SUMMIT SAGA

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In Franklin's first seven games of the season, they allowed a total of 1 goal scored against them. This led to them being ranked as high as #1 in the state of Tennessee. So what did the Summit Lady Spartans do, they scored twice and shut the Admirals out, handing them their first loss of the season.

After some terrific defense (WATCH CLIP HERE), the Spartans got a goal from Gracie Dooley in the 29th minute to put the girls up 1-0 after the first half. It was then returning Player of the Year, Summer Riley that clinched the win with a goal in the 75th minute. This was an EPIC win for the Spartans in their quest for the top spot this season.

The girls have followed up this win with more goals and more shutouts. They beat Indy 3-0, backed by a hat trick from Junior Summer Riley. Then they beat another highly state ranked team, Ravenwood, also by a score of 3-0. Ava Sweere collected another shutout. Summer Riley picked up two more goals and Emma Kate Simpson also found the back of the net for a goal. They will travel to Brentwood on Thursday the 18th, before finishing off league play at home next Tuesday vs Nolensville and Thursday vs Page High. Get out and check out their EPIC run.

The Brentwood Bruins have been one of the top volleyball teams in the state, year after year, including a state runner-up finish last year. When the Bruins came to Summit a few weeks ago, the Lady Spartans played tough and gave them a scare, but eventually lost 3-1. Fast forward two weeks and the Spartans travel to the house of the Bruins with some confidence that they could not only play with the Bruins, but take them down.

And take them down they did. After losing the first set 25-22, the girls fought back, winning set two by the same score. In set three, Brentwood seemed determined to take back control of the match winning 25-16. However, Summit did not give up. The Spartans showed some grit, fighting back again and this time making a statement by winning set four 25-14. The all decisive set five came down to the wire with the Spartans claiming the "win by two" victory 16-14. It was a trure Sparty Party in Brentwood.

The Spartans were led by Maggie Kailsz and Emery Estep in the power department, registering 22 and 14 kills respectively. Maggie also led the team in Aces with 5 while Madison Spelta finished with 3. Madison had 5 blocks to go along with her serving mastery. Tessa Rowe and Bella Lambert played strong defense for a combined 27 digs on the day. Finally, Amanda Shanahan was the key set up player with 48 assists.

After beating Brentwood, the girls have continued their success with wins over Franklin, Centennial, Ravenwood and Indy. They will play Page High on Thursday (9/18) at home at 6:00pm. They will follow that match up with the Willco Tourney and then a home game vs defending state champion Nolensville on Tuesday at 6:00pm.

Maggie Kailsz recorded her 1,000th career kill vs Ravenwood on September 10th and Mandy Shanahan broke the school record for career assists with 1,237 on the final play of the Centennial match on September 11th.

After a strong finish at the Voyles Meet where Lorelai Whitten finished atop the field for the second week in a row, the teams moved on to the Southern Showcase down in Alabama. This time it was Sienna Anderson that took the top of the podium. Sienna also earned National Recognition for this performance on MileSplit TN platform. Vote for her on the link below. The girls finished well as a team, taking the first place title for the top division.

THE SOUTHERN SHOWCASE RESULTS

Championship Division

Summit - 1st - 161

Knoxville Catholic - 2nd - 191

Creekview - 3rd - 196

Columbus North - 4th - 212

Father Ryan - 5th - 214

Scoring Runners

Sienna Anderson - 1st - 17:42

Lorelai Whitten - 4th - 17:57

Miranda Nixon - 45th - 19:47

Tegan Smith - 51st - 19:52

Kenzi McConathy - 60th - 19:58

Vote for Sienna Anderson to win the NATIONAL PERFORMER OF THE WEEK through MileSplit USA. Voting closes at 5:00pm, Thursday Sept. 18th.

Southern Showcase NATIONAL PERFORMER OF THE WEEK (MileSplit USA)

Southern Showcase MEET RESULTS (MileSplit TN)

Southern Showcase AWARDS VIDEO (McConathy)

Voyles MEET RESULTS (MileSplit TN)

Video of the VOYLES FINISH for Lorelai Whitten

In the recent PCA Invite at Champions Run, Camryn and Zoe Porior and Addison Smith played well with Camryn and Addison both finishing with a score of 79. In a recent match at Towhee Club, Zoe Porior had a hole-in-one on hole 4! On the boys side, Kyler Sperber is playing his best golf right now. As we enter playoff time, the coaches are excited to see what this group of athletes does in post-season play!

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Friday night's game will be played at home vs Lincoln County at 7:00pm. The Falcons come in with a record of 4-0. For a tale of the tape preview of the game, click the link below to view on MaxPreps.

Click the link below to view pictures from the game vs Brentwood on September 6th.

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This Saturday, we are hosting the 3rd annual March to the Summit Invitational. A total of 12 bands from Middle Tennessee will be competing for class and division awards. The gates open at 2:00pm with the first performance beginning at 3:30pm. Summit will perform at 7:45pm with awards ceremony to follow at 8:30pm. For tickets, you can click the QR code to the right. Check out their Tron inspired performance this weekend.

Summit teams up with Page High to compete in a school league hockey season. Hockey is considered a club sport at Summit, but they deserve our support just as much as any team. Get out and see a game this season.

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