Lady Tigers Volleyball Wins First Round District Match

Published 10:30 am Wednesday, October 28, 2026

Last week, the Lady Tigers volleyball team wrapped up the regular season with a match at Clever on Tuesday followed by a quarterfinal matchup in Class 2, District 11 play against New Heights Christian, played at Diamond High School.

On Tuesday, the Lady Tigers traveled to Clever to play a final regular season matchup with Clever, a contest added late in the season. Clever, holding a 22-12-1 record playing at the Class 3 level, took care of business, defeating the Lady Tigers in three sets (25-18, 25-16, and 25-6). It was a night to forget as Clever nearly doubled the Lady Tigers in several important statistical categories, including assists (40-21), and aces (6-3) while the Lady Tigers committed nearly double the number of errors (35-18). Emmalyn Naylor had the 3 aces for the Lady Tigers while Asia Graham and Shia Roberts recorded 16 and 14 digs, respectively.

On Thursday, the Lady Tigers opened the Class 2, District 11 tournament at Diamond, taking on New Heights Christian from Joplin. The matchup, with Stockton being the #4 seed and the Lady Cougars the #5 seed, took all 5 sets to determine the winner. The Lady Tigers took the match, 25-22, 14-25, 22-25, 25-14, and 15-11. The Lady Tigers recorded 4 aces, 52 assists, and 89 digs while committing 56 errors. Asia Graham had one ace and 20 digs to pace the Lady Tigers.

With the win, the Lady Tigers move on to compete at least one more time as they face Ash Grove in a semifinal matchup scheduled for October 26th at Diamond High School. In the regular season, the Lady Tigers played the Lady Pirates four times, going 1-3.