Rose Ann Martinez takes over McCollum volleyball

Holmes head volleyball coach Rose Ann Martinez, who has coached the Huskies for the past several years, has now accepted the same position at McCollum High School in the Harlandale ISD.

It marks a return to her roots, as Martinez is a 1989 Harlandale graduate. She also coached at Harlandale a decade ago, serving as a volleyball assistant and head basketball coach.

The move also opens up the Holmes head volleyball position. We will have the first word on that when the news breaks.

2008-2009 Year in Review: Shiner Volleyball

by Katie Klohn
SAsports.com Staff Writer

Shiner, Texas.

The first thing that you think of is probably not volleyball, but that has changed. The Comanche volleyball team made its first appearance at the UIL State Volleyball Championships this past November.

This past season’s trip to San Marcos had been a long time coming. Four years ago in 2005, Head Volleyball Coach Michelle Winkenwerder (Coach Wink) started three girls from the current team as freshmen. That year they lost to Round Top Carmine in the Region IV-1A regional final game, and have had a thirst to get to San Marcos ever since. As sophomores, the girls crossed the path of RTC again early in the playoffs and were denied their dream. In 2007, the Comanches found themselves again in the Regional Final game. This time it was Flatonia who put a stop to their dream. The Comanches only lost one player from that 2007 squad and were ready for their dream to be fulfilled as seniors. Their wish was granted this season as the Comanches represented Region IV-1A at the UIL State Volleyball Championships.

“In this region you can dream big, but you also have to ‘Go Big or Go Home’, said Coach Wink. “There are too many talented teams and coaches in this region to just dream. You have to be able to execute your game plans and with that add a little luck. Then dreams become reality.”

If you looked up the word ‘team’ in the dictionary, you would find the definition of the Shiner Volleyball team. Unlike most of the larger schools in the area, there were not a few players who carried the weight of the entire team.

“Everyone on the team has a role, and everyone knows that in order for us to be successful they have to function as a unit and perform their role to the best of their ability,” said Coach Wink. “This team knows that they win and lose together.”

This season the Comanches garnered a 31-7 record, which included a perfect 10-0 stint in district competition. The Shiner team played a schedule against former state competitors Flatonia, Columbus, Luling, and Poth. Of the 38 games played this season, 26 were against playoff teams, 13 against ranked teams, three teams that advanced to the regional tournament, and 15 Class AA and larger schools. It appears that the loaded schedule that Coach Wink put her team through paid off because they were ready for whomever was on the other side of the net. One of the biggest games that Shiner played this season was in the regional semi-finals against a state-ranked Leakey team. Many people had already predicted that Leakey would be the team to make it to San Marcos. However, the Comanches never doubted themselves. Against Leakey they dropped the first game, but came back fighting to take the next three to advance to the regional finals - sweeping Yorktown to earn their first state tournament appearance.

At the state tournament the Shiner team faced a team from Windthorst who was making their 19th straight tournament appearance. Windthorst knew what it is like to play in front of the crowd at the state tournament and Shiner was getting a taste of it for the first time. Shiner took the first game from the defending State champions 25-19. The Trojanettes came back fighting and captured the next three games of the match 25-19, 25-17, and 25-20. Leading the Comanches were Amber Shimek (17 dis, 2 aces), Ieisha Flowers (3 aces, 18 kills, 3 blocks, 14 digs), Alyssa Strauss (10 kills, 20 digs), Shelby Bernshausen (2 aces, 12 kills, 3 blocks, 8 digs), Caitlin Kalich (42 assists, 1 block), Lauren Haynes (7 kills, 2 blocks), Amanda Hibbs (2 aces, 9 digs), and Lauren Michalec (3 digs).

Being a 1A school, Shiner does not have the luxury of having volleyball-only athletes. Everyone on the team is involved in at least one other activity on campus. Also, no one plays club volleyball. Of the 15 players on the 2008 State Semi-Finalist team, six are 2008 State Class A Softball Champions, two are Regional Tennis Players, five are multiple state advancers in One-Act Play (along with their director Coach Wink), five have competed in the Regional Track Meet, and 10 have been varsity cheerleaders.

