The Georgia high school volleyball state playoffs are about to get under way for 12 teams from the Chattanooga area. Six are Class AAA teams, four are in Class AAAA and there are one each in Class AA and Class A.
The Class A team is Gordon Lee (32-11), which is one of three public-school teams among the 32 remaining. Volleyball and wrestling are the only sports in which the GHSA does not have a public-private split.
Last year the Lady Trojans won their opening-round match and joined 15 private schools in the second round. Gordon Lee coach Tricia Goodwin said there is no formal recognition for being the only Class A public school still standing, but it doesn’t mean T-shirts can’t be printed.
This year Gordon Lee is the third-seeded team from Area 4 and plays at Area 2’s second-seeded Landmark Christian near Atlanta. The match is set for Thursday at 5:30 p.m.
“They’ve got one or two really strong hitters,” Goodwin said of the War Eagles. “We played them at camp at Georgia State before the season and mainly handled them fairly well. But you never know how a team improves over a season.”