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I thought this type of article was put together based on interviews with the coaches, and wasn't OR ranked number 3?????

Don't have scores, but can tell you the following:

Friday,

4:00 p.m. Pickens def Sullivan East; Providence def Tennessee High

5:00 p.m. Sullivan Central def. Sullivan East; Karns defeats Sullivan North (2-0)

6:00 p.m. Pickens def Sullivan Central; Karns def. Tennessee High (2-0)

7:00 p.m. Providence def. Sullivan North; Pickens def. Tennessee High

8:00p.m. Karns def. Providence (2-0); Sullivan Central def. Sullivan North

Saturday

8:30 a.m. Tennessee High def. Sullivan East (2-1)

9:30 a.m. Karns def. Pickens (2-1); Sullivan East def. Sullivan North

10:30 a.m. Sullivan Central def. Providence; Karns def Sullivan Central (2-0)

11:30 a.m. Pickens def. Providence; Karns def. Sullivan Central (2-0)

12:30 Karns def. Sullivan East; Pickens def. Sullivan North

1:30 Central def. Tennessee High; Sullivan East def. Providence

Semi's Karns def. Sullivan East; Sullivan Central def. Pickens (2-1)

Finals Karns def. Sullivan Central (2-0)

BigFoot,

Someone had told me Pickens was very good and we had seen them a couple of years ago. I finally did a little research and found the following on the South Carolina High School Web site:

http://www.schsl.org/2008-Brackets/vb%20aaa.htm

http://www.schsl.org/2006%20Brackets/vb%20aaa.htm

http://www.schsl.org/2005/2005%20brackets/vb%20aaa

Looks like they've won state three years in a row at least -- but I quit looking after that.

Karns Defeated Sullivan Central in the finals of the King College Border Bash on Saturday night to take the title.

Courtney Smith, libero, and middle hitter Ashley Ferris were named to the all tournament team for Karns. Sullivan Central's setter Lauren Blevins and Sullivan East's libero Blair Fields were also picked for the all tourney team. Pickens Middle Hitter Kara Morgan was also named all tourney.

Karns Middle Hitter Kelsey Handel was named tourney MVP.

Two matches standout from this tournament -- Saturday morning Karns and Pickens High School, 2008 AAA State Champions for South Carolina fought a tough battle with Karns coming out on top 2-1.

During the semi finals, Sullivan Central knocked off a stunned Pickens to win the right to face Karns in the final.

THANKS King for hosting another great event!

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2009/aug/3 ... -dominion/

Red Bank too much for all-day tested Webb

* BY ADAM GREENE sports@knoxnews.com

* Posted August 30, 2009 at midnight

OAK RIDGE - Webb School saw a very long Saturday finally come to an end against Red Bank. The Lady Spartans fought tooth and nail all day to make it to the final of the Early Bird Volleyball Tournament at Oak Ridge High School, but finally met their match, falling to the Lady Lions 25-17, 25-12.

The match didn't start until 10 p.m. after a grueling day of matches. It was the eighth game for Webb (8-2), which beat East Ridge, Jefferson County, Heritage, Maryville, Farragut and Baylor to make it to the title game, losing only to Sullivan South. The Lady Spartans were outmatched in size most of the day, but made up for it with their tenacity.

"We're not very big, but we're a pretty balanced team," Webb coach Dennis Ray said. "We have to be scrappy on defense and pass the ball well. I'm extremely proud of what they were able to do today. The teams we lost to were two of the better teams in East Tennessee."

Against Red Bank (11-0) it would not be enough. The power-hitting tandem of Kalyn Helton and Courtney Lawson dominated at the net. Helton finished the game with 13 kills, two blocks and nine digs. Lawson had eight kills, 15 assists and six digs.

"We like to get it into their hands," Red Bank coach Christel Brooks said. "We don't want to mess around. All the girls have their strengths, but they are our power."

The Lady Lions took the court only minutes after defeating Sullivan South 18-25, 25-16, 15-12. The quick turnaround and long trip home to Chattanooga were motivation enough for Red Bank to want to put the games away in a hurry.

"We didn't play all day to lose this thing," Brooks said. "They went out and put a lot of energy and enthusiasm into it. They've been going all day and playing hard. They had a lot of energy and intensity in this game."

Webb struggled to string together scoring opportunities. While they could produce points with their own scoring duo of Kylie Pearson and Rachel Crist, Red Bank was just far too formidable up front.

"We had a hard time matching up with their size," Ray said. "They're big and solid all the way around. We didn't block them very well."

Pearson finished with five kills. Crist had three kills and six digs.

Playday at South Doyle High School -- play begins at 8:30.

On the schedule:

South Doyle vs. Karns

Seymour vs. Webb

Alcoa vs. William Blount

Sevier County vs. Heritage

South Doyle vs. Webb

Seymour vs. Karns

Alcoa vs. Heritage

Sevier County vs. William Blount

South Doyle vs. Heritage

Seymour vs. William Blount

Alcoa vs. Webb

Sevier County vs. Karns

South Doyle vs. William Blount

Seymour vs. Heritage

Alcoa vs. Karns

Sevier County vs. Webb

Heritage vs. Karns

William Blount vs. Webb

South Doyle vs. Seymour

Sevier County vs. Alcoa

Some of the teams that you'll see at this tournament -- Sept. 25 and 26 @ Karns High, Knoxville:

Morristown East

Stone Memorial

Columbia Central

Clinton

Madison County -- Gurley Alabama

Host: Karns

V2, while this question is not expected to be answered in any detail and maybe by a yes or NO, the TSSAA meeting agenda on the 17th had an item concerning a Karnes VB player and some action which was likely insignificant. Will any of that be any problem to this years team? Yes, maybe, no.

