South Alabama HS volleyball: Week 6 top teams, players highlighted

McGill-Toolen finished third in a prestigious Florida tournament and G.W Long won the Battle of the Link tournament in South Alabama high school volleyball action last week.McGill-Toolen participated in the Sunshine Invitational at Oviedo (Fla.) High School over the weekend. Only one of three teams not from Florida in the 16-team tournament, the Dirty Dozen won all three of its pool play matches then lost to Plant (Fla.) in the semifinal of Glod Bracket action and beat Deland (Fla.) in the third-place match.The tournament featured more than 25 college-committed players.McGill-Toolen also beat Class 5A No. 1 Spanish Fort in regular season play.Double-A Private No. 1 McGill-Toolen (31-2)Week 6 record: 5-1Wins(Regular season) Spanish Fort 3-1; (Sunshine Invitational) Winter Park (Fla.) 2-1, Westminster Christian (Fla.) 2-0, Oviedo (Fla.) 2-0, Deland 2-1 (third place)Losses(Sunshine Invitational) Plant 2-0Top playersAlice Wood: (all-tournament) 10 kills, 4 aces, 157 assists, 45 digs, 7 blocksMakayla Johnson: 26 kills, 16 assists, 48 digs, 12 blocksCailtin Miller: 32 kills, 4 aces, 14 digs, 16 blocksKya Shelton: 45 kills, 8 aces, 45 digs, 5 blocks Marley Foster: 61 kills, 15 blocksClass 2A No. 3 G.W. Long (25-2)Week 6 record: 8-0Wins(Regular season) Cottonwood, Houston County; (Battle of the Link) Pleasant Home, Wicksburg, Headland, Geneva, Ariton, Headland (championship)Top playersSawyer Hughes: 225 assists, 16 digs, 7 aces, 11 blocks, 20 killsKaylie Foster: 103 kills, 7 blocks, 14 aces, 25 digsNotable: Coach Craig Long surpassed 350 wins (355-111 career) in his 14th season.Other top teams are below.WEEK 6 TOP TEAMSCLASS 6ANo. 7 Fairhope (22-9)Week 6 record: 1-1Wins(Regular season) Daphne Losses(Regular season) BaysideTop playersMaddie Miller: 48 assists, 13 digs, 4 killsKenly Nelson: 19 killsAddy Busby: 18 digs, 3 assistsLiz Niehuss: 17 kills, 7 blocksCLASS 5ANo. 1 Spanish Fort (45-3)Week 6 record: 4-2Wins(Regular season) Gulf Shores; (Jasper’s Drummond Invitational) Bob Jones, Southside-Rainbow City, Oxford Losses(Regular season) McGill-Toolen; (Jasper’s Drummond Invitational) JasperTop playersCailyn Boykin: 160 assists, 32 digs (surpassed 1,000 career digs), 12 kills, 5 acesNatalie Maxwell: 44 kills, 9 blocks, 16 digs, 3 assistsLondon Tucker: 41 kills, 8 service aces, 25 digs, 5 blocksCayden Dorger: 38 kills, 53 digs, 8 blocks, 4 acesDelaney Duncan: 55 digs, 11 blocks, 22 kills, 5 acesNotable: Coach Gretchen Boykin surpassed 1,200 career high school wins (1,202-211 career record).DOUBLE-A PRIVATENo. 3 Faith Academy (32-3)Week 6 record: 6-1Wins(Regular season) Baldwin County 3-0, Baker 3-0; (Briarwood’s Barry Walker Invitational) Ramsay 2-0, Oak Mountain 2-1, Providence Christian 2-1, St. Paul’s 2-0Losses(Briarwood’s Barry Walker Invitational) Bayside 2-0 (semifinal)Top playersKyleigh Grosz: 100 digs, 14 aces, 9 assistsKiersten Parker-Nelson: 65 digs, 43 kills, 7 aces, 2 blocksMikadyn Cauley: 61 kills, 17 digs, 4 aces SINGLE-A PRIVATENo. 2 Mobile Christian (12-8)Week 6 record: 3-3Wins(Regular season) Cottage Hill 3-0; (Briarwood’s Barry Walker Invitational) Madison Academy 2-1, John Carroll 2-0Losses(Regular season) Bayside 3-1;(Briarwood’s Barry Walker Invitational) Montgomery Academy 2-0, Bayside 2-1Top playersHadley Kelly: 84 kills, 39 digs, 8 blocks, 12 aces, 2.13 passer ratingEmmy Moody: 9 kills, 33 digs, 4 blocks, 10 aces, 111 assistsNo. 3 Montgomery Academy (22-5)Week 6 record: 7-1Wins(Regular season) Saint James 3-0, Trinity 3-0, St. Luke’s 3-0; (Briarwood’s Barry Walker Invitational) John Carrol 2-0., Madison County 2-0, Mobile Christian 2-0, St. John Paul II 2-0Losses(Briarwood’s Barry Walker Invitational) Briarwood 2-0Top playersMorgan Springer: 53 kills, 7 blocks, 19 digs, 14 acesBennett Britt: 80 kills, 7 blocks, 56 digs, 4 acesLizzie Campbell: 102 digs, 11 aces, 3 assistsNo. 7 Northside Methodist (14-10)Week 6 record: 2-0Wins(Regular season) Providence Christian 3-1, Houston Academy 3-0Top playersShannon Alvord: 28 kills (career-best 22 kills in a match), 24 digs, 5 acesMadison Foy: 28 assists, 11 Dig, 4 acesReagan Horne: 20 kills, 11 digsMakenzie Foy: 42 digs, 7 assists