District Standings and Schedule Week of 10/17

District 17-5A

TEAM DISTRICT OVERALL

Cy-Fair 13-0 28-3

Langham Creek 11-2 22-8

Magnolia 9-4 21-11
Cypress Creek 9-4 18-14

Cypress Falls 6-7 12-17
Jersey Village 5-8 11-17

Tomball 4-12 9-19
Cypress Ridge 1-12 7-20
Cypress Springs 1-13 2-25

Tues Oct 18, 2005

Cypress Ridge at Tomball Tomball District Oct 18 2005 6:00
Cy-Fair at Jersey Village Jersey Village District Oct 18 2005 6:00
Cypress Falls at Magnolia Magnolia District Oct 18 2005 6:00
Cypress Springs at Langham Creek Langham Creek District Oct 18 2005 6:00

Friday Oct 21, 2005

Langham Creek at Cy-Fair Cy-Fair District Oct 21 2005 7:00
Magnolia at Cypress Ridge Cypress Ridge District Oct 21 2005 6:00
Jersey Village at Cypress Falls Cypress Falls District Oct 21 2005 7:00
Cypress Creek at Cypress Springs Cypress Springs District Oct 21 2005 6:00

Lady Bobcats Prevail Over Lady Bulldogs

Michele 'Boom Boom' Williams capping off her Williams' Glide by

bearing down on a 'heat-seeking missle' for Cy Fair in Game #1.

The Lady Bulldogs had a rough night Friday evening as the number 10 ranked 5A team in the state Cy Fair Lady Bobcats came back from the dead - two weeks before Halloween in Game #1 to sweep Magnolia in 3 straight 27-25, 25-17 and 25-20.

Lady Bulldogs Alicia Shaffer and Michele Williams (l to r) team

up to reject an attack from Cy Fair's Nneka Ogwumike (hidden).

The Lady Bulldogs had them on the ropes at 24-20 but could not close them out - eerily reminiscent of their previous encounter in Game #2 the Dawg House (9/13) when they came back from a 17-23 defecit - and like the last match they played, the Bulldogs eventually lost this one as well but, this time by a 25-27 score. The game was a thriller and as expected, hard fought.

Thriller? Better believe it.. Magnolia gave Cy Fair a good scare in Game #1.

Hannah Fort shown here protecting the middle against a Bobcat cross hit.

It seemed as though these two teams were evenly matched and the fans were going to be treated to another 5 game marathon, but as it turns out - the Lady Bobcats were able to raise the bar and take advantage of the momentum and confidence they suddenly had. There were some great matchups with recognizable names like Nneka Ogwumike, Michele 'Boom Boom' Williams, Alexis Ninos, Alicia Shaffer, Jennifer McClean, Lauren Michael, Caleigh McCorquodale, and Mary Chadwick. Throw in newbies Hannah Fort and Jessica Gilbert and it was a downright battle for the ages (and for years to come)! For those checking their scorecard: Jennifer McClean finished as the kill leader for the evening with 13 kills for Cy Fair and Lady Bulldog Lauren Michael finished with 11.

Magnolia's OH Lauren Michael getting ready to put the 'hammer

to it' against two awaiting Bobcats. Guess who won this one?

This was a match instead that lasted about 1:15 as Cy Fair never relinquished the lead in Game #2 leading by as much as 8 points through much of the game. Game #3 the Lady Bulldogs kept it close at first, but lost their Mojo around 7-10 and ended up closing the gap somewhat at 19-23, but then packing it in early at 20-25.

Records: Magnolia 21-11, 9-4; Cy-Fair 28-3, 13-0

Leaders: Magnolia - Lauren Michael - 11 kills; Hannah Fort - 9 kills, 4 blocks; Michele Williams - 7 kills, 3 blocks; Mary Chadwick - 14 assists, 7 digs; Caitlin Holland - 10 assists, 6 digs, 2 aces Cy-Fair: Jennifer McLean - 13 kills; 5 aces; Nneka Ogwawmke - 10 kills


Well, back to the drawing board....there's important matches coming up. Cy Creek had just defeated Langham Creek this evening and is making a run for the playoffs. The Lady Bulldogs have got to re-group and bear down for these last few remaining games. Cy Falls is coming to the Dawg House on Tuesday, Oct 18th at 6 PM. Be there!!

