The Jackson County Lady Panthers volleyball team got their season started recently, including picking up a victory against Salem.
The Lady Panthers will next travel to Oconee County to face Oconee and North Oconee on Thursday. Starting time is slated for 5 p.m.
Jackson County started their season on August 20 with a road trip to face Cedar Shoals and Salem.
The Lady Panthers fell to Cedar Shoals 2-0 with scores of 25-20 and 25-12. But they came back to defeat Salem 2-0 with scores of 28-26 and 25-11.
“I feel like we are continuing to improve,” said coach Crystal Colley. “We have been working hard on our serving, and it paid off. I am glad to see that my girls are playing as a team. We simply need to work on making less mistakes.”
Colley said one key player of the Salem match was Samantha Moua.
“We scored many points on her serve,” she said.
Next up was a trip to Prince Avenue to face the Lady Wolverines and Fellowship Christian.
Jackson County came away on the short end of a 2-0 score against Fellowship with scores of 25-20 and 25-15.
Results of the Prince Avenue match were not available at press time.
For more on this story, see Wednesday's editon of The Jackson Herald or The Braselton News.