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2 GHSA02 I 2008 STATE FINALS GREAT VOLLEYBALL ACTION! Dear Supporters of GHSA Volleyball: elcome fans of GHSA Volleyball! WI anticipate that the 2008 Georgia High School Association Volleyball Championship matches will be a spectacular event. Throughout Georgia, the level of play continues to rise, and the competitive balance of volleyball programs increases each year. The GHSA wants to thank all those who have planned the event and who will manage this large championship event. Patty Craven (Classes AAAAA and AAAA) and Brooke Kline (Classes AAA and A/AA) have worked hard for many months as GHSA Volleyball Coordinators. Special thanks go to our host, Marietta High School, for its willingness to host this event and for the tireless work of their personnel. Special appreciation also goes to Lynne Malloy and the GHSA Seeding Committee. Besides chairing that committee, Lynne is the GHSA representative at these matches. 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 action of championship competition. Vigorously support your school with the highest standards of good sportsmanship that will reflect positively on your school and yourself. Best wishes, Dr. Ralph E. Swearngin Jr. GHSA Executive Director 2008 GHSA VOLLEYBALL SEMIFINAL/FINAL PAIRINGS THURSDAY, OCTOBER A/AA 11 AM MARIST SCHOOL 30th 5:00 Sandy Creek vs. Whitewater (AAAA) Woodward Academy vs. Oconee County (AAA) 7:00 Marist vs. Sprayberry (AAAA) St. Pius X vs. Creekview (AAA) KELL HIGH SCHOOL 5:00 Northview vs. Lassiter (AAAAA) Lovett vs. Holy Innocents (A/AA) 7:00 Pope vs. Kell (AAAAA) Westminster vs. Savannah Christian (A/AA) SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1st MARIETTA HIGH SCHOOL AAA 1:30 PM VOLLEYBALL WILL STREAM LIVE AGAIN For the second straight year, volleyball fans will be able to watch the GHSA State Volleyball Championships through free online video streaming available at The online video stream is a production partnership of PlayON! Sports and Score Atlanta. Providing color commentary will AAAA 4 PM AAAAA 7 PM be Phil Bush and Marisa Jackson. Free online video streams are available both live as well as on-demand. The sponsors of the live streaming event will be Verizon Wireless, Mizuno and Spalding, the official volleyball of the GHSA. DVDs will be available on Gametapes.com. The 2008 Georgia High School Association Girls Volleyball State Championship Guide is published by Score Prep, a division of Score Atlanta, in conjunction with the GHSA. The guide was designed by David Gaudio, information provided by the GHSA and photos on the cover and inside the guide are courtesy of Doug Jackson and Photographic Arts ( ). For more information on Score Prep, 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 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 GET YOUR OFFICIAL CHAMPIONSHIP T-SHIRT IN THE LOBBY FROM ALL-STAR OUTFITTERS, ACTION PHOTOGRAPHY AT SCHOOLPIX.BIZ AND DVDs AT GAMETAPES.COM.

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4 GHSA04 I 2008 STATE FINALS GREAT VOLLEYBALL ACTION! Volleyball Final Four matchups feature state s top teams and lots of depth he battle for Georgia high school volley- state titles is down to the final four Tball teams in each of the sport s four classifications. The state tournament s Final Fours get underway Thursday, with Kell and Marist serving as the host sites. The Class AAAAA and Class AA/A matches will be held at Kell, while the Class AAAA and AAA matches will be played at Marist. Marietta will be the site for all four classifications championship matches, which take place on Saturday. A lot of success and talent is represented in each of the foursomes, as eight teams bring 38 or more wins to the table, and the four teams that ended the regular season atop of the respective coaches polls for each classification each made it the Final Four. With such loaded fields, here is a look at how each classification shapes up. CLASS AAAAA No. 1 Pope (46-3) comes into its semifinal matchup with Kell having won 26 consecutive matches. Sophomore outside hitter Mary Hoey (the classification s leader in kills with 522), junior setter Hannah Farmer and sophomore libero Danielle Thompson heads up a roster that has only one senior and three juniors. The Greyhounds are hoping to win their first state championship. It would mean a lot to the team, just to be able see their hard work pay off, said head coach Bryan Jones. Pope is no stranger to Kell, as both the Longhorns and Greyhounds hail from Area 1. Head coach Gena Ridings s squad features senior leaders in captains Amanda Jones and Taylor O Brien. Kell (41-15) slumped down the stretch before winning three sectional matches to reach the Final Four. Now, the Longhorns hope that playing on their home court will spur them to a victory over the Greyhounds. The other semifinal matchup pits Northview against Lassiter. The Titans (47-6) are the lone 2007 state champion to make it back to the Final Four and head coach Jeff White s team is pinning its hopes of a repeat on the play of Lauren Busing, Ashley Veach and Gaby Smiley. Of Northview s six losses, three came to out-of-state teams, as Chattahoochee is the only Georgia team to