Salado Lady Eagles started district play last week by sweeping Jarrell in three sets, following a non-district loss to Liberty Hill.

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SHS 25 25 25 3

JHS 13 21 9 0

Salado handled the visiting Jarrell Lady Cougars in three sets Sept. 13, 25-12, 25-21 and 25-9.

Haley Brown had three aces to lead Salado. Also scoring aces were Mazzy Johnson, two and Charli Niu, Macy Morris, Shelby Hollywood, one each.

Kael Wilcox had nine kills to lead Salado, followed by Brown, eight, Morris, six, Elsie Law, five, Johnson, four, Niu, three, and Kate Maedgen, one.

Law and Johnson had two blocks, followed by Niu, Morris and Brown, one each.

Niu made 26 assists to lead Salado, followed by Morris, two and Hollywood, Maedgen, Karlee Konarik and Lola Haas, one each.

Brown made seven digs to lead the Lady Eagles. Also recording digs were Niu, six, Morris, five, Hollywood, Wilcox and Maedgen, four each, Kaylee Bragg, three, Johnson and Konarik, two each and Law, one.

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SHS 25 23 19 22 1

LHHS 16 25 25 25 3

Salado Lady Eagles lost in four sets to Liberty Hill Lady Panthers, 25-16, 23-25, 19-25, 22-25, on Sept. 10.

Hollywood was the only Lady Eagle to score an ace.

Wilcox led Salado with 15 kills, followed by Payton Ortega, 12, Brown, 11, Law, seven, Niu, five, Johnson, three, Morris and Hollywood, one each.

Morris had six blocks to lead Salado, followed by Law, five, Ortega, four, Brown and Wilcox, three each and Niu, one.

Niu led Salado with 41 assists, followed by  Hollywood, Maedgen and Brown, two each and Johnson and Law, one each.

Johnson had 16 digs to lead the girls, followed by Brown, 14, Hollywood, 13, Niu, eight, Ortega, seven, Wilcox, six, Maedgen, five, Konarik, three and Law, Morris and Kaylee Bragg, one each.

Salado Lady Eagles split their non-district games with Troy and West last week, with each extending to five sets.

Salado Lady Eagles won the Academy volleyball tournament to improve to 23-4 on the season. As of presstime, the girls are seventh in the 4A TGCA poll.

Salado Lady Eagles placed second in the Farmersville volleyball tournament Aug. 23-25, falling to Audrey in the championship match. Kael Wilcox and Elsie Law were named to the All-Tournament Team.

Salado Lady Eagles went 7-1, losing in the semi-finals of the Gold Bracket in the Leander-Georgetown-East View volleyball tournament Aug. 15-17. The tourney had 20 teams competing. The 9-1 Lady Eagles are ranked #5 in 4A volleyball by the Texas Girls Coaches Association.

Salado Lady Eagles beat 6A Stony Point Tigers on the road in five sets, 25-21, 20-25, 15-25, 25-22 and 15-9 to start their season Aug. 12. Elsie Law led the girls with 11 kills while Mazzy Johnson and Kael Wilcox each had 10 kills. Johnson led the girls with  21 digs and Shelby  Hollywood had 17.