The state golf tournaments finished last week, but that was only the beginning of the post-season action for area teams.
The state volleyball tournaments are being played this week in Murfreesboro, while local soccer teams and cross country runners are battling in region, section and sub-section tournaments to advance to next weeks state soccer and cross country championships.

VOLLEYBALL
In this mornings volleyball action, two Memphis teams won and four area teams lost. Two more local teams play this afternoon.
In Division 2-A, Harding Academy beat SBEC in three games and Immaculate Conception defeated St. George’s in four. Harding and IC will play tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the winners bracket final of the double-elimination tournament. St. George’s and SBEC will meet Thursday morning in an elimination match.

In Division 2-AA both Hutchison and ECS lost. The Sting won Game 1 vs. Girls Preparatory School, but lost the next three. ECS did not have any luck against defending state champion Nashville Father Ryan. Ryan swept the Eagles in three games. ECS and Hutchison face one another in the 9 a.m. Thursday elimination match.

Houston and Munford both play later this afternoon in the Class AAA portion of the tournament.

GIRLS SOCCER
In girls soccer, Thursday is an important day. At 6 p.m. Collierville hosts Houston in the Region 8-AAA championship. The Dragons and Mustangs have been the dominant teams in Class AAA for the last few years. Collierville won 5-3 in the regular-season matchup. Collierville (16-0-5) is ranked No. 12 in the USA by National Soccer Coaches Assocaition of America/adidias High School soccer National Rankings. Houston is 17-4-0 and looks to have righted itself from a mid-season slump.

In the Region 7-AAA Todd Purcell’s Arlington Tigers will host Jackson’s Liberty Tech. The Tigers defeated Brighton 8-0 in Tuesday night’s semifinals. Arlington junior Kelsey Forsythe scored the first two goals for Arlington, and Brittani Handley and Taylor Lindsey also added two goals for the Lady Tigers (10-5-4).

The region winners will host the region runnerups in sectional matchups on Saturday.

In Division 2 soccer, Saturday is the sub-state round of action. St. Agnes earned the No. 1 seed in the West by defeating ECS 3-0 Tuesday night. The Stars will host GPS at noon. ECS will host Brentwood Academy also at noon. Third-seed Hutchison will travel to Chattanooga Baylor. In the smaller classification, St. George’s is the top seed and will host IC at 3 p.m. Harding Academy will host St. Andrew’s at 1:30 p.m., Lausanne the third-seed will travel to Nashville Davidson Academy and No. 4 seed Tipton-Rosemark will travel to University School of Nashville. All winners advance to next weeks state tourney in Chattanooga.

CROSS COUNTRY

The Division 2 Region Championship will be run Thursday at Shelby Farms, girls at 3:45 p.m. and boys at 4:30 p.m. The Region 7-AAA Championships is Thursday at Arlington Development Center, girls at 1:15 p.m., boys at 2 p.m. On Friday, the Region 8-AAA Championships are at Shelby Farms, girls at 4 p.m. and boys at 4:45 p.m.