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SGP 3, Arlington 1: South Grand Prairie rallied back from a 1-0 deficit to spoil the Colts’ senior night in District 8-6A. The Warriors lost the opening set 18-25, but came back to take the next three 25-22, 25-11, 25-18. Both teams are 7-2 in district with the series split – one game back of first place Arlington Martin, which beat Arlington, but lost to SGP. Arlington won 3-1 at SGP in the first round of district play. The Warriors led the Colts 15-10 in the first set, but Kalysa Humbles and Ella Irons sparked Arlington to a 15-3 run to take the set. SGP was led by Bailey Brown, Christiana Browne and Ryleigh Goss as the Warriors evened the match and then completely dominated the third set. The Colts scored five straight and led 12-10 in the fourth, but SGP scored the next four. A kill from Goss made it 16-15 Warriors and Arlington had to call a timeout down 20-16.
Hockaday 3, Arl. Oakridge 0: The Daisies and Owls came in #4 and #3, respectively in our area private school rankings, but it was the former that took down the latter in straight sets 25-17, 25-18, 25-19. Hockaday, winners of an SPC title back-to-back years and three of the last four, kept Oakridge star Keegan Flowers in check all night, limiting the Memphis commit. Mila Haffar and Ruby Duncan led the Daisies with 11 and 10 kills, while Duncan hit 0.529. Duncan was also good at the net while three players had double-digit digs. Ai-vy Ho and Avery Park led Allison Curran’s 6-2 offense with 32 combined assists.
Wakeland 3, The Colony 0: The defending 5A D2 state champions took down the Cougars in 12-5A, 25-14, 25-12, 25-14. LSU commit Hannah Lee finished with 10 kills and hit 0.529. Freshman Skye Lincoln came in second on the team with eight kills. Aubree Fernandez and Jacey Rogers led the way with 13 digs and 18 assists, respectively.
Midlothian 3, Ennis 0: Sam Houston State commit Kameron Rector was lights out with 20 kills on a 0.741 clip as the Panthers won easily in District 15-5A, 25-4, 25-8, 25-12. Midlothian finished with 42 kills and a 0.500 hitting percentage. The team added 14 aces led by four from Taylor Trice while Sheridan Riles finished with 15 digs. Rector had a double-double with 11 digs and Kyleigh Shaw posted 20 assists.
Wylie 3, Wylie East 0: The Pirates took down their cross town rival Raiders 26-24, 25-23, 25-11 and improved to 12-0 in District 9-6A. It’s the first time Wylie swept East in district play during the past four seasons. East moved up from 5A to 6A in 2022. The two teams split the district championship last season. Julia Hudgins led the way with 16 kills and 17 digs, followed by Keelyn Green’s 11 and nine. Jo Bao had four aces and 23 digs, and Berkeley Weidinger and Olivia Royal combined for 38 assists.
Springtown 3, Krum 1: The last time these two teams met in District 7-4A, Springtown edged out Krum in five sets at Krum. In Springtown, the Porcupines won in four to sweep the season series, 25-20, 21-25, 25-20, 26-24. The Pines won their 35th game of the season. Since MaxPreps started tracking volleyball in 2007, the program has only won 30+ games in two previous seasons (2012 and 2013). Libby Tedder, a Top 5 hitter in DFW, posted 25 kills and 10 digs. Brooklynn Quintanilla had a game-high 30 digs and Ryleigh Strickland chipped in 17 assists, nine digs and eight kills.
