Leon Lady Cougars fall to White Oak in Regional Quarter- Final contest

The Leon Lady Cougars fell in 5 games to the undefeated White Oak Ladynecks 18-25, 25-22, 25-15, 14-25, and 7-15 in Athens on November 10th. After losing the first game the Cougars rallied to win the next two games. White Oak took the fourth game and forced the 5th and deciding game. Both teams swapped points in the 5th game until the Ladynecks pulled away and won 15-7.

The Ladynecks advanced to the Regional Semi-Finals in U-T Tyler where they defeated Anderson-Shiro and Centerville Lady Tigers to advance to the final four in San Marcos to be played on November 19-21.

Stats for Leon against White Oak: Chelby Stanford 2 kills, 2 blocks, 13 digs, 42 assists, 1 ace; Allison Carrigan 14 kills, 5 blocks, 3 digs, 2 aces; Elissa Downey 14 kills, 1 block, 9 digs, 1 ace; Kori Charlton 7 kills, 9 digs; Amy Holt 7 kills, 2 blocks, 39 digs, 1 ace; Sharon Coulter 50 digs; Kendle Charlton 7 digs; Jentry Clary 12 digs; Karla Varvel 1 kill, 1 block, 2 aces.

Congratulations to Coach Jason Evans and the team for a great season and a season record of 40-4. Evans took a young team with three seniors and molded them into a playoff team. Good luck to the seniors: Kendle Charlton, Jentry Clary, and Elissa Downey as they completed 4 very good years at Leon. The team returns a good nucleus and with a good junior varsity team this year will be a solid contender in district next year. Coach Evans had assistant coaches Vickie Carrigan, Deanna Engleman, Duece Foley, and J.D. Foley who helped with the varsity and junior varsity teams.

Several of the young ladies will be on the basketball team coached by J.D. Foley. Good luck on the basketball court.

A special thanks to Vicki Carrigan who provided stats from each game to this reporter.