Dalton split its season-ending tri-match with a loss to Sprayberry, 25-12, 25-23 and a win over Cass, 25-17, 25-20, on Tuesday at home.
Emily Harbin led the Lady Catamounts (12-20, 3-4 in Area 7-4A) with eight kills, Kate Houston added 10 kills and Kathryn Sigmon chipped in with 26 assists.
Dalton will enter the Area 7-4A tournament as a No. 5 seed and will play No. 4 Woodland at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at Sequoyah High.
• Southeast swept its season finale tri-match with wins over Allatoona, 25-16, 25-13, and Cartersville, 18-25, 29-27, 25-15.
The Lady Raiders finished the season 22-15 and 3-2 in Area 6-3A, and will enter the area tournament as a No. 3 seed, playing at No. 2 seed Central-Carrol at 6 p.m. Thursday.
Cassey Adams led Southeast with 18 digs and 17 kills, followed by Shelby McFarland’s eight kills, Morgan Johnson’s four kills, Megan Collins’ nine aces, Lynsey King’s 18 digs, Casey Crump’s 17 assists and 11 digs and Hannah Graham’s 18 assists.
Cross country
• Dalton’s boys won the Chattanooga Cross Country League meet at Fletcher Park in Cleveland, Tenn., with Christian Pineda finishing seventh overall on the 5-kilometer course in 18:15. The other top four Cats runners were Andrew Bruner (eighth, 18:21), Jonathan Hernandez (ninth, 18:24), Preston Pound (10th, 18:25) and Fernando Morales (13th, 18:28).
The Lady Cats were led by Carina Nieto’s fourth-place finish in 20:57. Following Nieto were Bekah Houston (12th, 22:10), Meral Henton (21st, 22:48), Katarina Yi (35th, 23:45) and Regan Fromm (44th, 24:43).
The Northwest Whitfield Bruins took fifth place in a 28-team field and the Lady Bruins finished sixth place in the CCCL meet.
Jordan Jones paced the Bruins with a 15th-place overall finish and a time of 18:43, followed by Jordan Smith (33rd, 19:15), Nathan Ward (34th, 19:19), Brandon Harris (65th, 20:01) and Brody Cook (70th, 20:12).
The Lady Bruins were led by Shelby Wilson (eighth, 21:41), Kayla Griffin (36th, 23:48), Jenna Williams (38th, 23:53), Natalie Williams (39th, 23:54) and Emily Musto (46th, 25:12).
Varsity softball
• The Southeast Lady Raiders dropped two of three games during Saturday’s Region 6-3A tournament, beating Cartersville, 8-0, and losing to Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe, 8-0, and Carrollton, 3-0.
Kinley Hallman threw a no-hitter against Cartersville, striking out 10 and walking none. Briana Sosebee hit a home run.
Jill Hobbs homered against LFO and Whitney Napier led the Lady Raiders with a 2-for-3 performance against Carrollton.
Southeast’s loss to Carrollton ended the Lady Raiders’ season at 12-13.
“I think overall we had a good year did some things to improve on fundamentals that will carry over to next year,” Southeast coach Elizabeth Crane said. “I’m looking forward to seeing the juniors who will become seniors, and the incoming freshman class we have coming in. Hopefully we can build off this year and have a bright future for next year.”
JV volleyball
• North Murray closed its inaugural season with a win over Tennessee’s Polk County, 25-21, 25-15, in junior varsity play and a loss to Polk County’s varsity team, 25-16, 25-11.
The JV Lady Mountaineers, who finished with a 16-7 record, were led against Polk County by Hanna Abdelrazzaq’s 10 digs, Iliana Muguia’s three aces and six digs and Grace Phillips’ three aces, one dig and a kill.
“That was our first varsity match and it was a good opportunity to see where we’re at and what we need to work on for next year,” North Murray coach Angela Campbell said.
MS football
• Christian Heritage 14, Silverdale 6: Austin Lowe had a touchdown run of 20 yards, plus an extra point and Will Fischer had a 60-yard touchdown run, with Jake Stokes scoring the extra point for the Lions (3-1) in a game that featured no turnovers from either team.
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(Matt Hamilton/The Daily Citizen) Dalton's Hannah Cox, center, battles with Southeast Whitfield's Tavi Parris, right, and Tiffani Hughes for the ball during Friday's game.
Neither the Dalton girls nor the boys were close to having their “A” game Friday night at Southeast Whitfield. But against their hosts, who have a combined two wins between the boys and girls teams, they didn’t need to be.
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