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Volleyball team having a good year

Brandi James, Charger Staff

The Lady Cavs Volleyball Team is on their way to a good year. On Aug. 28, the girls left Farragut with three wins against SBEC, Cosby County, and Gibbs County, and two losses against Anderson County and Baylor, during the Early Bird tournament. Sophomore Taylor Denney had thirteen service aces, the tournament’s highest ace average.

Aug. 31 was the first offical home game played against Lebanon. The team won two games and lost three. Joanna Slagle, the team’s only senior, had eight kills and sophomore, Staci Ray led the team with nine digs.

The girls played their arch rivals, White County, on September 2. The team had an amazing and close first two games against the lady warriors, with scores of 25-22 and 26-24, but they lost the next three 20-25, 22-25, and 11-15.

On Sept. 3rd and 4th, the varsity girls participated in the Top Gun tournament in Morristown. The tournament left the girls with four wins and four losses. The girls competitors included Morristown East, Henry Clay, David Crockett, Cumberland County, Cocke County , Gallatin, and Landmark Christian. On Friday night the girls found themselves with two losses against Morristown and Henry Clay . Saturday the girls played six more games, in which they played Landmark Christian twice. The overall outcome of the weekend was a record of four wins and four losses.

On Sept, 7, the girls traveled to Blackman High School, to take on the Lady Blaze. The girls won the game in the first three matches with an outcome of 27-25, 25-18, 25-18.

The Cavs played Warren County at home on Sept. 9, where they left with a 3-0 win over the Pioneers. Also played at home, was the Oakland match, where sophomore, Nikki James, had seventeen kills for the night.

The Riverdale match was a disappointment for the Lady Cavs,who lost to the Warriors by a 3-0 defeat.

On Sept. 17-18, the Lady Cavs traveled to Munt Juliet for the Wilson Central Tournament. On Friday, the girls strung out the match, by losing the first match, winning the last, and finally losing the last game 6-15 to Independence High. The next game was against Friendship Christian, where in order to qualify for the gold division, the girls had to win in two games, which they succeded in doing, winning 27-25 and 25-12. Saturday the girls played Gallatin, and again won the match with a 2-0 win, 25-20 and 25-13. Finally the girls played Oakland, where they came out strong in the first match, 25-21, but lost the next two 23-25 and 6-15.

On Sept. 21, the girls went to Lebannon

During homecoming week, the Cavs played against arch rivals White County. The girls won their second fourth and fifth game, resulting in the girls victory over the Warriors with a 3-2 match, winning the last game, 15-12.