The Dunwoody Lady Wildcats went undefeated at 5-0 losing just one set to take the Spikefest Gold Bracket title on Saturday.
The Dunwoody Lady Wildcats went 5-0 in the annual DeKalb County Spikefest to bring home the Gold Bracket title on Saturday at Chamblee High School.
Dunwoody (5-2) won their Court 1 Pool at Tucker sweeping to wins over Tucker (25-12, 25-7), Miller Grove (25-11, 25-7) and Redan (25-11, 25-12) to advance to the Gold Bracket at Chamblee later in the day.
The Lady Wildcats next faced Decatur (3-0) who had swept Court 2 pool a Tucker with wins over Arabia Mountain (25-10, 25-19), Towers (25-10, 25-6) and Cedar Grove (25-8, 25-5) to advance to Chamblee.
The two teams played a tight three-set match with Dunwoody winning the tiebreaker 15-10. The teams split the first two sets as Dunwoody won a 29-27 decision in the opening set and Decatur bounced back with a 25-19 win in the second.
The Gold Bracket finals was set as Lakeside (5-1) downed Clarkston (25-18, 25-8), Cross Keys (25-7, 25-4) and by forfeit over Lithonia to win the Court 2 Pool at Chamblee to make the Gold Bracket. Lakeside defeated Druid Hills and moved into a semifinals against Chamblee.
Chamblee (3-1) won the Court 1 Pool on their home court with wins over Southwest DeKalb (25-11, 25-10), McNair (25-6, 25-4) and Columbia (25-9, 25-6) and hosted Lakeside in the semifinals. Lakeside won the match 2-0 (25-22, 25-19) to advance to the finals against Dunwoody.
Dunwoody closed out the title run with a 2-0 (25-18, 25-22) win over Lakeside.
The Clarkston Lady Angoras went 4-1 to claim the Silver Bracket championship at the 2023 Spikefest at Tucker on Saturday. (Photo by Lester Wright)
SILVER BRACKET
The five pool runners-up converged on Tucker to compete in the Silver Bracket including eventual bracket champ Clarkston (6-1), Tucker (4-2), Southwest DeKalb (2-2), Arabia Mountain (2-2) and Stephenson (2-3).
Clarkston advanced from the Court 2 Pool at Chamblee with wins over Cross Keys (25-10, 25-28), Lithonia (forfeit) and a loss to Lakeside (18-25, 8-25).
The Angoras faced Southwest DeKalb, the Court 1 Pool runner-up at Chamblee, in the semifinals and pulled out a big three-set thriller. Southwest DeKalb won the opening set 25-22 and Clarkston bounced back with a 25-11 victory to force the third-set tiebreaker won in a close 15-12 decision by Clarkston.
Clarkston moved into the finals to face Tucker, Court 1 Pool runner-up at Tucker. Tucker had defeated Stephenson (25-15, 25-13) and Arabia Mountain (25-13, 25-18) to reach the championship round.
The two teams would play a very tight three-set battle in the finals. Clarkston picked up a 25-23 win in the opener with Tucker bouncing back 25-22 to even the match. Clarkston won the third-set tiebreaker as it went extra points in a 17-15 win.
The Stone Mountain Lady Pirates won a close three-set match taking the tiebreaker 16-14 to in the title match against McNair to win the Bronze Bracket title in the 2023 Spikefest at Tucker. (Photo by Lester Wright)
BRONZE BRACKET
The third-place teams from the five pools converged on Tucker for the Bronze Bracket championship including Stone Mountain (3-2), McNair (2-3), Miller Grove (1-3), and Towers (1-3).
Stone Mountain came out on top winning a pair of matches to claim the trophy against McNair.
The two teams advanced to the finals with semifinal wins. Stone Mountain knocked off Towers (25-20, 25-7) who had defeated Cross Keys to reach the semifinals. and McNair won 26-24, 25-22 over Miller Grove.
The two had a classic in a second three-set match at Tucker in bracket play. Stone Mountain won the opening set 25-22 before McNair answered with a 25-22 win to knot the match. Stone Mountain then pulled out a 16-14 win to clinch the title.
The Martin Luther King Lady Lions went three sets before knocking off Redan to win the Spikefest Copper Bracket title at Druid Hills on Saturday. (Photo by Ozzie Harrell)
COPPER BRACKET
The fourth-place teams from pool play met at Druid Hills for the Copper Bracket championship including Martin Luther King Jr. (2-3), Columbia (0-4), Cedar Grove (1-4) and Redan (0-4).
King won its semifinal match 25-13, 25-22 over Columbia to move into the finals while Cedar Grove played a tough three set match against Redan winning 2-1 (23-25,25-17,25-9).
The Lions swept the championship match 2-0 (25-15, 25-18) over the Saints to grab the crown.