Posted by
Jay Tope on March 8, 2010 at 10:52 pm
Here are the 2010 volleyball districts for Region IV, released today by the UIL, along with District 8-2A…
5A
District 25
Steele
Judson
New Braunfels
Wagner
San Marcos
Seguin
District 26
Churchill
Johnson
Lee
MacArthur
Madison
Reagan
Roosevelt
District 27
Brandeis
Clark
Holmes
Jay
Marshall
O’Connor
Stevens
Taft
Warren
District 28
Corpus Christi Carroll
Corpus Christi King
East Central
Highlands
Southwest
South San
District 29
Del Rio
Eagle Pass
Eagle Pass Winn
Laredo Alexander
Laredo Cigarroa
Laredo Johnson
Laredo Martin
Laredo Nixon
Laredo United
Laredo United South
District 30
Donna
La Joya
La Joya Palmview
McAllen
McAllen Memorial
McAllen Rowe
Mission
Mission Sharyland
District 31
Edinburg
Edinburg Economedes
Edinburg North
Harlingen
Harlingen South
Pharr-San Juan-Alamo
PSJA Memorial
PSJA North
District 32
Brownsville Hanna
Brownsville Lopez
Brownsville Pace
Brownsville Porter
Brownsville Rivera
Los Fresnos
San Benito
Weslaco
4A
District 25
Lake Travis
Austin Vandegrift
Cedar Park
Cedar Park Vista Ridge
Dripping Springs
Leander Rouse
Marble Falls
District 26
Austin Crockett
Austin Eastside Memorial
Austin LBJ
Austin Lanier
Austin McCallum
Austin Reagan
Austin Travis
District 27
Hays
Lehman
Lockhart
New Braunfels Canyon
Alamo Heights
Clemens
Smithson Valley
District 28
Boerne Champion
Medina Valley
Kerrville Tivy
Brennan
Harlandale
McCollum
Uvalde
District 29
Brackenridge
Burbank
Edison
Fox Tech
Jefferson
Kennedy
Lanier
Memorial
Southside
District 30
Beeville Jones
Floresville
Gregory-Portland
Port Lavaca Calhoun
Victoria East
Victoria West
District 31
Alice
CC Calallen
CC Flour Bluff
CC Tuloso-Midway
Corpus Christi Moody
Corpus Christi Ray
Kingsville King
District 32
Brownsville Veterans Memorial
Edcouch-Elsa
Hidalgo
La Joya Juarez-Lincoln
Mercedes
Mission Veterans Memorial
Pharr Valley View
Rio Grande City
Roma
Weslaco East
3A
District 25
Burnet
Lampasas
Liberty Hill
Llano
Salado
Taylor
District 26
Bandera
Boerne
Canyon Lake
Fredericksburg
Navarro
Hawkins
Wimberley
District 27
Carrizo Springs
Crystal City
Devine
Hondo
Lytle
Pearsall
Somerset
District 28
Cuero
Gonzales
La Vernia
Pleasanton
Poteet
Sam Houston
Yoakum
District 29
Needville
Palacios
Sweeny
West Columbia
Columbia
Wharton
District 30
Aransas Pass
Goliad
Ingleside
Mathis
Rockport-Fulton
Sinton
District 31
Corpus Christi Miller
Corpus Christi West Oso
Lyford
Orange Grove
Raymondville
Robstown
District 32
Donna IDEA College
Prep
La Feria
Port Isabel
Progreso
Rio Grande City HS #2
Rio Hondo
Zapata
2A
District 8
Blanco
Comfort
Harper
Ingram Tom Moore
Junction
District 25
Danbury
Hitchcock
Houston Yes Prep East End
Houston Yes Prep N Cntrl
Houston Yes Prep-SE
Houston Yes Prep-SW
Katy Nelms
District 26
Bloomington
Boling
Edna
Tidehaven
Van Vleck
Vanderbilt Industrial
District 27
Cameron Yoe
Florence
Jarrell
Lago Vista
Lexington
Little River Academy
Rogers
Thorndale
District 28
Altair Rice
East Bernard
Hallettsville
Hempstead
Schulenburg
Wallis Brazos
Weimar
District 29
Luling
Marion
Nixon Smiley
Brooks Academy
Cole
Stockdale
Randolph
District 30
Cotulla
Dilley
George West
Jourdanton
Karnes City
Natalia
Poth
Three Rivers
District 31
Banquete
Bishop
Freer
Odem
Refugio
San Diego
Skidmore-Tynan
Taft
District 32
Brownsville Frontier College Prep
Edinburg Quest College Prep
Falfurrias
Hebbronville
Kingsville Academy
Premont
Riviera Kaufer
Santa Rosa
1A
District 25
Bartlett
Buckholts
Georgetown Gateway
Granger
Holland
Milano
Thrall
District 26
Burton
Dime Box
Fayetteville
Round Top-Carmine
Snook
Somerville
District 27
Center Point
Johnson City
Leakey
Medina
Gervin Academy
Utopia
District 28
Brackett
Charlotte
Comstock
D’Hanis
La Pryor
Sabinal
District 29
Flatonia
Ganado
Louise
Prairie Lea
Shiner
Waelder
District 30
Austwell-Tivoli
Kenedy
Nordheim
Pettus
Runge
Stacey
Woodsboro
Yorktown
District 31
Agua Dulce
Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco
Benavides
Bruni
CC College Prep
McMullen County
District 32
La Villa
Lasara
San Isidro
San Perlita
Santa Maria
Posted by
Jay Tope on January 11, 2010 at 12:55 pm
by Patricia Constantin
OLLU Sports Information Director
Junior outside hitter Lauren Eveler was chosen to the Academic All-America Team as selected by the College Sports Information Directors Association (CoSiDA) and presented by ESPN The Magazine.
