totaled eight digs, two aces, two kills, and
one assist. Johnson finished with eight digs, four kills,
three assists, and one ace.
Kyra Carter tallied seven kills, two aces, and two digs.
Hodges finished with six assists, three digs, and one ace.
Jeter and Dittrich totaled four digs apiece.
Kaylee Carter recorded three kills and three digs. Taylor
totaled three kills and two digs. Monk recorded two kills
and two digs.
With these results, the Lady Wildcats are now 10-6 on
the season. They resumed action Tuesday, welcoming
the Ford Lady Panthers to Wildcat Gym
Dj Spencer, Sports Editor SS News Telegram
SS News Telegram | 8/24/2023
SS News Telegram | 8/24/2023
