Lady Bulldogs Peak Over Del Valle in Opener

The Magnolia Lady Bulldogs were facing the unknown in their first match of the Bi-District playoffs Tuesday night at the Bellville High School gymnasium, as they stared across the net at their opponent - the Del Valley Lady Cardinals. Unfamiliar settings?...well, yeah!! Deep in the heart of Texas. Here the DAWGS are in a quaint, small town with a nice atmosphere and sure enough, the road to the state 4A Volleyball Championship for Region III, is running right through the middle of it. What's more, it starts here and it's cranking up, right now! Who are these Lady Cardinals, and where exactly is Del Valley? Can the 'Cards possibly be as committed (or more) to winning this match as the Lady Bulldogs are? What are their strengths and weaknesses, etc?? The DAWGS would find out soon enough, but they would have to start out strong and establish their dominance early to set the tone for the evening.

The ladies did just that! The first point went the DAWGS way, with a block at 1-0, then followed by a couple of errors by the Lady Cardinals, then an ace serve by Meagan Little at 4-0, and followed up by another error by the Cards, and zoom ......before the fans knew it, here the DAWGS were at 5-0 and the first time-out of the evening by the Del Valley coaching staff was already burned!

Lady Bulldog fans can look forward to seeing this

for 2 more years with OHL Katzy Randall and MB

Courtney Felinski stopping those pesky attacks!

When play resumed, the Lady Cardinals shed their pregame jitters and tightened their game somewhat, pulling within 2 at 11-9 as the DAWGS scrambled to rekindle that 'killer spirit". The ladies regrouped and went on a 5 to 2 run of their own and despite being in control at 16-11, the DAWGS had to be wondering, "Who are these 'Cards?" and "Why won't they just go away?"

Lady Bulldog hitter Katzy Randall increased the

margin between the teams with a couple of key kills.

The DAWGS continued to push forward behind a couple of Kelli Stewart kills (2 of the 6 kills Kelli had in this set) and a couple of Breane Matula kills at 18-13 and 19-14, before (conveniently) leading into this audio file:

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GO LADY BULLDOGS!!!

DAWGS in Playoff Hunt

Tuesday, Nov. 4, the Lady Bulldogs will open the Bi-district round of the playoffs vs. Del Valle at Bellville HS at 7 pm.

The next round after that will be Area & the DAWGS will be looking forward to playing the winner of the Crosby & Nederland match on either Thurs., Fri., or Sat.

After Area, the Regional quarterfinals will be the Mon or Tues, Nov. 10 or 11.

Then the Regional Semi and Finals (knock on wood!) will be Fri and Sat. Nov. 14 & 15 at Coleman Coliseum in Spring Branch.

The State volleyball tournament is Nov. 20-22 at Texas State University in San Marcos.

Our sub-varsity players need to be in attendance for our playoff games to support the program that they are a part of ... We will give them info on travel and will keep you updated on the playing sites and times as we continue.

PLAN TO COME OUT AND SUPPORT OUR GIRLS AS THEY PLAY ON THE ROAD TO STATE!!!

GO LADY BULLDOGS!!!

Link to Brackets for 4A Playoffs

Click on this link to the UIL Regional brackets for the 2008 Texas Volleyball 4A Conference:

http://www.uil.utexas.edu/athletics/brackets/volleyball/index.html

GO LADY BULLDOGS!!!

DAWGS Ground War Eagles

The District 18-4A co-champion Magnolia Lady Bulldogs polished themselves up, slipped on their retro (1993 jerseys) costumes,.... errrr, uniforms and went out and hammered the Oak Ridge Lady War Eagles in 3 straight sets, on a dark Halloween night, burying the "Eagles" (25-23, 25-12, and 25-20). The DAWGS have been in preparations for the state playoffs and needed a tune-up against an experienced, seasoned, talented and well-coached team like Oak Ridge (21-11) to see how they'd stack up against their up and coming opponents. The DAWGS played sharp volleyball, controlled the court and handled themselves with composure through the 3 sets. They tested well....

