Season Ends for Lady Cat Volleyball; Freshmen Team Ends District 10-0
Texas High 3, Lady Cats Volleyball 0 Season Over (For of all sad words of tongue and pen, the saddest are these “It Might Have Been” John Greenleaf Whittier) A promising Lady Cats’ volleyball season came to an earlier than expected end as the Lady Cats closed district play with a 3-0 loss at Texas High Tuesday night. The Lady Cats actually wound up district play in a fourth place tie with Greenville. Both had 4-6 district...
Lady Cats Defeat Mt Pleasant 3-0 Friday
The Lady Cats’ volleyball team took care of business and defeated Mount Pleasant soundly, 3-0 Friday and are now locked in a three-way tie for third place in the district. The Lady Cats topped the Lady Tigers, 25-7, 25-22 and 25-7. The Lady Cats, with a 4-5 record in district play are now tied in the district standings with Royse City and Greenville. The Lady Cats wrap up district play at Texas High next Tuesday night. Royse...
Lady Cats Remain in Playoff Hunt; District Standings
Lady Cats Volleyball Coach Justin Maness was unavailable for an interview Wednesday(October 17) because he was tending to family matters. Coach Maness did provide statistics from the Lady Cats heart breaking 3-2 loss at Greenville Tuesday (October 16) night. Autumn Tanton led the Lady Cats with 20 kills. Madi Vickery had 9, Sadie Washburn had 8 Lexi Whisenhunt had 5 and Sydney Washburn had 4. Whisenhunt had a team high 28 assists and...
Team Effort Enables Lady Cats Defeat of Royse City
For the third straight district match in Wildcat Gym, the Lady Cats’ volleyball team went into a fifth set with their opponent Tuesday night (October 9). After losses in the first two, the Lady Cats had one go their way against Royse City Tuesday night. The Lady Cats won 3-2 over the Lady Bulldogs. The score was 25-21, 15-25, 23-25, 25-21 and 15-11. Big games by several Lady Cats put them over the top. Autumn Tanton had her...
Lady Cats Defeat Mt Pleasant to Enter District Win Column
The Lady Cats’ volleyball team broke into the district win column in a big way with a commanding 3-0 win at Mount Pleasant Tuesday evening (October 2). The score was 25-12, 25-15 and 25-12. Lexi Whisenhunt The Lady Cats got off to a strong start right away. The Lady Cats jumped out to a 7-0 lead in the first set. Six of the points came after Lexi Whisenhunt serves. The Lady Cats built an eleven point lead at 14-3 and 22-11. The...
Lady Cats Lose to Greenville in Fifth Set
The Lady Cats’ volleyball team has now opened district play with three straight losses. They had hoped the sight of the home court would turn things around after two road losses but a good Greenville Lady Lions’ team had other ideas Friday (Sepotember 28) in Wildcat Gym. The Lady Lions captured a fifth set, 15-7 to take the match, 3-2. The Lady Cats got off to a good start and took set one, 25-22. Greenville bounced back...
Coach Maness on Lady Cats 3-1 Volleyball Loss at Lindale Tuesday Night
Lady Cats Volleyball Coach Justin Maness commented on the Lady Cats 3-1 loss at Lindale Tuesday (September 25) night. The loss gives the Lady Cats are 0-2 district mark after opening with two road matches. The Lady Cats, ranked #25 in the Texas Girls Coaches Association Poll, have a season mark now of 24-9. Coach Maness said he saw a lot more effort from the Lady Cats against Lindale than he did in the game at Royse City last Friday...
Lady Cats Defeat Pleasant Grove, Lose to Pleasant Grove in Back-to-Back Games
Due to some accidental overbooking, the Lady Cats’ volleyball team managed a grueling five set victory over Pleasant Grove, 3-2 and then ran out of gas in a 3-0 loss to a very good and fresh Nevada Community team at Wildcat Gym Tuesday (September 18). Against the Lady Hawks, every set was contested. The Lady Cats took set one, 25-22. Pleasant Grove won the next two sets, 25-21 and 26-24. Set three was one the Lady Cats let slip...
Lady Cats Defeat Edgewood 3-1
Apparently if you want to get your volleyball opponents total focus and attention, really clobber them in the first set. The latest case in point occurred Tuesday against Edgewood in Wildcat Gym. The Lady Cats did just about everything right in set one in a 25-6 victory. After that Edgewood refocused and battled the Lady Cats the rest of the night. Madi Vickery Edgewood came back to win set two, 25-20. The Lady Bulldogs led for most...
Lady Cats Lose at Wylie East
More frustration for the Lady Cats’ volleyball team from Wylie East Friday. The Lady Raiders defeated the Lady Cats, 3-0 at Wylie East. The score was 21-25, 19-25 and 17-25. Lady Cats Coach Justin Maness called it a good overall match. He said it was well fought until the middle of the third set. This was a rematch of a bi-district contest last Halloween in Royse City that Wylie East also won in straight sets. In stats from...