GO LADY BULLDOGS!!! BULLDOG PRIDE!!!

JV Lady Bulldogs Devoured by Lady Bobcats

Defense is the name of the game. The name of this defensive specialist is Brittany

Wheaton who's transitioning the action from defense to attack with this dig.

The Lady Bulldogs JV were swept in 2 games against the top JV team in the district Friday night losing 20-25 in the first game and 8-25 in the second. The undefeated Lady Bobcats JV were simply too strong for the Bullpups to handle, despite a valiant effort to unseed them.

Game #1 was close as the 2 teams slugged it out tying in the game 6 times with the last time at 11-11. From that point, Cy Fair began inching ahead at 13-12, then raising the bar to at least a 4 point difference from then on. Once the Lady Bobcats started cranking their tall front line hitters and had the Bullpups on their hind paws 3 balling almost every return back to them - they cruised on to their 5 point win.

Two Lady Bobcats JV blockers making life miserable for Lady Bullpups.

Game #2 was not much to write home about either as the Lady Bobcats turned it on and led from beginning to end. The Lady Bulldogs fell behind at 1-3 and had an early time out called at 2-6, but instead of tightening things up from that point, the Bullpups committed numerous mistakes and serve receive errors and dug themselves into a hole at 4-18 that they could never get out of. The Lady Bobcats made short work of this game and match scoring 7 points to Magnolia's 4 and it was over and done with...

Did anyone get that license plate on that Cy Fair JV bus that

just made a roadkill out of our Lady Bullpup Kati Michael?

Here's a short audio clip between the JV match and the varsity pregame festivities:

17-5A DISTRICT STATS week thru 10/7

17-5A DISTRICT STATS week thru 10/7

BLOCK SOLO

BS/GAME BS GAMES
Langston, Olivia TOMBALL 0.949 37 39
Freidrichs, Elaine TOMBALL 0.769 10 13
Ogwumike, Nneka CY-FAIR 0.568 21 37
Cabrera, Maria CY-SPRINGS 0.526 20 38
Gibbs, Lauren LANGHAM CREEK 0.513 20 39
Kuhner, Lauren CY-CREEK 0.442 19 43
Reno, Sarah TOMBALL 0.386 17 44
Nelson, Jennifer CY-SPRINGS 0.381 16 42
Meyer, Ali CY-FALLS 0.371 13 35
Schmitt, Christy LANGHAM CREEK 0.359 14 39
Williams, Michele MAGNOLIA 0.324 12 37
Fort, Hannah MAGNOLIA 0.324 12 37
Novosad, Julia CY-FALLS 0.257 9 35
Biega, Mollie CY-CREEK 0.238 10 42
Ninos, Alexis CY-FAIR 0.206 7 34

BLOCK ASST.

BA/GAME BA GAMES
Kuhner, Lauren CY-CREEK 1.279 55 43
Ninos, Alexis CY-FAIR 0.824 28 34
Biega, Mollie CY-CREEK 0.810 34 42
Eidson, Laura JERSEY VILLAGE 0.778 28 36
Selvius, Stephanie CY-CREEK 0.750 18 24
Ogwumike, Nneka CY-FAIR 0.703 26 37
Williams, Michele MAGNOLIA 0.703 26 37
McClean, Jennifer CY-FAIR 0.484 15 31
Curtin, Cristin CY-CREEK 0.478 11 23
Nesloney, Megan JERSEY VILLAGE 0.471 16 34
Schmitt, Christy LANGHAM CREEK 0.462 18 39
Fort, Hannah MAGNOLIA 0.459 17 37
Fuentez, Brooke TOMBALL 0.452 14 31
Morse, Lily CY-CREEK 0.447 17 38
Summerer, Karli CY-CREEK 0.444 16 36