The DAWGS started the match out with a quick 5-1 lead, before the Lady War Eagles could leave their nest; then Oak Ridge showed why they are a talented team in their own right - by swooping down and tightening the score to 1 at 8-7; and then catching the DAWGS before they pulled away at 13-13. It was the Lady Bulldogs' turn to chase the Eagles as Oak Ridge rattled off 3 straight points to lead at 16-13 and went up to 4 at 18-14, before the DAWGS called time out to talk things over. The DAWGS proceeded to outscore the Birds 9 to 2 when it mattered most behind a lethal combination of power and versatility: a Kelli Stewart dink at 15-18; a Katzy Randall blast at 16-19; a pivotal Meagan Little kill at 18-19; another Katzy Randall bullet at 20-20; a tricky tip (try saying that 10 times real fast!) by Meagan Little at 21-20; then another follow-up kill by Katzy at 22-20. The Lady Eagles came back with 2 great blocks of their own and tied the score at 23-23 before senior hitter Kelli Stewart again drew the Eagles closer to the net and tipped the ball over their wings at 24-23 and all that was left to do was untangle the Birds who were in the net at 25-23 and move on to the next set.

An opportunistic Katzy Randall shown here "re-gifting"

a Lady War Eagle 'happy birthday' (over-pass) for a kill.

The DAWGS were unrelenting in the second set, jumping on the Lady Eagles with an 8 point advantage at 8-0, before giving points back to close the score to 3 at 9-6. The DAWGS blew ahead - outscoring the Eagles 12 to 2 to put themselves in command at 21-8 before trading points, 4 each ...... and the final read: 25-12.

MB Courtney Felinski (L) and OHR Breane Matula

putting the Lady War Eagle's attack attempt...down!!

The third set belonged to Kelli Stewart who worked her magic with 4 kills out of the first 5 DAWGIE points at 5-2 and the teams wrestled, locked in hand-to-hand combat at the net and on the court - staying close to each other and tying themselves up 7 times until to the last time at 13-13. The DAWGS controlled the set from that point to the finish, keeping a 2 to 3 point lead throughout until 23-20, when all that was needed was 2 straight points, and the (Eagles') nightmare was over: DAWGS 25...BIRDS 20.

Senior OHL Kelli Stewart lit up and scattered

the Lady War Eagles for 18 kills tonight.

The Magnolia Lady Bulldogs (27-13) were led by Kelli Stewart who had 18 kills, 1 block assist and 2 aces; Katzy Randall with 11 kills, 4 block assists and 2 aces; Meagan Little who had 8 kills, 1 solo block and 4 assist blocks and 2 aces; Courtney Felinski's 5 kills, 4 block assists and 1 ace; Breane Matula who had 1 kill and 2 block assists; senior libero Hannah Davies who had a backrow kill and 2 aces; and with a ton of excellent sets by sophomore Paige Holland who finished the meeting with 37 assists and 1 block assist.

GREAT JOB LADY BULLDOGS!!

DAWGS, PLAYOFF BOUND!!!

DAWGS Sweep LadyKats on Senior Night

The Magnolia Lady Bulldogs wasted little time again in handling the Willis LadyKats in 3 straight victorious sets (25-13, 25-10, and 25-22) in front of an appreciative (and nostalgic) hometown crowd tonight. Yes, it was Senior Night and it was the last scheduled District 18-4A match of the 2008 season ...district playoffs, not withstanding. How fitting to sweep the final match with an outstanding group of seniors: Hannah Davies, Meagan Little, Breane Matula, Sarah Bacho, Kelli Stewart, Ashlynn Newman, and Chelsea Rauscher!

High flyin' senior hitter Kelli Stewart hammered the

LadyKats for 11 kills in her last home season match.

The DAWGS went right to work opening the first set and leading by 4 at 7-3 behind a couple of Kelli Stewart kills (1-1 and 4-2) and Breane Matula kills (at 5-3 and 7-3) then by outscoring the LadyKats 10 to 3 to hold a commanding lead at 17-6. In the latter part of the set, the late blooming LadyKats stiffened a bit as they traded points 7 to the DAWGS' 8, but it was too-little-too-late as Kelli Stewart ran the 'Kats out of the House, jamming 'em with 4 kills and the Lady Bulldogs flexed their muscles all the way to a 25-13 opening victory.

Senior OHR Breane Matula got the DAWGS on

track early with key kills from the right side.

The DAWGS maintained their playing intensity throughout the second set and had a 6 point advantage at 11-5 with kudos from Courtney Felinski (for kills at 4-0 and 6-1 ) and senior Meagan Little, who may have discovered her calling as a Defensive Specialist as she yielded 5 digs for the evening while hammering a kill at 10-5 and placing a strategic dink at 12-6. Senior team mate Kelli Stewart lit up the scoreboard with kills at 14-7, 15-9, 18-9, 21-9 and 22-9 before stepping aside for her senior sidekick Breane Matula who systematically put a kill on the board at 24-9 and forced the LadyKats into a couple of errors until finally falling on their swords at 25-10.

