The seventh grade Manchester Lady Hounds were crowned as champions of the SHAC Tournament last weekend, knocking off North Adams 22-25, 25-9, 25-10.  They are pictured here with their hardware from the regular season and tournament,  Front row, from left, Kayden Francis and Mckenzie Morrison; Middle row, from left, Grace Hackney, Jada Francis, and Makenzie Fischer; Back row, from left, Zoe Arnold, Head Coach Crystal Roberts, and Santana Stanfield.
The seventh grade Manchester Lady Hounds were crowned as champions of the SHAC Tournament last weekend, knocking off North Adams 22-25, 25-9, 25-10. They are pictured here with their hardware from the regular season and tournament, Front row, from left, Kayden Francis and Mckenzie Morrison; Middle row, from left, Grace Hackney, Jada Francis, and Makenzie Fischer; Back row, from left, Zoe Arnold, Head Coach Crystal Roberts, and Santana Stanfield.

North Adams is seventh grade tourney runner-up –

By Mark Carpenter –

As the high school squads in the county wind down their regular season, the junior high volleyball teams finished up their season last weekend at Fairfield High School, participating in the Southern Hills Athletic Conference Tournament.  The big winners from Adams County were the seventh grade Manchester Lady Greyhounds, under the direction of Coach Crystal Roberts, who won three matches in the two days of play to capture the SHAC Tournament, beating county foe North Adams in the championship match.
The Lady Hounds began their march to the title by knocking off Peebles in the quarterfinals in a tight match, 25-21, 25-23.  That set up a semi-final match up with Fayetteville, where the Lady Hounds had a littler easier time, downing the Lady Rockets 25-7, 25-18.
The win over Fayetteville propelled Manchester into the Saturday championship game, where they faced off with Coach Rob Meade and his North Adams Lady Devils.  North Adams took the first set in a close one 25-22, but that loss must have lit a fire under the Lady Hounds as they came back with a vengeance and rolled in the next two sets, 25-9 and 25-10 to capture the SHAC championship trophy.
In the eighth grade tournament, Coach Meade took his eighth grade Lady Devils in as the number one seed, but they were upset in the quarterfinals by Ripley in three sets, 20-25, 25-20, 25-23.  Also in the eighth grade tourney, number five seed Peebles fell in the quarterfinals to Fayetteville, number six seed Manchester was ousted in the quarters by Lynchburg, and number 10 seed West Union fell in the first round to Eastern Brown.  Number four seeded Fayetteville eventually won the eighth grade tourney, upsetting third seed Lynchburg in the finals.
Adams County had two regular season champions in junior high volleyball as Manchester tied for first place in Division II in the seventh grade standings, even with Fairfield as both sported 9-3 conference marks.  North Adams captured the SHAC regular season title in eighth grade in Division II with an 11-2 record, while Peebles placed second in Division I at 8-5.

SHAC Junior High Volleyball Final Standings
Seventh Grade

The seventh grade girls from North Adams were runners-up in the SHAC Tournament, finishing their season with an overall record of 9-8.  Front row, from left, Grace Pence, Sierra Kendall, Myla Toole, Calee Campbell, and Chelsy Conley; Back row, from left, Head Coach Rob Meade, Samara Myers, Lauren Eiterman, Annie Baker, Maleah Hall, Jadyn Wright,  and Assistant Coach Jill Lahmers.
The seventh grade girls from North Adams were runners-up in the SHAC Tournament, finishing their season with an overall record of 9-8. Front row, from left, Grace Pence, Sierra Kendall, Myla Toole, Calee Campbell, and Chelsy Conley; Back row, from left, Head Coach Rob Meade, Samara Myers, Lauren Eiterman, Annie Baker, Maleah Hall, Jadyn Wright, and Assistant Coach Jill Lahmers.

Division I
Ripley 7-4
Lynchburg  5-6
Peebles  3-8
Eastern 2-9
Division II
Fairfield  9-3
Manchester  9-3
Fayetteville  8-4
North Adams  7-5
Whiteoak  2-10

Eighth Grade
Division I
Lynchburg 11-2
Peebles  8-5
Eastern  4-9
Ripley  4-9

The eight grade girls from North Adams were regular season co-champions of the SHAC and finished with an overall record of 12-3.  Front row, from left, DeLaney Harper, Marah Call, Wylie Shipley, Brooklyn Tolle, and Abby Grooms; Back row, from left, Head Coach Rob Meade, Sydney Collett, Aimee Waits, Bethany Merritt, Baylee Bagford, Jaden Smith, and Assistant Coach Jill Lahmers
The eight grade girls from North Adams were regular season co-champions of the SHAC and finished with an overall record of 12-3. Front row, from left, DeLaney Harper, Marah Call, Wylie Shipley, Brooklyn Tolle, and Abby Grooms; Back row, from left, Head Coach Rob Meade, Sydney Collett, Aimee Waits, Bethany Merritt, Baylee Bagford, Jaden Smith, and Assistant Coach Jill Lahmers

West Union  0-13
Division II
North Adams   11-2
Fairfield  11-2
Fayetteville  9-4
Manchester  5-8