Steven Avery

18 minutes ago, Pkvalt said:

Yes, our new coach is GCM’s coach’s sister. Twins I believe.

 

Coach of the year and MVP should absolutely go to 1st place team. The rest should be based on individual numbers in my opinion. 

Classic! You think she wont be colluding with her sister? That puts the 3 GC schools together with Crosby controlling 4 spots, BH is stuck in the middle, PNG and Nederland pair up and PAM is just there to take the best offer.

 

Goose Creek has no business being the lead for the district. The Sterling coach specifically who has already shown a lack of self awareness after somehow getting enough coaches to vote herself as co coach of the year!  LOL

Reading back over this thread as the new season starts.

It appears to me someone needs to hold the Goose Creek AD accountable for letting his coaches collude to get awards when the results weren't there. No way Sterling should have shared in any of the MVP or Coaching awards getting blown out by BH twice. 

If the Sterling coach is the lead, is probably friends with the other Goose Creek coaches, not to mention I heard the new Crosby coach is a relative to the GCM Coach that is some major binds that can swing votes. And of course the one thing they have in common is they hate BH.  The Nederland coach going over to PNG may actually hurt their players and allow Nederland to get more players in the running. I am sure the PA coach just does whatever or doesn't even vote. 

Division 5A – District 17

Barbers Hill

Barbers Hill from Mt. Belvieu were dominant in the district last season, finishing in first place with 13 wins and just one loss, and made a solid playoff run, stopping only in the regional quarterfinals. The Lady Eagles lost their two main scorers from last season, middle Avery Wilks and outside hitter Jacie Meredith, who graduated, but still have more than enough senior talent to be a force in the division again with setter Peyton Fadal

 calling the shots, middles Chloe Morgan

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 dominating the net, right site Peyton Spahn

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 scoring points, pin hitters Malia Martinez and Aemilie Broussard getting the job done and libero Mia Rivers

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 handling the backcourt duties.

Crosby

Crosby made it to the playoffs last season after they got fourth place in the district with a campaign of eight wins and six losses, but couldn’t get past the bi-district round. The team will certainly miss the absence of the graduating Ashley Anderson (setter), Victoria Grace (middle), Carli Brogan (libero) and Shyla White (outside hitter), but there’s still some interesting talent in the Lady Cougars roster, most notably with junior outside hitter Kate Valt

 , sophomore middle blocker/right side Kylie Green, senior setter Bell Land and senior middle blocker Emma Hattaway.

Goose Creek Memorial

Goose Creek Memorial from Baytown ended up missing the playoffs last season as their district campaign of six wins and eight losses was only good enough to get them in fifth place. Graduation has taken two key pieces from last year’s team in setter Rylee Buchanan and middle blocker Christian Stringer, but the Patriots still have one of the best players in the district in junior middle Sanaa Donaie , who recently committed to Louisiana State. Other key players for Goose Creek Memorial will be senior middle Shyla Houston, senior outside hitter Aracely Nunez and senior libero Carmen Cervantes.

Lee

With just two wins in 14 matches and a seventh-place finish last season, Baytown Lee will be looking to improve in 2023. The good news for the Lady Ganders is that outside of setter Kandace Waller, no other major contributors from their last campaign graduated. Two of the team’s standouts last season, junior middle blocker Christian Duncan and senior outside hitter Makenzy Moore will have the responsibility of leading Lee to a better season this time.

Nederland

Nederland battled at the top of the district last season, ranking third with 11 victories and just three defeats and handing Barbers Hills their only upset – their postseason run didn’t last long, though, ending in the bi-district round. The Lady Dogs will have a lot of work to do if they want to remain among the best after the team’s three All-District First-Team selections – setter Audrey Johnson, middle Ava Whitehead and libero Ava Wiltz – all graduated. Leading Nederland this season will be senior outside hitter Kamryn Smith, junior outside hitter Naysa Arnold, junior libero Uriah Buckley and junior middle blocker Ava Patrizi

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Port Arthur Memorial

After a winless campaign of 14 losses last season, Port Arthur Memorial can only go up this year. Some important seniors are no longer with the team, such as Ava Williams, Charnel Jones, Jariyah Botley and Lily Pham. Junior setter Amisti Ford, senior libero Dekarra Anderson, senior outside hitter Rayven Martin and junior middle Gin’Nyah Robertson should be a big part of the team in 2023.

Port Neches-Groves

Port Neches-Groves had good moments last season, but still didn’t do well enough to make it to the postseason, finishing district play in sixth place with four victories and nine losses. Much of the squad will be back to try and improve this time around, with the most significant change happening at setter, where Payton Metts graduated. The core of the team should have junior right side Blakely Burks joining seniors Addison Bost (outside hitter), Karleigh Gil (outside hitter), Allie Wright (libero), Kennedy McGlory (middle) and Mallori Moreno (middle).