Senior MB Meagan Little had another impressive outing

while displaying her defensive skills against the Kats.

The LadyKats rose to the challenge in the third set by hangin' with the DAWGS for most of the set and led the way early by as much as 4 points at 6-10, before the DAWGS awoke from their nap and ripped off 5 straight point to jump into the lead at 11-10. The teams played it neck n' neck going forward and traded points as neither team could lead by more than 2 points at any given time and it was beginning to look like it was going down to the wire. The DAWGS had a 2 point cushion behind a Katzy Randall kill shot down the left line at 21-19, when Ashlynn Newman broke the bonds and stretched the lead to 3 with a Happy Birthday blast at 22-19 and once the LadyKats committed an error at 23-19 -- a quick time out was called by Willis in an attempt to cool down the Lady Bulldogs. As fate would have it (for the LadyKats) it turned out to be...good strategy, poor execution!

Senior Hannah Davies move to Libero has been

instrumental to the DAWGS success in 2008.

The Lady Bulldogs kept it all together finishing 25-22 with a clean sweep (for the second time against Willis) and a final Senior celebration with well deserved recognition (and a quick pass by the table loaded with cupcakes), was all that was left to make it another great win, evening, and season for the Lady Bulldogs at their beloved DAWG House!

Senior hitter Ashlynn Newman is 'hitting her

stride' as the DAWGS go into the state playoffs.

Kelli Stewart led the way for the DAWGS with 11 kills for the evening (and 504 for the season) with 10 digs and an Ace; followed by 7 kills from Meagan Little with 2 block assists, 5 digs and an ace; Katzy Randall who had 6 kills, 1 block assist and 10 digs; Ashlynn Newman who had 5 kills, 1 block assist and 2 digs; Courtney Felinski who had 3 kills and 1 dig and Breane Matula had 4 kills. Helping the hitters out with 29 assists was another walk in the park for sophomore Paige Holland, who also played good defense with senior Hannah Davies who finished the evening with 8 digs and an Ace serve.

A couple of good reasons why the DAWGS are at the top

of the District: seniors DS Chelsea Rauscher (Top) and

All Around / hitter, Sarah Bacho (Bottom).

Next up for Magnolia: Friday evening tune-up for State Playoffs against Oak Ridge in the DAWG House. This will be the last chance to catch the Lady Bulldogs at home and will be varsity only and begin at 5 pm. Oak Ridge parents will be dressing up for Halloween...so get your costumes out!! Let's get spooky, in good fun! Get ready for a surprise appearance from Batman...and some small candy for the kids to trick or treat! Come out and support the Lady Bulldogs!!

Teamwork and Success go hand-in-hand. (left to

right) seniors: Jordan Kennedy/trainer, Hannah Davies,

Chelsea Rauscher, Kelli Stewart, Meagan Little, Breane

Matula, Ashlynn Newman, and Sarah Bacho.

Please add the playoff games to your calendars! We will be playing with times and sites to be announced as we progress! Brackets can be found at www.uil.utexas.edu

MOVING TOWARD THE PLAYOFFS ONE MATCH AT A TIME!

LADY BULLDOG PRIDE!

THIS WEEK IN BULLDOG VOLLEYBALL 10/27/08

from the desk of Coach J:



1) Don't forget Tuesday is Senior Night. We will be honoring our seniors after the match with a reception. Please don't forget that the kids need to have their senior "basket" goodies here by tomorrow morning!!

2) On Friday night, Oct. 31, we will be playing Oak Ridge in a warm-up match for the playoffs.
This will be varsity only and begin at 5 pm. Oak Ridge parents will be dressing up for Halloween...so get your costumes out!! Let's get spooky, in good fun! Get ready for a surprise appearance from Batman...and some small candy for the kids to trick or treat!

3) We need 2-4 sub-varsity parents to help out in the concession stand on Friday night!! Let me know if you can help us out!

4) THIS WEEK IN VOLLEYBALL (below)! (shows next 2 weeks with playoff potential matches)

THIS WEEK IN BULLDOG VOLLEYBALL:

Mon. Oct. 27 Regular Practice

Tues. Oct. 28 HOME vs. Willis (SENIOR NIGHT!)
We will honor the seniors with a reception after the match!! Please make plans to stay for about 30 minutes!

