Just A Little Rusty...

After an entire week off from volleyball, the Junior Longhorns were a little rusty but managed a split on Monday night that saw them defeat Booth B and then fall to Booth A. It was Laura Kirby's first time touching a ball in almost two weeks after her surgery and Eliana Tiller was able to play after injuring her shoulder in practice over a week ago.

Stats from both games:

Amalie Alvarez: 5 aces, 26 sets, 2 kills
Savannah Corr: 1 ace, 1 dig
Laura Kirby: 3 aces, 2 attacks, 3 digs
Brittany Stocus: 6 aces, 11 attacks, 4 kills, 2 digs, 2 blocks
Eliana Tiller: 3 aces, 12 digs
Julie Edwards: 2 aces, 2 attacks, 2 digs
Ashley Jones: 4 aces, 4 attacks, 6 digs, 2 blocks
Kelsey Lowman: 1 ace, 3 attacks, 2 kills, 2 digs
Gina Hogan: 1 dig
Alexis Vasquez: 3 digs

The girls have practice tonight (Tuesday) from 6-8 pm before they travel to Kennesaw Mountain to take on Kennesaw Mountain at 5:30 and Woodstock at 6:30. Please have the girls there by 5!

Matches On Monday Sept. 28th

After a week off, the Junior Longhorns have two matches scheduled for Monday Sept. 28th at Kell HS. The girls will be playing Booth A and Booth B.

The games are at 6:30 and 7:30 so please be there by 6 and ready to go! We will need the whole 1/2 hour to warm up since we haven't played in a week! Bring all of your jerseys but plan on wearing the black ones!

RAINED OUT!

Practice on Monday and games on Tuesday are canceled due to this crazy weather!

Everyone be safe and check the website for further information!

Sweet Sweep! Longhorns Move To 9-6

It was a rough couple of days of practice with injuries and illnesses. Heading into the matches, the Longhorns were down an outside hitter (Laura), a libero (Eliana) and a defensive specialist (Alexis), but the girls played soooo hard and hustled so much to defeat Lassiter B and Walton B on Thursday night. Here are some stats on the matches:

Amalie Alvarez: 15 aces, 24 sets
Savannah Corr: 5 digs, 3 aces, 2 kills
Julie Edwards: 4 digs, 7 aces, 1 kill
Gina Hogan: 4 digs, 1 kill
Ashley Jones: 7 digs, 6 aces, 3 kills
Kelsey Lowman: 5 digs
Brittany Stocus: 3 digs, 9 aces, 10 kills

GREAT JOB LADIES!!

This Saturday the girls will go to Kennesaw State to watch the Owls volleyball match at 3:00 pm. The girls will get to watch the match, meet the team afterwards and get some autographs! Parents if you would like to come please email me ASAP and let me know so I can put you on the list!

Practice for Monday will be from 5:15-7:15 so the girls can scrimmage the Kell JV!

Another Split For Kell Juniors

The Junior Longhorns had their first home match of the season on Thursday night, falling to Walton B in two sets but defeating Sprayberry in two sets. Without middle Brittany Stocus there, Savannah Corr stepped in as middle and did an excellent job with the transition. Here are some statistics from the night:

Amalie Alvarez: 19 sets
Savannah Corr: 4 kills, 5 digs
Julie Edwards: 1 ace, 4 digs
Gina Hogan: 4 digs
Ashley Jones: 4 aces, 5 kills, 12 digs
Laura Kirby: 2 aces, 1 kill, 6 digs
Kelsey Lowman: 1 ace, 7 digs
Eliana Tiller: 4 aces, 10 digs
Alexis Vasquez: 7 digs

Monday's match against Walton B has been canceled so the girls will get the night off. Practice will resume on Tuesday and Wednesday night followed by a match at Lassiter on Thursday.

We are going to change things up a little bit at practice, which will hopefully get the girls spirits back up! Enjoy your weekend!

Longhorns Split at Pope Tri-Match

The Longhorns split at the Pope Tri-Match on Tuesday night, falling to Walker A in the first match but defeating the home team, Pope, in the nightcap. The girls looked a little dazed and confused in the first game and didn't really seem to know what was going on (much to my dismay). But, they rebounded in game two and played very strong defense. The MVP of the night was definitely Brittany "The Vulcher" Stocus, who was a terror at the net, picking up five blocks in the two matches. Eliana Tiller tore up the court with her serves, tallying 12 aces.

Here are other statistics from the night:
Amalie Alvarez: 22 set attempts, 3 aces
Savannah Corr: 2 aces, 4 digs
Julie Edwards: 3 digs
Gina Hogan: 5 digs
Ashley Jones: 17 digs, 5 kills, 2 aces
Laura Kirby: 8 digs, 4 aces
Kelsey Lowman: 8 sets
Brittany Stocus: 5 blocks, 8 kills
Eliana Tiller: 18 digs, 12 aces
Alexis Vasquez: 8 digs

The girls next match is their first home match of the season! They will get their chance at revenge when they take on Walton A at 6:00 pm then play Sprayberry at 8:00 pm. on Thursday night at Kell High School!

Parents: We will need volunteers to work the tables for our matches and also line judge! Don't be shy!

Thursday Night (9-3-09) Practice Cancelled!

Since most of the girls on the team are sick and I do not want to get the remaining girls sick, practice for Thursday, Sept. 3 is cancelled. I hope everyone relaxes over the weekend and feels better!

Don't forget we have a match on Tuesday night at Pope HS. We play Walton at 6:30 pm and Pope at 7:30. Hope the girls are refreshed and ready to play by then.

Have a great labor day weekend!

Longhorns Go 2-0 at Lassiter Tri-Match

The Longhorns had a fantastic outing at the Lassiter tri-match on Monday night, defeating North Cobb in three sets (23-25, 25-20, 15-12) and beating rival Lassiter in two sets (25-20, 25-21).

Statistics from the day:
Ashley Jones: 14 aces, 16 kills, 3 blocks, 10 digs
Laura Kirby: 6 aces, 4 digs
Eliana Tiller: 8 aces, 20 digs
Brittany Stocus: 3 aces, 11 kills, 3 blocks
Amalie Alvarez: 3 aces, 33 sets, 6 digs
Julie Edwards: 8 digs
Savannah Corr: 7 digs, 2 kills
Alexis Vasquez: 5 digs
Kelsey Lowman: 3 digs

Tonight the girls will watch the Kell Varsity team play at 7:00 pm and will have practice from 6-8 pm on Wednesday and Thursday.

The next match is Tuesday, Sept. 8 when they travel to Pope to play a tri-match with Walton beginning at 6:30 pm.