<p>Jackson always puts on a great tournament, and the first edition for this year was no letdown. With only one hiccup in the tournament was Francis Howell Central having to leave after the 1<sup>st</sup> match where it split with St Pius and leaving Pool 1 with five teams.</p>
<p><strong>Pool 1 </strong></p>
<p>Jackson 8-0</p>
<p>St Pius 5-3</p>
<p>Cape Central 4-4</p>
<p>Bernie 3-5</p>
<p>Perryville 3-5</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Pool 2</strong></p>
<p>Advance 7-1</p>
<p>Valle 7-1</p>
<p>Lesterville 4-4</p>
<p>North County 4-4</p>
<p>Saxony Lutheran 2-6</p>
<p>Scott City 0-8</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Gold quarters </strong></p>
<p>Jackson would squeeze out the win over North County 25-22, 25-23</p>
<p>Valle would take out Cape Central 25-12, 25-18</p>
<p>Advance would beat district rival Bernie 25-11, 25-14</p>
<p>St Pius would rally to beat Lesterville 17-25, 25-21, 25-19</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Semifinals </strong></p>
<p>Valle and Jackson would play a tight match with Valle taking the match in 3. 25-20, 18-25, 26-24</p>
<p>Advance was in a battle in the other semifinal with St Pius. St Pius was playing no fear after coming out slowly against Lesterville. The Lancers would take a 25-21 win over Class 1 Advance in set 1 with [player_tooltip player_id="102452" first="Kennedy" last="Lane"] on fire and Advance having issues all over the court. After a close set 2 and a battle back and forth, Advance took advantage of a couple of late errors and won 25-21. Setting up the third to move to the finals, the Hornets didn’t mess around. With [player_tooltip player_id="41785" first="Nyah" last="Wilson"] and [player_tooltip player_id="41758" first="Alyssa" last="Miles"] hammering and digging up every ball they touch and Alandry Below setting those sweet sets, the Hornets buzzed right by the Lancers for a 25-14 win. </p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Finals</strong></p>
<p>Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to stay and watch the finals, but I did get the results. It was a rematch of Pool 2 with Valle would be the finals for the tourney. Advance would win the finals 25-22 and 25-15 and moving the Hornets record to 14-0-1 on the season. </p>