Wedn. Oct 29 Varsity Practice
Equipment turn-in for all 9th and JV players during athletics

Thurs. Oct. 30 Varsity Practice
Equipment turn-in for all 9th and JV players during athletics

Fri. Oct 31 Varsity vs. Oak Ridge at 5 pm at HOME
All teams will attend the match at 5 pm & sit together in VB Shirts!!

Sat. Nov. 1 Varsity Practice 8-10 am

Mon. Nov 3 Varsity Practice after school
(Everyone else will be in off-season beginning today during athletics)
Bi-district match possible

Tues. Nov. 4 Bi-District match possible
All teams will attend. Bus will be provided.

Wedn. Nov 5 Varsity Practice
Thurs. Nov. 6 Varsity Practice

Nov. 6 or 7 or 8 Area Round Playoff Match
All teams will attend. Bus will be provided.

Please add the playoff games to your calendars! We will be playing with times and sites to be announced as we progress! Brackets can be found at www.uil.utexas.edu


MOVING TOWARD THE PLAYOFFS ONE MATCH AT A TIME!

LADY BULLDOG PRIDE!

Coach J.

DAWGS Sweep Wallerdogs

The Magnolia Lady Bulldogs took the court this evening, then took the Waller Lady Bulldogs down in 3 quick sets (25-11, 25-16, and 25-18) in front of the sedated home crowd. The real DAWGS in this District 18-4A dog fight opened with varieties of offensive barrages that set the tone for each of the sets and the evening.

OH and All Around Katzy Randall taking on

'any-and-all comers' in an 8 kill outing against Waller.

In the first set, Kelli Stewart opened the DAWGS' scoring with a dink, followed by Courtney Felinski who added a dink of her own at 6-1; then Kelli threw in a few points from a backrow kill at 7-2, and a pair of aces at 8-2 and 9-2; which opened the door for a Breane Matula kill on the right side at 10-4 and a Katzy Randall hammer in the middle at 12-5. The big DAWGS didn't make it any easier on the other Wallerdogs when Meagan Little jammed them with a kill at 15-6 in the middle of the court, then followed it up with a shot at 16-6 that Waller had trouble returning and topped it all off with a block at 18-6. The DAWGS pressed on with a Paige Holland kill at 20-10; then a Courtney Felinski/Breane Matula combo block at 22-10 and another Felinski bullet at 23-10 to set up the final point of the first set: another Kelli Stewart ace serve.....25-11....Ding! Ding!

A dominating presence by OH Kelli Stewart resulting

in a 'Happy Birthday' kill for the DAWGS.

Set 2 and another solid performance from the big DAWGS. Magnolia played well defensively, passing the ball, transitioning their play and moving together extremely well ..... it's called, "being in the ZONE!" Katzy Randall lit 'em up with kills at 2-1; a backrow smash at 5-2; a missile in the middle of the court at 7-3; and an ace midway through the set at 14-7. In between the action, Kelli Stewart took advantage of a Happy Birthday gift at 3-1; a great shot down the court line at 6-2; then another one at 15-10; a kill at 18-13; and at 20-15; a trio of serving aces at 22-15, 23-15, and 24-15; and a topper with a kill to end all the madness at 25-16!
There were some great volleys in this set as the Wallerites worked extra hard to stay up with the 'lead' DAWGS. One in particular was an exceptionally, athletic save on an errant ball off the DAWGS' hands combined with a backwards pass by the newly activated, sophomore speedster DS Latasha Jones at 8-4; and another resulting from a great, defensive team effort by the DAWGS in another long volley at 21-15, which ultimately kept the other Bulldogs at bay. Two down and one to go....

Set 3 started out with a Kelli Stewart dink at 1-0, a shot at 3-1; a missile at 5-3; a compliment of 2 back-to-back kills from SuperSoph Katzy Randall at 8-4 and 9-4; and then another kill at 10-6. Kelli continued her assault on her next rotation with a dink at 12-9, a blast at 13-10, and Ashlyn Newmann/Courtney Felinski teamed up on a classic combo block at 14-10; followed up nicely by Courtney who put the ball down on the floor at 16-11 and the DAWGS maintained their edge throughout. Katzy Randall kept the margin at 6 with a kill at 17-11; Kelli took it a step farther with another serving ace to make it 18-11 and the DAWGS stayed in control through a slew of unearned points, until Meagan Little hammered a kill at 22-18 and then surprised the hosts with a dink at 23-18. The last earned point came from an ace serve from Sarah Bacho at 24-18, who was coming off a big victory of her own (yes, that's right!!,,,your 2008 MHS Homecoming Queen, folks!!) Check out and click on the link below:

http://joomla.magnoliaisd.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=category&sectionid=6&id=19&Itemid=585

A fruitless attempt by Waller as MB Courtney

Felinski (6) and OHR Ashlyn Newmann (11)

kept the ball on the other side of the net.

