The Chattanooga area has never had a GHSA volleyball state champion, but two teams have a shot to change that very soon.
Gordon Lee in Class A and Calhoun in Class AAA won semifinal matchups Saturday at Atlanta’s Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School in quite different fashions to get within one win of making area history.
Gordon Lee (40-5), the No. 1 overall seed, dominated Pepperell while sweeping the best-of-five match, 25-10, 25-19, 25-11, but Calhoun’s Lady Yellow Jackets (21-23) continued to ride their postseason magic with a 3-1 win over top-seeded Richmond Academy after losing decidedly in the first set and facing five set points in the second before rallying to win 26-24 and sweeping the final two sets.
Also Saturday, in the Class AA semifinals at Lovett, Ringgold was swept by No. 1 seed Morgan County, 25-7, 25-16, 25-9, ending the Lady Tigers’ season.
Gordon Lee, after facing little resistance in the first set, had to fight to go up 2-0. Pepperell led 6-2 before the Lady Trojans rallied behind the serving of Madilyn Bailey and big hitting from Kaighan Cassell and Ava Carswell to go up 14-13.