Coach Wink had read an article that said only 1% of all Texas athletes get to represent their school at a State Tournament.

“With that said, you truly realize the great accomplishments of this squad. Without my fellow coaches around the state who have given me support, ideas, and knowledge, this would not have been possible. Ultimately, that is what being a true winner is all about,” Wink said.

Just remember this the next time you drive through Shiner - there is a lot more to the town than you think. There is a great high school with wonderful kids who are willing to leave it all out on the court or field.

Volleyball coaches - contact us now!

We have received 12 schedules so far; e-mail or fax those schedules in ASAP.

Also, we are getting booked solid for Volleyball Tour Stops in the fall. We take care of the music and announcing; your players and fans have a lot of fun. It’s perfect for a Parent or Senior Night.

Call us at 210-627-1177, or e-mail jaytope@sasports.com for available dates. Prices are very affordable.

2009 Wimberley Texans Varsity Volleyball Schedule

Tue Aug 11 Smithson Valley/St. Michael’s 5:30/7:30 Smithson Valley
Fri-Sat Aug 14-15 TEX-fest Tournament TBA Home
Tue Aug 18 Kerrville Tivy 7:30 Home
Fri Aug 21  Bastrop 7:30 Bastrop
Tue Aug 25  Hays/Stony Point  5/7:30 Hays
Thu-Sat Aug 27-29 Hill Country Tournament TBA Fredericksburg
Tue Sep 1 *Llano 7:30 Home
Thu-Sat Sep 3-5 Hays Varsity Tournament  TBA  Hays
Fri Sep 4 Austin McCallum 7:30 McCallum
Tue Sep 8 *Canyon Lake  7:30 Canyon Lake
Tue Sep 15 *Fredericksburg 7:30 Fredericksburg
Fri Sep 18 Hutto 7:30 Home
Tue Sep 22 *Vandergrift 7:30 Vandergrift
Fri Sep 25 *Burnet 7:30 Home
Tue Sep 29 *Liberty Hill 7:30 Home
Fri Oct 2 *Ingram Tom Moore 6:00 Ingram
Tue Oct 6 *Llano 7:30 Llano
Fri Oct 9 *Canyon Lake 5:00 Home
Tue Oct 13 *Fredericksburg (Jr High Night) 7:30 Home
Tue Oct 20 *Burnet 7:30 Burnet
Fri Oct 23 *Liberty Hill 6:00 Liberty Hill
Tue Oct 27 *Ingram (Parent’s Night) 7:30 Home
* - District

2009 Football and Volleyball schedules needed

Send them in; we will be posting football schedules starting April 15th, and volleyball schedules starting May 1st.

E-mail: jaytope@sasports.com
Fax: 210-595-6216

Advertise in the SAsports.com Magazine!

Coming July 1st, it’s the return of the SAsports.com Magazine!

Included in the publication will be all of the area football schedules and previews, interviews, recaps of area state champions from the past school year, volleyball previews, and so much more. The best news - the publication is free!

You can now reserve advertising space in this magazine; our biggest yet! E-mail jaytope@sasports.com for details.

2008 TGCA 5A Volleyball All-State picks

(from the Texas Girls Coaches Association)

Caroline Cleveland, Senior, Abilene High School
Aryn Bohannon, Senior, Amarillo High School
Torri Campbell, Senior, Amarillo High School
Kaitlyn Standard, Senior, Central High School
Alycia Cox, Senior, Churchill High School
Anna Drewry, Senior, Clark High School
Haley Jacobs, Senior, Clear Creek High School
Megan Pendergast, Senior, Clear Creek High School
Ashley Vrana, Junior, Cy Creek High School
Chiney Ogwumike, Junior, Cy Fair High School
Kendall Cleveland, Senior, Cypress Falls High School
Desiree Elliott, Junior, Cy Woods High School
Tori Mellinger, Senior, Lake Highlands High School
Angie Morgan, Senior, Lake Highlands High School
Michelle Hundt, Senior, Marcus High School
Lyndi Johnson, Senior, Marcus High School
Courtney Manning, Senior, Mesquite High School
Andrea Hannasch, Senior, New Braunfels High School
Kaelen Valdez, Junior, O’Connor High School
Marissa Collins, Junior, Pearland High School
Megan Murphy, Senior, Plano West High School
Preslie Alexander, Junior, Reagan High School
Amber Tatsch, Senior, Reagan High School
Emily Danks, Senior, Round Rock High School
Paige Hamilton, Junior, Smithson Valley High School
Elly Barrett , Senior, Westlake High School
Sara Shaw, Junior, Westlake High School
Kaleigh Colson, Junior, Westwood High School
Makenzie Smith, Senior, Westwood High School

