The Chiles Timberwolves (5-3) defeated the Leon Lions (8-4) 3-0 (25-13, 25-9, 25-20) Tuesday at Chiles, overcoming an early deficit in the opening set before taking control of the match and completing the sweep.<\/p>\n
Leon opened the first set with a 3-0 lead, but Chiles quickly answered with an explosive offensive stretch, particularly from the middle of the net. The Timberwolves moved in front 5-4 before continuing to build momentum with strong serving and offensive pressure.<\/p>\n
Chiles extended its lead to 12-6 and continued to pull away as the set progressed, eventually taking the opening set 25-13.<\/p>\n
The Timberwolves carried that momentum into the second set, jumping on Leon early and maintaining control throughout. Chiles led 19-9 midway through the set before closing it out 25-9 to take a 2-0 match lead.<\/p>\n
The third set was much more competitive. Leon limited the errors that had hurt the Lions in the first two sets, and the teams battled to a 10-10 tie.<\/p>\n
Chiles eventually began to create separation, with multiple blocks from senior Loganne Abernathy helping the Timberwolves establish a 19-17 advantage. Leon called a timeout with Chiles leading 21-18, but the Timberwolves maintained their composure and finished the set 25-20 to complete the straight-set victory.<\/p>\n
Avery Banks led Chiles\u2019 attack with four kills on 12 attacks and a .500 hitting percentage. Banks also contributed four total blocks. Abernathy added two kills and finished with six total blocks, while Sterling Carlile recorded five service aces.<\/p>\n
Riley Warmath provided a strong defensive effort with eight digs, while Riley Boykin contributed 22 ball-handling plays. As a team, Chiles recorded 29 kills and hit .292 for the match, while also collecting eight service aces and 12 total blocks.<\/p>\n
Leon\u2019s stats were not updated on MaxPreps. <\/p>\n
The win moves Chiles to 6-3 on the season, while Leon falls to 8-5.<\/p>\n
Chiles will be looking for revenge in their next match as they play Florida High at home on Sep. 8 for the second time this year. Leon looks to bounce back with a home match against Community Christian on Sep. 10.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Chiles Timberwolves (5-3) defeated the Leon Lions (8-4) 3-0 (25-13, 25-9, 25-20) Tuesday at Chiles, overcoming an…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":388908,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[232,234,233],"class_list":["post-388907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=388907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388907\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/388908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=388907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=388907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=388907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}