Lady Hawks beat Carthage and Fall vs host Texas High

Pleasant Grove Volleyball beat Carthage and fell to Texas High in 2 matches at Texas High’s gym Tuesday.

The Lady Hawks swept Carthage 3-sets-to-none before losing to Texas high 3-sets-to-none.

Texas High defeated Carthage 3-sets-to-2 in the first game of the volleyball matches on the card at Texas High.

The Lady Tigers star Bella Cherry led Texas High in the win over The Lady Hawks with powerful kills especially in the final 3 sets.

Texas High’s gym was packed for the match between Texas High and PG. It’s what you would expect when two teams in the same city get together for any sporting event.

Pleasant Grove was led in the Carthage match by junior Madison Carpenter who had 9 kills. Lady Hawks Mackenzie Williams pitched in with 11 set assists and her sister junior Rylee Williams had 8 digs.

Plesant Grove was led by the elder Willimas, senior Adi Koller and Carpenter in the Texas High match. Williams had 15 assists, Killer 16 digs and 8 kills and Carpenter 11 kills.

Lady Hawks Coach said the girls were focused at the start

“We came out against Carthage focused and intense. It was a solid win for us. Hats off to Texas they were able to get it to Bella (Cherry) and any time you have an athlete like that on your side of the net there is a leg up,” Amy Collvins, Pleasant Grove head volleyball coach said. “We defiantly can take things from both the Carthage and Texas match to work on and grow. Over all proud of our girls.”

Pleasant Grove’s volleyball matches are live on the radio in Texarkana

The Lady Hawks will play two games in the Marshall Tournament this Thursday. They play Rusk at 1 p.m. followed by a match vs Hughes Springs at 3 p.m. Pleasant Groves volleyball matches in Marshall will be broadcasted live on Fox Sports Texarkana 97.1 FM and 1400 AM. Bob DelGiorno will provide the play-by-play.