The Lady Wildcats swept all three matches played in the 1A Copper Tournament held in Fort Thomas. As a result, they will be the fifth seed in the upcoming 1A state tournament and will host 11th-seeded Bagdad on Tuesday night this week in a first-round match beginning at 6 p.m. With a win, they would advance to Coronado High School to take on the winner of No. 14 El Capitan and No. 3 St. David. Williams is the overall top seed in the state bracket with Rock Point as the No. 2 seed.
Joseph City’s first match in the Copper tournament was a quick three-game sweep over Sequoia Charter in Joseph City on Wednesday last week. The Cats won the match 25-9, 25-9 and 25-13.
Kate Edwards led in kills with seven, followed by April Neil with five and Kadence Armstrong with four. Brenlee Hutchens had her serves working with eight aces. Edwards also led in digs with 14. Kayle James finished the match with 19 assists.
That win advanced them to the semi-final round where they took care of Valley Lutheran in four games 25-17, 25-23, 18-25, and 25-23.
Edwards had 14 kills and April Neil finished with 11. James served five aces. Defensively several Wildcat players were solid. Edwards had 18 digs; Armstrong, 16; James, 13; Trya Dixon, 13; April Neil, 12; and Ava Neil also had 12 digs. James finished with 28 assists.
In the championship match, the Wildcats met up with rival Mogollon. It took five games but the Wildcats prevailed in five games 25-15, 20-25, 15-25, 25-23 and 15-10.
Edwards dominated at the net finishing with 28 kills. April Neil had nine, and Armstrong added 7. Edwards also led the team in digs with 27. April Neil finished with 22, and Kayle James had 17 digs and 44 total assists in the win.