DIGS

DIGS/G DIG GAMES
Krauss, Ava CY-RIDGE 5.286 222 42
Williamson, Cheryl CY-FALLS 5.143 180 35
Pitzenberger,Sadie TOMBALL 4.405 163 37
McCorquodale, Breann CY-FAIR 4.269 111 26
Coon, Casie CY-FALLS 4.257 149 35
McClean, Jennifer CY-FAIR 4.194 130 31
Templett, Kellie CY-SPRINGS 4.119 173 42
Shaffer, Alicia MAGNOLIA 3.892 144 37
Michael, Lauren MAGNOLIA 3.639 131 36
Lowdermilk, Morgan TOMBALL 3.452 145 42
Rodriguez, Becca CY-FAIR 3.429 72 21
Morse, Lily CY-CREEK 3.395 129 38
Hill, Rebekah CY-RIDGE 3.054 113 37
Hengst, Rachel JERSEY VILLAGE 3.028 109 36
Gilbert, Jessica CY-FAIR 2.892 107 37



ACES

ACES/GAME ACES GAMES
Gibbs, Lauren LANGHAM CREEK 2.111 19 9
Matteson, Kristin LANGHAM CREEK 0.744 29 39
McClean, Jennifer CY-FAIR 0.742 23 31
Harlan, Kendall CY-CREEK 0.700 14 20
McCorquodale, Breann CY-FAIR 0.654 17 26
Syzdek, Kelley LANGHAM CREEK 0.641 25 39
Kiel, Aly LANGHAM CREEK 0.615 24 39
Gilbert, Jessica CY-FAIR 0.568 21 37
Kuehler, Megan LANGHAM CREEK 0.564 22 39
Simmons, Brandi JERSEY VILLAGE 0.563 18 32
Holland, Caitlin MAGNOLIA 0.541 20 37
Schmitt, Christy LANGHAM CREEK 0.528 19 36
Shaffer, Alicia MAGNOLIA 0.486 18 37
Williams, Michele MAGNOLIA 0.459 17 37
Fort, Hannah MAGNOLIA 0.459 17 37

ASSISTS

ASST/GAME ASST. GAMES

McCorquodale, Caleigh CY-FAIR 8.778 316 36
Matteson, Kristin LANGHAM CREEK 7.769 303 39
Coon, Casie CY-FALLS 7.743 271 35
Jennett, Jessica JERSEY VILLAGE 7.583 273 36
Mumma, Liz CY-CREEK 6.615 258 39
Wallace, Cheryl TOMBALL 6.318 278 44
Chadwick, Mary MAGNOLIA 5.865 217 37
Lyons, Ashley CY-RIDGE 5.476 230 42
Holland, Caitlin MAGNOLIA 4.459 165 37
King, Hillary TOMBALL 3.000 90 30
Amos, Erika CY-SPRINGS 2.690 113 42
Harlan, Kendall CY-CREEK 2.550 51 20
Loving, Kym CY-SPRINGS 2.500 105 42
Gilbert, Jessica CY-FAIR 1.514 56 37
Attebury, Courtney CY-SPRINGS 1.346 35 26



KILLS
KILL/GAME KILLS EFF % GAMES

Michael, Lauren MAGNOLIA 3.778 136 0.305 36
Williams, Michele MAGNOLIA 3.378 125 0.404 37
Gibbs, Lauren LANGHAM CREEK 3.256 127 0.547 39
Gavenas, Christina JERSEY VILLAGE 3.111 112 0.351 36
Ogwumike, Nneka CY-FAIR 2.892 107 0.397 37
Kuehler, Megan LANGHAM CREEK 2.821 110 0.285 39
Kuhner, Lauren CY-CREEK 2.814 121 0.338 43
Schmitt, Christy LANGHAM CREEK 2.590 101 0.452 39
McClean, Jennifer CY-FAIR 2.548 79 0.224 31
Morse, Lily CY-CREEK 2.316 88 0.235 38
Summerer, Karli CY-CREE 2.278 82 0.162 36
Lindsey, Michelle CY-FALLS 2.143 75 0.120 35
Gilbert, Jessica CY-FAIR 2.000 74 0.324 37
Nelson, Jennifer CY-SPRINGS 1.976 83 0.210 42
Shaffer, Alicia MAGNOLIA 1.973 73 0.141 37

