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Italy (9-2) manhandled upstart Hamilton (6-5), 44-13, at Waco Robinson’s Robinson Field on a cool Thursday night.

A slow start only delayed the inevitable as Palmer led from the outset and pulled away to thump Whitewright, 32-7, at Nevada Community H.S.

Tough decisions are seldom made on the spot. Italy veteran volleyball HC Shauna Steinmetz has come to, like Brooks & Dunn sang in Red Dirt Road, “turning the corner in my soul,”

Extending their mastery over Corsicana (6-4) to seven-straight, No. 4 ranked Ennis (10-0) flattened the visiting Tigers in a 48-0 victory in the regular season-finale for both teams.

Ferris (24-9) was the lone Big 5 Bi-District volleyball winner on Tuesday. They flattened North Dallas, 3-0, at Forester Fieldhouse in Mesquite.

Italy volleyball enjoyed a starryeyed 15-4 start only to end their season prematurely with a 3-0 upset defeat at the hands of a feisty Wolfe City team at Kaufman on Tuesday.

Hubbard cooled the jets of a hot Avalon volleyball team that entered the playoffs on an 8-1 run, with a three-set sweep to oust the Lady Eagles. The Jaguars took the allimportant first set, a draining 25-23, thriller.

Kenley McElyea (left), a junior, shot a school record 67 at Cleburne Golf Links two weeks ago. Overall he fired a 67-77.

Johnson rips RC for record 314-yards, 3 TDs