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Posts: 269 (05/15/08 10:47 AM) |
Following Mango's lead, it would be great to start looking forward to some high school volleyball. We are new to the 4-A conference and really do not know
a whole lot about any of the teams. I know that Highland Park and Red Oak will be strong in Region 2, but who will be the tough teams in Region 1? I imagine
that Aledo and Boswell will be the teams to beat in District 6 if they are not too effected by graduating seniors. Opinions welcome!
Daisy 
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Posts: 2340 (05/15/08 1:36 PM) |
Daisy in Region 1 it will be same of usuall contenders coming from the panhandle. The team to beat in region 1 should be Canyon Randall. They return most of
their top players from last years team that went to state. They are solid at setter,MB, and OH. They have a MB that plays for Young Guns 16-1 that has been
about unstoppable this club season. But Dumas and Hereford should be solid as usually from that district. As far as district 6 I agree Aledo should be tough.
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Posts: 15 (05/15/08 2:10 PM) |
Region 1 - My guess would be El Paso Burges or Chapin in District 1, don't know much about District 2, District 3 will be the usual Canyon Randall,
Hereford and Dumas dogfight, but Canyon moving up from 3A could put up a fight, District 4 will probably be Wolfforth Frenship, not sure about Abilene Cooper
moving down from 5A, then probably the Denton teams in District 5, don't know much about 6 or 7 or 8
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Posts: 94 (05/15/08 2:25 PM) |
Do not sell Hereford short in Region 1 & District 3-4A..The Herd return 5 really good hitters, an oustanding libero & 1/2 of their setting tandem from
last year..I agree that Canyon Randall will also be very strong and will compete with Hereford for the district title...Dumas & Canyon will most probably
determine the No 3 & 4 playoff spots in a very strong district.....
In District 5-4A, Denton Guyer also returns a strong group, only losing 3 from their regional semifinal team of a year ago, although they lost Erin Garvey, their strong middle... In Region 3, Magnolia returning to 4A, should contend for a berth in San Marcos.... Region 4 contenders appear to be NB Canyon & CC Calallen..... 2 1/2 months until 2-a-days!!!!! |
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Posts: 3 (05/15/08 7:48 PM) |
bigtex wrote: I agree with Region 1's post. You should see the matches Hereford vs. Randall have! Out of the 9 players on the #4 nationally ranked Young Guns, 7
are from either Hereford or Randall. There are 3 Young Gun players from Hereford and 4 Young Guns from Randall and they are all capable of taking over a game.
Hereford has MB Meredith Hays, OH Raegan Shelton, and RS Carley McCracken. Randall has Setter Tori Jobe, Libero Tawney Westenburg, OH Ashley Davis and MB
Aubree Piper. They know each others strengths and weaknesses, as 5 of these 7 have played together since 12's. As someone else said Dumas and Canyon are
always strong and 3-4A is truly one of the deepest districts in the state. It should be a fun season in the panhandle! |
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Posts: 2340 (05/15/08 7:56 PM) |
I know it was tough for Region 1 to give Hereford and Canyon Randall such high props being such a big Dumas fan.
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Posts: 307 (05/16/08 8:18 PM) |
Anyone know who is the new coach at Canyon High?
Life is tough... even tougher if you are stupid!
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Posts: 94 (05/17/08 8:43 AM) |
Yellow.....i think the hiring process is ongoing.......
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Posts: 1562 (05/17/08 9:12 AM) |
NB Canyon and Calallen were two senior dominated squads this past year. Callalen lost Schwirtlich and #2, both of whom set to each other, hit and dominated this squad's on court performance. NB Canyon lost its setter, Brandie Debacker (who contributed all over the court), a very effective RS and others. The Cougars have en extremely capable MB returning and it will be interesting to see what can be built around her. Canyon's coach always seems to figure it out. Dark horse in this region may well be the Knights from Schertz Steele. With junior Mckenzie Adams, they will have have one of the very best MB's (you'll see) at any level in TX. In addition, they have a couple of other girls who will be attending nationals and getting some very good experience. |
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Posts: 2528 (05/20/08 12:54 AM) |
First I think Red Oak will be strong this year. They will have a few set backs but think they can over come them . For the denton guyer I dont see them as
strong as last year. They lost there key hitter who made this team what they are. I think I remb she was the one running the floor and if she gone I cant see
someone else stepping up like she did.