Make Your Plans: Playoff Brackets for 5A

Well folks, the Lady Bulldogs are still bearing down on a playoff spot here in the stretch for district play and since we want to be prepared for the next several weeks, I thought it would be a good time to pass on this link for the ladies' bracket play. I know...I know... it's early, but some may want to make their plans and they'll want to know - to not book any vacation plans 'till after Thanksgiving, 'cause you never can tell!!

Houston's state playoff picture for Region 3 is shaping up. Looking at the brackets in the UIL'sVolleyball manual you can start to see what the playoffs are going to look like. There is still some more volleyball to be played with some deciding matches but as of now it could look something like below. Note abbreviations W, R and T denote the winner (W), runnerup (R), and third (T) for each district. For example W17 would indicate who it looks like the winner of district 17 will likely be. District Winners get a bye and will play a second round match against the match listed before them.

R17 Langham Creek

T18 Northbrook W20 Dulles gets winner

R19 Katy

T20 FB Austin W18 Stratford gets winner

R21 Lamar

T22 Humble W24 Clear Creek gets the winner

R23 Northshore

T24 Clearbrook W22 Kingwood gets winner

T17 Magnolia/Cy-Creek (currently tied)

R18 Memorial W19 Cinco gets winner

T19 Katy Taylor

R20 Clements W17 Cy-Fair gets winner

T21 Westside

R22 Spring W23 Deerpark gets winner

T23 Dobie

R24 Clear Lake W21 Bellaire gets winner

GO GET 'EM LADY BULLDOGS !!!

Just a Word before the BIG GAME!!

GO LADY BULLDOGS !!!

WE LOVE YOU!!

Lady Bulldogs Varsity Mauls the Lady Panthers

Lady Bulldogs Jamie Kaleh and Carly Springer

diggin' in against the Cy Springs Lady Panthers.

The Lady Bulldogs swept the Cy Springs Lady Panthers for the second time this season, but this time the appreciative fans in the Dawg House got to see all their favorite players contributing in the three games 25-12, 25-15, and 25-9. Coach J had a chance to rest some players from the first game throughout the match and to see others in the heat of the battle and this was the perfect opportunity to do so.

The Lady Bulldogs opened Game #1 with a 9-0 run with (4 of 8 for the night) Mary Chadwick serving aces, an Alicia Shaffer 'dink', a Jamie Kaleh kill and a spirited volley thrown in. Cy Springs had already burned their first timeout at 7-0 trying to solve their 'serve receive' problems and didn't know it, but were about to get jammed with a 'Williams' Glide' kill shot to the right at 11-1, followed with a Lauren Michael kill at 12-1, and a Hannah Fort kill at 14-3. A Carly Springer ace serve at 15-3 had to be disheartening, but the Lady Panthers clawed back to 16-8 before Lauren Michael slammed another one home. Again the Lady Bulldogs asserted themselves to a 10 point edge when Hannah Fort had a kill at 20-10, teamed up with Heather Bowden for a block point at 21-10, and then threw two serve aces to close out Game #1 at 25-12. Hannah played well again and led the hitters with 9 kills for the evening.

Lady Bulldog Sam Lange (15) rejecting an attack from the Lady

Panthers as team mate Hannah Fort assists her in building a 'wall'.

Game #2 was Alicia Shaffer's turn to put on a show. Alicia started out with a kill tying the game at 1-1; Lauren Michael had a kill at 4-3; Hannah Fort had a kill at 6-4; Lauren again at 7-6; and Heather Bowden put a great kill shot in the right hand corner of Cy's court at 8-7, but the Lady Bulldogs were not pulling away. Alicia began the onslaught with a kill at 10-8 and at 13-9 then had an 'ace' serve at 14-9. Hannah Fort took over from there with a 'dink' at 17-11; a 'happy birthday' kill at 18-11 and another kill at 20-13. After Cy used their second time out at 21-13, the Bulldogs traded a couple of points and Kelli Stewart doused their flame with a block point at 25-15. The ladies played pretty solid with no major lapses in momentum while the Lady Panthers were giving it all they got.

