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LHJS Lady Badgers VS Lady Hawks

Anyone up for some fried chicken?
Last night the 8^th grade volleyball teams fried up the Lady Hawks in their season opener. 
The 8^th grade “B” team came out strong in the first match but gave up a lost by two.  In the second match, the girls were out for revenge and beat the Lady Hawks with a solid win.  The scores were 20-18 and 11-20.  High Point servers for the night were Jeanna Breseman with 10 points and Sierra Rodriguez with 7 points.  Great Job Ladies!!!

Sept.11, 2007
I hear it is bird season and the Lady Badgers got their limit last night in Riviera.
Congratulations go out to the 7th grade girls volleyball team on their win.
The "B" team split the match with one win and one lose. Serving aces (an untouched serve) were Amy Alvarado, Candi Jimenez, and Miranda Puente. Hustle awards go to Barbara Escobar and Bianca Alvarez.
The 7th grade "A" team won their match in three games. Serving aces were Erica Cavazos, Tessa Miller, Lindsey Roy, Victoria Ramirez, and Rina Rivera. Hustle awards go to Cyssi Garcia and Bianca Reyna. We had our first KILL (an untouched spike) of the season. The kill came from Crystal Zamora. Way to go ladies!
We will play our next matches on Monday, September 17th. Try to come out and support your team as we take on the Lady Bullpups of Banquete.

LHJS Lady Badgers VS Lady Bullpups

September 18, 2007
Have you ever been to a dog pound?  Have you ever seen the sad eyes of the dogs and puppies looking at you through their kennels?  Monday night the Lady Badgers faced the sad eyes of the Banquete Bullpups through the cage inspired net of the volleyball court.
The 7^th grade girls won their match in two games.  The scores were 26 – 24 and 25 – 14.  Serving as captains last night were Elora Hubbs and Kassie Gunter.  Serving aces were Erica Cavazos and Tessa Miller.  Lindsey Roy took the hot spot and came in off the bench to save the first game by serving the last 5 points.  The Hustle Awards go to Bianca Reyna and Cyssi Garcia.
The rest of the 7^th grade crew played our 8^th graders in a two game match.  We came up short on the score, but found places we need to work on.  Larisa Fernandez got her first KILL of the season.  The Hustle Awards go to Amy Alvarado and Anna Lisa Espinosa.  For the 8^th graders all of the girls worked very hard to come out on top.  Top servers were Rebecca Sanchez, Stacey Rendon and Sierra Rodriguez.  GREAT JOB GIRLS!!!!
The 8 “B” team easily “kenneled the bullpups” last night.  The girls won in 2 games with scores of 20-13 and 20-9.  Larissa Guerra served up 8 aces, Jeanna Breseman and Katie Mechell both served one ace.  We had one “kill” for the night and it went to Alex Martinez.
The 8 “A” team fought very hard to win both games.  The girls won in 2 with scores of 25-20, 25-20.  The girls all played as a team to come out victorious.  Coralie Saenz served up 5 ace serves, Leslyn Baker had 4 aces and Mari Barrera and Celina Pecos both served up one ace.  There were two kills and they both go to Leslyn Baker.
Good Job Ladies! “Way to Kennel those Lady Bullpups!!”  Next Monday we have a bye or an open date on our calendar. 