Lake Travis, Shiner volleyball fall in state semifinals

For the first time since SAsports.com began in 2001, there won’t be a state volleyball champion among our 130 schools that we cover.

Both the Lake Travis Cavaliers and the Shiner Comanches fell at the state tourney, with Lake Travis losing in five games, and Shiner in four.

Congratulations to both programs; less than one percent of Texas high school athletes have the opportunity to play at a state tournament, and these girls worked hard to get there this year.

Also, congratulations to Antonian and Incarnate Word volleyball teams; two weeks earlier, they played at the TAPPS state tournament, with the Apaches falling in the semifinals, and the Shamrocks losing in the finals.

Volleyball Regional Tournament Schedules, Results

E-mail scores and stats:
jaytope@sasports.com

Region IV-5A

Regional Tournament at St. Mary’s University, San Antonio
Friday:

Reagan over Southwest 25-6, 25-10, 25-12

Austin Westlake over Harlingen South 25-10, 25-7, 25-11 

Saturday Regional Final

Westlake over Reagan 25-19, 22-25, 18-25, 25-19, 18-16

Region IV-4A

Regional Tournament at St. Mary’s University, San Antonio

Friday:

Lake Travis over Medina Valley 25-10, 25-15, 25-17

Steele over Pleasanton 25-20, 25-17, 25-13  

Saturday Regional Final

Lake Travis over Steele 25-14, 25-23, 25-20

Region I-3A

District 8 teams

Regional Tournament at Lubbock Christian

Friday:

Brownwood over Wimberley 27-25, 25-23, 19-25, 25-20

Fredericksburg over Dalhart 25-16, 21-25, 25-17, 18-25, 15-9 

Saturday Regional Final

Brownwood over Fredericksbug 26-24, 25-23, 25-19

Region IV-3A

Regional Tournament at NEISD Littleton Gym

Friday:

Columbus over Hondo 26-24, 25-8, 25-16

Bellville over Sinton 25-15, 25-13, 25-17

Saturday Regional Final

Bellville over Columbus 18-25, 24-26, 25-23, 25-21, 15-8

Region IV-2A

Regional Tournament at NEISD Littleton Gym

Friday:

Salado over George West 25-14, 25-16, 25-22

Brazos over Rogers 21-25, 25-16, 25-16, 25-21 

Saturday Regional Final

Brazos over Salado 21-25, 25-19, 21-25, 25-16, 15-9

Region IV-1A

Regional Tournament at Brenham

Friday:

Yorktown over Round Top-Carmine 23-25, 22-25, 25-19, 25-13, 16-14

Shiner over Leakey 17-25, 25-21, 25-15, 25-16

Saturday Regional Final

Shiner over Yorktown 25-14, 25-13, 25-21

UIL Volleyball Bidistrict Playoff Results (in bracket order)

