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Comments: Charles Powers of Eustace finished his Eustace Bulldogs volleyball coaching career with 908 victories while Los Fresnos coach Becky Woods just notched career win number 726 and Wendy King of Milano earned number 600.
In Class 6A at the top, defending Class 6A champions Flower Mound hasn’t lost since mid-August winning 21 straight and holding down the top position by posting a 24-1 sets record in district. Byron Nelson and Pearland Dawson continue to win their way through their respective districts although Nelson was forced to go to five sets to beat Southlake Carroll and have a repeat engagement with Keller who handed them their only district defeat.
In a wild district 15-6A race in Southeast Texas, The Woodlands has lost once, to Klein, who lost once to College Park, but both The Woodlands and Klein have beaten College Park. It will be an unpleasant bi-district draw for whomever gets number three team out of 15-6A.
Prosper remains an interesting study in volleyball analytics as head coach Erin Kauffman guided Prosper to a state championship beating then nationally top ranked Leander Rouse in an absolutely five set epic contest. This year, Kauffman chose to play one less tournament than most of the other top squads but her squads appears healthy and hungry so it will be interesting to see if the rest early makes a difference in playoffs. District 7-6A is another three-team beast as Waxahachie and Mansfield are tied with Lake Ridge a match back. Waxahachie is at Mansfield this week.
Carthage swept Huntington 12, 7, 17 and Longview 23, 13, 17 to improve to 3-0 in district. Hondo went to five sets to edge Devine 25-18, 23-25, 20-25, 25-14, 15-9. Central heights beat Diboll in a four-set district contest while Hallettsville beat Edna in five sets.
Since moving into Class 6A and becoming aligned with Westlake, Lake Travis had never swept the Chaps in district play, until Friday night, when junior Jamison Wheeler slammed 24 kills to lead the Cavaliers to an exciting five set win over Westlake 23-25, 25-22, 25-22, 23-25, 15-10. Arden Besecker added ten kills with 17 digs while Abi Watts had 32 assists for Lake Travis who takes over first place in 25-6A with a 12-1 district mark as Westlake falls to 10-2 with both losses coming against the Cavaliers. Bowie has moved into third place in district action while Hays is holding down fourth and hosts Lake Travis Tuesday.
Westwood had their bye while Vandegrift beat McNeil 25-16, 25-16, 25-16 as Delaney Dilfer had 34 assists and Annie Stadhaus had 15 kills. Vista Ridge went four to beat Stony Point 25-11, 22-25, 25-21, 25-17 as Emma Gruben led the Rangers with 16 kills while Vanae Sapp had 15 kills for the Tigers. Round Rock beat Leander in three as the top four spots in 13-6A appear set with McNeil, Leander and Cedar Ridge having a slim mathematical shot at earning the fourth spot.
Dripping Spring improved to 34-10, 9-0 as the Tigers beat Crockett 25-8, 25-14, 25-12. McKenzie Murray led the Tigers with nine kills while Avery Kalsu added eight kills and Kylar Raymond seven kills. McCallum stayed a match back at 8-1 by beating Lockhart 25-13, 30-28, 25-17. LBJ is third after sweeping Northeast Early College 25-12, 25-8, 25-12.
Rouse swept Connally 25-19, 25-10, 25-15 to improve to 27-8, 9-0 as Jacob Thompson used several players, resting Grayson Schirpik who leads Central Texas with 5.6 kills per set. Setter hitter Redi led the Raiders with five kills and 12 assists while Michera Moffett had 13 kills for the Cougars who despite the loss remain tied for third place. Tuesday night Connally lost a tough match to Pflugerville to give the teams a split of their district meetings while Connally was losing, not unexpectedly to the state second ranked Raiders, Glenn was upsetting the Panthers 25-18, 17-25, 25-23, 25-18 as former Pflugerville coach Melissa Rich lead her Grizzlies to the upset which ;eaves the Panthers and Cougars tied for third but gives the advantage back to Connally based on schedule remaining.
