Lady Panthers battle in early scrimmage
Anahuac's Addison Dugat reaches out to make this save at Liberty last Friday afternoon in the Lady Panthers scrimmage.
LIBERTY— Last Friday afternoon, the Anahuac Lady Panthers and Liberty Lady Panthers hooked up for a scrimmage as both squads get ready for the upcoming season.
The schools played for about two hours and got in some good work.
The opening game was a back-and-forth affair that saw Liberty outscore Anahuac 25-21.
Liberty jumped in front 7-4 before a kill by Anahuac's Rai'Ana Lewis found a hole in the Liberty defense to make the score 7-5.
With Liberty leading 20-18, Madsion Willis had a nice block/kill to cut the deficit to 20-19.
With Liberty leading 24-21, Bayleigh Taylor had a kill for the home team, ending game one 25-21.
In the second game, Anahuac jumped in front with kills by Addilynn Pierce and Sky Hedges to lead 5-3.
Liberty then responded with a long scoring run to move in front and never looked back in the second game of the scrimmage.
The third game saw an ace by Brayli Van Vickle and a kill by Pierce to put Anahuac ahead 5-2. Later in the game, it was an ace by Willis and a kill by Brogan May that cut the Liberty's lead to 22-19.
Liberty then finished off game three with the final three points to win the third game 25-19.
Anahuac played well in the scrimmage and also had good work from Addison Dugat and Avery Smith.
The Lady Panthers will host Onalaska at home on Friday.