ghsa State finals Great Volleyball Action!

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3 october 26-29, State finals 3 ghsa WELCOME GHSA VOLLEYBALL FANS! The 2011 Georgia High School Association Volleyball Semifinal and Championship matches are sure to feature outstanding competition with spectacular play. Throughout Georgia, the quality of play continues to rise, and the competitive balance of Volleyball programs around the state increases each year. The GHSA wants to thank all those who have planned and will manage this large championship event. Patty Craven (Classes AAAAA and AAAA) and Jona Braden (Classes AAA and A/AA) have worked hard for many months as GHSA Volleyball Coordinators. Special appreciation also goes to the GHSA Seeding Committee for their fine work in preparing the matches for the final three rounds of competition. Special thanks go to the schools hosting the semifinal matches. There is a lot of work involved in hosting these matches. Once again, the GHSA wants to thank Marietta High School and its dedicated personnel for their willingness to host the championship matches in such an outstanding way. Play-ON sports will be streaming the championship matches live on tv. When you go to that web site, please note the On Demand features that are available. The GHSA could not put on outstanding championship events without the corporate partners whose signs are seen around this venue. Please support these groups that are interested in assisting high school athletics in a very tangible way. Now, get ready to enjoy the exciting competition, and support your school with the highest standards of good sportsmanship that will reflect positively on your school and yourself. Dr. Ralph E. Swearngin Jr. GHSA Executive Director 2011 GHSA VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS AA/A 11 a.m. Wednesday, October Parkview H.S. (AAAAA) 5:00 p.m. Harrison vs. North Cobb 7:00 p.m. Walton vs. Mt. Zion, Jonesboro H.S. (AAAA) 5:00 p.m. Chattahoochee vs. Whitewater 7:00 p.m. Pope vs. McIntosh Semifinal Matches Saturday, October 29 MarIEtta High SchoOl AAA 1:30 Woodward Academy (AAA) 5:00 p.m. St. Pius X vs. Woodward Acad. 7:00 p.m. Sandy Creek vs. Athens Academy (A/AA) 5:00 p.m. Blessed Trinity vs. ELCA 7:00 p.m. GAC vs. Holy Innocents AAAA 4 p.m. AAAAA 7 p.m. Volleyball will stream live again For the fifth straight year, volleyball fans will be able to watch the GHSA State Volleyball Championships presented by Mizuno through free Internet video streaming available at The production is a partnership between Play- ON! Sports Find us on Facebook and the GHSA. Providing commentary will be Phil Bush and Brian Drebber. The sponsors of the Webcast are Verizon Wireless, Mizuno and Spalding. DVDs and on demand viewing will be available on GHSA.tv. FOLLOW us on twitter he 2011 Georgia High School Association Volleyball State Cham- Guide is published by Score Media, a division of Score Tpionship Atlanta, in conjunction with the GHSA. The guide was designed by DJ Galbiati, edited by Stephen Black and Fletcher Proctor, information provided by the GHSA and photos on the cover and inside the guide are courtesy of Georgia Photographics. For more information on Score Media, go to Scoreatl.com or call Past Champions OPEN EVENT 1993 Woodward Academy 1994 Marist 1995 Westminster 1996 Woodward Academy 1997 Marist Year AAAAA AAAA AAA AA/A 1998 N/A Walton Marist N/A 1999 N/A Walton Marist N/A 2000 Walton Marist Westminster Sav. Country Day 2001 Walton Woodward Acad. Riverwood Landmark Christian 2002 Walton Woodward Acad. Westminster Athens Academy 2003 St. Vincent s Acad. Woodward Acad. Westminster Landmark Christian 2004 Starr s Mill Woodward Acad. Westminster Wesleyan 2005 Northview Woodward Acad. Westminster Wesleyan 2006 Harrison Marist Blessed Trinity Wesleyan 2007 Northview McIntosh Columbus Wesleyan 2008 Northview Sandy Creek Woodward Acad. Westminster 2009 Pope Whitewater Woodward Acad. Wesleyan 2010 Walton Pope Woodward Acad. Blessed Trinity GET YOUR OFFICIAL CHAMPIONSHIP T-SHIRT IN THE LOBBY FROM TEAMIP, ACTION PHOTOGRAPHY AT GHSAPHOTOS.COM AND DVDs AT GHSA.TV.

