Fort Worth-area high school volleyball results and scores from Tuesday, Sept. 20
Fort Worth-area high school volleyball
Tuesday Sept. 20, 2022
Game of the night
Keller d. Byron Nelson, 25-16, 25-15, 19-25, 22-25, 15-12
The Indians, No. 7 in the Class 6A area rankings, blew a 2-0 lead, but did finish strong to take down No. 1 Byron Nelson in five on the road during a District 4-6A showdown on Tuesday night.
Byron coach Brianne Groth and Keller coach Danielle Barker are sisters. This is the first year at Keller for Barker, who was previously at Flower Mound Marcus.
After Byron (28-3, 2-2) forced a fifth set, the final game was tightly contested with four ties early on, but Anna Flores got a solo block to give Keller (17-11, 2-2) a 5-4 lead that the Indians would never give up.
Reagan Sharp added a kill to make it 6-4 and the two teams continued to trade points while Byron couldn’t even it or take the lead. A Byron error and block from USC commit Leah Ford, a Top 25 player, gave Keller a 11-8 lead forcing Groth to call a timeout.
Another error gave the Indians a four-point edge, but then Keller would have back-to-back errors to make it 13-11. Barker called a timeout at 13-11 before her team closed it out.
Sharp had a game-high 17 kills while Ford finished with 10 kills on 0.316 hitting, three aces and seven total blocks. Ford is in her second game back after missing a little more than a month with an ab injury. She was an all-area middle last season and one of the top blockers in the metroplex.
Miami commit Taylor Polivka had 22 assists and Addy Franz chipped in a double double with 13 assists and 14 digs. Kea Whillock finished with 11 digs and Brooklyn Harter had nine kills.
Both the first and second set played out the same way with the teams going neck and neck. Byron would have leads in both sets, 14-12 in the first and 13-10 in the second, but Keller would finish strong with runs of 13-2 and 15-2 to end and take a 2-0 lead in the match.
Byron wouldn’t go away in three as the Bobcats led 6-0 in the third and 8-2 following a kill from Boston College commit Samantha Hoppes, who hit her 1,000th career kill on Tuesday.
Keller got a kill from Sharp and the Indians led 12-11, but the Bobcats scored the next five points for a 16-12 lead. After it was 16-15, Byron got a block from Morgan Inemer for a 19-15 edge and the Bobcats would close the third with a nine of the last 13 points.
Byron trailed 9-6 in the fourth, but kills from Hoppes and Sydnee Peterson gave the Bobcats a 17-12 lead. A massive kill from Peterson and point by Hadley Warden pushed the Bobcats to a 22-18 edge before closing the fourth out and forcing a fifth.
Hoppes and Peterson led Byron with 14 and 13 kills, respectively. Inemer had four blocks while Campbell Love, Peterson and Kylie Kleckner had double digits in digs (33, 18, 11).
Anna Koster chipped in 25 assists and Keatyn Rodgers added 10.
Granbury d. Wichita Falls Rider, 18-25, 25-18, 25-22, 23-25, 17-15
Sara Welch had a season-high 45 assists as the Pirates ousted the Raiders in District 5-5A. Granbury improves to 2-1 in district while Rider dropped to 1-3.
After opening the game losing the first set, Granbury rallied back to take a 2-1 lead. The Pirates would edge out the Raiders in the fifth as the two teams combined for 32 points.
Welch put in her second 40-assist game in the last three games. She also had four kills, 23 digs and two aces. Three players had 10 kills, Rachael Poirier (18), Kassidy Kirkpatrick (17) and Sienna Watts (10). Kirkpatrick had five blocks and Kylie Moody put in 34 digs. Christen Nichols and Megan James chipped in 12 and 10 digs, respectively.
Number
12: Keller Central defeated Southlake Carroll in straight sets, giving the Chargers their first win over the Dragons in 12 years. It was just their third win over Carroll all-time (2007, 2010) and first sweep with the previous two wins coming in four.
Top performers
Karly Wells, Sr., Central: The DBU commit, who is in the Top 5 for kills in the Fort Worth-area, had 16 kills on 0.324 hitting, 3 blocks, 5 digs and 13 assists in the Chargers’ 3-0 win over Southlake Carroll.
Reagan Sharp, Jr., Keller: Sharp had a game-high 17 kills in the Indians’ 3-2 upset win over Byron Nelson.
Morgan Howard, Sr., Colleyville Heritage: The top-ranked area player put in 33 assists during the Panthers’ 3-0 win over Richland.
Alyssa Gonzales, Sr., Aledo: The TCU commit finished with a double double of 19 kills and 22 digs in the Ladycats’ 3-1 win over Rockwall-Heath.
Kylie Druxman, Sr., Springtown: Druxman recorded 25 assists, 17 digs, 4 kills and 3 aces in the Porcupines’ 3-0 win over Panther Creek.
Campbell Love, Sr., Byron Nelson: Love had a game-high 33 digs in the Bobcats’ 3-2 defeat to Keller.
