TUESDAY PREPS: LAMP flag wins program's first game;
COMBINED REPORTS
FLAG FOOTBALL
LAMP 19, Ellwood Christian 6
Chelsye Leach-Peck rushed for two touchdowns and caught a third from quarterback Chloe Thomas to lead the Golden Tigers to their first points and their first victory in a 19-6 win over Ellwood Christian on Tuesday at LAMP.
The first-year flag football program had failed to score in losses to Brew Tech, Catholic and Marbury, but found the end zone three times against Ellwood Christian.
LAMP defensive coordinator Jeff Baker prepared the Golden Tigers for the game in head coach Michael Thornton’s extended absence due to illness. Baker’s defense played shut-down football, holding yardage to a minimum and only allowing points on one breakout play in the third quarter.
Rosie Aaij and Kai Leaks each led the Golden Tiger defense with multiple tackles for loss.
Makayla Johnson and Hayden Jackson provided the big plays, each with an interception returned for 30 yards or more. Lainey Clements had a 50-yard punt in the third quarter, which Elizabeth Ladd chased down over 60 yards to make an immediate tackle that solidified crucial field position.
LAMP (1-3) improved to 1-2 in 1A-5A Region 4 play and is scheduled to play two region games next week, hosting Wilcox Central on Tuesday and traveling to Selma on Thursday.
Prattville 48, Mountain Brook 0
MOUNTAIN BROOK -- Kaytie Chandler threw for three touchdowns and Hartley McCay rushed for two more as the Lions defeated Mountain Brook 48-0 on Tuesday in a 6A-7A Region 5 win.
Chandler and Ellie Davis accounted for the four passing touchdowns, which were caught by Mady Cate Lindsey, London Williams, Lanieya Page and Aliza Tirada.
McCay rushed for two touchdowns, had a punt return for another score and recorded an interception on defense.
Prattville (6-2) bounced back from its loss to Central-Phenix City with a region victory, improving to 2-0 in region play. The Lions are scheduled to play Julian on Thursday at Marbury, depending on the weather, before traveling to Oak Mountain on Tuesday for another region game.
VOLLEYBALL
St. James 3, Marbury 0
The Trojans won two hard-fought sets, then completed the sweep with a win in the third set to defeat the Bulldogs 3-0 in a 5A Area 6 match at the St. James gym on Tuesday.
St. James won 26-24, 25-22 and 25-10 to improve to 5-2 in area play.
KK Corley led the Trojans with 16 kills, 19 digs and three aces. Tat Shuford had 21 assists, 12 digs, a pair of blocks and six assists. Sydney Johnston added 12 digs.
St. James (15-6) will travel to Montgomery Academy on Thursday and Pike Road on Monday.
Prattville Christian 3, LAMP 0
The Panthers cruised to an area sweep of the regular-season series with LAMP, defeating the Golden Tigers 25-14, 25-11 and 25-14 in the LAMP gym on Tuesday.
Prattville Christian improved to 4-0 in area play and can wrap up the home-court advantage for the upcoming area tournament with wins over Booker T. Washington on Thursday and Tallassee on Tuesday in a pair of home area matches.
For the Panthers, Baylee Rogers had 26 assists, 10 digs, a block and five aces, Emma Cate Carter had 10 kills and a dig, Maren Diefenderfer had 10 kills, two blocks and a dig and Leah Cate Wilson had five kills, two digs, an ace and a block.
Olivia Rossi had three kills, Natalee Wheeler had five assists and five digs, Morgan Fowler had two assists, an ace and nine digs, Aiden Williams had four digs and four aces, Brylee Byrd had four digs and Jenna McClendon had a block, while Paysley Bayer, Kenadie Minor, Marion Lewis and Anniston Robison each had a kill.
PCA (22-11) will face Booker T. Washington on Thursday at home, then travel to Danville’s Tournament of Champions this weekend.
Trinity 3, Catholic 1
Trinity improved to 6-1 in area play with a huge 3-1 win over Catholic on Tuesday in the Catholic gym.
The Wildcats clinched a tie for the area title and can win the area outright -- and host the upcoming area tournament -- with a win over Holtville at home on Thursday.
Anna Moore had 22 kills, 23 digs and two blocks and Holland Williams had 19 kills and six blocks as Trinity (21-7) won its seventh consecutive match.
Trinity (6-1 in area play) won its seventh consecutive match with the win over Catholic and can clinch the 5A Area 6 title -- and home-court advantage in the upcoming area tournament -- with a win over Holtville on Tuesday. First, the Wildcats (21-7) will travel to Auburn on Thursday.
Catholic (4-2 in area play) will play host to Holtville in an area match on Thursday, travel to Auburn next Tuesday and close out area play at home the following Thursday against St. James.