4 ghsa State finals Great Volleyball Action! Harrison North Cobb Walton Roswell Head Coach: Clay Taylor Head Coach: James Auld Head Coach: Suzanne Fitzgerald Head Coach: Casey Carr 2 Maggie Williamson 12 DS 3 Kelly Scott 11 S 6 Tyra Montour 12 MH/B 7 Molly O Keefe 11 OH 11 Andie Karmel 10 MH/B 13 Megan Bright 12 MH/B 14 Madison Bright 9 DS 16 Catherine Gallahger 11 DS 19 Alexis Ryan 12 OH 21 Caroline Ostman 9 OH 24 Kodi Smith 9 RH 25 Bailey Scott 10 RH 27 Taylor Haskins 10 RH 1 Tate Pember 10 DS 4 Savanna Gonzales 9 RH 5 Karla Radillo 9 DS 6 Christina Matacotta 9 DS 7 Samantha Fitzgerald 12 OH 8 Shauntell Luke 11 MH/B 9 Katie O Rourke 12 MH/B 10 Lauren Schmitz 12 S 12 Madi Dukes 10 RH 13 Jessica Elliott 10 DS 15 Abby Miller 9 DS 22 Tori Forrest 12 OH 1 Morgan Patterson 11 S/RS 3 Olivia Pierce 11 OH/RS 4 Kate Schwartz 10 DS 5 Tori Ferguson 11 S 6 Anouska Best 11 MB 7 Jessica Sloan 10 OH 8 Laney Davis 12 MB/RS 9 Chloe Cook 10 OH 10 Leah Jackson 10 MB 11 Isabella Haswell 11 S 12 Katherine Plessy 12 OH 13 Kelly Murphy 12 OH 14 Caroline Goerke 10 MB 15 Jada Linton 10 OH 16 Hannah Rooks 11 S/RS 17 Lindsay Seagraves 9 OH 18 Morgan Smith 12 DS/L 1 Carlyn Gilbert 10 S 2 Emily Shults 10 L 3 Stephanie Martin 10 RH 4 Jennifer Shults 12 OH 6 Alex Mills 9 MH/B 7 Rachel Deese 10 DS 8 Claire Yakaitis 11 MH/B 9 Emma Clark 10 OH 10 Andreona Keys 10 OH 11 Morgan Jones 9 DS

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6 ghsa State finals Great Volleyball Action! Returning champions look for repeats while Greyhounds hunt three-peat Bump. Set. Spike. Those are three simple plays that countless young women across Georgia excel at executing, and the best of those young women, including several of the nation s best, have put their teams in position to claim a GHSA state volleyball title. The playoffs thus far have seen a few upsets, but all four champions from one year ago are still alive with a chance to pull off a repeat, or three-peat in the case of Pope in Class AAAA. Woodward Academy has come to own the AAA crown of late, having won the last three titles. From , Woodward Academy dominated Class AAAA before dropping to AAA. The past is just that, however, and the present race is the only thing these coaches and players are thinking about. The remaining 16 teams have combined for 616 victories this season and nearly all of the teams still playing reside in the metro Atlanta area. The top championship bracket seeds are all still alive, but five original No. 2 seeds are still playing for a state title. While past champions and other favorites are still alive, the matches will still be played out and four deserving teams will walk off the courts at Marietta High School with a state title on Oct. 29. AAAAA... In the state s highest classification, Walton will face Roswell while Harrison faces North Cobb in the semifinals held at Parkview High School. Three Cobb County schools and one Fulton County program will head to play in Gwinnett County and the Lady Raiders of Walton head into the semifinals as the No. 1 seed in AAAAA and led by the 2010 Georgia Gatorade Player of the Year and future Michigan Wolverine Kelly Murphy. The defending champions have yet to drop a set during the playoffs, while Roswell needed a fifth set to defeat Lassiter. Walton and Roswell hooked up in August as the Lady Raiders swept the Lady Hornets 25-23, 25-12, Roswell coach Casey Carr is seeking a title in her first year at the helm. Meanwhile the Lady Hoyas hold the No. 2 seed, but are considered the favorites as they hold the No. 1 ranking in the GACA Coaches poll. Harrison and No. 2 North Cobb split their two regular season meetings before Harrison took out North Cobb in straight sets to win the Area 5-AAAAA title. The familiarity of these two programs should render the seedings meaningless. The Lady Hoyas have cruised through the early rounds of the playoffs while North Cobb needed five sets to dispose of North Gwinnett. The Lady Warriors