East Hamilton has scheduled volleyball matches against 2016 state-tournament teams Signal Mountain and Cleveland coming up soon as the Lady Hurricanes prepare for postseason play. And after Thursday’s match at Hixson, they know where they’ll be positioned when it starts.
East Hamilton defeated the Lady Wildcats 3-1 and earned the District 6-AA regular-season championship. Thus, the Lady ‘Canes will be top-seeded in the district tournament Oct. 2-3 at Hixson. Set scores were 25-18, 23-25, 25-23, 25-21.
Hixson was competitive throughout the match. The Lady Wildcats were within 17-13 in the first set before East Hamilton began to pull away.
The second set was so close that neither team held more than a two-point advantage throughout.
The Lady ‘Canes twice led by five in the third set – the last at 18-13 – but Hixson fought back to tie it at 23 before a couple of hitting errors proved costly.