McKenzie Bragg
Alana Roper
Mary McCarty
McKenzie Bragg
Alana Roper
Mary McCarty
Leslie Dupree
Diana Hitesan
Lexie Mickle
Also CONGRATS to McKenzie Bragg and Mary McCarty for making the All Bi-City FIRST Team. This is McKenzie's 3rd consecutive year making the first team and Mary's 2nd. Way to go ladies!
What a great way to end a terrific Volleyball season! The Knights (30-4) lost to the only team that beat them in regular season, Trinity, with whom they split six matches. Trinity swept the final however 25-23, 25-17, 25-17.
Calvary swept Harvester in the semis 25-19, 25-14, 25-12.
McKenzie Bragg led the way Saturday for the Knights compiling 24 kills and 29 digs.
Leaders for the tournament:
McKenzie Bragg: 54 kills, 44 digs, 11 blocks, 5 assists, 13 aces
Bekah Moon: 8 kills, 16 digs, 11 blocks,
Alana Roper: 9 kills, 80 digs, 3 blocks, 2 assists, 10 aces
Leslie Dupree: 3 kills, 33 digs, 102 assists, 1 ace
Diana Hitesan: 45 digs, 3 assists, 2 aces
Mary McCarty: 39 kills, 45 digs, 8 blocks, 8 assists, 4 aces
Lexie Mickle: 5 kills, 40 digs, 1 assist, 6 aces
Brittney Bruce: 10 digs, 5 aces
Calvary Christian School won the Augusta Prep Invitational Tournament for the 2nd year in a row.
The Knights beat Trinity Christian (25-23, 25-27, 15-13), Ward Law (19-25, 25-12, 15-9), South Aiken (25-19, 25-19) and Trinity again for the title (99-25, 25-19, 15-10).
Weekend Leaders:
McKenzie Bragg - 68 kills, 32 assists, 21 digs, 14 blocks, 13 aces
Mary McCarty - 58 kills, 50 assists, 28 digs, 11 blocks, 16 aces
Alana Roper - 108 digs, 12 aces, 13 kills, 4 assists, 3 blocks
Bekah Moon - 34 digs, 23 kills, 11 blocks, 3 aces, 1 assist
Diana Hitesan - 46 digs, 3 aces
Leslie Dupree - 35 assists, 3 aces
Calvary finished second behind Trinity Chrisitan at the Endess Summer Volleyball Tournament, August 19 - 20.
Calvary Tournament Leaders:
McKenzie Bragg 88 kills, 51 digs, 7 blocks, 4 aces, 2 Assists
Mary McCarty 64 kills, 45 digs, 12 blocks, 9 aces, 2 Assists
Alana Roper 15 kills, 46 digs, 3 blocks, 13 aces, 2 assists
Leslie Dupree153 assists, 18 digs, 1 kills, 1 ace
Bekah Moon 21 kills, 11 digs, 9 blocks, 4 Assists
Next match scheduled for Friday, August 26 at Grace Christian.
Congratulations to CCS volleyball coach Chris Akers and the following CCS volleyball players for the GISA honors they recently received.
Chris Akers has been named GISA Volleyball Coach of the Year!
2010 All STATE Team
McKenzie Bragg
Leslie DuPree
Caytlin Merritt
2010 All REGION Team
McKenzie Bragg
Leslie DuPree
Mary McCarty
Caytlin Merritt
Alana Roper
Way to go team! CCS is proud of you!
Varsity Girls
WIN STATE CHAMPIONSHIP!
The CCS varsity girls volleyball team won the GISA Volleyball State Championship on Saturday with four-game victories over Augusta Prep and Lagrange Academy.
The Lady Knights beat August Prep 17-25, 25-13, 25-15, 25-13 in the semifinals, and then defeated Lagrange Academy 25-23, 25-23, 21-25, 25-21 in the final for their second state title in three years. They were runners up last season.
McKenzie Bragg led the way with a total of 35 kills in Saturday's two matches.
Combined Leader Totals for the Weekend:
McKenzie Bragg - 52 kills, 24 blocks, 15 aces, 9 digs
Karli Brown - 20 kills, 25 digs, 16 aces, 3 asst, 1 block
Leslie Dupree - 111 assists, 14 digs, 5 aces, 1 kill
Mary McCarty - 47 kills, 29 blocks, 11 aces, 7 digs
Caytlin Merritt - 51 digs, 16 aces, 7 asst
Alana Roper - 20 kills, 33 digs, 18 aces, 4 blocks
Friday's Semi-final Results:
Lady Knights beat Frederica Academy (25-1, 25-2, 25-3) and Christian Heritage (25-11, 25-10, 25-7).
Volleyball Update: The Varsity Girls also WON the Region title on Tuesday for the 4th consecutive year!
Photo submitted by Margaret Bragg CCS won the five-team Lee-Scott Invitational in Auburn, Alabama, by sweeping its four matches on Saturday.