defeat the Titans this season, doing so three times. Included in Northview s victories were wins over Kell and Lassiter. Speaking of Lassiter (38-10), the Trojans are the third Area 1 team in the semis, as they finished as the area runner-up to Pope. The Trojans are an imposing squad with 6-foot-5 middle blocker Taylor Montgomery and Melissa Woodall, while Chrissy Ricketts and Katie McCollister are savvy contributors. They will try and help their team avenge two regularseason losses to Northview. CLASS AAAA The favored team going into the semifinals is No. 1 Marist. The War Eagles (35-11) are looking to win their second state championship in three years. I think it [would] mean a tremendous amount, said head coach Anna Bush. Every year we go into a season with that goal in mind. Marist is led by outside hitter Paige Weiland and libero Nicole Choi, as well as fellow seniors Whitney Hagan and Whitney Weiland (Paige s twin). Their opponent in the semis is a surprising Sprayberry team. The Yellow Jackets (29-15) came into the sectionals as the third seed out of Area 7, but defeated Monroe Area, Harris County and Area 6 s No. 2 seed Chamblee to reach the Final Four. A week earlier, Marist defeated that same Chamblee team to win Area 6. Now, senior outside hitter Haley Winston will try and help her Yellow Jackets knock off the Area 6 champions. Two familiar foes will do battle in the other semifinal match. Sandy Creek (48-13) faces Area 3 rival Whitewater for the fourth time this year. The Fighting Patriots are a perfect 3-0 against the Wildcats (45-12) this year, including a win in the finals of the area tournament. Head coach Paul Collins s team was the state runner-ups in Class AAA a year ago, but Cheri Smith, Mallie Haumann, Jennifer Dunn and Katie Davenport have Sandy Creek thinking of getting the big prize in AAAA this season. Ben Thacker s Whitewater squad is very used to winning as well. Seniors Anna Wilson, Brittany Woods, Charmaine Kehoe and Camille Butler do not want their career to end with a fourth loss to Sandy Creek. CLASS AAA St. Pius X and Woodward Academy are two Class AAA powerhouses that are also two of the better teams in the state. Both schools were members of Class AAAA a year ago, making it to the Final Four where they both bowed out. St. Pius X (48-12) finished the regular season ranked No. 1 and despite its outstanding volleyball tradition is looking for its first appearance in a state title game, and its first banner. In our gym, you get a banner for winning the state championship or being a staterunner up and that s it, said head coach John Frederick. It would mean a lot to these kids to be the team that put the banner up. Some of the standouts for the Golden Lions are All- Area players Ellen Marsau, Michele Barnes, Hannah Sprague, Emily Schultz and Kayte Brinkman. Their opponent in the semis is Area 7 champion Creekview. The Grizzlies (32-13) feature middle blocker Hillary Turner, outside hitter Cayla Degen and setter Katie Battani. Head coach John Edwards s program is in its third year of playing varsity volleyball and is making its first Final Four appearance. Woodward Academy (33-13), which owns more state championships than any other school in the state (seven), is on an eight-match winning streak and boasts a lot of talent. Mariah Woodson and Gabi Smith are two of the better players in Georgia and Lauren Hatcher, Briana Spruill and Zoey Morton are good in their own right. Woodward faces Oconee County, which is the Area 8 champions and has a 10-match winning streak. Laura Guest, Darby Rogers and Tania Tauiliili help drive the Warriors (35-17) ship. CLASS AA/A After being a dominant program in Class AAA, winning five state championships from , Westminster now finds itself in Class AA/A. The Wildcats (38-2) are the No. 1-ranked team in AA/A, having not a lost a match to a team from the classification. Nevertheless, Westminster head coach Jona Braden knows AA/A has a lot of talent. This classification just has a wide range of very, very good teams, so to be in the position we are, we feel very fortunate, Braden said. Meg Buker, Meredith Kolff, Annie Martin, Kealy Hartman and Kelly York are some of the key players for a deep and wellbalanced Wildcat team that ended Wesleyan s run of four consecutive state championships with a win in the sectionals. Westminster takes on Savannah Christian in the semifinals. The Raiders (21-14) won the Area 2 championship and are led by five seniors. They include Jessica Green, Allyson Faircloth and Jordan Shealy. Savannah Christian dropped a tough contest 2-0 (25-20, 25-15) to Westminster earlier in the season. The other semifinal has Lovett facing Holy Innocents. Lovett (33-10) lost in the Area 5 finals to Westminster, but rebounded to drop only one game in the sectionals. Libero Mai Bui and setter Natalie Rast are reliable performers for head coach Mary Buczek s Lions. The Golden Bears (23-11) came into the sectionals as the No. 3 seed from Area 7, but beat North Oconee, Calvary Day and Walker to reach the Final Four. Meg Yanda, Kelly Reagan and Carole Malcolm lead the way for Holy Innocents. All photos in this guide are courtesy of Photographic Arts ( Butler can be reached at jbutler@scoreatl.com.

