Early Bird Tournament

Today the JMMS volleyball teams participated in their first matches of the year in the "Early Bird Tournament" hosted at Jackson High School.

The 8th grade Gold team played its first match of the season against Wadsworth, who was probably the best team at the tournament, other than our own Jackson teams!  The girls were without Lyndsey in that match and really came together to overcome the last minute absence!  They played great!  Mak had a string of serves which included several aces!  The girls won 25-14 and 25-19.

Next, they played Northwest.  Lyndsey was back and they were ready to roll!  They played an amazing first game, with Ava leading the way with a bunch of serves in a row!  They won 25-6.  Northwest gained some momentum in the second game and the Gold team struggled a bit with passing.  The girls managed to pull out the win 25-23.

Their last match of the day was against the talented Louisville.  They played pretty well in the first game and it was very close the entire time.  The girls couldn't quite get ahead enough for the win and lost 23-25.  The second game the girls came on strong and won 25-13, with the help of a string of great serves from Aly, which forced a third game.  Unfortunately the girls were not able to pull out the win in that game either, although they may have if it had gone to 25 (like our normal matches) instead of 15 (for the tournament).

Regardless, the girls played great in their first tournament and will start the season with a 2-1 record!  Great job Riley, Lyndsey, Ava, Karlie, Mak, Lauren, Aly, and Ally!  We missed you Kayla!

The 8th grade Purple team lost its first match to Marlington but beat Cuyahoga Falls and Massillon to also start out the season with a 2-1 record!

Updates on the 7th grade results will come soon.

Go Bears!