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The Reset: Volleyball teams impress

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Photo by Erin Nelson.

Over the course of the year, The Homewood Star will keep you up to date on the various Homewood and John Carroll high school athletic teams. For previous weekly updates, click here.

FOOTBALL

The Homewood and John Carroll football teams took their open date last week. This week, John Carroll travels to Parker on Thursday and Homewood hosts Huffman on Friday.

VOLLEYBALL

The Homewood volleyball team had a strong week, highlighted by playing in the HeffStrong Tournament at Spain Park. Homewood knocked off Cullman, Buckhorn, James Clemens, Briarwood, Montgomery Academy, Hartselle and Springville. The Patriots’ only loss was to Houston (Tenn.) in tournament play. Homewood now has a 21-8 record on the year.

For the week, Olivia Brown led the Patriots with 121 kills, 38 digs, 6 aces and 4 blocks. Olivia Outman tallied 194 assists, 32 digs, 6 aces, 3 kills and 3 blocks. Haley Callaham recorded 122 digs, 11 assists, 3 kills and an ace.

This week, Homewood hosts Mountain Brook on Tuesday and plays at Chelsea on Thursday in a pair of area matches.

John Carroll went 4-3 last week and is now 16-13 overall this season. Last Tuesday, the Cavs outlasted Briarwood in five sets. John Carroll then swept Woodlawn 3-0 on Thursday. At the HeffStrong Tournament over the weekend, the Cavs lost to Grissom, Thompson and Trinity and beat Calera and Summitt (Tenn.).

Some stats for the week:

This week, John Carroll is at Clay-Chalkville on Tuesday and plays a tri-match at Springville on Thursday. Over the weekend, the Cavs will play in a tournament in Louisiana. 

— What else would you like to see mentioned? For any suggestions, feel free to email sports editor Kyle Parmley at kparmley@starnesmedia.com.

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