Nov 4th
Wild Cats Ride Green Wave to Round Four  
After last night’s 3-1 victory over Summerville, Lexington moves on to the Lower State Championships of the volleyball playoffs. They will face last year’s lower state champions, Wando. Last night’s match was a hard fought battle with both teams playing excellent volleyball. In the first game the cats broke out to a 6-0 lead behind the serving of Senior, Lauren Owen which included two aces, but they were not able to maintain the lead as the Wave moved in and chipped away at the lead finally catching up at 11-10.  The Cats carved out another significant lead at 21-14 but the wave would not give up and came within 3 before the cats shut them down at 25-22. The next game was played tight all the way point for point. A few errors cost the Cats the tight game 23-25. In game three the Cats jumped out to an 8-3 lead and again the wave would not die they fought for every point and eventually tied the game at 12-12 and rallied to take the lead to 16-13. A kill by Kellie Schmidt got the ball back and put it in the hands of Senior, Chasen Dillard who stepped in to serve. She served three in a row enabling three kills by Schmidt. The Cats took the lead 17- 16. The wave tied it again at 17.   At 18-17 Laura Grace Swindler sunk in two aces to take the lead to 20-17. At 21-20 Kaitlyn Cobb smacked one down to make it 22-20 then an ace by Kinsley Wade made it 23-20, but the wave kept coming and tied it up at 23 all and again at 24. The cats took the next two points ending it at 26-24.  In the fourth the Cats took another strong lead at 9-3. The wave moved to within three at 13-10 when Dillard again came into serve three in a row including an ace and broke the lead to 16-10. At 16-11 Schmidt killed three in a row taking it to 19-11. At this point the Wave was dying out and was only able to put up 4 more before the Cats closed it out at 25-15. Defense was key last night against the hard hitting of the Wave. Lauren Owen topped digs with 15, Schmidt was second with 13. Sophomores, Kinsley Wade and Aubrey Dooley held up the back row with 12 and 8. Carita Petta came of the bench and dug up 4. The team had a total of 8 blocks, with two each from Swindler, Jennifer Hoppe and Cobb. Katie McCollough threw up one block and scored 3 more on kills. Kills were led by Schmidt with a season best of 35. Schmidt also led aces with 4. Hoppe added 8 kills and Owen had 7. Setting them all up was Swindler with a season high of 48. The girls will travel to Wando on Thursday, game time TBD. If you can make the trip come out and support the Cats as they try to make it to State.

Oct 31st
Wild Cats Topple Trojans
It only took three games on Thursday to insure a move into the third round of the volleyball playoffs for Lexington. The Lady Cats defeated the Trojans from James Island by scores of 25-16, 25-17, 25-13.  Serving was a big factor in the win. As a team the Cats had a serving percentage of 91.7. Laura Grace Swindler and Kellie Schmidt each served 100 percent, including three aces by LG and one by Kellie. Freshman Aubrey Dooley served an impressive 94 percent including 1 ace. Aubrey’s serving was a crucial part of the win. In game three with the cats down 7-10 Aubrey served up eight unanswered points to break the game open at 15-10. The Trojans were only able to add on 3 more before the Cats shut them down at 25-13. Defensive was another key factor in the victory. Senior Lauren Owen led digs with nine and Kinsley Wade added 7. Katie McCollough led blocks with 3 including game ending blocks in games 1 and 2. Jennifer Hoppe threw up 2 blocks. Leading kills for the night was Kellie with 19. Lauren added 7 and Freshman Kaitlyn Cobb had 5 impressive smashes across the court. The Cats now travel down to the low country on Tuesday to take on Region 8 champions, Summerville. The Match is at 5, if you can make the trip come down and support your Lady Wildcats.

Oct 28th
Volleyball Moves Into Round Two.
After a quick match last night with Ft. Dorchester, Lexington will move into round two of the volleyball playoffs. The Wildcats took out the Patriots in three: 25-13, 25-12, 25-13. The region V teams showed their strength last night by taking 3 out of five first round matches. Aiken defeated Beaufort and North Augusta defeated #1 Sumter. Dutch Fork fell to Summerville, while White Knoll fell to West Ashley. Aiken and North Augusta will meet each other Thursday and the Cats will be at home probably against James Island. Come out and support your Lady Wild Cats as each round gets tougher and more exciting.

Oct 22nd
REGION CHAMPS! REGION CHAMPS!
Article by T.Schmidt
That is the cry that went up last night in the Lexington High School gym, when the Lady Cats volleyball team clinched the region title for the fourth year in a row, by taking White Knoll in four. It was the most exciting match I have viewed at LHS in front of the largest Volleyball crowd the new gym has seen. Both schools brought out the fan clubs to cheer on the two teams tied at the top of the region until last night. Lexington moves to 13-1 in region while WK falls to 12-2, their only losses coming at the hands of Lexington. Last night’s match up was an outright battle with each team fighting for every point; the match could have gone either way. The timber wolves were able to capitalize on momentum in the first game taking it to extra points and winning 28-26. The next three games were close the whole time with the lead changing constantly. Every girl on that court on both sides fought for every point and it was volleyball at its best, but the Cats were tougher and pulled out three straight games, 25-23, 26-24, 25-23 to win the match and the title. What a great gift for our seniors who will remember this match as one of their high school career highlights. The parents and the girls would like to thank all the fans that came out last night. The family and friends, the student section, the cheerleaders and members of the LMS and PHMS volleyball teams, you added to the fun and excitement. Hope to see you again at the playoffs starting next Tuesday at home.