Not sure about all the details, but to the best of my knowledge -- the questions have been answered and the misunderstandings resolved.

East Ridge Schedule

 

9:00

ct. 1 East Ridge/Notre Dame

ct. 2 Baylor/Cleveland

ct. 3 Lookout Valley/East Hamilton

 

10:00

ct. 1 South/Stone

ct. 2 GPS/Anderson

ct. 3 Farragut/Notre Dame

ct. 4 Karns/Hixson

 

11:00

ct. 1 ER/Karns

ct. 2 Baylor/Farragut

ct. 3 GPS/South

ct. 4 LV/Blackman

 

12:00

ct. 1 East Ham/Blackman

ct. 2 Cleveland/GPS

ct. 3 Anderson/Stone

ct. 4 ND/Hixson

 

1:00

ct. 1 ER/Hixson

ct. 2 GPS/Stone

ct. 3 Baylor/LV

ct. 4 Anderson/South

 

2:00

ct. 1 ND/Karns

ct. 2 Cleveland/Farragut

ct. 3 LV/Anderson

ct. 4 East Ham/Baylor

 

3:00

ct. 1 ER/Stone

ct. 2 Karns/Baylor

ct. 3 Blackman/Hixson

ct. 4 Farragut/GPS

 

4:00

ct. 1 Baylor/Stone

ct. 2 Karns/South

ct. 3 ND/LV

ct. 4 Blackman/Cleveland

 

5:00

ct. 1 Farragut/East Ham

ct. 2 ND/Anderson

ct. 3 Stone/Cleveland

ct. 4 Baylor/South

 

6:00

ct. 1 Blackman/Stone

ct. 2 Hixson/Cleveland

ct. 3 GPS/East Ham

Was mainly watching Knox area teams and catching up with old friends, but can confirm the following:

Karns won all five of their matches beating Hixson, East Ridge, Notre Dame, Baylor, and Sullivan South.

Saw Farragut beat Cleveland and Notre Dame.

Was impressed with Farragut's Kylann Scheidt, as usual; but their Libero Riley Miller was very impressive as well.

Karns has some power in the middle (Kelsey Handel and Ashley Ferris), but this year I see a balanced attack that wasn't there last year. Bonee twins are maturing, and libero Courtney Smith is unbelievably fast.

I'll be watching Farragut, Catholic, and Anderson County.

Farragut's setter has already committed to play for UT.

Veronika Cieslik from Catholic, a junior left hander, is very strong and a joy to watch. She is a true competitor.

Don't know much about Anderson County for the coming year, but they are usually very strong.

The sleeper team to watch is probably Karns. They've got a couple of 6'1" middles that are attracting some attention from coaches in the SEC.

Karns High School will host its 2nd Annual Karns Middle School Jamboree on Saturday, September 12th.

Robinson Middle School out of Kingsport won in 2008, who will take the championship this year??

For more information, you can go to http://www.karnsvolleyball.net/

Or contact Coach Kynette Williams at mhp07@bellsouth.net or 865-548-7226

Coach, do you have your schedule on your website yet? You may not have had time. I've lookedfor it the last few days to see if the tourney was going to be held. I'll also put this on the tournament list. If you have a few schools participating, post two or three. thanks

Having some technical difficulties, but will shoot you the schedule via email.

Karns Volleyball Web site hasn't been updated yet, but can still be found at www.karnsvolleyball.net

2nd annual Rocky Top Classic, hosted by Karns High School, Knoxville.

A few slots still available

For more information, contact Coach Kynette Williams, 865-548-7226, mhp07@bellsouth.net.

Stone Memorial beat Karns in the tourney finals to take the championship. Photos are already posted in the Gallery. Will try to track down the rest of the results and get them posted.

Both Karns and Stone went undeafeated throughout pool play, but Stone definitely dominated the finals. They jumped out early and took the first game easily. Karns rallied in the second game, but it wasn't enough.

A nice feature of this tourney, was that host KARNS -- made arrangements for visiting schools to go cheer on the Lady Vols volleyball team as they played Auburn on Friday night. Many of the girls and their families commented about that being a real plus.

Here are the pairings and results that I know for now.

 

Gold Bracket:

 

Quarter-Finals:

Ravenwood d. Brentwood Acad. 2-0 (25-15, 25-15)

Greenwood d. Greenbrier 2-0 (25-22, 25-17)

Page d. East Ridge 2-0 (25-12, 25-16)

Mountain Brook d. Blackman 2-0 (25-23, 25-23)

 

Semi-Finals:

Ravenwood d. Greenwood 2-1 (25-20, 20-25, 15-11)

Page d. Mountain Brook 2-1 (25-23, 19-25, 15-4)

 

Finals:

Ravenwood d. Page 2-0 (25-16, 25-16)

 

Silver Bracket:

 

Quarter-Finals:

Columbia vs Macon Co.

Karns vs Harding Acad.

Briarcrest vs CPA

Ensworth vs Goodpasture

 

Semi-Finals and Finals are unknown as to pairings or results

 

Bronze Bracket:

 

Semi-Finals:

Hume-Fogg vs Culleoka

Harpeth Hall vs Giles Co.

 

Finals unknown

 

I will update schedules of teams with known matches and hope to find results at some point.

In the Silver bracket at Sunset Middle, Karns defeated Memphis Harding and Macon County, but lost to Ensworth in the finals in a very close match.

Karns High will be hosting the Rocky Top Classic on Oct. 3 and 4 in Knoxville. Still a few slots available. Contact Coach Williams at mhp07@bellsouth.net for more info.