Still reeling from their success of Thursday nights 2-0 win over the Decatur Lady Bulldogs, the Hackett Jr High Lady Hornets were feeling good going into their tournament on Saturday. The Lady Hornets competed against some major competition at the Greenwood Jr High Tournament but none of that came close to fazing them. Hackett flew away with a first-place win in the silver division after ending the day with a 4-1 victory. The Lady Hornets conquered in their games against Siloam Springs, Darby, Van Buren, and Alma, but ended falling short to Chaffin.
“I’m so proud of our Jr High girls,” exclaimed Coach Bridget Freeman. “Although we did not have our best showing against Chaffin, the girls stayed positive, cheering for each other all day. The Lady Hornets did great!” Ending the day with more kills than the Black Plague was Prairie Vaughn with 15, followed by Alona Rothwell with 14, Tori Blanton and Mackenzie Mendenhall tying with 10, and with four apiece were Lilly Slavens, Makenzie Freeman, and Aubree Ruggles.
With more ace than Ace of Base was Rothwell with seven, Blanton, Vaughn, and Mendenhall with four each, and combining for four was Freeman and Kyleigh Hill. Bringing in a team total of 10 blocks was Blanton, Rothwell, Vaughn, and Mendenhall. And achieving more digs than a graveyard was Freeman leading with 22, Mendenhall and Hill earning 15 each, Rothwell with 11, Slavens netting nine, and Vaughn rounded out the tally with six.
The Hackett Jr High Hornets will get back to work on Monday, October 7 when they stay home and face the Mansfield Lady Tigers starting at 4:30 p.m.