Eveler is a native of Clint, Texas, and is majoring in Communications/Media Broadcasting. She was part of the inaugural volleyball team that kicked off intercollegiate athletics in 2007 at OLLU. Eveler was selected for her outstanding performance both on the court and in school, where she has maintained a 4.0 GPA.
Posted by
Jay Tope on November 21, 2009 at 11:51 am
The Poth Pirettes never lost a set in the playoffs this season, and in today’s state championship they swept Aubrey 25-8, 25-23, 25-12 for the Class 2A State Volleyball Title.
Congratulations to the Pirettes!
4A Seguin fell to Canyon Randall in four sets on Thursday; 3A Wimberley lost to Lovejoy in five sets Friday afternoon.
Here’s the schedule for the UIL State Volleyball Tournament at Texas State University:
Saturday, November 21
9:00am 1A Final - Louise over Bronte 16-25, 25-19, 28-26, 25-11
11:00am 2A Final - Poth over Aubrey 25-8, 25-23, 25-12
1:00 3A Final - Monahans vs. Lovejoy
3:00 4A Final - Canyon Randall vs. Brenham
5:00 5A Final - Austin Westlake vs. Amarillo
Posted by
Jay Tope on November 15, 2009 at 9:18 am
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SAsports.com Senior Photographer
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Both of these District 30-3A teams put on a volleyball clinic Saturday morning in the 3A regional final matchup at Blossom Athletic Center’s Littleton Gym.
And it would go down to the wire, with Fredericksburg taking a two sets-to-one lead, only to have Wimberley come from behind to defeat the Billies in five.
Fredericksburg has nothing to hang their heads about - they had an amazing season.
Wimberley now moves on to familiar territory - they have been to the state tournament most of this decade, and have won several titles as well.
Congratulations, Texans - we will see you in San Marcos!
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Posted by
Jay Tope on November 14, 2009 at 3:52 pm
Seguin has shocked the pundits, defeating Lake Travis three sets to one, and will now be headed to the state tournament.
Poth and Wimberley have been there before. Now they are heading back.
After a one year absence for both programs, the Pirettes and Texans are heading back to the state tournamnet, having defeated Freer and Fredericksburg, respectively.
For the Billies of Fredericksburg, the loss was especially hard to their district rivals. Leading two sets to one, Fredericksburg couldn’t put Wimberley away, and the Texans will now try to win their fifth state title in 11 years.
Poth had an easier time with Freer, sweeping the Buckaroos.
In other action, the O’Connor Panthers had their chances with a tough Austin Westlake team, but fell three sets to one Saturday at St. Mary’s University.
Westlake put the Panthers in a big hole, winning the first two sets. O’Connor took the third set, but the Chaps from Westlake put it away in the fourth set for the victory and berth in next week’s state tournament at Texas State.
Posted by
Jay Tope on November 12, 2009 at 7:35 am
Panthers earn third berth in region tournament in four years
by Mark Kusenberger
SAsports.com Senior Writer
After a battle from behind in the first set, the Navarro Panthers coasted to a 28-26, 25-18, 25-21 sweep of the Blanco Panthers Tuesday night at Wimberley High School.
Navarro will play #10 Freer Friday afternoon at Littleton Gym in the Class 2A Region IV semifinals.
Blanco, ranked #20 in the state and champions of District 25-2A, led 23-17 in the first set, in front of 4 kills each from Lacee Hunter and Alyssa Warner, but also aided largely by 12 unforced Navarro errors. On the services of Hayley Franzen and Noelle Kubenka, Navarro took over the set, closing with an 11-3 run to win it – and two of the three points Navarro lost were more unforced errors. Sydawnie Douglass led Navarro with seven kills, followed by Hannah Bonds with five.
Navarro’s run continued into the second set as they took an 8-2 lead. Blanco did battle back to 10-9, thanks to several kills from Warner, but could never take the lead. After Blanco closed within 19-17, Navarro closed on a 6-1 run, earning four points from Franzen’s serve along the way. Kubenka scored three straight points with a kill and two blocks to start the run. Warner contributed six kills and two blocks to the Blanco cause.
Navarro started strong again for the third set, breaking out to a 12-5 lead. Once again, Blanco put together a run to make it interesting, this time a 7-1 run to make it 13-12 Navarro. Twice more, Blanco was within one point at 18-17 and 20-19, but Navarro shook them off each time.
