Lady Bison go toe-to-toe with GHS Maidens

LEFT: BHS’ Meghan Shaver returns a volley in freshman action vs the Grapeland Maidens. Van BHS squeezed in an extra opponent on Tuesday, hosting three Grapeland teams. The Varsity girls gave the Maidens a thrilling, grueling match that went to five games. BHS fell behind 3-9 in Game One on errors, but Reagan Read and Kelsey Canady led a rally for a 25-23 win. Game Two was close throughout, but GHS won 18-25. Game Three was a hard-fought battle with long volleys that fell on the wrong side for BHS. GHS won 16-25. The Lady Bison thrilled fans in Game Four, clawing back from a 19-24 deficit to take the win, 28-26. Grapeland took the match with a 10-15 victory in Game Five, but the young Lady Bison team had showed fans -- and themselves -- that they have the heart to come from behind.

Canady led her team with 11 kills and 4 Aces. Lindsey McGill led defensively with 33 digs. Samantha Adkinson had 5 kills and 2 aces. Reagan Read had 4 aces, and Raven Lott had 4 kills. TiOnna Adams and Shelby Ballard had 12 assists each and Ballard added 2 aces.

RIGHT: Lady Bison Raven Lott connects for a kill -- one of four by the sophomore in the Grapeland match. Van THE JV LADY BISON strugged in Game One, losing 11-25. They regrouped in Game Two, led by Alex Jenkins with 5 kills and Courtney Dudley with 4 aces. BHS led throughout and won 25-18 to force Game Three. The Lady Bison led early, 6-2, but that game was knotted from 7-7 to 15-15. Grapeland pulled ahead by three but Jenkins stepped up to serve five straight points for the lead. BHS held the Maidens off and won the game 25-22 and took the match.

THE FRESHMEN dominated the Maidens in Game One, with Mickie Chitwood leading the Lady Bison at the service line. Chitwood strung together seven service points in a row to propel BHS to a solid lead, and returned to the line late in the game and served out, winning 25-7. In Game Two, Jessica Presutti had a four-point run and the Lady Bison led 11-3 before BHS errors let Grapeland cut the advantage to 4, 14-10. BHS regrouped and took the win 25-14.

Now THAT was fun! Varsity Coach Daryl Skelton and the Lady Bison celebrate their comefrom behind victory in Game 4 to force a fifth game with Grapeland. Van’Go’photo Chitwood lead with 10 service points followed by Katie Glick (8), Hailey Laningham (6), Kortni Hibbard (5), Presutti (5), Taylor Rutledge (5) and J M (5) and Hannah Laningham (3).
#8 Ashlin Smith bumps while her teammate Felicia Williams watches the action in the BHS gymnasium. Van