Alexandria, AL – Oxford wins 5-0 to take home Champions Sports Academy Tournament. Ohatchee scores 4-1 during the day, while Donoho is 3-1. Wellborn wins the silver bracket at Munford. Alexandria silver-bracket runner up in Guntersville.


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Oxford took home Oxford won the Champions Sports Academy tournament, defeating St. Clair County 24-14 25-5, Westbrook Christian 25-22, 25-10, Jacksonville 25-21, 25-10 and Sand Rock 25-18, 25-15 to advance to the finals.

Oxford defeated Cherokee County 25-18, 25-13 in the final. The top players at Oxford (16-5):

–Payton Brooks: 95 assists, eight digs.

Ava Thomas –Ava Thomas: 31 kills, 4 blocks.

–Daelyn Bozeman: 16 kills, five blocks.

–Mileah Prince: 27 kills, two blocks.

–Jaslyn Montgomery: 27 kills, 11 blocks.

Jamea Gaston –Jamea Gaston: 26 digs, 6 aces.

–Kaelyne Crossley, 22 digs, three Aces.

–Arilyn Pool –Arilyn Pool: nine digs, three aces.

OHATCHEE the Indians won 4-1 at the Champions Sports Academy Tournament in Alexandria and swept Coosa Christian as well as Donoho and falling to Cherokee County after which they swept West End-Walnut Grove as well as Westbrook Christian.

The top performers of the Indians:

–Rebecca Henderson: 34 kills, six aces, 39 digs.

–Alanah Fitch: 15 kills, 64 assists, eight aces, 40 digs.

–Aylacrook 13 kills, 5 aces and 24 digs.

–Brett Finn: 12 kills, nine aces, 13 digs, four blocks.

Mackenzie Luna –Mackenzie Luna: 11 kills and three blocks.

Savannah Reaves –Savannah Reaves: 22 digs, 3 kills.

–Ellie Carden: four aces, 28 digs.

DONOHO also in the Champions in Alexandria the Falcons defeated Cherokee County 18-25 25-14, 15, 8 defeated by Ohatchee 19-25 20-25, then beat Coosa Christian by 25-11 and 25-7, and defeated West End Walnut Grove 25-21 25, 20-20.

The top performers of the Falcons:

–Estella Connell: 22 kills, seven aces, two digs, six blocks.

Sam Wakefield, 11 kills. five aces and 14 digs.

–Ryals Jones –Ryals Jones: Nine kills, eight blocks.

–Callie Taylor: 1 kill seven assists and six aces five digs.

–Kate Williamon: 15 kills, four aces, 11 digs.

Ava Michaels: 3 kills three assists, one assist 2 digs, 1 block.

Wellborn: The Panthers went 3-1 at the Munford Lady Lions’ Classic and won the silver bracket, improving to 11-4 for the season.

Wellborn defeated Winterboro 25-17 25,13, Benjamin Russell 25-17, 25-8 and Childersburg 25-8 25, 3. The Panthers fell to White Plains 23-25 25-16, 11-15. The top players for Wellborn:

–Anna Odom: 15 kills.

Annalee Rinehard: 3 kills, three aces, 22 assists.

–Braelyn Bean One kill eight assists, and one dig.

Calla Hayes: 3 aces 38 kills, nine blocks 13 digs.

–Destiny Benefield: 7 aces, 3 digs.

–Diana Rodriguez –Diana Rodriguez: one assist 9 digs, one assist.

–Gracie Lewis: 10 aces, eight kills, 60 assists.

Hannah Grubbs: Four aces eight kills, and one block.

–Libby Smith: 2 aces 2 kills, 7 assists.

Alexandria In the Champions Tournament in Guntersville, Alexandria played 4-3 before falling against Desoto Central (Miss.) 25-21 20-25, and 13-15 in the silver bracket final.

Valley Cubs (18-3) Valley Cubs (18-3) swept Cullman 25-10, 25-21, and Guntersville 25-19, 25-22 and fell to the Class 7A the top-ranked Bob Jones 16-25, 20-25 and Franklin (Tenn.) 25-20 11-25, 9-15, in the pool.

In silver-bracket action, Alexandria swept Sylacauga 25-17 25, 17 along with Fort Payne 25-17 and 25-20 to reach the final.

Oxford beat the competition at The Oxford team dominated the Champions Sports Academy Tournament in Alexandria on Saturday in order to win the prize. (Submitted photo)