Lady Bulldog senior setter Mary Chadwick (17) backsetting

Hannah Fort who's swinging around for one of her 9 kills.

Game #3 the Dogs were let out and finished off the Lady Panthers with quick bursts of power and finesse. OH/MB Jamie Kaleh had a kill at 1-1 to start it out, Lauren Michael had a 'happy birthday' kill at 2-1, Jamie followed up with another kill at 4-1 and once Kelli Stewart blocked another Panther attack at 7-1, it was time for Cy to burn a time out. The attempt to break Magnolia's momentum didn't seem to work for Cy Springs as Kelli Stewart had a kill at 10-2, Lauren Michael and Hannah teamed up for a block at 11-2, Jamie a kill at 12-2, Hannah Fort had kills at 14-4 and 15-4 and there was no hope. The pounding continued with Alicia Shaffer's deadly jump serving with no hopes of the Cy Springs back row returning them and some great serves from Kristin Bergen to make it a merciful finish at 25-9. The BIG DOGS were barking!!!

Lady Bulldogs Caitlin Holland (21), Heather Bowden (13), (rear l-r) Alicia Shaffer

and Carly Springer setting up a transition pass and defending their turf.

This was a good district victory for Magnolia who needs to continue to win every game they can. It was also a good tune-up for Friday night's match against District 17-5A leader Cy Fair Lady Bobcats at 6:00 PM. The Lady Bulldogs would appreciate any and ALL of the support you can give them as they take on Cy Fair for the second time around.

GO GET 'EM LADY BULLDOGS !!!

JV Outpace Lady Panthers JV

Lady Bulldog JV setter Sydney O'Neal (8) shown

here quick setting a charging Chelsea Jackson (20).

The Lady Bulldogs JV put on a clinic tonight showing Cy Springs how to properly utilize an attacking offense and a stingy defense while sweeping the error prone Lady Panthers in two games 25-14 and 25-16. The ladies played very well earning their second sweep this season at the Lady Panther's expense, and seemed to be clicking on all cylinders against their district adversary.


Game #1 started with a Hannah Davies 'ace' serve and was followed up by a Kati Michael kill and Magnolia was holding a lead at 4-2 when Jamie Paulson opened the gap with a scoring barrage single-handedly: a kill at 5-3; a blocked point to make it 6-3; a dink at 8-4; 3 consecutive ace serves to make it 11-4; and a couple of errors later - Cy Springs was ready to call a time out at 13-6. The next barrage from the Bullpups was initiated when Chelsea Jackson hammered a kill at 15-7; Katie Kreft followed with a kill at 16-7; Kati Michael at 17-7; then MB Chelsea Jackson blocked Cy's attack at 18-7; only to be followed again by a Katie Kreft kill at 19-8. A couple of errors later and Cy Springs needed to use their last timeout at 21-9. Whew! All the Bullpups had to do was trade points at the this point with a Kati Michael kill at 22-10 and Jamie Paulson kill at 23-12 and throw in some errors and.....check, please! 25-14.

Lady Bullpup DS Lynnsay Manning showing

great form on this dig against Cy Springs.

The Bullpups wasted no time in Game #2 and jumped on the Lady Panthers immediately with a Chelsea Jackson kill at 1-0 and block at 2-1 and then tightened the leash on the Panthers defensively, forcing several errors. Chelsea had another block at 9-4 and an error later - the first time out by Cy had to be used at 10-4. The Lady Panthers began to play a little better and the fans were treated to a great volley that culminated minutes later when Chelsea Jackson slammed a kill to the floor at 14-7. Lady Bullpup MB Breanne Matula had a great kill shot down the court line at 18-12 and had another kill at 19-12, when Katie Kreft wanted to join the fun with a cross court kill at 20-12 and the Lady Panthers were scampering to another time out. Again, the Lady Bulldogs JV put on the cruise control and pushed ahead with a "Happy Birthday" kill from Chelsea Jackson, a serving ace by Sydney O'Neal at 24-14 and a final hit off the Lady Panthers' hands by Chelsea at 25-16 and Cy Springs night was cut short.

