Posted 3:01 am Sunday, November 15, 2009
White Oak, Normangee Advance; Quitman Falls
White Oak and Normangee both advanced to the state volleyball tournament with wins in their respective regional finals Saturday at UT Tyler's Herrington Patriot Center.
White Oak (44-0) kept its perfect season in tact with a 25-20, 25-13, 25-23 win over Centerville (41-3) in the Class 2A Region III championship.
Normangee (31-10) outlasted Iola (31-8) in five games, 13-25, 25-18, 21-25, 25-16, 15-13, to claim the Class 1A Region III championship.
White Oak will be looking to improve on last year's state appearance, when ended in the semifinals.
Normangee will be trying to go the distance after knocking off defending state champion Iola.
The Class 1A state tournament has semifinal matches slated for 9 a.m. and 11 a.m., with 3A semifinal matches following at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. on Friday at Strahan Coliseum in San Marcos.
Aubrey 3, Quitman 2
GARLAND -- Quitman's run in the volleyball playoffs came to end on Saturday.
GARLAND -- Quitman's run in the volleyball playoffs came to end on Saturday.
Aubrey outlasted the Lady Bulldogs in five games, 15-25, 25-22, 25-22, 14-25, 15-12, in the Class 2A Region II final at the Garland Special Events Center.
Quitman (37-7) was attempted to make its eighth state tournament in school history, but fell short. It was the Lady Bulldogs' first loss since a loss to Carthage in the White Oak tournament back on Sept. 5.
"It was a great match," said coach Keith Guyon. "We outscored them 106-93, but they won the close games. When we played well, we really played well and dominated."
Abbey Delp led the way 20 kills and 19 digs. Katlyn Taylor added 53 assists and six digs.
Other standouts for Quitman were Kim Johnson (13 kills, 21 digs), Candace Rushing (13 kills, 29 digs), Molli Taylor (12 kills, 21 digs), Lisa Frauenberger (10 digs, one ace) and Destiny Biggs (four kills, five blocks).
"I'm extremely proud of them," Guyon said. "This bunch finished with the second most wins in school history. When you're that close to the state tournament, and you come up short, it's tough, especially for our four seniors.
"But, they're going to look back and realize they had a wonderful year and have nothing to hang their heads about."
Quitman graduates Delp, Katlyn Taylor, Rushing and Johnson.