Sterling

Sterling from Baytown was the second-best team in the district last season with 11 wins and three losses and won one playoff match before going down in the area round. There will be significant departures for the team to deal with as setter Ashley Aguilar and middle blocker Tanishua Joseph both graduating, but the Rangers will be ready to compete again. The team will get a lot of stability from their senior core of libero Briana Galvan and outside hitters Katy Barger

 and Bailee Payne and there are other seniors who could give the next step, such as outside hitter Briana Bentancourth and setter Kennedy Birdsell.

On 6/22/2023 at 2:58 PM, Cougar14.2 said:

Parents can't sabotage a coach, especially "before they ever get started". I was being facetious when I said he was 60, that was to highlight he's by far the oldest coach Crosby has initially hired in my 25+ years following the program. We don't have a prim and proper community like Cedar Park or Colleyville so you have to be able to deal with the BS as just part of your job at Crosby.

I didn't want him because he wasn't going to move the needle participation wise and what do you know, rates have dropped even more and kids have transferred out so I was dead on in that assessment. I just talked to him for about an hour to see if I could clean PAPF and I told him I don't think Crosby will make the playoffs or be very successful in the offensive system he runs.

Instead of getting through that we sat in his office and he broke down film of Coastal Carolina vs BYU to show how Crosby would operate against fronts like CE King, talked through recruiting contacts and set up a meeting with my son about trying to get him to stay. I'm not against everything but I've been doing this for a long time and know what good football is supposed to look like. Meanwhile, we haven't run a single offensive play this Summer. I'm sure you know a lot more than me about what goes on at Crosby and I thank you for your concern about the program. 

North Shore? Or maybe BH lol

For 5A

I expect Friendswood based on the level of club players zone to them to be the next thorn in BH's side to get past the 3rd round.  Manvel will still be solid but my guess will be second place in that district. 

BH lost two srs off last years team with one being a D1 middle. They still have two D1 commits(MB and S) and loads of high level club experience with the rest of the Sr class.  

Huffman was pretty young but seems like they lost some key Srs too but should still expected to be strong. I believe the Libero had ACL surgery and most likely will not be back for high school season. 

Sterling lost a D1 middle and a juco setter so that will hurt but return a D1 OH.  They should be in the playoff mix.

Crosby has some pieces but without a coach/new coach not sure what to think about them. 

GCM won summer league but primarily played other schools JV teams so not sure what they really have.

What about PNG and Nederland? 

On 11/22/2022 at 4:02 PM, Pkvalt said:

That’s crazy and it’s exactly why their players didn’t get any of the top awards. They didn’t have any stand out players that I can remember like other teams did and without the stats there, they get overlooked. Sad. What are they looking at other than stats for these awards then?

Good question and I have no idea. I do find it interesting the Sterling coach is the "lead" for the district and the Goose Creek ISD AD is the lead for the district in all sports. Sounds like to me Goose Creek has too much say in how things are done including awards. 

On 11/22/2022 at 11:10 AM, bullets13 said:

I think we’re far enough into the season with enough results to say that HJ is still clearly better than BH.  
 

HJ is 7-2 with an OT loss to #11 9-0 6A Cinco Ranch, and a 6 point loss to #3 10-1 6A Summer Creek, a state semifinalist last year.  

BH is 9-5 with losses to #24 Judson (who HJ beat), West Brook, Cy Ranch, #19 Houston Memorial, and San Antonio Johnson.  All 6A schools, but West Brook is 9-5, Memorial 7-6, and Johnson 5-4.  Memorial beat them by 30.

I don't disagree. From what I have seen I have been very disappointed in BH. With the the players they have to work with they should be playing much much better.  Not sure what is going on in practice but they have way too many pieces out of sync. 

 

The Baytown Sun posted these this weekend:

 

 

 

Not sure how a team that finished 2nd and was dominated in both matchups with the 1st place team ended up with two major awards, how the 3rd place team was shutout completely but yet the distant 4th place team got two awards? Seems like some major collusion between the 2nd place and the 4th place team. Had the 2nd place team Sterling beaten BH one time I could see sharing some coach and player awards but BH dominated 6-0 in sets in those two losses. 

On 11/11/2022 at 12:06 PM, $$Buckets$$ said:

They are two different types of guards. By floor general I mean a pass first guard who can score, in the times I've seen Carter she has been a score first guard who can pass.  Different systems tho, but I give the edge to Sneed because of defense.  Would be fun to watch! 

They lost to West Brook?  West Brook has a senior guard who is signed to play at Lamar, I wonder how that matchup went? 

Eh I dont know. Depends on who is on the floor with Carter, if she is with others than can score she can dish it out, if she is the primary scorer she will score. Defense is a toss up as well. It is really a shame this game did not happen. 

27 minutes ago, $$Buckets$$ said:

I respect your opinion but please keep in mind that Sneed is only a junior and the PG at BH is a senior.  Sneed has the higher ceiling imo and a much better and proven defender.  Sneed is a true floor general not a "volume shooting" PG.  A shame that BH coach called off the game tho, so we wont be able to see that matchup.  A matchup that I think HJ wins easily, they have much more.