Cedar Park swept Weiss 25-15, 25-15, 25-9 to remain in second place. Avery Cole led the Timberwolves with 12 kills and four blocks while setter Olivia Meyer had 35 assists. Madison Alexander had 20 digs while both Alexander and Meyer had five service aces. The Timberwolves had a three-match lead in second place over Connally and Pflugerville.
In 18-5A, Georgetown remains in first by sweeping Hutto 25-18, 25-15, 25-14. The eagles are 8-0 in district play with their eight straight win and have not lost a set on district play with a 24-0 sets record. East View is 6-1 after having the bye Friday night. The Eagles beat the Patriots for their only loss. Hutto falls to 4-4 with the loss tied with Bastrop who was beaten by Cedar Creek in four sets 25-22, 18-25, 25-21, 25-12. With the win over cross town rival Bastrop, the Eagles of Cedar Creek move within a single match of a playoff berth.
Liberty Hill swept Taylor 25-15, 25-16, 25-11 to remain unbeaten in district but the loss was the first district setback of the season for head coach Kate Kennedy and the lady Ducks. Boerne beat Wimberley in a battle ids district unbeatens as Boerne prevailed in an epic fifth set 15-13 after battling back form two sets to one deficit and trailed early in the fourth set before claiming the victory by a final score of 22-25, 25-13, 25-27, 25-15, 15-13. Johnson City sept Lago Vista to remain unbeaten in district play taking three straight sets 25-19, 25-21, 25-12.
In class 5A, it’s Lucas Lovejoy then a group with Rouse, Canyon Randall, Dripping Springs and Gregory Portland. In 4A the top is even tighter with Farmersville, Caldwell, Fulshear, Argyle, Carthage, LaVernia and Graham.
Butch Hart, Editor in Chief
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2019 TEXAS GIRLS COACHES ASSOCIATION
VOLLEYBALL POLL
October 14, 2019
| Class 1A-2A | |||
| 1 | Crawford 36-4 | ||
| 2 | Iola 34-2 | ||
| 3 | Wink 30-5 | ||
| 4 | Deweyville 24-3 | ||
| 5 | Jewett Leon 29-5 | ||
| 6 | Highland Park 29-8 |
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| 7 | Sanford Fritch 24-5 | ||
| 8 | Beckville 27-14 | ||
| 9 | Collinsville 30-9 | ||
| 10 | Dodd City 20-6 | ||
| 11 | Thorndale 19-6 |
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| 12 | Miles 19-6 | ||
| 13 | Wortham 26-11 | ||
| 14 | Poolville 17-3 | ||
| 15 | Timpson 29-8 | ||
| 16 | D'Hanis 24-11 | ||
| 17 | Freer 22-7 | ||
| 18 | Evadale 29-11 |
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| 19 | Big Sandy 20-8 | ||
| 20 | Cayuga 19-6 | ||
| 21 | Abbott 15-8 | ||
| 22 | Burton 24-14 | ||
| 23 | Refugio 21-9 | ||
| 24 | Frost 16-11 | ||
| 25 | Granger 21-8 | ||
| Class 3A | |||
| 1 | Bushland 35-1 | ||
| 2 | Hardin 33-5 | ||
| 3 | Brock 29-6 | ||
| 4 | Nacogdoches Central Heights 34-6 | ||
| 5 | West 33-4 | ||
| 6 | Sabine 33-5 | ||
| 7 | Diboll 23-7 | ||
| 8 | Goliad 21-10 | ||
| 9 | Lexington 24-12 | ||
| 10 | Boyd 34-5 | ||
| 11 | Van Alstyne 27-4 | ||
| 12 | Scurry-Rosser 26-5 | ||
| 13 | Ingram Moore 27-5 | ||
| 14 | East Chambers 31-5 | ||
| 15 | Pattonville Prairiland 29-6 | ||
| 16 | Johnson City 27-10 | ||
| 17 | Gunter 27-11 | ||
| 18 | Hallettsville 26-8 | ||
| 19 | Commerce 25-9 | ||
| 20 | Schulenburg 25-10 | ||
| 21 | Maypearl 28-6 | ||
| 22 | Troy 29-6 | ||