swept West Forsyth in the third round. Players to watch from the AAAAA action will be Carolina Ostman (Harrison), Katie O Rourke (North Cobb), Kelly Murphy (Walton) and Jennifer Shults (Roswell). AAAA... Any discussion of Class AAAA volleyball must begin with Pope as the Lady Greyhounds have been nearly unbeatable this year. Pope won 38 matches entering the playoffs and have dominated the postseason so far. The Lady Greyhounds easily dispatched Lambert and North Paulding before breezing by Rockdale. In fact, the last set that Pope dropped this year came in a 2-1 victory over GAC in September. Looking to spring the upset is No. 5 seed Mc- Intosh, which pulled off the 3-0 sweep of No. 4 seed Johns Creek. The Lady Chiefs have bounced back since losing the Area 3-AAAA title to Whitewater to make the semifinals of the state playoffs at Mt. Zion-Jonesboro. On the other side of the bracket, Whitewater faces Chattahoochee for the fourth time this year. The two played three times in a span of four days. Whitewater and Chattahoochee split a pair at the Sequoyah Classic before Chattahoochee won the rubber match several days later. Whitewater has been hot though ever since dropping four straight at the Border War Challenge. Whitewater was on fire during its area tournament and has since cruised in the playoffs. Players to watch include Katie Bange (Pope), Saharra Griffin (McIntosh), Madison Akins (Whitewater) and Emily Corrigan (Chattahoochee). AAA... The top three teams from the most recent GACA coaches poll remain alive in the Class AAA final four but all four teams hail from just two areas, 1-AAA and 5-AAA. Riverwood and St. Pius X from 5-AAA will face Sandy Creek and Woodward Academy from 1-AAA, respectively. No. 1 seed Sandy Creek enters the semifinals having won 20 straight matches and hold the No. 1 ranking in the GACA Coaches poll. The Fighting Patriots have not faced Riverwood this year, but hold four victories over Woodward Academy and one over St. Pius X. In fact, the only matches Sandy Creek has lost this season have all come to teams still alive in higher classifications. Meanwhile, St. Pius X has dropped just two sets since falling to Sandy Creek earlier this month. The Golden Lions have dominated throughout the state playoffs, rarely letting an opponent score more than 15 points in a set. Woodward Academy will look to spring the upset of St. Pius X, a team it lost to in August. The War Eagles are battle-tested, however, having played a demanding schedule in preparation for the playoffs. Players to watch include Allie Davenport (Sandy Creek), Sydney Cooper (Woodward Academy), Tyler Ockleberry (Riverwood) and Alex Bidgood (St. Pius X). AA/A... Greater Atlanta Christian School has dominated these playoffs like few teams we have seen thus far, and the Lady Spartans enter the semifinals at Athens Academy with an eye on the title. Standing in GAC s way is Holy Innocents, which is not a team to look past. Holy Innocents needed five sets in its last two victories, but give the Lady Golden Bears credit for taking out Walker and Athens Academy. GAC holds the bracket s top seed and has not dropped a set since losing 2-1 to Pope on Sept. 17. In the other semifinal match, Blessed Trinity and Eagles Landing Christian Academy will play. Each team dropped a set in the quarterfinals, but managed to advance to set up the meeting. ELCA is led by Mara Green, considered by prepvolleyball.com to be the best senior in the state and the No. 23 prospect in the country. Green helped ELCA get the better of Blessed Trinity in August, winning 2-0, but Blessed Trinity has rebounded nicely to put itself in a position to repeat as AA/A champions. If the Titans can claim the title, the program would have three titles in the last six years. Some players to watch include Dede Bohannon (GAC), Molly McAlvany (Blessed Trinity), Anne Yanda (Holy Innocents ) and Mara Green (ELCA). Proctor can be reached at fproctor@scoreatl.com.

