The Fairfield Lady Eagles magical season ended at Athens High School in the Region III tournament. They reached the regional final but fell to Nacogdoches Central Heights in straight sets.
Lily Beavers stays focused and bumps the ball for Fairfield against East Bernard on Friday afternoon.
The playoff run began with a straight set wins over Lexington (25-18, 25-20, 25-15) and Grandview (25-17, 28-26, 25-21) to reach the play in game for the regional tournament.
Fairfield would face possibly their toughest test of the season to date. The Troy Lady Trojans came to Robinson with the thought of pushing out the upstart Lady Eagles. The game was a marathon with Fairfield winning the fifth game to take a 3-2 match win (25-19, 25-20, 27-29, 26-28, 15-9)
Blayke Brackens hits the ball over the net against the Central Heights Blue Devils.
The Lady Eagles qualified for their first trip to the Region III tournament in school history and would face the always tough and former champion East Bernard Lady Brahmas. The Lady Eagles won the first game convincingly 25-14 and had to grind out a game two win (26-24).
Zadie McPherson gets down low to bump the ball for Fairfield against Central Heights.
East Bernard rallied to win the third game (22-25) and Fairfield won game four (25-22) and the match and would vie for their opportunity to move on to the state tournament.
Avery Thaler hits the ball over the net for Fairfield against Troy.
They would face Nacogdoches Central Heights Lady Devils and battled most of the afternoon but could not defeat them and fell in four games (25-14, 25-18, 9-25, 25-17)
Jacelynn Schmidt serves the ball for the Lady Eagles in the Regional Quarterfinals.
The Lady Eagles program has been very successful over the years and their season comes to an end, but they have played superbly all year and the community and rivals and fans all salute a great season.
Lily Beaver and Taylor Stone are down and ready for the ball against East Bernard.