Link to Area playoff schedule:
http://www.sasports.com/scoop/?p=887

Region IV-5A

Smithson Valley over Austin Bowie 25-14, 23-25, 25-20, 25-21

O’Connor over Judson 25-14, 25-12, 25-5

CC Carroll over Brandeis 26-24, 25-20, 25-21

Reagan over Pflugerville 25-19, 25-14, 25-14

Southwest over McAllen Memorial 25-22, 25-12, 25-22

Harlingen or Economedes vs. Los Fresnos, TBA

Edinburg over Brownsville Hanna 25-17, 25-16, 25-22

McAllen over Laredo United 29-27, 19-25, 25-13, 25-15

Churchill over Austin High 25-13, 25-16, 25-20

Warren over CC King 26-24, 25-22, 32-30

Clark over East Central 25-14, 26-28, 25-21, 29-31, 15-6

Austin Westlake over New Braunfels 25-16, 25-20, 16-25, 25-19

Laredo Alexander over McAllen Rowe 31-29, 25-23, 17-25, 25-16

Harlingen South over Brownsville Rivera 24-26, 25-19, 26-24, 25-11

Edinburg North over Brownsville Pace 14-25, 25-21, 25-22, 25-23

Eagle Pass vs. Mission Sharyland, TBA

Region IV-4A

Lake Travis over Austin Travis 25-13, 25-4, 25-13

Boerne Champion over Brackenridge 25-18, 25-14, 25-17

 
NB Canyon over Burbank 25-14, 25-12, 25-17
Canyon:
Kills:
Lark Miller - 12
Lisa Bingham - 6

Assists:
Sabrina Rodriguez - 15
Lisa Bingham - 11

Aces:
Brittani Hackfeld - 5
Catherine Van Horn, Becca Stark - 2

Digs:
Brittani Hackfeld - 16

Blocks:
Lisa Bingham - 3 
 

Dripping Springs over Marble Falls 25-18, 25-3, 25-9
DS: (32-9, 12-0)
Kills: Heller 6, Neely 6, and Porch 5
Assists: Crossland 19
Aces: Crossland 4, Greco 4, Neely 4, and Heller 2
Digs: Porch 9 and Chomout 5
Blocks: Brown 1.5, Chomout 1, Neely 1, and Heller 1

MF: (12-23, 3-7)
Kills: Persyn 5
Assists: Hacker 11
Aces: Lusinger 1
Digs: Lusinger 6 and Wellinghoff 6
Blocks: Hacker 1
 

Medina Valley over CC Ray 23-25, 23-25, 25-23, 25-14, 15-10

Edcouch-Elsa over Laredo Nixon 29-31, 25-18, 25-17, 25-18

 
Mission over Laredo Cigarroa 25-22, 25-23, 18-25, 25-13

CC Moody over Harlandale 25-21, 20-25, 25-17, 20-25, 15-11
 

Pflugerville Hendrickson over Austin McCallum 25-23, 25-23, 21-25, 25-19

Steele over Jefferson 25-9, 25-7, 25-14

Alamo Heights over Edison 25-12, 25-17, 25-8

Hutto over Austin LBJ 25-15, 25-11, 25-9
Hutto:
O’Shoney 9 kills, 2 blocks
Arroyo 25 assists
Sliva 5 aces
Meurer 5 digs
 

Uvalde over Rockport-Fulton 25-18, 23-25, 25-20, 23-25, 15-8

CC Flour Bluff over Roma 29-27, 19-25, 25-13, 25-15

 
Calallen over Veterans Memorial 25-16, 25-27, 20-25, 26-24, 15-12

Pleasanton over Beeville Jones 25-15, 25-18, 25-19

Region I-3A

District 8

Wimberley - Bye (will play Decatur in Area, TBA)

Fredericksburg over West 27-25, 25-19, 25-21
Fredericksburg stats: kills-Sara Robertson 19, assists-Cristin Herbort 42, digs-Lauren Pyka 24, aces-Robertson 2, blocks-Baleigh Schaetter 1.5

West stat: kills-Fabian 7, assists-Pavlas 9, digs-Dullock 10, aces-Anz 1, blocks-Fabian 2

Burnet vs. Gatesville, TBA

Region IV-3A

Columbus over Sweeny 25-19, 25-19, 25-16

Palacios - Bye

Cuero over Luling 25-16, 25-23, 25-18

Needville - Bye

Hondo  - Bye

32-3A 1st - Bye

Aransas Pass vs. Port Isabel, Tuesday 11/4 7:00 at Aransas Pass

Bye (no 30-3A champ)