5 OCT. 30-NOV. 1, STATE FINALS I 05GHSA CLASS AAAAA CLASS AAAA CLASS AAA CLASS AA/A KELL Head Coach: Gena Ridings 1 Kathryn Wright OH 12 2 Lindsey Tobey S 11 3 Page Hicks OH 11 4 Keri Brothers DS/L 12 5 Camille Pedraza L 11 6 Amanda Jones MB 12 7 Taylor O Brien S 12 8 Sarah Biggers DS/L 11 9 Brooke Henderson MB/OH Emily Barnhill MB Anna Jones OH Jasmine Cranford OH Brittany Murphy DS Ariel Clark MB 11 LASSITER Head Coach: Dottie Saye 1 Hannah Reinke OH 12 3 Erin Maxwell OH 12 4 Rachel Jenkins DS/RH 11 5 Jordan Myers DS/OH 11 6 Melissa Woodall L/DS 11 7 Carly Crowder OH/MH/B 9 8 Katy McCollister OH 11 9 Emily Weissert S Caroline Bauknecht OH/MH/B Rebecca Arndt RH/MH/B 9 12 Sarah Morris RH/S Chrissy Ricketts MH/B/RH Taylor Montgomery MH/B 12 NORTHVIEW Head Coach: Jeff White 1 Gaby Smiley OH/RH 10 2 Mayce Bishop DS/L 11 3 Ashley Gialenios MH/B/OH 10 4 Grace Ramey RH/S 11 5 Natalie Rubel RH/MH/B 12 6 Lauren Busing RH/MH/B 12 7 Christy Marion DS/OH 12 8 Allison Sockwell OH/RH 11 9 Becky Bourne S/RH Ashley Veach OH/RH Katie Potts RH/OH Dominique Simmons MH/B/RH Kara Jambor S/DS Maelyn Divinski L/DS Sydney Koon MH/B/RH Kelsey Schaive MH/B/RH Kaylee Jacks DS/L 11 POPE Head Coach: Bryan Jones 2 Mary Hoey OH 10 3 Hannah Farmer S 11 4 Simone Phillips OH/DS 11 5 Chandler Rumsey RH/DS 11 7 Mikaela Tracy S 9 8 Meredith Hopper OH 10 9 Sarah Morris MB Mary Hannah Arrington OH 9 11 Danielle Thompson L/DS Katie Bange RH/MB 9 16 Alex Dempsey MB/OH Allie Diorio MH/B Devon Zawko DS/L Leslye Barnette MH/B 9 MARIST Head Coach: Anna Bush 1 Nicole Choi L/DS 12 2 Meghan Connolly S 10 3 Jenna Sharp OH 10 5 Savannah Grice S 10 6 Hanna Grace Stokes RH/S 10 7 Laura Brown OH 11 8 Stephanie Word OH Ashley McDowell OH Katelyn Ducote DS/L Whitney Hagan MH/B/RH Whitney Weiland RH/MH/B Paige Weiland OH 12 SANDY CREEK Head Coach: Paul Collins 1 Cheri Smith S/RH 12 2 Jennifer Dunn OH 12 3 Kalah Jones MH/B 9 4 Danielle Smith MH/B/OH 10 5 Mallie Haumann L/OH 12 6 Samantha Bryan S/DS 9 7 Ashton Johnson OH/MH/B 10 8 Maribeth Farr RH/MH/B 11 9 Katie Davenport OH/MH/B Estefania Diaz S/RH Chanelle Smith MH/B/OH 10 SPRAYBERRY Head Coach: Mary-Kay Bateman 1 Devin Judge RH/MH/B 9 2 Gina Smith L/DS 9 3 Lanie Bakeberg S/L 12 4 Rachel Fuller DS 12 5 Alli Nogi MH/B/S 12 6 Blair Winston DS/OH 9 7 Kelly Chavis OH 11 8 Kylar Ferguson OH 9 9 Amanda Schellman DS/RH Haley Winston OH Nadia Ogene RH/S Jordan Housley S Telise Green MH/B/RH Katie Gilstrap MH/B 10 WHITEWATER Head Coach: Ben Thacker 2 Joy Smith S/DS 11 3 Erin Brown MH/B 10 4 Erin Mahlbacher DS/L 10 6 Lizzie Knapper RH/S 11 8 Jasmine Reese MH/B 