The Lady Knights beat: Edgewood Christian 25-12, 25-8;
Lee-Scott 25-13, 25-13; Hooper Academy 25-17, 25-10;
Clark Prep 25-11, 25-14.
Calvary junior outside hitter/middle blocker McKenzie Bragg
was the tournament's MVP. Calvary senior libero Caytlin Merritt and sophomore middle blocker Mary McCarty made the
all-tournament team.
Leader Statistics:
McKenzie Bragg 40 kills, 10 digs, 6 blocks, 1 ace
Caytlin Merritt 29 digs, 5 aces
Mary McCarty 24 kills, 5 blocks, 3 digs, 2 aces
Karli Brown 17 kills, 16 digs, 8 aces
Alana Roper 20 kills, 18 digs, 3 aces
Leslie Dupree 73 assists, 2 aces.
Records: Calvary 25-1
Photo submitted by Margaret Bragg
Calvary Christian went 3-0 on the opening day of the 12-team Augusta Prep Fall Classic on Friday, September 10, advancing to the gold bracket comprising the top four teams for Saturday's final round. McKenzie Bragg's 35 kills and Leslie Dupree's 51 assists let Calvary in the three matches:
Match 1
Fox Creek 14 18, CCS 25, 25
Match 2
Harvester Christian 19 13, CCS 25, 25
Match 3
CCS 18 25 25, Augusta Prep 25 16 13
The CCS team suffered its first loss of the season against South Aikin (S.C.) in Saturday's tournament play, but then rebounded to defeat the same team in the final match to win the tournament.
Calvary defeated Augusta Prep 25-15 and 25-19 and Lagrange Academy 25-18 and 25-12; lost to South Aiken 18-25, 24-26; defeated South Aikin 25-15, 25-19.
Weekend totals for leaders:
McKenzie Bragg: 69 kills, 10 blocks, 16 digs, 3 aces
Caytlin Merritt: 61 digs, 6 aces, 8 assists
Mary McCarty: 29 kills, 17 blocks, 7 digs, 4 aces
Alana Roper: 48 digs, 11 kills, 7 aces, 5 blocks
Leslie Dupree: 119 assists, 4 aces, 8 digs, 2 blocks, 1 kill
Way to go Team!
Calvary Christian continued its march toward a second straight
state volleyball title with first- and second-round wins Friday in the Georgia Independent School Association tournament at George Walton Academy.
The Lady Knights swept Mount Vernon Presbyterian 25-10, 25-9, 25-7, then prevailed over Westminster Christian 25-23, 29-31, 25-8, 25-17.
On Saturday the Lady Knights beat Young American Christian academy in the semi finals advancing to the finals. The Lady Knights fell short of their 2nd state Championship title with a loss to Pinecrest Academy in the finals.
They won their semifinal against Young American Christian 25-21, 23-25, 25-10, 25-9. The Lady Knights lost 20-25, 25-18, 28-26, 25-22 to Pinecrest Academy in the Georgia Independent School Association championship match.
Coach Chris Akers said he is proud of his players’ effort, especially because Pinecrest had swept two matches from them during the regular season when one of their outside hitters was sidelined. “They played with reckless abandon, gave everything they had,” he said. “We had every chance to win that match, but we just didn’t get the breaks we needed.”
Leaders (combined for both days): Olivia Whitehurst 52 kills, 45 digs, 9 aces, 3 blocks; Ivey Roper 122 assists, 10 kills, 19 digs, 5 aces; McKenzie Bragg 51 kills, 9 blocks, 4 aces, 4 digs; Caytlin Merritt 52 digs, 10 aces.
The CCS varsity girls volleyball team won the Lady Eagle Volleyball Tournament at Sherwood Academy on October 10,
with a 4-0 record. The Lady Knights beat Ridgecrest 25-5, 25-11, Sherwood 25-7, 25-12 and George Walton 25-7, 25-15, in the
title match.
McKenzie Bragg was the tournament MVP. She joined Ivy Roper and Mary McCarty on the all-tourney team.
Update: 10/16/09
CCS clinched its third straight Region 3 crown with a sweep of Harvester Christian on Thursday to qualify for the GISA state tournament.
Calvary Christian finished second in the Augusta Prep invitational tournament, falling to Pinecrest 25-18, 25-21 in the championship match.
Calvary went 4-3 in the tournament, beating Frederica Academy 25-9, 25-11, Harvester Christian 25-20, 25-14, Augusta Prep 27-25, 25-20 and Pinewood 28-27, 20-25, 15-6. The other two losses were to Augusta Prep 25-18, 25-16 and Pinecrest 25-19, 25-20.
Individuals—Calvary: McKenzie Bragg 36 kills, 9 aces, 6 blocks; Ivey Roper 20 kills, 8 digs, 3 aces, 54 assists; Caytlin Merritt 47 digs; Leslie Dupree 36 assists, 5 digs, 4 aces; Alana Roper 16 kills, 51 digs, 7 aces.
