Trinity celebrates Volleyball All Region

Trinity Celebrates Volleyball

All Region Nominations

By Samantha DePriest

All Region Award winners students (l to r) Elyse Wisely, Lily Floyd, and Paisley Hayes.

(Image by Brandy Floyd)

We are thrilled to announce that student athletes Lily Floyd, Paisley Hayes, and Elyse Wisely all received nominations for All Region in GHSA Class 4A Region 2 for the 2023 Varsity Volleyball season. Elyse Wisely also was named Co-Defensive Player of the Year.

Junior Lily Floyd, Setter, is ranked #1 in the region with 609 assists and #2 in aces. LIly has been chosen as Player of the Match twice this season. Lily is also involved with Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) at TCS.

Senior Paisley Hayes, Middle, is ranked #1 in the region for the Class of 2024 in 4A and 16th in State of Georgia. Paisley has been chosen as Player of the Match twice this season. Paisley serves iin NHS, BETA, Student Council, and has played club volleyball for 575 as captain.

Junior Elyse Wisely is ranked #3 in the Area and top 100 in the state as a Libero. Most recently, she was nominated for Player of the Match in the the Starr’s Mill game earlier this week and also chosen as Co-Defensive Player of the Year Elyse is also involved in Student Council, BETA Club, NHS, and Discipleship group at TCS.

Most recently, our Lady Lions beat Whitewater in 3 sets and lost to Starr’s Mill in 4 sets. Trinity Christian School is going into the Playoff’s as #2 in the region. Brandy Floyd, TCS Mom and photographer, shares her time and talent once again with us in the photo album from the matches below.

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TCS Volleyball

1st round of state playoffs

Date: Tuesday, October 17th

Time: 5:30pm

Location: TCS Gym on Main Campus

Per GHSA policy, tickets must be purchased. TCS Event Passes are not accepted.

Ticket Link: https://gofan.co/event/1168286?schoolId=GA72962 

Tickets: $8.00

Theme: Purple

Lady Lions Win Home Openers

Lady Lions win Home Openers

By Samantha DePriest

This past Thursday night both our Lady Lions Softball and Volleyball teams hosted their home openers of the season and had big wins. Our campus was full of Trinity fans who brought their school spirit for the big games.

Varsity Softball

TCS Softball Coach Katey (Lynch) Rutherford

Image by Oscar Camejo

Coach Katey (Lynch) Rutherford returns for her 3rd season leading our varsity softball team and softball program at TCS. Thursday night they hosted their first home game of the season against Starrs Mill High School. Our Lady Lions won in the 4th inning 15-0.

Coach Katey shares, “Tonight was a great not only home opener but a region win for us. Home openers can come with a lot of emotion and I was proud of our girls and how they came out eager to win and dominate.

This season we were able to return the majority of our starters from last season. We only lost one senior, Chloe, and that is a position we are still playing around with to fill. With that being said it is great to have so many girls in the lineup who have experience and can be leaders to some of the younger girls. Our goal every season is to be the last team standing in October but we must climb the ladder to get there. Our first goal is to win the region championship so that is what our eyes are focused on right now. We play a tough regular season schedule and I purposely schedule it like that. Playing tough opponents prepares us for not only our region games but for the postseason. I am super excited to see how this group of girls develops throughout the season. We have a lot of talent and potential to reach new heights for the TCS softball program.” 

Image by Katey Rutherford

Lady Lions win their first home game against Starrs Mill High School.

Varsity Volleyball

TCS Volleyball Coach Sara Kuchinski

Image by Oscar Camejo

Coach Sara Kuchinski is back for her 2nd season serving as our head coach for our Lady Lions Volleyball team. Coach K shares, “Our 2023 season is off and running - and last night’s home opener matches were great. We had a full crowd of student support, and we had a lot of fun with our Hawaiian themed night!”

“Getting the win in our first match against Holy Innocents was really positive. They are in our classification (4A) and in a tough region, so it’s nice to get an early look at possible state competition. Sophomore Adeline Earley led our team with 8 kills, and Freshman Kylie Hanson was right behind her with 7 of her own! Senior Lindsey Carter also led the team in aces with 7! Our second match against Galloway was exciting! Senior Paisley Hayes led in kills with 7, and Junior Lily Floyd had a season high of 18 assists.” 

Image by Brandy Floyd

Coach K goes on to share, “The team is coming together really well right now. We have work to do, but this group has bought in fully to the process of getting better every day with every touch. I’m already proud of the improvements they’ve made, and the future looks so bright! We fully expect a competitive run in both Region and State play. Be sure and come out Thursday, the 24th, for a great match against Woodward Academy for both JV and Varsity. Match start time is 5:00 PM!”