Sara Welch, Sr., Granbury: Welch picked up her second 40-assist game in the last three games with a season-high 45 in the Pirates’ 3-2 win over Rider.
Dasia Ingram, Sr., Everman: Ingram led Everman in a 3-0 win over Trimble Tech with 23 kills, 0.537 hitting, 4 aces and 7 digs.
Caroline Kahle, Sr., Birdville: The SFA commit had 19 kills and 13 digs in the Hawks’ 3-2 win over Argyle.
Cloey Dress, Jr., Joshua: Dress registered 29 assists, 12 digs and a pair of aces in the Owls’ 3-1 win over Centennial.
Claire Duley, Sr., Chisholm Trail: Duley, who’s also Top 5 in kills, finished with 15 kills and 17 digs in the Rangers’ 3-1 defeat against Euless Trinity.
Haley Mullaney, Sr., Decatur Victory Christian: Mullaney recorded a triple double with 18 kills on 0.615 hitting, 18 assists, 10 digs and 8 aces. She leads the area with 99 aces this season as Victory improved to 17-0.
Kinzley Brown-Riggins, Jr., Crowley: K.B.R had a career-high 22 kills on 0.383 hitting to go with 7 blocks and 12 digs during the Eagles’ 3-2 comeback win over Paschal.
Chloe Cardona, Sr., North Side: Cardona led the Steers in a 3-0 win over South Hills with 24 assists, 14 digs, 6 aces and 2 kills.
Emma Rosier, Soph., Boyd: In just a season and a half, Rosier has already hit 2,000 career assists as she surpassed the milestone with 29 during the Yellowjackets’ 3-0 win over Pilot Point.
Results
Keller Central d. Southlake Carroll, 25-18, 25-18, 25-21
In a match up of two Class 6A area Top 10 teams, Central went on the road and picked up a big time win in District 4-6A. It was Central’s first sweep of Carroll all-time and first win in the series since 2010.
Central, No. 8, improved to 25-11 and 3-1.
Carroll fell to 13-16 and 2-2.
DBU commit Karly Wells, a Top 25 player, led with a game-high 16 kills while hitting 0.324 with one ace, three blocks, five digs and 13 assists. Allison Montoya had a game-high 21 assists.
Emma Mugwanya and Abby Zerger had six blocks each and Jaylani Evans registered 10 kills. Central held No. 5 Carroll to a 0.78 hitting percentage
Justin Northwest d. Azle 25-22, 25-13, 25-9
The Texans, No. 3 in the Class 5A area rankings, improved to 4-0 in District 5-5A and 29-8 overall after sweeping No. 9 Azle.
TCU commit Lydia Seymour had 10 kills on 0.348 hitting and Hannah Clear added nine kills on 0.750 hitting.
Rylee Jackson also had nine kills and Kiley Brooks and Madison Scrivner led the defense with 15 and 14 digs, respectively. Sophie Chambers chipped in 20 assists and 11 digs and Cassidy Hargesheimer added 11 assists.
Springtown d. Frisco Panther Creek, 25-8, 26-24, 25-17
In their final tune up before district, the Porcupines swept Panther Creek behind a pair of double doubles from Kylie Druxman and Brinklee Dauenhauer.
Druxman led all players with 25 assists and added 17 digs, four kills and three aces. Dauenhauer chipped in 16 kills, three aces and a game-high 26 digs. Sterlyn Smith had 14 digs and Anaie Rodriguez had 11 assists.
Springtown, which is in the Top 10 area rankings, improved its record to 17-13.
Scores
Aledo 3, Heath 1
Arlington 3, SGP 1
Arlington Heights 3, Wyatt 0
Birdville 3, Argyle 2
Boswell 3, Bell 0
Boyd 3, Pilot Point 0
Brock 3, Eastland 0
Central 3, Carroll 0
Colleyville Heritage 3, Richland 0
Crowley 3, Paschal 2
DeSoto 3, Lake Ridge 1
Eaton 3, Timber Creek 1
Everman 3, Trimble Tech 0
Fort Worth Christian 3, Southwest Christian 0
Fossil Ridge 3, Haltom 0
Glen Rose 3, Clyde 2
Granbury 3, Rider 2
Grandview 3, Keene 0
Grapevine 3, Lake Dallas 0
Hockaday 3, Liberty Christian 1
Keller 3, Byron Nelson 2
Kennedale 3, Alvarado 2
Joshua 3, Centennial 1
Lamar 3, Grand Prairie 0
Life Waxahachie 3, Venus 0
Mansfield 3, Duncanville 0
Martin 3, Sam Houston 0
Midlothian 3, Burleson 0
Midlothian Heritage 3, Cleburne 0
Nazarene Christian 3, Christian Life 0
North Side 3, South Hills 0
Northwest 3, Azle 0
Rio Vista 3, Hico 1
Southwest 3, Poly 0
Springtown 3, Panther Creek 0
Trinity 3, Chisholm Trail 1
Victory Christian 3, Community Christian 0
Weatherford 3, Crowley 0
This story was originally published September 20, 2022 at 9:48 PM.