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8 ghsa State finals Great Volleyball Action! Chattahoochee Whitewater Pope McIntosh Head Coach: Jennie Blevins Head Coach: Valerie Jones Head Coach: Bryan Jones Head Coach: Wendy Weaver 1 Claudia Coco 10 L 8 Amber Jones 11 DS 2 Rachel Reynolds 11 OH/RS 2 Saharra Griffin 11 RH 2 Audry Hsu 12 DS 5 Haley Templeton 10 S 6 Emily Corrigan 12 OH 9 Marisa Woodworth 11 L 10 Kait Steele 10 S 11 Lauren Sweatman 12 DS 12 Madison Akins 11 RH 3 Celine Das 10 OH 5 Wimberly Wilson 12 L 6 Brittany Torres 11 DS 5 Maya Page 11 DS 6 Breana Jones 11 MH/B 7 Sarah Catherine Dannelly 12 DS 7 Kristen Henninger 10 OH 13 Annika Van Gunst 11 MH/B 7 Mikaela Tracy 12 S 8 Katerina Robert 11 DS 8 Mercedes Pressley 12 MH/B 14 Teegan Van Gunst 11 OH 8 Cristina Bixby 10 MB 9 Mollie Michel 10 S 9 Meredith Post 10 DS 10 Elizabeth Dudley 12 MH/B 12 Amber Evans 10 MH/B 15 Charlotte Hughes 10 OH 16 Abby Baker 11 L 17 Michelle Allen 12 OH 18 Katie Molina 12 MH/B 9 Ashley Savransky 11 MB 10 Mary Hannah Arrington 12 OH 12 Alexa Carpenter 12 DS 10 Becca Miller 11 MH/B 11 Ashley Young 11 MH/B 12 Rhegan Mitchell 10 S 14 Paige Harrelson 9 RH 19 Victoria Webb 11 MH/B 13 Katie Bange 12 RS 13 Kassandra Robert 10 DS 15 Reina Terry 10 OH 20 Amber Peaden 11 RH 17 Nicole Carpenter 12 S 15 Rhana Mitchell 10 OH 16 Kennedy Bryan 12 OH 21 Sam Krenson 11 S 24 Leslye Barnette 12 MB 16 Abbi Schelkopf 10 OH

9 october 26-29, State finals 9 ghsa St. Pius X Woodward Academy Sandy Creek Riverwood Head Coach: John Frederick Head Coach: Tad Sahara Head Coach: Paul Collins Head Coach: Don Macoy 1 Kallan Arvidson 11 MH / RS 2 Erin Villella 11 OH / MH 3 Ashley Jones 11 Injured 1 Sydney Morton 10 S 2 Lindsay Rohrer 11 DS 3 Emily Grant 12 DS 1 Kalah Jones 12 OH 2 Akeila Lain 12 MH/B 3 Maria Cadenhead 11 DS 2 Marguerite Bernard 11 DS 4 Amanda Bassett 11 MH/B 4 Alex Bidgood 12 MH (Capt) 4 Alex Christopher 12 S 4 Maya Hendricks 11 MH/B 6 Ariel Shonk 12 L 5 Kelli Terracino 12 RS 6 Amanda Stitt 11 S 7 Catherine Evelyn 12 OH / DS 5 Anna Noeltner 11 DS/S 6 Lexie Norfleet 11 MB 7 Maddy Gordon 12 DS 5 Alisha Erves 11 RH 6 Gemma Papasodero 10 S 7 Sydney Wilson 10 MH/B 7 Jamie Heidt 11 