Local teams make state volleyball playoffs

Staff Report
All four Tri-City area volleyball teams qualified for the postseason, with two of the teams hitting the court Tuesday for first-round action.
The area’s two highest seeds, Morgan City (13-12) and Central Catholic (12-9), will play first-round games Tuesday at home in their respective divisions, while Berwick (3-13) and Patterson (3-9) will travel to face first-round opponents Wednesday.
Central Catholic, Division V’s No. 10 seed, will host No. 23 Family Christian (7-5) Tuesday at 5 p.m., while Morgan City, Division’s III’s No. 10 seed, will host No. 23 St. Martinville (7-11) at 6 p.m.
Wednesday, Berwick, Division III’s No. 24 seed, will travel to meet No. 9 seed Pearl River (10-7) in a 5 p.m. contest, while in Division IV, No. 29 Patterson will hit the road to meet No. 4 Academy of Sacred Heart of New Orleans (14-4) at 5 p.m.
Last week, Berwick fell to E.D. White in straight sets on the road to E.D. White Thursday in its District 7-III finale by scores of 25-12, 25-9 and 25-10 and fell to Central Catholic 25-22, 25-20 and 25-18 Saturday in a match promoting Suicide Awareness and Prevention.
Patterson fell to Ascension Episcopal Thursday on the road in straight sets by scores of 25-7, 25-4 and 25-8.
Morgan City fell to Lutcher in five games in its District 7-III finale at home. After winning the first two games by scores of 25-16 and 25-19, Morgan City dropped the next three games by scores of 27-25, 25-17 and 15-11.
Haylie Crappell, Mary Vincent and Brynn Stephens led Morgan City. Crappell had two aces, 13 kills, two assists and 29 digs, while Vincent recorded one ace, two kills, 23 assists and 11 digs. Stephens had three aces and 32 digs.
Other top Morgan City contributors were as follows: Mariah Pleasant, eight kills and two assists; Hailey Denning, one ace and 14 digs; Faith Bailey, one ace, six kills and seven digs; Sarah Daniels, two blocks and one block assist; and Arion Calloway, one kill and one block assist.
Saturday, Morgan City dropped home matches to H.L. Bourgeois and Acadiana in straight sets. Morgan City fell to H.L. Bourgeois by scores of 25-12, 25-10 and 25-16 and lost to Acadiana 25-12, 25-18 and 25-10.
Against H.L. Bourgeois, Crappell led Morgan City with six kills, two assists and 17 digs.
Other top Morgan City contributors were as follows: Vincent, three kills, one block assist, 13 assists and eight digs; Stephens, two kills, one assist and 14 digs; Daniels, two kills, two block assists, one assist and three digs; Denning, one ace, one assist and four digs; and Pleasant, one ace, three kills and one dig.
Against Acadiana, Crappell led Morgan City with seven kills, one assist and nine digs.
Other top Morgan City contributors were as follows: Stephens, one ace and 10 digs; Pleasant, five kills and one dig; Bailey, one ace, three kills and four digs; and Madison Gray, four assists and three digs.