Fannin Falls to Lady Bobcats
Featured Stories August 25, 2011
The Fannin County High School Lady Rebels varsity and junior varsity volleyball teams traveled to Gilmer High School to take on the Lady Bobcats. The first year Fannin program, took some considerable lumps, as both the JV and Varsity teams were swept by the more experienced Lady Bobcats. The JV team fell 25-9, and 25-11. The varsity team lost 25-22, and 23-16.The Lady Rebels JV squad first score came via a Gilmer serve out of bounds, after the Lady Bobcats had already established a 7-0 lead. Fannin scored again with an Ace that cut the lead to 7-2.
Fannin scored when Gilmer hit the ball out of bounds, making the score 7-3. The Lady Bobcats then scored five straight points before a Kill by Lindsey Wright made the score 12-4. The Lady Bobcats outscored the Lady Rebels 13-5 to take the first game.
The second JV game mostly mirrored the first as the Lady Bobcats’ Sarah Thomas scored eight straight Aces before Fannin’s first score. The loud and loquacious Gilmer fan base seemed to rattle the inexperienced youngsters from Fannin, despite the diminutive nature of the crowd.
Fannin began to battle back and forth until Fannin cut the Gilmer lead to four at 13-9. The Lady Bobcats then used a 12-2 run to close the game out, including five straight aces by Thomas, and a game closing kill by Harmony Malham.
The Fannin Lady Rebels varsity team faired better against the varsity Gilmer squad, despite falling short in both games.
(Photo by LT Melton)
The Lady Bobcats began with a run eerily similar to ones preceding it, racing out to a 4-0 lead before a tip kill by Fannin’s Sara Dobbins made the score 4-1. A Fannin Ace followed by another Dobbins kill, put the Lady Rebels within one, down 4-3.
The two teams traded points with neither team being able to gain a substantial lead until Gilmer was able to secure a 13-8 lead. The Lady Rebels refused to give in as Fannin scored two quick points to cut the lead to three.
A dig/kill by Gilmer’s Jenna Parks put the Lady Bobcats up 14-10, followed by an Ace by Morgan Penland that saw Gilmer go up by five. Fannin again cut the lead down with two quick scores, including an Ace by Chandler Byrd.
After a Fannin serve out of bounds and a block for a Kill by Gilmer’s Jenna Parks, Gilmer led 18-12. The Lady Rebels then tried to their best to skin the Lady Bobcats as Fannin went on a 6-1 run and cut the Gilmer lead to 19-18.
The run began via the Gilmer gift of a serve into the net, followed by an Ace from Hope Cochran. After a dig for a Kill by Gilmer’s Britton Farlow, and another serve into the net from Gilmer, Cheyenne Frady’s Ace, cut the lead to 19-16. An out of bounds on Gilmer, and a Fannin Ace, cut the lead to one.
An out of bounds on Fannin, followed by yet another kill from Parks, put Gilmer up 21-19. However, a kill from Fannin’s Bethany Deal, and two straight points provided by an out of bounds, and hitting the net call on Gilmer, saw the game tied 21-21.
The Lady Rebels were done in by a 4-1 run by the Lady Bobcats including a game sealing Ace by Britton Farlow.
(Photo by LT Melton)
The second game saw Fannin’s first lead of the day, when the Lady Rebels scored two quick points to take a 2-0 lead. Gilmer tied the game just as quickly when Fannin was called for hitting the net, immediately followed by a block kill from Gilmer.
An Ace from Morgan Penland, gave Gilmer a 3-2 lead. However, the Lady Rebels tied on a failed return volley from Gilmer, and an Ace from Fannin’s Amy Brownlee.
Brownlee served out of bounds, tying the game at 4-4. A 5-2 run put Gilmer up 9-6. Following two out of bounds on Gilmer, Fannin cut the lead to 9-8. A kill and an Ace from Parks put the Bobcats up 11-8. A 5-3 run put the Lady Bobcats up 16-12, leading to a Lady Rebel time out.
The Lady Rebels came out of the time out and scored quickly, with a dig for a Kill by Chandler Byrd. However, the Lady Bobcats held Fannin to only four more points en route to a 25-16 win and the sweep.
