Top seed West Point, 2 seed Good Hope on to county final:
Sweeps by West Point & Good Hope in county volleyball semifinals:
GDW Analysis:
VINEMONT: Tuesday's semifinal results from the Cullman County volleyball tournament were so much different than what happen in the quarterfinal round the evening before.
No. 1 seed West Point and 2nd seed Good Hope moved on to the championship round in sweeping Fairview and Vinemont from Vinemont Gymnasium.
West Point 3 & 0 over Fairview in SF # 1:
West Point has put together a solid run in sweeping a county opponent for the 4th time in the span of 7 days.
The Lady Warriors took down Good Hope, Vinemont and Fairview September 30 in a Quad Match.
A week later, the Lady Warriors defeated Fairview 25 to 16, 25 to 15, 25 to 11. The match was played in 57 minutes.
Fairview had momentum after the 5th seed Lady Aggies upset Holly Pond Monday 3 games to 2 from the quarterfinal part of the bracket.
Coach Meagan Cagle's squad battled hard with Kate Ball's Lady Aggies. West Point utilized its lineup and wore down the upset minded Lady Aggies.
West Point is now 20 & 11 with the victory and has 4 wins vs. county opponents in the last week.
Fairview fell to 18 & 14.
Good Hope takes it from Vinemont in SF # 2:
Good Hope currently has Vinemont's number.
At this time a year ago, Good Hope stunned No. 1 seed Vinemont in the county semifinal from Holly Pond winning 3 games to 1.
In 2025, Good Hope has gone 4 out of 4 against Vinemont, knocking them out of a title chance by scores of 25 to 20 25 to 15 and 25 to 23.
Good Hope is the first team from the county to defeat Kaydi Woodard's Vinemont group on the home floor of the Lady Eagles.
The Lady Raiders outperformed the Lady Eagles, especially in certain moments of the match.
Vinemont led Good Hope 8 to 7 in Game 2 when Good Hope got control and scored 9 straight points to build a 16 to 8 advantage and control the set the rest of the way.
In the 3rd set, Vinemont hung close and tied the score at 21 to 21.
But afterwards, Vinemont served the ball out of bounds to give Good Hope a score and the Lady Raiders would claim the sweep at 6:34 p.m.
Good Hope moves to 21 & 14 while Vinemont has 24 wins against 12 losses in Woodard's first season with the program.
Solid performers Tuesday analyzed by GDW:
West Point: Kenlee Perry, Laklin Shadix, Adrianna Owens.
Good Hope: Lexi Marshall, Campbell Koch, Bella White, Isabella Guzman.
Fairview: Whitney Quick, Kailyn Redding
Vinemont: Reagan Robinson, Natalie Foell.
Best performer from the semifinal round:
Under analysis by GDW, West Point freshman Kenlee Perry was solid in a series of plays to help the Lady Warriors sweep Fairview and punch their ticket to the championship match.
Perry is part of a squad that is getting in a groove in showing it last week at the Fairview Quad Match that sent them into the tournament as the top seed and undefeated against the six other county schools.
Showdown for the county title Thursday:
At 6:30 pm, Good Hope is going for its 5th consecutive Cullman County championship under current coach Natasha Holder.
Good Hope defeated West Point in the finals last season at Holly Pond's Felton Easterwood Gymnasium as the No. 4 seed.
West Point is looking to claim the county hardware for the first time since 2021.
The top performer for West Point at the time was Lexi Shadix, the oldest of the three Shadix sisters who have made an impact with the Lady Warriors in this sport the past five years.
Laklin, the youngest of the trio, is a junior and a solid attacker on the front line for coach Cagle's group.
Good Hope will look for steady play from Koch, recently honored for 2,000 career assists, plus Marshall, Emma Herring and having an upstart season, Guzman a freshman and White.
Photo of West Point's Adrianna Owens in warmup before the Cullman County VB semifinal vs. Fairview Tuesday at Vinemont.
GDW photo by Johnny Thornton.
