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By Charles Ballard
SJNT correspondent

The Lady Pirates fell to the Onalaska Lady Wildcats 3-0 on Oct. 3.

The Lady Pirates’ first two games were clearly in the hands of the Lady Wildcats, but the last and final game showed the spirit of the Lady Pirates. After tying the game at 24 all the Lady Pirates had to relinquish the ball to the Lady Cats for the last few services.

The Cats produced one score sending the score in favor of Onalaska 25-24.

Needing only one more score and the ball in the hands of the Cats the ball volleyed back and forth several times until the Lady Wildcats pushed the score to 26-25 and the series went to Onalaska.

Scores were 14-25, 12-25 and 24-26.

Coldspring

The Lady Trojans split games last week, downing Crockett 3-0 on Oct. 3 but falling to Anderson-Shiro 3-0 on Friday.

Against Crockett, the scores were 25-14, 25-13 and 25-12.

Standouts were Ella Phillips with 16 kills, Ashlynn Holley with 8 kills and Allie Muirhead with 24 assists and 8 kills.

Against Anderson-Shiro, scores were 22-25, 19-25 and 11-25.

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Luke Monroe takes down a loose Eagle as Cody Everett (No. 15) assists. Photo by Charles Ballard

By Charles Ballard
SJNT correspondent

COLDSPRING — The Trojans were great out of the gate but could not go the distance, falling to Woodville 28-18 on Friday.

Coldspring received the ball first and it did not take long to score, then later on a return kick the Eagles fumbled, letting the Trojans move to 12-0.

From there, the Eagles dominated, posting four TD to the Trojans 1.

Luke Monroe had 27 yards passing and one TD; Cadyn Barton had 1 reception for 27 yards and a TD. The team had 127 total team yards with 100 rushing and 27 passing.

Shepherd

The Pirates lost to Palestine Westwood 42-28 on Friday.

Shepherd put up 400 yards in offense in the effort.

Leaders were Preston Stephens with 24 carries for 153 yards and 1 TD; Javaris Marsh with 11 carries for 63 yards and 1 TD; Braydon Mettlen caught 3 passes for 15 yards for 2 TDs; and quarterback Landon Dellinger went 4-for-10 passing for 122 yards, connecting with Mettlen for scores.

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Ella Phillips stretches for the short save.

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Despite splitting last week’s matches — a 3-0 win over Trinity and a 0-3 loss to Tarkington — Coldspring-Oakhurst is looking good to make the playoffs.

Assistant Coach Dwain Anderson said the Lady Trojans are on track to make it to the postseason, something Coldspring volleyball has not done in more than 20 years.

Currently, the Lady Trojans are in third place in the district with a 5-2 (13-8 overall) record.  

On Friday, Coldspring lost to Tarkington by scores of 15-25, 16-25 and 20-25.

However, on Tuesday Coldspring beat Trinity by scores of 25-22, 25-20 and 25-13.

Ella Phillips had 11 kills and 4 aces in the match, and Allie Muirhead had 3 aces, 18 assists and 8 digs.

Shepherd

The Lady Pirates also split their matches last week, falling to Tarkington but downing Crockett.

On Sep. 26, Shepherd lost to the Lady Longhorns 12-25, 12-25 and 6-25.

On Friday, though, Shepherd won in 5 games against the Lady Bulldogs. Scores and stats were not available.

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Javious Parker punches through the defensive line. Photo by Tony Farkas

By Charles Ballard
SJNT correspondent

SHEPHERD — Costly mistakes and a tough Woodville offense led to a 42-14 loss for the Shepherd Pirates.

Two scoring opportunities fell short because of fumbles, which the Eagles were able to capitalize on for TDs.

The Pirates’ first TD came on an off-tackle play for a 38-yard scamper by Preston Stephens, and the second was by Javaris Marsh, who found an opening to set up a 14-yard rushing TD by Hunter Kyle.

Shepherd posted 290 yards in total offense, helped by Stephens, who had 12 carries for 120 yards and 1 TD; Landon Dellinger with 12 carries for 60 yards; Kyle with 4 carries for 40 yards and 1 TD; and Jevaris Marsh with 4 runs for 34 yards.  

Sheldon Ferguson had 7 1/2 tackles and one pass break-up, and Eduardo Jaime had 9 tackles.

Coldspring-Oakhurst

The Trojans racked up another high-scoring win by downing Crockett 50-10 on Friday.

Behind Javious Parker’s running, Coldspring posted scores in each quarter, including an explosive 28-point third quarter, while holding the Bulldogs to a touchdown and a field goal.

It was the third-straight game that the Trojans scored 50 points or more