MH/B 8 Sydni Etheredge 12 MH/B 8 Grace McGoldrick 12 S 8 Katie Goldstein 11 MB/RH 8 Brea Sherman 12 S 10 Peyton Fenner 12 9 Bianca Borough 11 DS 10 Leah Hardeman 10 OH 11 Ella Anastasiades 12 L (Capt) 9 Courtney Turner 12 OH 10 Anna Raines 12 RH/MB 11 Sydney Cooper 11 MB 9 Allie Davenport 11 OH 10 Tori Sellers 11 RH 11 Brooke Ingram 11 DS 11 Jackie Neill 12 S 14 Virginia Boyd 12 S 13 Kathryn Maloof 9 MB 14 Jessie Place 12 OH / DS 15 Frances Harrison 11 DS 16 Emily Morrison 11 OH 12 Elizabeth Dickerson 11 OH 13 Amanda Barag 10 RH/MB 14 Rachel Ware 10 OH/MB 17 Elizabeth Muse 10 OH 12 Brandi Beasley 11 MH/B 13 Kayla Weller 12 S 14 Annie FitzGerald 10 DS 16 Tamara Dorsey 10 OH 16 Olivia Paul 12 S 17 Lindsey Harris 12 DS 21 Tyler Ockleberry 11

10 ghsa State finals Great Volleyball Action! Blessed Trinity Head Coach: Paul Stevens Eagles Landing Christian Academy Greater Atlanta Christian Holy Innocents Head Coach: Taylor Noland Head Coach: Jim Barlow Head Coach: Kristy Shelton 2 Sabrina Hansen 10 OH 1 Anne Yanda 12 S 3 Amber MacDonald 9 DS 4 Katie Ray 10 DS 6 Mary Carter Thornton 12 L 7 Ashley MacDonald 11 S 8 Bayleigh Stetzer 12 MH/B 9 Abby Feruck 11 MH/B 10 Molly McAlvany 10 OH 11 Jessica Holler 11 MH/B 12 Maggie Rick 9 S 14 Ellen Rick 12 S 2 Alayna Carrondi 9 OH 3 Abbey Lundsford 9 MH/B 5 Mara Green 12 MH/B 9 Marissa Randolph 10 MH/B 10 Rachel Tolleson 12 OH 11 Kodi Patterson 12 S 12 Adria King 11 RH 13 Bre Laney 9 OH 14 Molly Brown 12 OH 3 Catherine Chason 12 L 4 Brittyn Moellering 10 DS 5 Emily Parker 12 DS 6 Makenzie Hobbs 11 DS 7 Brianna Cummings 10 MH/B 8 Jess Baker 12 MH/B 10 Dede Bohannon 12 OH 11 Ali Cox 12 MH/B 12 Emma Taylor 11 OH 14 Landyn Foxworthy 11 DS 15 Morgan McKnight 12 OH 16 Jennie McCarty 11 S 17 Rachel Waldrop 12 S 2 Sarah Joe 9 OH 3 Margaret Crewdson 11 S 4 Mary Hollis Schmidt 10 OH 5 Caroline Keenan 12 S 6 Darby Cook 12 MH/B 7 Anne Claire Pittman 10 RH 8 Kathleen Charron 10 MH/B 9 Julia Wright 10 MH/B 10 Payton Calhoun 11 DS 11 Annie Bennett 10 DS 12 Gina Cusolito 12 L 13 Alex Champion 12 DS 15 Emma Gordon 12 OH 44 Melissa Liston 12 L 18 Janaya Simmons 12 RH 15 Colleen Keenan 12 RH

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