Mathis News (Mathis, Tex.), Vol. 88, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 25, 2014 Page: 12 of 12
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Mathis News
Thursday, Dec. 25, 2014
Page 12
Volleyball
4 Lady Pirates named all-district
and runner-up George the district’s MVP. Kaylee Graves and Caroline Bellows was the year.
West monopolized the Teammate JoLynn George West junior Elly selected the top defen- George West sopho-
top choices, with the Riojas, a junior, was Williamson sharing top sive, while Taft’s Melissa more Kylie Wallace was
Lady Hounds’ Emily chosen as outstanding °ffensive player honors. Rocah, a junior, was the the newcomer of the
Flores, a senior, named setter, with Taft senior
By Charles Sullivan
Mathis News editor
Two Lady Pirates
garnered first-team all-
district volleyball honors
and two more were cho-
sen for the second team.
Senior defensive spe-
cialist Tiffany Gonzales
headed the first-team
delegation. She was
joined by sophomore hit-
ter Alyssa Vela.
Second-team honors
went to junior setter
Monique Alvarado and
sophomore hitter Alyssa
Alonzo.
Junior hitter Ariana
Bordayo received honor-
able mention.
District champion Taft
George West senior defensive specialist of year.
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1st Team
Vela
1st Team
Alvarado
2nd Team
Alonzo
2nd Team
Bordayo
Honorable Mention
THSCA drops
all-star games
NCAA denies waiver request
Bucs lose to Taft in OT
points, while Hernandez
added seven, Christian
Luna had six and
Andrew Garcia scored
five.
lost a tough match with
the Whippets, 20-12.
Isaac Gutierrez had
eight points for the Bucs,
with Thomas Villarreal
and Romeo Ramos scor-
ing two points apiece.
The B team lost a
close game to the Taft
Whippets 15-11.
Vinny Sarmiento had
four points, while Ben
Gutierrez, Seth Gibson
and Zach Gill each had
two points and Jacob
Martinez had one.
The Bucs will be idle
until after the holiday
break, resuming play at
Aransas Pass on Jan. 8,
2015.
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Dionysius Hernandez
made a three-pointer
from the top of the key
with two seconds left in
regulation for the 8th
grade Bucs, tying the
score with Taft at 32-32
and sending the game
into overtime.
However, the Pups
outscored the Bucs 7-2
in overtime to take a
39-34 win.
The Bucs battled all
the way, even after los-
ing two starters to fouls
early in the fourth quar-
ter.
The Bucs won the B
team game, 16-12, for
their first win of the
year.
Team defense was a
key in the game, causing
numerous turnovers.
All five starters got
into the scoring col-
umn, led by Ramiro
DeLeon’s eight points.
Joseph Olivarez, Ezekial
Salinas, Michael Barajas
and Richard Salinas
each added two points.
The 7th grade Bucs
football coaches from
very detrimental to the
success of the conven-
tion, which is the main
source of income for
the Texas High School
Coaches Association.
“This is not a decision
we wanted to have to
make at all. We felt our
convention and all-star
games were not a viola-
tion of the NCAA rule
and took extra steps to
separate the two events
as best we could, but the
waiver committee felt
otherwise,” said THSCA
Executive Director D.
W. Rutledge.
“When faced with the
burden of either exclud-
ing the college coach-
es from attending our
convention or hosting
the all-star games, the
Board felt it was in the
best interest of the asso-
ciation and its members
to eliminate the all-star
games,” he added.
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SAN MARCOS — At attending or speaking
the December meeting at a convention that has
of the Texas High School an all-star game affili-
Coaches Association’s ated with it).
Board of Directors, the
board was informed
of the decision from
This decision has
forced the board to
eliminate an 80-year
the NCAA Legislative tradition of hosting
Relief Waiver the Texas High School
Committee to deny Coaches
the THSCA’s request All-Star games,
for exemption from
the new NCAA bylaw
(13.1.7.9.6 — which pro-
hibits Division I college
Association
While there is a sen-
timental attachment
to the THSCA All-Star
games, which have
had a rich history over
the years, the THSCA
Board of Directors felt it
was in the best interest
of the Texas High School
Coaches Association
to make sure its con-
vention and coaching
school remained a qual-
ity event.
Eliminating atten-
dance by the division I
college coaches would be
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Sullivan, Charles. Mathis News (Mathis, Tex.), Vol. 88, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 25, 2014, newspaper, December 25, 2014; Mathis, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1170405/m1/12/?q=%22%22~1: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Mathis Public Library.