What does floor general mean? Dalanna can score and is quick as bug but she can distribute the ball just as well. 

 

I agree with you though, BH coach is a coward to call off the game to play Iowa Colony who they beat by 40 points. I also wonder why he will not post game stats. 

I did see they lost to West Brook, did anyone catch this game? 

2 hours ago, Separation Scientist said:

Would those all be on Tuesday? 

Yes all Tuesday that I believe

2 hours ago, ThaGhost said:

Like MBG said, he played for BC you football and the won a superbowl here in PA. 

How long has he been at BH? Since at least 7th grade that I know of. 

BH vs Galveston Ball 6pm at Lee College

Sterling vs Santa Fe 6pm at Clear Lake HS

Nederland vs Friendswood 7pm at GCM

Manvel vs Crosby 5:30pm at Sam Rayburn HS

On 10/26/2022 at 1:12 PM, KF89 said:

Not understanding this explaining & excuses from BH fans over a post giving Nederland team & coaches positive credit on a win over #1 BH? Not arguing anything or with anyone? BH is a top Houston area program that is hard to beat, with quality depth every year. Maybe you believe BH backups are not that good, but imo they are solid players with great skills capable of beating good teams. The only facts that matter in the books is #3 seed Nederland beat #1 seed & #1 state ranked 5A BH last night in a vball match. I hope the BH starters that were sick get well & the BH team takes things serious since it won't be meaningless in the playoffs. 

Like I said before Best Wishes to a great BH team on a successful playoff run & possible state title. 

Mike Hiltz

 

@KF89High school volleyball publication prep dig wrote a recap on the game and captured the significance of the absences while also giving Nederland credit. I don't see that as an excuse like you worded it but it is relevant to the story. I see you are a baseball guy Mike so, if you lost your starting pitcher, catcher and SS the day before a playoff game , I would think you would agree that the team you put on the field was not the same. The facts and data points that I listed point out the the reality of the situation had BH been fully healthy. It doesn't mean the backups aren't "good"  or wont be good potentially in the future but it is not a one for one substitution. Again had it been 1 absence ok, but 3 the day before is pretty extreme to be ignored or to be prepared for. I hope none of the playoff teams have to deal with sickness like that but I think it will be a factor into the playoffs as my understanding is it (Flu and Strep Throat) is hitting all area high schools hard.   BH had to cancel their playoff warmup game last night for the same reasons.

With that said, the playoff matches are set. Good luck to both teams as they attempt to represent the district well.

BH vs Galveston Ball 6pm at Lee College

Sterling vs Santa Fe 6pm at Clear Lake HS

Nederland vs Friendswood 7pm at GCM

Manvel vs Crosby 5:30pm at Sam Rayburn HS

Full Article link 

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I figured they would just cancel the underclassmen if they flipped and there is any weather. 

Just the facts here from looking at maxpreps:

When they played the first time at full strength -BH won 25-12, 25-15, 25-14.  A Blowout in volleyball.

BH had not lost a set in two years in district and only one time this year had anyone scored over 20 in a one set.

BH had not lost since playing in a tournament to a top 10 6A school in August. 

BH has only lost to one 5A team in the last two years before yesterday and that was to the state final 4 Manvel team last year.

Yesterdays game had no bearing on seeding for playoffs with all teams locked into their positions which in effect made it meaningless.

BH was without their starting setter/QB, a starting MH and a starting OH. Had the season been on the line, would these players have played? Maybe, but it wasn't.

Last night, out of the blue and against all statistical data they lose 3 out of 4 sets trying to fill those gaps on a last minute basis.

Sets 1 and 4 were decided with extra points meaning they could have gone either way. 

I'm going to go out on a limb and say missing the starters was the difference lol. 

One can argue many different things but those are the facts.

 

Can they even move it to Thursday ? Like switch the JV and Fresh to friday? 

2 hours ago, Socrates said:

He probably just doesn't think it helps Crosby to have a weekly injury report on here.

Or he doesnt want to face the music after crowing all summer long. He certainly has had no problem talking in the past when Crosby was winning. 

Who all is injured? 

 

And where is the mouth of the south spokesman for team Crosby at?  Was he banned? 

 

I see Iowa Colony on Nov 8th, looks like the 5th is still open?

 

and I guess BH just threw in the towel on hosting the big Christmas tournament? Geez 

10 hours ago, coachfogo said:

yes. I believe they are playing Iowa Colony or Manvel instead.

Well it better be Manvel.  Regardless there was probably other games to drop besides that one, kind of a bs move if true. 

20 hours ago, 5GallonBucket said:

Are they worse?  Sometimes a great player can hold a team back……not necessarily saying this is the case but…

I hear you but you dont replace a player like that and get better as a team. I agree with what bullets said. 

nm double post