The final for the sweep was 25-18. The real DAWGS were led by Kelli Stewart's 16 kills and 7 aces; with Katzy Randall close behind with 8 kills, 12 digs and 2 aces; Meagan Little with 6 kills; Courtney Felinski with 5 kills and 2 assist blocks; Paige Holland's 26 assists; and Hannah Davies' 5 assists with her 13 digs.

Coach J celebrated her '200th Win'

milestone tonight against Waller.

Congratulations to Coach Terri Johnson for guiding the Lady Bulldogs to her 200th victory. Coach J has done such a super job with the volleyball program at Magnolia High School and have been the "class of each district" the DAWGS have played in. A job well done, Coach J!!

The DAWGS will be on the road, taking on Huntsville, Friday evening @ 5 PM (another homecoming game!) JV to follow, freshmen in other gym at 5 & 6 PM.

BE THERE TO SUPPORT YOUR TEAM!!!

GO LADY BULLDOGS!!!

THIS WEEK IN BULLDOG VOLLEYBALL 10/20/08

from the desk of Coach J:

THIS WEEK IN BULLDOG VOLLEYBALL:

Mon. Oct. 20 Regular Practice

Tues. Oct. 21 @ Waller
JV at 5 pm, Varsity to follow
9A at 5 pm, 9B to follow

Wedn. Oct. 22 Regular Practice

Thur. Oct. 23 Regular Practice

Fri. Oct. 24 @ Huntsville VARSITY @ 5 PM (another homecoming game!) JV to follow, freshmen in other gym at 5 & 6 pm

Sat. Oct. 25 Varsity practice 8:30-10:30 am

Mon. Oct. 27 Regular Practice

Tues. Oct. 28 HOME vs. Willis (SENIOR NIGHT!) We will honor the seniors with a reception after the match!! Please make plans to stay for about 30 minutes!

The regular season is winding down! Please add the playoff games to your calendars! We will be playing with times and sites to be announced as we progress! Brackets can be found at www.uil.utexas.edu

DISTRICT STANDINGS
Varsity tied for 1st!
JV tied for 1st!
Freshmen in 1st place!

Oct. 28 is Senior night! Please be sure to get the basket items to the school by Monday, Oct. 27!

MOVING TOWARD A DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP ONE MATCH AT A TIME!

LADY BULLDOG PRIDE!

Coach J.

DAWGS Pounce On Panthers

The Magnolia Lady Bulldogs rebounded from their controversial loss this past week by playing earlier than normal and jumping on the Caney Creek, sweeping the Lady Panthers in 3 quick sets (25-8, 25-11, and 25-9) in front of a growing MHS Homecoming crowd. The ladies switched their starting time with the JV teams so the upperclassmen could attend the homecoming football game that would've been scheduled close to the original time for the volleyball match.

Besides, senior Sarah Bacho was in the Homecoming Queen's court and her Lady Bulldogs' team mates had to be there to cheer her on!

The DAWGS wasted little time jumping out to a 6 point edge in the first set with 4 earned DAWGIE treats....errrr kills, and 2 Panther errors to lead 6-0 and to go on a tear from there. The DAWGS quickly stretched their lead at 12-3 behind another barrage from Breane Matula at 8-3 and Kelli Stewart kills (at 9-3, 11-3, and 12-3) and a couple of Caney Creek errors. The DAWGS confidently and methodically blew ahead to 21-5, before trading points in the end to make the score 25-8.

The Lady Bulldogs rode the momentum in the second set as well though the Lady Panthers played stronger. The DAWGS worked up a 4 point edge at 8-4, only to have it disappear to one point at 9-8, then built up a 6 point margin at 14-8 behind superb play from Meagan Little and Kelli Stewart's kills along with well-played, productive team-passing. The DAWGS continued their solid play outscoring CC 11 to 3 and scampering to a 25-11 bludgeoning.

Courtney Felinski and Breane Matula shut down the

Panthers' options, as they closed down the hitting lanes.

Continuing with the popular mantra, "the beatings will continue until morale improves..." - the DAWGS poured it on, again with a 5-0 jump on CC behind a Courtney Felinski (carefully placed) dink at 3-0 and a couple of twin kills at 4-0 and 5-0 and Lady Panther coach Ortiz called for a 'desperation' time out.