La Grange vs. Wharton, Tuesday 11/4 7:00 at Sealy

La Vernia - Bye

Edna over Marion 25-14, 25-16, 25-19

Bellville - Bye

Devine  - Bye (Area vs. Sinton 11/6 7pm at Three Rivers)

Sinton - Bye

Falfurrias over La Feria 19-25, 25-21, 25-23, 25-22

Lytle - Bye

Region IV-2A

Salado over Weimar 24-26, 25-12, 25-14, 25-19

Poth - Bye

Nixon-Smiley over Blanco 25-8, 25-19, 22-25, 25-22
NS:
Arnold, L. - 5 aces, 3 digs, 14 kills, 3 blocks
Garcia, D. - 2 aces, 3 digs, 16 assists, 6 kills
Perez, K. - 2 aces, 9 digs, 2 kills, 2 blocks
Canada, T. - 1 ace, 7 digs, 1 assist, 22 kills, 5 blocks
Cagle, K. - 2 digs, 21 assists
Finch, M. - 2 aces, 8 digs, 1 assist, 2 kills
Rawls, K. - 1 dig
Team Serving Percentage:87%

Hallettsville - Bye

Boling vs. Banquete, TBA

Riviera-Kaufer - Bye

George West vs. Hebbronville, Tuesday 11/4 6:00 at Alice

Taft (TX) - Bye

Academy vs. Brazos, TBA

Harper - Bye

Navarro over Johnson City 25-13, 25-17, 25-20
Navarro Stats:
Kills–Noelle Kubenka 11
Assists–Kandace Newton 28
Aces–Sydawnie Douglass & Noelle Kubenka 2
Digs–Hannah Bonds, Baylie West, Noelle Kubenka 4
Blocks–Samantha Nichols 2.5

Rogers - Bye

Skidmore-Tynan over Tidehaven 25-20, 25-15, 25-19

Freer - Bye

Cotulla vs. Bishop, TBA

Industrial - Bye

Region IV-1A

Thorndale over Burton 25-23, 25-20, 21-25, 25-15

Brackett - Bye

 
Junction over La Pryor: 20-25, 22-25, 32-30, 25-21, 15-9
Junction:
Megan Murr: 15 Kills, 2 Aces, 13 Digs, 1 Assist, 1 Block
Molly Carpenter: 17 Kills, 4 Aces, 15 Digs, 2 Blocks
Kayley Eckert: 9 Kills, 2 Aces, 7 Digs
Jana Wiginton: 1 Kill, 1 Ace, 22 Digs
Hope Gipson: 3 Kills, 1 Ace, 9 Digs, 25 Assists
Kristin Smith: 6 Digs, 19 Assists
Morgan Wellmann: 3 Aces, 6 Digs
Mary Whitworth: 1 Kill, 2 Digs, 1 Block
Jessica Roper: 2 Digs 

Round Top-Carmine - Bye

Ganado over Flatonia 25-17, 25-21, 25-23

San Perlita - Bye

Bruni over La Villa 25-15, 25-11, 25-11

Yorktown - Bye 

Fayetteville over Holland 25-17, 25-19, 20-25, 25-14

Leakey - Bye

Medina over D’Hanis 19-25, 25-16, 25-20, 25-11
Medina Stats:
Kills: Callie duPerier 12, Leianna Rich 8, Kelsey Clark 4, Courteney Morris 1, Brooke Ortiz 1, Renee Mazurek 1
Assists: Courteney Morris 18, Renee Mazurek 4
Blocks: Brooke Ortiz 1, Kelsey Clark 1
Digs: Lauren Gemma 10, Courteney Morris 4, Leianna Rich 3, Renee Mazurek 2, Callie duPerier 2, Kendall Richardson 1
Aces: Leianna Rich 5, Lauren Gemma 3, Kendall Richardson 3, Courteney Morris 2, Callie duPerier 2
100% Serving: Callie duPerier 23/23, Ashley Heinen 2/2

Granger - Bye

Louise over Prairie Lea 20-25, 25-15, 25-10, 25-10

Kingsville Academy - Bye

Ben Bolt over Santa Maria 25-20, 25-23, 25-21

Shiner - Bye