| 23 | Peaster 23-11 | ||
| 24 | Wall 29-9 | ||
| 25 | New Boston 22-7 | ||
| 25 | Edgewood 27-8 | ||
| Class 4A | |||
| 1 | Farmersville 34-1 | ||
| 2 | Caldwell 35-3 |
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| 3 | Fulshear 35-3 | ||
| 4 | La Vernia 37-5 | ||
| 5 | Carthage 30-4 | ||
| 6 | Graham 33-4 | ||
| 7 | Argyle 28-5 | ||
| 8 | Liberty Hill 32-13 | ||
| 9 | Sinton 28-6 |
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| 10 | Decatur 25-12 |
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| 11 | Monahans 30-9 | ||
| 12 | Geronimo Navarro 29-7 | ||
| 13 | Bullard 32-6 |
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| 14 | Needville 29-10 | ||
| 15 | Stephenville 29-9 | ||
| 16 | Kennedale 24-7 | ||
| 17 | Krum 27-8 |
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| 18 | Tarkington 21-9 | ||
| 19 | Lorena 24-11 | ||
| 20 | Celina 20-9 |
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| 21 | Hargrave 27-7 | ||
| 22 | Paris 26-7 | ||
| 23 | Lumberton 25-11 | ||
| 24 | Canton 26-10 | ||
| 25 | Hondo 15-4 | ||
| 25 | Boerne 17-19 | ||
| Class 5A | |||
| 1 | Lucas Lovejoy 36-5 | ||
| 2 | Leander Rouse 27-8 | ||
| 3 | Canyon Randall 32-3 |
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| 4 | Dripping Springs 33-10 | ||
| 5 | Gregory-Portland 37-4 | ||
| 6 | Mission Veterans Memorial 35-5 | ||
| 7 | Manvel 33-6 | ||
| 8 | Frisco Liberty 26-5 | ||
| 9 | Burleson 31-5 | ||
| 10 | Corpus Christi Flour Bluff 27-5 | ||
| 11 | El Paso 29-6 |
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| 12 | Edcouch-Elsa 25-7 | ||
| 13 | Eldorado 22-6 |
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| 14 | Lubbock Monterey 30-8 | ||
| 15 | El Paso Chapin 24-6 | ||
| 16 | Friendswood 24-16 | ||
| 17 | Victoria West 26-7 | ||
| 18 | Alamo Heights 25-9 |
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| 19 | North Forney 24-7 |
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| 20 | Dallas Highland Park 29-12 | ||
| 21 | Denton 29-9 | ||
| 22 | Granbury 28-11 | ||
| 23 | College Station 25-12 |
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| 24 | Red Oak 28-10 | ||
| 25 | Whitehouse 28-9 | ||
| 25 | McKinney North 22-8 | ||
| Class 6A | |||
| 1 | Flower Mound 32-3 | ||
| 2 | The Woodlands 38-3 | ||
| 3 | Byron Nelson 38-2 |
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| 4 | Schertz Clemens 34-4 | ||
| 5 | Prosper 20-7 | ||
| 6 | San Antonio Clark 34-7 | ||
| 7 | Pearland Dawson 34-4 | ||
| 8 | Ridge Point 35-4 | ||
| 9 | Mansfield 34-7 |
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| 10 | Plano West 29-5 |
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| 11 | McAllen Memorial 26-7 | ||
| 12 | Bridgeland 38-4 | ||
| 13 | Klein 33-5 |
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| 14 | Laredo United 31-5 | ||
| 15 | San Antonio Churchill 30-7 | ||
| 16 | Garland Sachse 35-7 | ||
| 17 | Round Rock Westwood 32-12 | ||
| 18 | McAllen 35-2 | ||
| 19 | College Park 25-4 | ||
| 20 | Frenship 28-7 | ||
| 21 | San Antonio Reagan 32-8 | ||
| 22 | El Paso Franklin 26-10 | ||
| 23 | Waxahachie 33-11 | ||
| 24 | Katy Cinco Ranch 29-5 | ||
| 25 | Arlington Martin 27-6 | ||
| 25 | Los Fresnos 30-8 | ||
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