But does anyone know what midway going to look like ? I know they lost some key players but still had some key players... |
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daisy |
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Posts: 269 (05/20/08 10:15 AM) |
BTB, you are probably right. Lots of good insight from everyone. I wish we had more input from people in North Texas. Will Highland Park be just as strong
this year? Didn't they do really well last year? What teams made it deep into the playoffs last year? I have no idea what preseason tournaments our
coach has signed our girls up for, but I wondered if there was a Pearland equivalent for 4-A?
Daisy
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Posts: 94 (05/20/08 10:31 AM) |
Daisy,
The 4A equilavent of the Pearland tournament would be the Justin NW tournament, although considerably smaller...32 teams with the top 4A teams from all 4 regions and 8-9 5A schools..August 22-23 @ Justin Northwest High School... |
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Posts: 81 (05/20/08 2:06 PM) |
I noticed in the participating teams list at the Allen Texas Open this year that several prominent 4A teams are new to the tournament, notably Denton Guyer and
Mansfield Legacy. I'll have to look you up Daisy
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2008 Participating Varsity Teams Allen, Centennial (Frisco), John Paul II, Pearce, Amarillo, Coppell ,Lake Highlands, Plano, Arlington, Creekview, L.D. Bell, Plano East, Arlington Martin, Denton Guyer, Lovejoy, Plano West, Austin McNeil, Duncanville, Mansfield Legacy, R.L. Turner, Bishop Lynch, Flowermound Marcus, Rowlett, Carroll, Grapevine, McKinney Boyd, Sachse, Cedar Hill, Hebron, McKinney North, Ursuline Academy
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daisy |
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Posts: 269 (05/20/08 4:14 PM) |
Sky,
Why am I not surprised that you know so much more than I do? Ha ha ha. Where can I find this information? That will be so fun to see all our girls playing on their high school teams. We are really looking forward to it. Daisy
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Posts: 2340 (05/20/08 4:49 PM) |
Daisy your daughter`s team will get to play some tough teams at Allen. But your coach should have played in the Northwest tournament that weekend. All the
top region 1, 4A teams will be at Northwest. You will be missing a great chance to see some of the teams you might meet in the playoffs.
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daisy |
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Posts: 269 (05/20/08 5:00 PM) |
BigTex,
Well I am sure that there is a method to her madness. She is a great coach and I have complete trust in her judgement. Sometimes I wonder how we lucked out to get such a good coach in my daughter's first year in "the system". What weekend is this and is there a website to get more info? Thanks, Daisy
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Posts: 550 (05/20/08 10:43 PM) |
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Posts: 2528 (05/21/08 1:25 AM) |
I know highland park brings back there star hitter but think they lost alot of people to. I dont know alot about the highland park coach seen him few times
but thats it...I will say this your missing out on great turny the northwest is a 4a power house like friendswood redoak dumas those are few off top of my
head...
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Posts: 550 (05/21/08 2:55 AM) |
Friendswood will be Graduating quite a few top players this Spring. They will likely still be respectable, but probably not a powerhouse.
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daisy |
Allen Tournament | ||
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Posts: 269 (05/21/08 7:15 AM) |
We are really looking forward to this tournament. After looking at the list of teams, I realized that my daughter has friends (past / present club teammates)
on at least 8 of the teams listed. I am sure that our high school team will be one of the youngest and least experienced but it will be fun to see how we
stack up. Boy, August seems so far away!
Daisy
p.s. Mango, thanks for the link. |
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MatrixDad |
2007 Playoffs results | ||
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Posts: 15 (05/21/08 7:35 AM) |
Link to UIL playoff bracket from last year
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