Photos courtesy of Mandy Foster
Since this past Tuesday alone, the Hackett Sr High Lady Hornets have faced three teams and slammed down in 10 sets for their gameplay in the 2019 2A State Volleyball Tournament. In Round 1, the Lady Hornets took down the Midland Mustangs in a 3-0 triple threat. The following day for Round 2, Hackett won again 3-0 this time against Conway Christian. And last night, the Lady Hornets filled their Halloween bags with sweet treats of victory taking down St. Joseph 3-1 in the Semi-Finals. This places Hackett with a 27-2-1 total season play record.
The Lady Hornets ended their match in the semi-finals against the St. Joseph Lady Bulldogs with final sets of 25-12, 15-25, 25-23, and 25-15. With an “ace” in your face was Madi Taylor with four, Madeline Freeman with two, and Jamye Durham with one. These natural-born killers walked away with a team total of 43 kills. Rain Vaughn with 18, Freeman with eight, Kenadi Wright with six, Shayla Foster with five, Kandace Byrd with four, and Durham with two.
Holding a successful “block” party was Durham with six, Wright with two, Freeman with two, and Vaughn with one. “Assisting” with the epic net results was Freeman with 21, Taylor with 17, Kayla Richardson and Byrd with two each, and Foster with one. And with a team total of 60 digs, its no dig’gity no doubt that the Lady Hornets walked away winners. Richardson earned 23, Byrd had 17, Foster obtained 13, Freeman made four, Durham nailed two, and Wright scored one.
The Hackett Lady Hornets are gearing up to rock the block in the final round of the State Tournament. The squad will face Crowley’s Ridge Academy on Saturday, November 2 in Hot Springs at 3 p.m.