A duo that hopefully will be enjoyed by Magnolia fans for years to come. Jamie

Paulson (16) intensely watching as Breanne Matula fires a kill over the net.

The Bullpups won both games leading from start to finish and looked relaxed out there while they were having fun. Their record stands at 5-6 in district play with a Friday night game against the Cy Fair Lady Bobcats JV AWAY at 5:00 PM.

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District 17-5A Schedule Week of 10/4 - 10/11

17-5A STANDINGS



TEAM DISTRICT OVERALL

Cy-Fair 10-0 25-3
Langham Creek 11-1 22-7
Magnolia 8-3 19-7
Cypress Creek 8-4 17-15
Jersey Village 4-7 10-16
Cypress Falls 4-7 10-18
Tomball 4-7 9-17
Cypress Ridge 1-10 7-18
Cypress Springs 1-11 2-23


District 17-5A Tuesday, Oct 11th

Cy-Fair at Tomball Tomball District Oct 11 2005 6:00
Cypress Springs at Magnolia Magnolia District Oct 11 2005 6:00
Cypress Falls at Cypress Ridge Cy Ridge District Oct 11 2005 6:00
Cy Creek at Jersey Village Jersey Village District Oct 11 2005 6:00


District 17-5A Friday, Oct 14th

Magnolia at Cy-Fair Cy-Fair District Oct 14 2005 6:00
Tomball at Cypress Falls Cypress Falls District Oct 14 2005 6:00
Langham Creek at Cypress Creek Cy Creek District Oct 14 2005 7:00
Jersey Village at Cypress Springs Cy Springs District Oct 14 2005 6:00

Critical District Win There for the Taking...

MHS Lady Bulldog MB Michele 'Boom Boom' Williams takes on two Lady

Cougar defenders on 1 of her 17 kills, for Magnolia's big district win 3-1.

The district match tonight between these 2 evenly matched teams was real important and you just knew winning wasn't going to be easy but the reward was going to be great... the winner was going to have the upper hand of at least a 3rd place in 17-5A district volleyball play and the loser...well, let's just say, "it'll be a long steep road ahead for any chance of sharing one of the top three places in the district and/or attending any of the playoffs as a player".

This shot pretty much "says it all": the Lady Bulldogs celebrating a game win

and Cy Creek quickly huddling off to re-group and figure a way to beat Magnolia.

Great defense was the key in this Lady Bulldog (8-3 district) win as they bit down hard while over-powering and rejecting almost all of the Lady Cougar attacking attempts. Kelli Stewart had a blocked point to start this one out and had a great cross-court kill early in the game. Hannah Fort also played great in this one with a kill at 7-4; then teaming up with Heather Bowden on a blocked point at 9-4 and again with a great block later at 18-12. Hannah actually had a great match this whole evening. She played superb defense (5 solo blocks) and had numerous 'timely' kills (11 for the match) needed for Magnolia to keep the momentum. Hannah may have been the deciding factor in Magnolia's favor between these 2 teams this Friday night. Michele Williams (17 Kills for the evening) and Lauren Michael (17 Kills) both had a couple of blocked points to keep the Lady Bulldogs on top from beginning to end as Magnolia stretched the lead at closing time to 8. This audio picks up in Game #4 with the Lady Bulldogs on top in this dogfight 20-17. Things were starting to get out-of-hand with a couple of 'close calls', a rowdy crowd, a wounded opponent, and the Lady Bulldogs having their way....

Leaders - Magnolia: Lauren Michael - 17 kills; Hannah Fort - 11 kills, 5 solo blocks, 2 assist blocks; Michele Williams - 17 kills; Alicia Shaffer - 8 kills

Records: Magnolia 20-10, 8-3; Cy-Creek 8-4