{"id":395089,"date":"2026-09-09T19:58:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T19:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/395089\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T19:58:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T19:58:14","slug":"alexandria-sweeps-jacksonville-donoho-rallies-in-five-set-win-as-area-volleyball-action-heats-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/395089\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexandria Sweeps Jacksonville; Donoho Rallies in Five-Set Win as Area Volleyball Action Heats Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alexandria sweeps Jacksonville in area match between traditional Calhoun County volleyball powers finding the right mix after key graduation losses.<\/p>\n<p>By Joe Medley<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"wpadcenter_ad\" data-value=\"102684\" data-placement=\"1750107131464\" href=\"https:\/\/electpamhoward.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"wpadcenter-ad-inner__item p.italic {&#013;&#010;  font-style: italic;&#013;&#010;}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"970\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1788983893_638_Pam-Howard.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Elect Pam Howard Advertisment\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Paid Advertisment<\/p>\n<p>JACKSONVILLE \u2014 Alexandria\u2019s volleyball team spent much of its Labor Day weekend on the court, practicing Friday, playing Saturday and practicing Sunday and Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re just trying to figure it out,\u201d veteran coach Whitney Welch explained. \u201c\u2026 We\u2019ve all got to come together and find a standard, and we\u2019ve got to learn how to play together.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve got some young and old, and we\u2019re trying to mesh it, and it\u2019s not quite there yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kate Wheeler, Caylin Adams and Zayley Mobbs recorded a team-high six kills apiece, and the Valley Cubs put the extra work to good use Tuesday, sweeping Jacksonville 27-25, 25-15, 25-19 in an area match at Jacksonville.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Donoho rallies, wins five-set area match. Oxford, Munford, Glencoe and Weaver also win area matches. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Serving and receiving around the area with Tuesday\u2019s matches:<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DONOHO: The Falcons outlasted Faith Christian in a five-set area showdown Tuesday, 19-25, 25-16, 15-25, 25-11, 15-9.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Donoho\u2019s statistics for the day:<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014 Alana Maldonado Masonet: 14 kills, one ace, 12 digs.<br \/>\u2014 Bentlee Pahman: two kills, three assists, three aces, 22 digs.<br \/>\u2014 Taylor Worley: 12 kills, two digs, one block.<br \/>\u2014 Gracelyn Plunkett: 14 assists, one ace, two digs.<br \/>\u2014 Maddie Shute: one kill, one ace.<br \/>\u2014 Cyan Duncan: six kills, two digs, two blocks.<br \/>\u2014 Harper Draper: one kill, 19 assists, one ace, six digs.<br \/>\u2014 Nora Gibson: two kills, one block.<br \/>\u2014 Adalyn Mundy: one ace, eight digs.<br \/>\u2014 Mary Marshall Alexander: three kills, one ace, three digs.<br \/>\u2014 Hania Rehman: three kills.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OXFORD: The Yellow Jackets beat Springville in their first area match, 25-9, 25-23, 25-20. Oxford\u2019s statistics for the day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014 Ava Thomas: 15 kills, 10 digs, five aces, two assists.<br \/>\u2014 Macy Thomas: 29 assists, three digs.<br \/>\u2014 Adriana Bonilla: 10 digs.<br \/>\u2014 Marleigh Gay: six kills, four digs.<br \/>\u2014 Kinley Wade: four aces, two kills.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MUNFORD: The Lions (10-3) won 25-6, 25-10, 25-11 at Central-Clay. Munford\u2019s statistics for the night:<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014 Reese Brewer: two aces, 23 assists, two kills.<br \/>\u2014 Mackinlee Harris: two kills.<br \/>\u2014 Andreya Curry: three kills.<br \/>\u2014 Mylie Stephens: 16 kills, one ace.<br \/>\u2014 Saryn Goodson: seven aces.<br \/>\u2014 Ashtyn Bishop: seven aces.<br \/>\u2014 Brooklyn Haywood: one kill.<br \/>\u2014 Brooklyn Pressley: one dig.<br \/>\u2014 Samaree Thomas: one kill.<br \/>\u2014 Faith Jacobs: three kills.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">GLENCOE: Glencoe beat Hokes Bluff 3-1 to move to 17-5 overall and 2-0 in area play. The Yellow Jackets\u2019 statistics for the night:<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014 Millie Chambless: four kills, four blocks, five digs.<br \/>\u2014 Avery Barkley: 24 assists, one ace.<br \/>\u2014 Mia Talbot: 21 kills, 16 digs, five aces.<br \/>\u2014 Kaedy Smith: three kills, two blocks.<br \/>\u2014 Kinlee Montgomery: 21 assists, 14 digs.<br \/>\u2014 Gracyn Bunt: 11 digs.<br \/>\u2014 Katy Talbot: 16 kills, one block, 14 digs, two aces.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WEAVER: Playing on Monday, the Bearcats beat Cleburne County 25-21, 25-15, 18-25, 25-22 in an area match and fell to Spring Garden 25-23, 22-25, 8-15.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Weaver\u2019s statistics for the night:<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014 Maddie Stanford: 14 kills, eight blocks.<br \/>\u2014 Ali Anderson: 33 assists, four blocks.<br \/>\u2014 Lilliana Parks: two aces, six kills, two digs.<br \/>\u2014 Ariel Sargent: five aces, three digs.<br \/>\u2014 Hollyn Dunn: four aces, 16 kills, five digs.<br \/>\u2014 Ellie Masaniai: four digs.<br \/>\u2014 Jaylee Carter: three aces, 15 kills, five blocks.<br \/>\u2014 Savannah Campbell: 13 kills, five blocks.<br \/>\u2014 Brenley Russell: four aces, two assists.<\/p>\n<p>Much more content awaits EA+ subscibers.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-102864\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Figuring-it-out.jpg\" alt=\"Figuring it out\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\"  \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alexandria sweeps Jacksonville in area match between traditional Calhoun County volleyball powers finding the right mix after key&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":395090,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-395089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395089","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=395089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395089\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/395090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=395089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=395089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=395089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}