November 1, 2021 - The Lady Dragons Volleyball team has made program history by making the playoffs for the first time! The Dragons (23-14) will play Overton (28-11) today, November 1st at Nacogdoches High School at 6pm in the Bi-District round of the 2A Region 3 Volleyball Playoffs. Ticket prices ar $5 for adults and $3 for students.
The Shelbyville Lady Dragons Volleyball team competed against Timpson on Friday, October 22 losing in five sets. The Dragons were down in the first set 16-25 but came back to tie in the second set 27-25 in a hard fought battle. The Bears won the third set 19-25 but the Dragons again battled back to tie the match up in the fourth set 25-23. It was a hard loss in the final set with the Bears winning 15-8.
Shelbyville (2) and Timpson (3) statistics:
Kate Lawson - 38 assists, 25 digs, 1 kill
Kiana Bennett - 19 kills, 19 digs, 4 blocks
Ma'Kayja Horton - 7 kills, 16 digs, 2 aces, 1 block
Abby Shofner - 15 digs
Taylor Jones - 3 kills, 10 digs, 1 ace, 2 assists
Kara Jones - 9 kills, 5 blocks, 7 digs, 3 aces
Cadience Thompson - 7 kills, 8 digs, 1 block, 1 ace
Neera Smith - 7 digs
On Tuesday, October 26, the Lady Dragons fell to Beckville in three sets: 25-8, 25-16, 26-9.
Shelbyville (0) and Beckville (3) statistics:
Kate Lawson - 11 assists, 8 digs, 1 block
Kiana Bennett - 6 kills, 3 digs, 3 blocks
Kara Jones - 3 kills, 1 dig, 1 block
Ma'Kayja Horton - 1 kill, 6 digs
Cadience Thompson - 1 kill, 8 digs
Neera Smith - 7 digs
The two loses brought the Dragons season record to 23-14 and district record to 6-4. The Dragons record at home is 9-2 and have made history by making it to the playoffs for the first time!
