VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFF PICTURE
Whitesboro: The Lady Bearcats opened the Class 3A Division I bi-district playoffs Thursday against Early at Poolville. Results were unavailable at press time.
Collinsville: The Lady Pirates opened the Class 2A Division II bi-district playoffs Thursday against Lipan at Paradise. Results were unavailable at press time.
Tioga: The Lady Bulldogs will face Poolville in the Class 2A Division I bi-district playoffs at 6 p.m. Friday at Bowie High School.
S&S: The Lady Rams opened the Class 3A Division II bi-district playoffs Thursday against Village Tech at Princeton. Results were unavailable at press time.
Whitewright: The Lady Tigers opened the Class 2A Division I bi-district playoffs Thursday against Alvord at Denton High School. Results were unavailable at press time.
Gunter: The Lady Tigers will host Dallas Life Oak Cliff in the Class 3A Division I bi-district playoffs at 2 p.m. Oct. 30.
WEEK IN REVIEW
Oct. 23
Whitewright 3, Collinsville 1
Demi Lewis recorded 20 kills and 12 digs as Whitewright closed out District 10-2A play with a 25-19, 25-10, 22-25, 27-25 victory over Collinsville.
Aubrey Pettit totaled 43 assists, 18 digs, eight kills and three aces, while Julianne Trotter added 11 kills and 22 digs. Kendall Sharpe contributed seven kills and 17 digs, and Angel Ortiz finished with seven kills.
Whitewright (28-13, 6-4) finished third in the district standings and earned the second seed in the Class 2A Division I playoff bracket.
Collinsville (21-17, 4-6) finished fourth and earned the district’s second seed in Class 2A Division II.
Tioga 3, Tom Bean 0
Tioga closed out the regular season with a 25-13, 28-26, 25-14 sweep of Tom Bean on the road in District 10-2A action.
The Lady Bulldogs (34-10, 8-2) finished second in the district standings and earned the top seed in the Class 2A Division I playoff bracket.
Riley Brown led Tom Bean with 15 kills, 14 digs and four blocks. Camryn Ives added five kills and five digs, Ali Vick contributed four kills and eight digs, and Brooke Johnson finished with six assists.
Tom Bean ended its season at 14-23 overall and 2-8 in district play.
Blue Ridge 3, Bells 0
Bells closed out its volleyball season with a 25-13, 25-23, 25-23 road loss to Blue Ridge in district action.
The Lady Panthers finished winless in district play at 0-12.
Blue Ridge (25-15, 5-7) finished fifth in the district standings.
Oct. 22
Gunter 3, S&S 0
Gunter closed out District 10-3A play with its 10th straight victory, sweeping S&S, 25-10, 25-16, 25-22, to secure the district’s top playoff seed.
Brooklyn Kinison, Taylor Fryar, Kenzie Gibbs, Shelby Ellis and Ava Doty led Gunter (28-16, 11-1), which enters the Class 3A Division I playoffs as the district’s top seed.
The Lady Tigers have not lost since falling to Howe in five sets early in district play, their first district defeat in seven years. Gunter also lost senior standout Kyla Gortmaker to a knee injury in that match.
Brady Clark, Ryleigh Carr, Rylee Garrison, Bella Bennett and Hannah Foster paced S&S (25-12, 6-6), which earned the district’s second seed in Class 3A Division II.
Oct. 20
Paradise 3, Whitesboro 1
Paradise defeated Whitesboro, 25-15, 24-26, 25-15, 25-12, in District 8-3A action to take control of the district title race.
Madison Pokluda, Karina Riddle, Jenna Cole, Emma Parish, Aubree Bruce and Presleigh Aleman led Whitesboro (34-8, 7-2).
Autumn Proctor, Ayla Morrison, Eelyn Murphy and McKinley McQueen paced Paradise (29-9, 8-1), which also won the teams’ first meeting in four sets.
Whitesboro had already clinched the district’s top seed in the Class 3A Division I playoff bracket and surpassed last season’s win total by five victories.
After dropping the opening set, Whitesboro rallied to take the second, 26-24. Pokluda delivered a kill to tie the score at 24 before Bruce put the Lady Bearcats ahead. A Paradise attack error evened the match.
Paradise regained control in the third set with a 7-0 run after trailing 8-6. The Lady Panthers dominated the fourth, using an 11-1 run to build a 19-8 advantage and secure the victory.
Whitewright 3, Tom Bean 0
Whitewright clinched a playoff berth with a 25-23, 25-11, 25-6 sweep of Tom Bean in District 10-2A action.
The Lady Tigers improved to 27-13 overall and 5-4 in district play heading into their regular-season finale against Collinsville.
Riley Brown had four kills and 11 digs, while Camryn Ives collected 10 digs for Tom Bean (14-22, 2-7).
Collinsville 3, Sam Rayburn 0
Collinsville clinched a playoff berth with a 25-16, 25-20, 25-22 road sweep of Sam Rayburn in Ivanhoe in District 10-2A action.
The Lady Pirates improved to 21-16 overall and 4-5 in district play heading into their regular-season finale against Whitewright.
Sam Rayburn dropped to 9-24 overall and 0-9 in district play.
Lindsay 3, Tioga 0
Lindsay clinched the outright District 10-2A championship with a 25-23, 25-18, 25-15 road sweep of Tioga.
The Lady Bulldogs dropped to 33-10 overall and 7-2 in district play, while Lindsay improved to 31-6 and 9-0.
S&S 3, Bells 0
Brady Clark recorded 12 kills and seven digs as S&S clinched a playoff berth with a 26-24, 25-20, 25-13 road sweep of Bells in district action.
Bella Bennett totaled 11 kills, eight digs and five aces, while Ryleigh Carr added seven kills and six digs. Rylee Garrison handed out 31 assists and collected seven digs.
S&S improved to 25-11 overall and 6-5 in district play heading into its regular-season finale against Gunter.
Bells fell to 0-11 in district play.