October 8, 2007
Have you ever been in a gym full of Cowgirls and Indians or Buckaroos and Longhorns or Birds and Bees or Dogs?  This past Saturday the JH volleyball team spent all day in Hebbronville with all of them at our District Volleyball Tournament.
The 7^th grade “B” team took second place.  We had a “bye” or an automatic win the first round; we defeated the Seahawks in the second round in two games, and lost to the Cowgirls from Premont in the finals.  The girls will face Premont again this evening and our plans are to tie them up with a BIG win.
The 7^th grade “A” team took second place also.  In the first round we beat the Seahawks in three games, in the second round we beat Premont in two games, and in the finals we lost a close game to Ricardo.  We will face Ricardo next week at their home gym – this will be a GREAT game to come out and watch.
Everyone looked good at the tournament.  Our serves were on target, we had great passes to the setters, we had some nice sets, and several “spikes” or hard one-handed hits.  We had five solid kills or spikes that ended the point.
The 8^th grade teams also participated at the tournament.
The 8^th grade “B” team brought home the first place position.  They easily sailed through 3 different matches to defeat Ricardo, Premont, and Hebbronville.  They face off again against Premont tonight in hope of not one win against the Lady Cowgirls but 2. Great Job Ladies!!!!!
The 8^th grade “A” team received 4^th place.  Their first game was against undefeated Freer.  They struggled in the first game but played a better second game.  The girls then played the Lady Hawks of Riviera and came out victorious.  Their last game was against the Lady Braves of Santa Rosa.  The girls took the Win in two short games.
Great Job to all of the Volleyball Teams!  You made all of us really proud this weekend!

10/09/07
LHJS Lady Badgers VS Cowgirls
Yee Haw! The Lady Badgers remain undefeated in regular district play.  The Cowgirls came early and stayed late, but they went home without a V-I-C-T-O-R-Y.
The hard serving 8th grade “C” team defeated the 7th grade “C” team.  The scores were closer this time and we had some hustling.  Hustle Awards go out to Peggy Garcia, Anessa Gonzalez, and to all the 8^th grade team.
The 7^th “B” was ready for a win.  The girls played a great first game and won easily with a score of 20-13.  In the second game the Lady Cowgirls came back and tied up the match with a win of 23-21.  Hustle Awards go to Barbara Escobar and Crystal Zamora.
The 7^th “A” started their game out strong.  The girls hustled and come out on top with a score of 25-19.  The second game a tough match and the girls lost it to Premont 25-23.  For the third game the Lady Badgers were not going to give the win up.  They came back and blew the Cowgirls away with final win of 25-9.  Erica Cavazos had great serves and passes to help win the games.  Serving aces were Rina Riviera, Cyssi Garcia, and Lindsey Roy.  Getting some infamous kills were Kassie Gunter and Tessa Miller.  The Hustle Awards goes to Bianca Reyna and Haliegh Rodriguez.
The 8 “B” team had met up with the Cowgirls at the District Tournament and were ready for another victory.  The Lady Badgers easily won in two with scores of 20-12, 20-12.  Larissa Guerra served a total of 10 points 5 of the serves being aces.  Caitlin Hollinghead served a total of 9 served points with 2 aces.  Katie Mechell also added an ace to the total.  Taylor Medrano helped out with a great save that ended in a side out.  Great Job Ladies!
The 8 “A” team was ready to end the night with a quick victory over the Lady Cowgirls but ended up in a 3 game match.  Premont took the first game with a score of 26-24.  The Lady Badgers new that they had to win the second game to have a chance at winning and that is just what they did with a win of 25-21.  For the third game the Lady Badgers showed the Cowgirls who really owned the court with a solid win of 25-13.  The team played great last night, Alyssa Zuniga served a total of 13 served points and had 5 aces.  Mari Barrera served up one ace, Coralie Saenz, had several assists and 1 kill.  Leslyn Baker served up an ace and had 3 kills for the night.  Brianna Reyna had a total of 2 kills. Kassie Herrera served up 2 aces and one kill.  Celina Pecos had an ace and a kill.  Alex Martinez, Morgan Vassuar, April Rodriguez, Dacia Cavazos and Rubie Contreras had many assists to help the Lady Badgers take the victory!
Way to Spur them Cowgirls Lady Badgers!!!!
Next Monday the Lady Badgers will travel to Ricardo to face the Lady Jackets and hopefully swat some flies!!!!

