The Reset: Patriots football gets dramatic win

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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 football team earned a dramatic 9-7 win over Vestavia Hills last Friday, beating the Rebels on a late field goal. Click here for a recap of the game.

John Carroll suffered a 34-14 loss to Moody, as the Cavaliers fell to 1-1 on the young season. Click here for the recap.

VOLLEYBALL

The John Carroll volleyball team posted a 3-4 record last week in a busy few days, and the Cavaliers now have a 6-9 record on the season. On Thursday, John Carroll fell to Pelham in five sets (24-26, 25-16, 25-5, 24-26, 15-7). 

Over the weekend, the Cavs played in the Mayor’s Cup Tournament in Montgomery. They fell to St. Paul’s in three sets (25-16, 22-25, 18-16), were swept by Montgomery Academy (25-10, 25-17), defeated Mary G. Montgomery (25-12, 25-16), Wetumpka (25-20, 25-20) and Prattville (25-16, 25-19) and fell to St. Luke’s (25-20, 25-14).

Some stats from the week:

  • Poppy Moellering: 43 kills
  • Morgan Scott: 42 kills, 7 blocks
  • Sara Archer: 17 kills, 12 aces, 34 digs

This week, John Carroll heads to Shades Valley on Tuesday and hosts Hueytown on Thursday.

Homewood won three of its four matches last week and now has a 9-2 record. The Patriots took part in a couple tri-matches. They swept both ends of one on Tuesday, beating Helena and Tuscaloosa County. Homewood split Thursday’s, falling to Spain Park and beating Sparkman.

Some stats from the week:

  • Olivia Brown: 45 kills, 29 digs, 2 aces 
  • Mackenzie Yoakum: 25 kills, 10 digs, 4 blocks, 4 aces
  • Olivia Outman: 67 assists, 13 digs, 4 aces, 2 blocks

This week, Homewood heads to Orlando for the Nike Tournament of Champions. 

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