Mary Fillauer knew exactly where she was going with the ball.
Notre Dame High School's senior setter sent crisp feeds in the perfect spot, high and to the left side of the net where McKenna Brown provided the thunder with booming hits.
Brown was unstoppable late as she sprayed the ball all over the floor at the feet of defenders for nine of her match-high 20 kills in the fourth and final set to defeat a tough Silverdale Baptist Academy team in Division II-A District 2 play Tuesday night.
"It is nice to have someone who can get hot at any point and completely take over a match," Notre Dame coach Dan Clotfelter said about Brown, who has 20 kills each in all five matches for 100 on the season. "McKenna did that tonight. The great thing is that we had a lot of people contributing, so when she caught fire we were already ready to roll."
Notre Dame (4-1, 2-0) trailed 21-20 in the second set but was given a major spark by Beth Voges and Emmeline Crisp, who had powerful kills to close the second and third sets. Voges' defense was crucial in the win as she registered half a dozen blocks to help her team rally back for set victories by the scores of 25-22, 25-11 and 25-14.
Brown and Lindsay Burns combined for seven Notre Dame aces, while Fillauer had six kills and 30 assists.
"We are doing really well and know it takes all of us working together," said Brown, who played well on the back row with 15 digs. "We were really close against Baylor, and that was exciting. We are all really excited to be playing and hope we can make noise and make a run to the state tournament."
Silverdale's Savannah Williams and Ashlee Kugler also starred in Tuesday's match. Williams had 14 kills while Kugler finished with 33 assists, 15 digs and three aces.
* Signal Mountain and Hixson went down to the wire, with Signal earning the five-set victory, 25-27, 25-20, 25-21, 24-26, 16-14. Ava Rogers had six of 20 aces for Hixson, which got 24 digs from Makenna Seitz along with nine kills and five blocks by Riley Bellamy. Hixson's Anna Johnston and Jenna Westfall had four aces each.
* Boyd Buchanan's Calla Brady had 20 digs in a sweep of Collegedale Academy.
* Dade County's Freedom Cole had 11 aces to lead a 2-0 victory over Morris Innovative.
* Chattanooga Christian School swept Grace Academy on Monday night in three sets. The Lady Chargers were led by AJ Johnson's 13 kills, while Avery Ray had six kills and three aces. Sydney Alumbaugh was sharp for Grace with 11 kills and 13 digs.
* Sale Creek responded to its first defeat of the season against Cleveland by sweeping South Pittsburg. Sarah Gibson had 15 kills, while Ava Higgins had 12. The Lady Panthers (6-1) got six aces from Brooklyn Head.
GOLF
* Signal Mountain swept match play at its home course over CCS on Tuesday. Benjamin Burns led the way shooting a 1-under-par 35 to lead a 148-179 stroke advantage. Caroline Burns and Sally Houge both shot 43s to lead an 86-100 victory for the Lady Eagles.
* East Hamilton's boys defeated Bradley Central by a stroke, while the Cleveland girls dominated behind the play of junior Hannah Nall, who finished at 2-under 34.
* Sale Creek's girls defeated Soddy-Daisy 79-86 at Moccasin Bend, led by the duo of Ashley Holland (38) and Carly Wetherill (41).
* Rhea County swept Ooltewah in boys' and girls' competition at the Bear Trace at Harrison Bay. Matthew Rothwell shot a 37, while Becca Rogers led the girls with a seven-hole score of 35.
* Boyd Buchanan swept Silverdale at Moccasin Bend, with Evan Pirtle (37) and Mackenzie Savage (39) leading the winners.
SOFTBALL
Sonoraville 4, North Murray 0: Taylor Long pitched a perfect game, striking out 20 of the 21 batters she faced. Kelly Green had a pair of doubles and drove in one run, and Kinsley Long was 2-for-3 with an RBI for the Region 6-AAA co-leaders (6-4, 5-1).
Coahulla Creek 9, LaFayette 0: Sophia Voyles pitched her second consecutive five-inning no-hitter, allowing one walk and striking out eight. Mia Jones was 2-for-2 with two RBIs, Steahl Smith 2-for-3 and Tatum Poe, McKinley Staten and Mary Day Eisenrath had two RBIs each for the Lady Colts (11-2, 5-2 Region 6-AAA).
Gordon Lee 9, Armuchee 1: The Lady Trojans (7-2, 2-0 Region 6-A public) rapped out 14 hits, with Emma Langston going 2-for-2, including a homer, and driving in a pair. Ashlyn Sturdivant and Addison Sturdivant each had two hits and two RBIs for the winners.
Trion 15, Drew Charter 0: Chloe Murdock had three hits and Ransley Lawrence, Linzie Thompson and I'Ziah McCutchins drove in two runs apiece for the Lady Bulldogs (4-3, 1-1 Region 6-A public).
Northwest Whitfield 9-8, Southeast Whitfield 1-0: Kylie Hayes pitched both ends of the Region 7-AAAA doubleheader, going 13 innings and allowing no earned runs and five hits while striking out 16. Eden Rann drove in four runs on a pair of hits in the opener, while Hayes helped herself with three hits, an RBI and run scored, with Torrey Cummings and Abi Snipes driving in a pair of runs each in game two.
Central-Carroll 7-4, Ridgeland 0-0: The Lady Lions (9-3, 4-1) used dominating pitching from Karley Fuller (seven innings, two hits, eight strikeouts) in game one and Breanna Pittman (seven innings, five hits) in game two in sweeping the Lady Panthers in a Region 7-AAAA doubleheader. Bryanna Goldsmith had two hits for Ridgeland in game two.
Dalton 8, Paulding County 2: Emily Brunson pitched a five-hitter with 11 strikeouts, while Natalie Moya and Gracie Young had three hits each.
Calhoun 10-15, Blessed Trinity 1-3: The Lady Yellow Jackets (6-6, 5-0) earned the Region 7-AAAAA doubleheader sweep as Maggie McBrayer struck out 12 and had three hits in game one, with Grace Crocker adding three hits and driving in a pair of runs. Crocker added a three-run triple in game two, with Molly Banks blasting a three-run homer and Lyndi-Rae Davis going 2-for-2.
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