Oct 17th
Ouch!  Our swatters had holes in them last night.  The 7^th grade volleyball girls got stung by the Ricardo Bees.  The 7^th “B” team had a hard time getting started, but managed to do some good things.  Serving aces last night were: Amy Alvarado, Erin Fuhrken, Lauren Lopez, and Amber Olivares.  The hustle award goes to Barbara Escobar and Elora Hubbs.  The 7^th grade “A” team fought hard, but came up a little short on the scoring end.  Serving aces were: Erica Cavazos, Kassie Gunter, Tessa Miller, and Victoria Ramirez.  Hitting the infamous kills were: Ann Ramirez and Bianca Reyna. The hustle awards go to Erica Cavazos and Kassie Gunter.  Did you know that volleyball and soccer have some of the same skills?  Ask Victoria Ramirez about it.  Victoria used her head to pass the ball for a winning point.  Losing is never fun, but it sure makes the next game that much more important.
HEY!  Does anyone have some Calamine lotion?

The 8^th grade teams had their bug swatters in hand as they swatted the Lady Jackets in their own hive. 

The 8^th “B” team defeated the Lady Jackets in two games.  Game scores were 20-13 and 20-10.  Serving aces for the night were: Brianna Cavazos with one ace, Caitlin Hollingshead with three aces, Taylor Medrano with four aces, Stacy Rendon with two aces, and Sierra Rodriguez with one ace.  There were some great assists by Estrella Chavez and Nikki Rangel.  The hustle awards go out to: Clarissa Beltran, Juanita Espinosa, Sheena Hoagland and Rebecca Sanchez.  Great Job Ladies!!!!!!  

The 8 “A” team had a little harder time exterminating the jackets but came out victorious in three games.  Scores for the games were 22-25, 25-16, and 25-14.  Serving up aces were: Leslyn Baker with three, Mari Barrera with one ace, Kassie Herrera with four aces, April Rodriguez with one ace and Coralie Saenz with two aces.  Briana Reyna and April Rodriguez both had a kill for the night.  There were several assists by Morgan Vassaur and Celina Pecos.  Hustle awards go out to Dacia Cavazos, Rubie Contreras and Alex Martinez.

Way to go Lady Badgers!!!  

LHJS Lady Badgers VS Freer

I have heard the older you get, the faster time flies.  This volleyball season has flown by, so I (Coach Johnson) must be getting real old!  This year the junior high volleyball program ran right at 70 athletes and were pretty successful in our accomplishments. 

 The 7^th grade girls ended their season with a record of 5 and 1.  The only non-win of the season was to Ricardo.  Ricardo had at least one loss (to Freer), so we are Co-Champions with them.  Congratulations ladies!

 The 7^th grade “B” team won their match in two quick games.  Serving aces were Elora Hubbs, Amy Alvarado, Lauren Lopez, and Miranda Balderas.  The hustle awards got to Anessa Gonzalez and Lauren Lopez. 

 The 7^th “A” team also won their match in two quick games.  Serving aces were Cyssi Garcia, Bianca Reyna, Rina Rivera, and Haleigh Rodriguez.  Hitting infamous kills were Cyssi Garcia, Lauren Morales, and Victoria Ramirez.  Kassie Gunter knocked a Freer girl off her feet with a set.  Hustle awards go to Rina Rivera and Crystal Zamora.

 The 8 “B” team played an intramural game last night before the Freer matches.  The teams played well and ended with a tied match.  The girl’s overall record was 7-0 and district record being 4-1-0.  The 1 being a tied match with Riviera.  The girls also placed 1^st at the District Tournament in Hebbronville.  GREAT JOB LADIES!!!

 The 8 “A” team ended their season against Freer last night.  Both the Lady Badgers and Lady Bucks were undefeated going into last night’s game.  The girl’s gave it their all but came up a little short in the end; losing in two games.  There were a lot of great assists and several kills but we could not get ahead in the game.  This loss placed the Lady Badgers in second place.  The only team the girls lost to, was to Freer last night and at the District Tournament.  The district record for the “A” team is 5-1 and overall 7-2.  Coach Mrazek would like to thank all of the 8^th grade teams for all of the hard work they put into this successful volleyball season. 

WAY TO GO LADY BADGERS!!

 Again congratulations to a job well done.  Now, get read for basketball season were we will “Shoot to Thrill” the crowds!!!