Adairsville, Woodland drop region volleyball tourney openers; Cass splits Thursday matches

Adairsville volleyball lost its first round, region tournament match Thursday night to LaFayette. The Tigers drop to the loser’s bracket of the double-elimination tournament to face the Ridgeland/Ringgold loser Saturday at 10 a.m.

Woodland volleyball lost their Region 7-5A first round match Thursday to Calhoun while Cass beat Hiram but lost a second round match to Cartersville. The Lady Colonels and Lady Cats will play each other Saturday morning at 9AM at The Storm Center in an elimination match. Cartersville, the No. 1 seed, is the host of the Region 7-5A tournament and will face Dalton early Saturday with the winner moving into the tournament finals.

The top four teams at the tournament will advance to the Class 5A state playoffs which begin next week.