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THE JACKSON HERALD
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
JCHS Volleyball
JHS Cross Country
Jackson County’s Sydney McCutcheon sets the
ball during a recent game. The Panthers suffered
only their second loss of the volleyball season, fall
ing to region foe North Forsyth Tuesday (Sept. 12)
in five sets.
Panthers lose close
matchup in battle
of region’s top two
volleyball teams
The Jackson County vol
leyball team suffered only
its second defeat of the
season, falling in a five-set
match Tuesday (Sept. 12) at
North Forsyth.
In a rematch of last year’s
Region 8-AAAAAA finals,
the Panthers (20-2, 3-1 Re
gion 8-AAAAAA) lost to
the Raiders 3-2 (25-17, 23-
25, 16-25, 25-19, 8-15) in a
back-and-forth contest.
Paisley Gillespie totaled
17 kills and 17 digs in the
loss, while Ruthie Fowler
recorded a team-high 20
kills. Sydney McCutcheon
finished with 36 assists and
19 digs, and Ava Lesniak
added 17 digs.
North Forsyth (17-8) im
proved to 5-0 in Region
8-AAAAAA play with the
win.
Jackson County travels
to Mill Creek (12-11) on
Thursday (5 p.m.).
EJCHS Softball
Photos by Christian Rodriguez
EJCHS Eagle Avery Pulliam runs down a fly ball in
recent action.
Eagles softball team lookin;
to turn season around
The EJCHS softball team
hopes to get back on track
this week when they host
Cedar Shoals on Wednes
day, travel to Banks Coun
ty on Thursday and then
make another away game at
Union County on Tuesday,
Sept. 26.
The Lady Eagles were to
have played Gainesville on
Monday of this week (score
unavailable as of deadline.)
The Lady Eagles (5-
8) have struggled in the
mid-season both at home
and on the road.
Lady Eagle Aaliyah Ben
nett catches a fly ball
in recent action against
Union County.
Photos by Christian Rodriguez
JHS runner Finn Wakeman runs toward the finish line at last week’s Dragon Invitational cross coun
try meet.
JHS cross country has strong showing at home event
The Jefferson High School cross
country teams had a strong show
ing at their recent invitational held
at Lamar Murphy Park.
The JHS girls finished first out of
six teams and 51 runners while the
Dragon boys finished second out of
nine teams and 76 runners.
For the boys, Ben Davis finished
first for the fourth consecutive race
this season.
Top finishers for the Lady Drag
ons were:
Hannah Schroeder, 3rd; Lily Jan-
ning 4th; Kira Stevens, 7th; Kate
James, 9th; Lily Gaddy, 10th; Lau
ren Halley, 12th; and Sasha Thom
ason, 14th.
Top finishers for the JHS boys
were:
Ben Davis, 1st; Austin Click, 6th;
Garrison Lee, 8th; C.J. Leffords,
14th; Cameron Kazienko, 16th;
Finn Wakeman, 23rd; Trey Ad
kins, 24th; Dylan Johns, 26th; Ben
Nunnally, 27th; and Ryan Schmidt,
29th.
Lady Dragon cross country runners Lily Jan-
ning (L) and Hannah Schroeder (R) at last
week’s Dragon Invitational meet. Schroeder
finished 3rd with a time of 21:14 and Janning
finished 4th with a time of 21:20.
JHS cross country runner CJ Leffords during
last week’s home meet. Leffords finished 14th
in the contest.
Dragon Garrison Lee at last week’s Dragon Invita
tional. Lee finished 8th at the meet.
JHS cross country runner Kira Stevens during last
week’s Dragon Invitational. Kira finished 7th for the
Lady Dragons at the meet.
Dragon Trey Adkins at the finish line for the Drag
ons at last week’s Dragon Invitational cross coun
try meet.
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