10 9 Rachel Williamson DS/L Kaylee Kehoe RH/S Camille Butler DS/L Anna Wilson S Molly Stillions L/DS Charmaine Kehoe OH Helen Menchinger OH Brittany Woods MH/B 12 CREEKVIEW Head Coach: John Edwards 1 Kayla Fowler DS 11 3 Katie Battani S 12 5 Cayla Degen OH 11 6 Danielle Tidwell MH/B 11 7 Blake Fountain OH 10 8 Erika Fahrnbauer RH Samantha Hester DS Emilie Koetter L Katelyn Thomas OH Taylor Airington S Hillary Turner MH/B 12 OCONEE COUNTY Head Coach: Steve Messig 2 Laura Guest MH/B 12 4 Sydney Jessup OH 11 5 Tania Tauiliili MH/B 12 6 Tiana Tauiliili OH 10 7 Carsen Messig DS Kathryn King RH Kelsey Sailors OH 9 17 Hailey McCommons OH Mallory Moore OH Amanda Guest MH/B 9 24 Kaycee Reed RH Darby Rodgers S 11 ST. PIUS X Head Coach: John Frederick 1 Kayte Brinkman DS 11 2 Emily Schultz MH/B 11 3 Emily Cain MH/B 11 4 Alex Bidgood MH/B 9 5 Abby Genrich DS 11 6 Laura Brazell RH 11 7 Mara Suarez S 9 8 Ellie Morrison OH 11 9 Chelsea Onuorah MH/B Ellen Marsau OH Kristi Oltman OH Brandi Tyson DS Sophie Conboy DS Michele Barnes OH Hannah Sprague S 12 WOODWARD ACADEMY Head Coach: Tad Sahara 1 Zoey Morton OH 10 2 Alexis Phillips OH 12 3 Bella Smith S 11 4 Lauren Hatcher S 12 5 Kelsey Eastman S 10 6 Jordana Klein DS 10 7 Gabi Smith DS 12 8 Becky Clapes RH 11 9 Briana Spruill MH/B Mariah Woodson OH Chanel Goldberg DS Karen Sun DS Erin Keeney MH/B Molly Miller MH/B 11 HOLY INNOCENTS Head Coach: Ruth Donahoo 1 Meg Yanda MH/B 12 2 Melissa Reeder L 12 3 Kelly Reagan S 12 4 Carole Malcolm DS 12 5 Lara Sullivan S 12 6 Darby Cook OH 9 7 Mackenzie Brehm OH 10 8 Brooke Devore DS 10 9 Anne Yanda S 9 10 Megan Ernst OH Jennie Hardin DS Meghan Barrett OH Kathryn Robinson MH/B 10 LOVETT Head Coach: Mary Buczek 1 Olivia Utt MH/B 10 2 Elizabeth Bowling MH/B 12 3 Kelsi Dean OH 10 4 Liz Thorpe RH 12 5 Kelsey Melito OH 11 6 Natalie Rast S 12 7 Mai Bui L 12 8 Christen Johnson MH/B 9 9 Anne Carlson OH Lyndsey Peters OH Camille Kapaun S 9 12 Tatianna Jackson RH 9 13 Suzanna Michell DS Kat Feuer DS 11 SAVANNAH CHRISTIAN Head Coach: Julie Jones 1 Seneca Blake OH 11 2 Kathleen DeGeorge MH/B 12 3 Emily Rose OH 11 5 Nina Kate Cowart DS 11 6 Kacey Graham S 12 7 Ann Clarke MH/B 11 8 Audrey Dixon RH 11 9 Hannah Nelson OH Melissa Wood RH Jessica Green OH Jordan Shealy L 12 WESTMINSTER Head Coach: Jona Braden 2 Paige Powers DS 11 3 Meredith Kolff OH 12 4 Kelly Campbell S 11 5 Margaux Johnson OH 11 6 Jojo Olsen OH 10 7 Alexandra Durkee MH/B 11 8 Meg Buker S Lauren Cherry MH/B Annie Martin OH Kealy Hartman MH/B Tindall Sewell MH/B Kelly York L 12

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