Red Bank’s Ansley Helton fires the ball over East Hamilton’s Miranda Roberson, left, and Emma Lenoir Tuesday at Red Bank.Red Bank’s Lady Lions seemed to have it, then looked like they lost it, then ended up having it after all.
Red Bank not only squandered the lead it had taken by winning the second and third sets in Tuesday’s high school volleyball match against East Hamilton, but in the fourth set the Lady Lions looked like a different team than had been on the floor earlier. Or maybe it was the Lady Hurricanes who looked like a different team.
Either way the match between District 6-AA’s unbeatens came down to a nail-biting finish, and by capturing the last two points the Lady Lions were able to escape from their home gym with a 3-2 victory. The set scores were 22-25, 25-16, 25-18, 12-25, 15-13.
The eight teams in the district may play each other more than once in the course of a particular season, but one is all that counts in the standings. This one counted.
Red Bank (21-5, 5-0), which hasn’t lost to a league opponent in a match that counted since moving to this district four years ago, has league matches left against Hixson and East Ridge. East Hamilton (23-10, 4-1) has district matches remaining with Central and East Ridge.