Navarro’s passing game became stronger as the match progressed, with Kandace Newton, Casey Braun, and Sadie Bonds all tallying a number of assists for the night.
Blanco featured one junior, Tara Tredaway, and five sophomores. Tredaway and four of the sophomores all saw significant playing time throughout the match. Hunter and Warner, who dominated the kills for Blanco, are both seniors.
Posted by
Jay Tope on November 11, 2009 at 7:56 am
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Both O’Connor and Reagan had been waiting for this match since their first meeting back in August; both teams went unbeaten in their respective districts. And Reagan was looking to continue their dominance over the Panthers.
But this would be O’Connor’s night. Playing with a fire inside, partially because of wanting to finally beat Reagan, and partially in support of their principal Larry Martin who is battling thyroid cancer, the Panthers defeated the Rattlers 25-27, 27-25, 25-15, 25-21.
With the win, O’Connor moves on to the regional semifinals Friday at St. Mary’s, where they will play McAllen Rowe.
This was a team victory, but if an MVP were selected, it might have been Beth Soukup - she was a monster hitter.
As O’Connor celebrates their win, the Panther crowd goes crazy. This very well could have been the largest high school volleyball crowd ever to play inside UTSA.
Both Mike Carter and Yami Garcia show the respect and sportsmanship that makes parents and fans appreciate these teams.
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Posted by
Jay Tope on November 10, 2009 at 8:27 am
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The gym was completely packed last night at Champion High School in Boerne…
… as Fredericksburg and Lytle faced off in the 3A Regional Quarterfinals. When the dust settled, it was the Billies with a hard-fought three set sweep over the Pirates.
Cristin Herbort is not only the Billies’ setter, but the SAsports.com student columnist for Fredericksburg.
The Fredericksburg girls celebrate their victory, and will now move on to the Regional Semifinals, to be held Friday at Blossom Athletic Center. Their opponent will be either La Vernia or Columbus.
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Posted by
Mark Kusenberger on November 6, 2009 at 1:55 am
Panthers, trailing 6-10 in fifth set, rally to victory
by Mark Kusenberger
SAsports.com Senior Writer
At several points, it looked bleak for the Navarro Panthers.
The #15 Salado Eagles led 14-5 in the first set. Navarro rallied to make the set close, then won the next two.
Navarro led 20-10 in the fourth set, then Salado put together a 10-0 run to tie the set, going on to win the set and tie the match.
Navarro trailed the final set 10-6, took the lead three times, then trailed 16-15. Then Samantha Nichols got a tying block, and Noelle Kubenka nailed two finals kills.
And Navarro had rallied to upset Salado 21-25, 25-22, 25-19, 24-26, and 18-16 in their area round match Thursday night at Bastrop High School.
Salado, champions of District 25-2A, fielded a team with no seniors. Not a dominant team in terms of size, Salado used quickness and expert spacing to cover the floor, make points difficult to achieve and produce long, entertaining rallies throughout the match.
The Eagles built a 14-5 lead in the first set, and led 17-9 before Navarro won 5 straight points on Hannah Bonds’ serve to cut the deficit to 17-15. The Panthers got no closer than two, but did establish they could compete with the state-ranked Eagles. Hadley Joiner led the Eagles with five kills.
Navarro trailed 13-9 in the second set, then rallied to win while never scoring more than three straight points. Sydwanie Douglass led the team with six kills, followed by Casey Braun and Samantha Nichols with 3 apiece. The Panthers did score five straight points, including four on Douglass’s serve, in building a 7-5 lead which they eventually lost and regained.
Salado scored the first four points of the third set, including two aces by Kelsey Luna, before Navarro 20-13 lead on their way to a 25-19 victory. Douglass and Nichols each had five kills, and Kandace Newton scored five straight points on her serve, including an ace.
By now, Navarro was on a roll, eventually building a 20-10 lead in the fourth set, five points away from advancing. Then Navarro lost service, and Brennan Boydstun served her team to nine points, rallying Salado to tie the game. A Bonds kill ended the rally, but Salado rode their momentum to a 26-24 win, forcing a fifth set.
And what a set it was. Salado built a 10-6 lead, then Navarro went on a 6-1 run to take a 12-11 lead. There were ties at 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16 during the set. When a Nichols kill put Navarro ahead 14-13 at match point, Jenna Sebek responded with a kill to tie the game. When a Joiner ace gave Salado a 15-14 lead, a Kubenka kill tied the game once again. Another Sebek kill put Salado ahead 16-15 before Navarro’s final rally gave Navarro a hard-fought victory.
Navarro awaits the winner between #20 Blanco and #23 Schulenburg, who play Friday night in Luling.
Posted by
Jay Tope on November 4, 2009 at 11:22 am
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The Nixon-Smiley Mustangs came into the 2009 UIL 2A playoffs from District 28-2A, where they finished in 3rd place.
The Harper Lady Horns took second place in 27-2A…
And this ended up being a great match, with Nixon-Smiley edging Harper in five sets: 23-25, 25-14, 23-25, 25-19, 15-11.
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