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ROAD TO STATE: THE UIL CLASS 4A VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFF BRACKET PROJECTIONS ARE HERE! 🏐🔥
The road to a Texas high school volleyball state championship is coming into focus, and Class 4A is shaping up to deliver some outstanding postseason matchups!
With separate D1 and D2 brackets, teams across West Texas are preparing for what promises to be an exciting playoff run. District championships, playoff seeding, and a few final postseason spots are still being settled, but we are already getting a look at some potential showdowns that could make this year's playoff
Steven Liles
3 days ago
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ROAD TO STATE: THE UIL CLASS 4A VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFF BRACKET PROJECTIONS ARE HERE! 🏐🔥
The road to a Texas high school volleyball state championship is coming into focus, and Class 4A is shaping up to deliver some outstanding postseason matchups!
With separate D1 and D2 brackets, teams across West Texas are preparing for what promises to be an exciting playoff run. District championships, playoff seeding, and a few final postseason spots are still being settled, but we are already getting a look at some potential showdowns that could make this year's playoff
Steven Liles
3 days ago3 min read
THE CHANGING OF THE GUARD? NEW HOME'S RISE COULD RESHAPE DISTRICT 3-2A VOLLEYBALL
Presley Smith attacks for the Lady Leopards. (Steven Liles for Sideline Sports) Tuesday night's matchup between New Home and Plains offered a glimpse of what the future of District 3-2A volleyball could look like. Sometimes you watch a high school sporting event and realize the story unfolding in front of you is much bigger than the final score. Looking back through my photos from Tuesday night's matchup between the New Home Lady Leopards and the Plains Cowgirls, I couldn'
Steven Liles
Oct 95 min read
DISTRICT RACES HEAT UP, HISTORY IS MADE AND 3-5A DELIVERS AGAIN! 🏐🔥
Another loaded weekend of volleyball across West Texas brought big matches, big milestones and plenty of movement in the district races. District 3-5A was once again front and center as Tascosa went on the road and swept Lubbock Cooper to remain atop the district race, Amarillo High kept pace with a dominant sweep of Monterey, and Frenship took care of Coronado in straight sets. Frenship Memorial also rallied past Lubbock High in four on a special Pink Out night that raised m
Steven Liles
Oct 58 min read
WILD WEATHER, BIG MATCHUPS AND A TWO DAY TUESDAY NIGHT ACROSS WEST TEXAS! 🏐⛈️🔥
Tuesday night volleyball stretched all the way into Wednesday across the Texas Panhandle after severe weather rolled through Amarillo, bringing shelter in place warnings and forcing multiple matches to be suspended before they could be completed. Teams left gyms Tuesday night not knowing exactly when they would finish, then returned Wednesday to pick up right where they left off. And there was plenty happening on the court too. The Tigers won the Battle of Frenship, Tascosa a
Steven Liles
Oct 110 min read
900 WINS, FIVE SET THRILLERS AND DISTRICT RACES HEATING UP ACROSS WEST TEXAS! 🏐🔥
Another busy weekend of volleyball across West Texas delivered a little bit of everything, but the biggest milestone belonged to Bushland head coach Jason Culpepper, who picked up career win No. 900 as the Lady Falcons swept Dalhart. Lubbock Cooper survived a five set road battle at Frenship Memorial, Childress outlasted Idalou in five, while Tascosa, Amarillo High, Randall, Canyon and West Plains continued to make their moves in district play.
Steven Liles
Sep 286 min read
JOY IS A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: LCU VOLLEYBALL IS FINDING ITS IDENTITY
LCU celebrates together. (Steven Liles for Sideline Sports) We could talk about the wins. We could talk about the career highs, the milestones or the fact that Lubbock Christian finally got to play volleyball in front of its home crowd after opening the season with 12 straight matches away from home. We could talk about a 3-1 win over St. Mary’s on Friday night followed by a 3-0 sweep of St. Edward’s on Saturday afternoon. We could talk about the Lady Chaps climbing bac
Steven Liles
Sep 274 min read
HISTORY IN AMARILLO HEADLINES A LOADED TUESDAY NIGHT ACROSS WEST TEXAS 🏐🔥
The biggest story of the night came in Amarillo, where Tascosa knocked off Amarillo High for the first time since 2010, ending a drought that stretched more than 15 years and shaking up the District 3-5A race. But there was plenty more happening across West Texas. Frenship Memorial swept Monterey in a big Lubbock matchup, Lubbock Cooper closed out the first half of district play at 7-2, West Plains swept Hereford, Canyon answered after dropping the opening set against Dumas,
Steven Liles
Sep 238 min read
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