Talkin' 'bout a pair of twin killas!

Unfortunately for the visitors, it did little to stop the DAWG machine that was hitting on all cylinders. The DAWGS stayed ahead at 13-3 culminating with OHR Ashlyn Newmann blasting a shot down the right side of the court, and another ensuing barrage from the DAWGS opened it up to a 13 point spread at 20-7, mostly behind 3 Katzy Randall kills. It was only fitting that Meagan Little would have an ace serve at 24-9 and have the last point put on the board with another Kelli Stewart missle at 25-9. Unofficially, Kelli had 15 kills and 5 aces.... with each point, another statement!

The ladies had earned themselves a kitchen pass to go and enjoy the Homecoming game along with the special events and to experience what Magnolia High School tradition is all about!

The Lady Bulldogs were all on one frequency in tonight's match.

The DAWGS travel to Waller next Tuesday and we need a large Magnolia contingent on hand to witness Coach J's 200th win!! BE THERE!!!

GREAT JOB LADY BULLDOGS!!!

BULLDOG PRIDE!!!

DAWGS Lose Tough One in 4

The Magnolia Lady Bulldogs were upended by the Brenham Cubettes in 4 sets (25-20, 22-25, 23-25, 15-24) before a partisan, boisterous crowd in the Brenham gymnasium tonight.

Both teams are battling for the top spot in the District 18-4A race as the Lady Bulldogs advantage has now evened out as both teams have one (district) loss apiece - and to each other.

OHL Kelli Stewart started the first set

with 7 kills against the Cubettes.

The DAWGS opened up the first set with a 5 point edge at 6-1 and continued with the margin midway through the set at 16-11, until the Cubettes ran a 5 point streak and tied the set at 16-16. The DAWGS quickly recovered with kills from Kelli Stewart and Katzy Randall and rolled on, outscoring the Cubettes 9 to 4 and finishing 25-20.

Courtney Felinski (6) and Breane Matula (5)

cutting off the Cubette attck with a block.

Again the DAWGS jumped out in front of Brenham in the second set owning a 4 point edge at 9-5 and seemingly in-control. But the DAWGS collapsed as the Cubettes turned the momentum around scoring 5 straight, tying the score and forging ahead at 10-10. The Cubettes then reduced their errors and pulled away from the DAWGS in a slow and consistent manner, outlasting the Lady Bulldogs 15 to 12 and securing the second set at 25-22.

The Cubettes kept senior libero Hannah Davies

busy shown here going after one of her 12 digs.

In the third set, the playing field had equalized and both teams traded the lead, battling like 2 champions would and found themselves tied at 23-23. The Cubettes took the all-important next point at 24-23 with a shot off the DAWGS outstretched hands. The next play started and the DAWGS were in attack mode when the side referee came across the court (while the game was in play) calling time out, and conferred with the up referee. When the Magnolia coaching staff asked what happened they were given the RED card and a point was given to the Cubettes. Yes, the GAME POINT!! ...... If there ever was a time when a game was given to a team by an official call...this was it! The Magnolia crowd naturally was stunned, shocked and went silent while the Brenham side of the gymnasium was practically doing back-flips while elated with the controversial, hometown decision. Cubettes: 25 DAWGS: 23.

Meagan Little covering Kelli (L) and Courtney (R)

with a pass from a tipped Cubette ball.

The deflated DAWGS didn't open this set as they did in the others, and trailed the sky-high Cubettes at first then tied the set at 3-3 and traded the lead until both of the teams unknotted themselves at 8-8. The DAWGS had 3 errors in the next 5 points as Brenham hammered ahead at 13-8. From there, it was simply 'more of the same' as the Cubettes basically doubled their scoring effort, running off 12 points to the DAWGS: 7 and scalded the DAWGS off with a 25-15 celebration.

The Lady Bulldogs effort was led by Kelli Stewart's 19 kills, 16 digs and 2 aces, Katzy Randall added 9 kills, as did Courtney Felinski who had 6 along with Meagan Little who also had 1 ace to go with her solo and assist blocks. Hannah Davies had 12 digs; Paige Holland had 7 digs, 39 assists, 1 ace and a solo and assist block.

The Lady Bulldogs will continue their district play with their next match at the DAWG House on MHS Homecoming Friday evening Oct. 17 taking on the Caney Creek Lady Panthers at 5 PM. The Freshmen will also be playing at 5 PM in the other gym, with the JV to follow.

GO LADY BULLDOGS!!!