Wortham beat Axtell in three sets: 25-14; 25-15; 25-17.
Overall record 22-12 | District record 3-0
Ava Carr had 7 kills, 5 digs and one block.
Dakota Butler had 7 kills, 2 digs, and one ace.
Riley Winstead had 5 kills, one block, and one ace.
Madison Newhouse had 2 kills, 6 digs, and 4 aces.
Ziah Betts had 5 kills and two blocks.
Setter Ana Colquette had 19 assists, 10 digs, and 2 aces.
Setter Kylie Reed had 3 assists, 5 digs, and 3 aces.
Libero Ameeya Rhodes led the team in serve receive and had 7 digs, one assist, and one ace.
The Wortham Lady Bulldogs completed the first round of district play with a win over the Mart Lady Panthers in five sets. Both teams were 3-0 coming into the match but the Lady Bulldogs came through to have the lead in district play after the first round.
Wortham started the first set strong with a 25-14 win. The next two sets were close with Mart overpowering Wortham with 23-25 and 25-27 wins. The Lady Bulldogs came through on the fourth set with a 25-7 win taking the match to five sets. The fifth set was a true battle with back and forth points between both teams with Wortham taking the lead late in the set for the win 15-12.
Madison Newhouse had 15 kills, 11 digs and 3 aces.
Ziah Betts had 15 kills, 3 aces, 3 assists, 2 blocks, and 2 digs.
Dakota Butler had 11 kills, 14 digs, 4 aces, and 5 assists.
Riley Winstead had 10 kills, 5 digs, 2 blocks and one assist.
Ava Carr had 8 kills, 3 digs, and one block.
Setter Ana Colquette had 37 assists, 15 digs, 2 aces, and one kill.
Libero Ameeya Rhodes led in serve receive and had 25 digs, 3 assists, one kill and one ace.
Defense specialist Kylie Reed had 11 digs and 10 assists.
The Lady Bulldogs have an overall record of 23-12 and a district record of 4-0. Wortham will travel to Covington on their bye game on Tuesday and then start round two of district play on Friday with a home game against Hubbard.
Submitted by Head Volleyball Coach DeAnna Whaley.
