Wortham Volleyball Practices Good Defense
Wortham beat Mart in three games to take the lead in district after the first round: 25-14, 25-18, and 25-18.
District record 8-0
Kayla Lansford led with 15 kills, 10 blocks and 8 digs.
Setter Jayde Hamilton had 16 assists, 8 kills, 6 digs, 2 aces and one block.
Rylee Goolsby had 12 kills and 5 blocks.
Libero Hallie Fautt had 15 digs and one kill.
Megan Whaley helped in defense with 12 digs.
Samanatha Wright had 5 kills, 1 dig, 1 block and 1 assist.
Darcy Taylor had 8 assists, one ace and one dig.
Skylar Phillips had 6 assists and 3 kills.
Stepping up from JV to replace Ashley Mao was Jessica Black. Jessica came up from JV and did an outstanding job. Jessica had 3 kills and 2 blocks.
Lady Bulldogs Take Win Against Hubbard
Wortham beat Hubbard in three games: 25-18, 25-15, and 25-20.
District Record 7-0
WORTHAM LADY BULLDOG, Ashley Mao, defending the net Tuesday night, September 19, 2017 during Wortham’s 3 set sweep over Hubbard. (Photo by Jennifer Lansford)
Kayla Lansford led with 18 kills, 2 aces, 1 dig and 3 blocks.
Ashley Mao had 12 kills, 1 assist, 3 aces, 2 digs and one block.
Rylee Goolsby had 6 kills, one dig and 4 blocks.
Setter Jayde Hamilton had 2 kills, 2 aces, 6 digs and 19 assist.
Libero Hallie Fautt had 4 kills, 2 aces and 7 digs.
Setter Darcy Taylor had 5 assist, 2 digs and 1 ace.
Skylar Phillips had 1 kill, 3 assist and 2 blocks.
Megan Whaley had 4 digs.
Samantha Wright had 1 dig.
Wortham started strong and shut Hubbard’s powerful offense down with tough blocks and a solid defense.
“I’m so proud of how my girls came together and played as a team, says Coach DeAnna Whaley. “We moved together and kept fighting. We focused on Hubbard’s serve receive and their defense on Monday and my girls really came through.”
