MOBILE — The Daphne Lady Trojans had a good showing Saturday in the Battle of Old Shell Road with a runner-up finish against the No. 1-Ranked 5A St. Paul's Saints. DHS started the day at the St. Paul's campus going 4-0 in pool play and dropped only one game to Baker High's Lady Hornets in the quarter finals before rallying from a 25-17 game-one loss to Catholic of Huntsville to win the semifinal with 25-19 and 15-7 scores in games two and three.

The semifinals and the title match were held at UMS-Wright, just down Old Shell Road from St. Paul's. There, Bayside Academy ranked No. 1 in 3A also went undefeated in pool play and topped a top Louisiana team, North Shore, in two games in the quarterfinals before falling to St. Paul's in the semis 25-19, 25-19.

Daphne coach Kay Flarity was proud of her team and pleased to see them playing well at this point in the season.

"We had a great tourney," she said. "It all seemed to click for us this weekend. The girls were passing well, so we could run our offense the way we like to. The girls played as a team and together they were able to perform well. I was very pleased with the way the team looked."

DHS junior Cherilynn Ramsey was named All Tournament and had 53 kills and 18 blocks for the day. Brooke Carpenter had 54 digs and 47 assists, Kayla Owens had 75 assists and 23 digs. Deanna Vogler had 32 kills and 17 blocks and Sierra Patterson had 34 kills for the Lady Trojans. Daphne defeated Jeff Davis 25-16, 25-15; Theodore 25-20, 25-21; RHS 25-15, 25-14 and Baker 14-25, 25-12, 19-17 through the quarter finals.

DHS will host Fairhope and Baldwin County High Wednesday at 4 p.m. and will play in the Shrimp Fest tournament along with Spanish Fort at Gulf Shores this weekend.

The Lady Admirals of Bayside were led by Savannah Simmons with 28 kills, 20 blocks, eight aces and 28 digs; Gabby Deshotel had 25 kills, 34 blocks; Jhalen Caffey had 14 kills, nine aces and 28 digs; Virginia Pittman had 25 kills, nine blocks, seven aces and 25 digs; Maggie Niemeyer had 17 kills, 14 blocks, three aces and 10 digs; Lizzie Williams had five aces and 28 digs and Sydney Chandler had 90 assists for the tournament. Bayside defeated Clarke County 25-8, 25-9; Cottage Hill 25-12, 25-12 and Citronelle in pool play.

Bayside (33-14) will head to Birmingham for the Blalock tourney Oct. 9-10.