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I Lady Pirates open
season undefeated
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Volleyball officially began last
Tuesday for the Lady Pirates as they
hosted a three-team match involving
Mesquite and McKinney.
McKinney was up first for the
Lady Pirates on their home court as
they lost the first game of the three-
game match 15-12. In the second
game, Wylie fought back from the
one-game deficit and took the game
15-13. Confidence began to build on
the team and they won the third and
final game of the match 15-5 with
little difficulty.
“We started off sloppy,” Head
Coach Marcy Crabtree commented
about the match against McKinney.
“I think the girls were a little ner-
vous with it being die first game of
the season. But they came back in
'he second, and the win helped build
-ir confidence to take control of
the match.”
McKinney and Mesquite then
took to the court for their match as
the Lady Pirates got a break between
matches. When the Lady Pirates
were on the court again against
Mesquite, they were ready.
Wylie took the first game in the
two-game match easily 15-7 over
Mesquite, and then won the match in
the second game with a 15-6 win.
“Mesquite is not a bad team,”
Crabtree noted. “We played really
well against them. I think the girls
finally relaxed during the break.”
The wins over McKinney and
Mesquite last week started the sea-
son out for the Lady Pirates with an
unbeaten record.
The 2-0 start sent the team to the
Garland tournament which began
Aug. 21 and played through Aug.
23. See the related story in this issue
of The Wylie News.
Bodie Coker contributed to this
article.
Pirates complete first
scrimmage, prepare
for Ferris next Friday
On Aug. 22, the Wylie Pirates
football team took to the field to test
its new offense and defense in a
game situation.
The scrimmage, which consisted
of each team running continual
offensive plays without considera-
tion of first downs, was held at Ennis
against the 14-4A Lions.
Head Coach Mark Ball was
impressed with the offensive pro-
ductivity the team displayed against
the Lions, even though die te;un was
unable to move the ball into die end
zone.
“We had some really big plays,”
Ball noted. “Although we didn’t
score, we moved the ball downfield
well. There were a couple of plays
where we were just a fingertip away
from going the distance."
Since Ball took over die program
this year, an entire new offensive
and defensive system has been
installed into die program. The team
ran a total of 45 plays against Ennis,
and only 11 of those were running
plays.
Ball's offensive scheme, which is
heavily pass-oriented, was devel-
oped out of the University of
Miami’s system in the late 1980s.
The defense is also structured from
Miami’s defense that is designed to
have die players react more to the
ball and die action on the field.
This week the team will suit up
for its second and final scrimmage
before the season begins when die
Ferris Ycllowjackcts come to Wylie
to battle the Pirates at Pirate
Stadium.
Like die Ennis scrimmage, die
first half of the Ferris scrimmage
will be a controlled scrimmage, with
both teams running offensive plays.
The second half of the scrimmage
will be conducted in a game-type
setting in a standard quarter situa-
tion.
Wylie opens its regular season
Friday, Sept. 5, when the Pirates
travel to P.iris to battle die Powderly
North Lamar Panthers. Game lime is
scheduled for 7:30 p.m.
Bodie Coker contributed to this
article.
Date
Host/Event
location
Teams
Times
Aug. 30
Greenhill School
6-mile Relay
Norhuck Park
VB.VG,
JVB, JVG
9:15 a.m.
Sept. 6
Scagoville - Samuel
Coca-Cola Meet
Scagoville H.S.
JVC., JVB
VG, VB
9:00 a.m.
Sept 13
Plano Invitational
Boh Woodruff Park
VG, VB,
JVC., JVB
10:00 a.m.
Sept. 20
Kaufman II S.
City Lakes Park,
Kaufman
VB. VG,
JVG, JVB
9:40 a.m.
Sept. 27
Thomas Jefferson ITS.
Norhuck Park
JVG, VG,
JVB, VB
9:00 a.m.
Oct. 11
Ilillcrest II S.
Norhuck Park
JVG, VG,
JVB. VB
9:00 a.m.
Oct. 18
Berkner H.S.
Richland College
JVG, JVB.
VG. VB
9:00 a.m.
Oct. 30
District 12-AAAA
CC Meet
Norhuck Park
JVC., VG,
JVB. VB
TBA
Nov. 8
Region 11 CC Meet
Vandergriff Park,
Arlington
VC., VB
(Qualifiers)
TBA
Nov. 15
State CC Meet
Old Settlers' Park,
Round Rock
VG, VB
(Qualifiers)
TBA
Cheryl Fowler (6) returns a serve in action last weekend at the
Garland Varsity Tournament. The Lady Pirates Finished fourth
in the tourney out of sixteen teams. Wylie had success early but
lost matches to Rowlett and Waxahachie. The varsity will return
home this weekend to host a sixteen team tournament sponsored
by the Wylie Rotary Club. Photo by Barbara Ridgwoy
Lady Pirates finish fourth in Garland tournament
After two big wins to open the
season against McKinney and
Mesquite, the I^ady Pirates volley-
ball team traveled to Garland to
compete in the Garland Varsity
Tourmunent held over the weekend.
Pool play began for die team on
Aug. 21 as they competed against
Naaman Forest, South Garland ;uul
Bryan Adams to open the 16 team
tournament.
First up was Naaman Forest
which the Lady Pirates handled
well in the first game, 15-4, but
slipped in the second, 13-15.
South Garland was the Lady
Pirates’ next match which Wylie
dropped two games 12-12 and 5-15.
Bryan Adams closed out the
Thursday pool play for the team
and Wylie handled the Lady
Cougars easily 15-11 and 15-6.
After finishing third in their
opening pool round on Thursday,
the team relumed to the tournament
on Friday for their second round of
pool competition against North
Garland, Garland Christian Acade-
my and West Mesquite.
The Lady Pirates’ first match
was against North Garland and the
two teams split the match with
North Garland winning the first
game 16-14 and Wylie winning the
second game, 15-5.
Garland Christian Academy was
the Lady Pirates next competition
and Wylie quickly disposed of the
Lady Eagles 15-7 and 15-4.
The Lady Pirates then defeated
district foe West Mesquite in their
final pool round match 16-14 and
15-8. Friday’s success on the court
won the pool round for the team,
and they advanced to the
Championship bracket which was
completed on Saturday.
Wylie’s first match in the cham-
pionship round was Ennis which
the Lady Pirates quickly disman-
tled in two games, 15-8 and 15-5.
In the match, Jessica Lawson led
the team in kills with 14 in 17 hits.
Bailey Stripling had an outstanding
tournament, and served with preci-
sion against Ennis with 21 points
on serve, three of them aces. Cheryl
Fowler added four kills in the
match while Amy Pace and Christa
Campbell hit five kills each in the
match.
The win advanced the team to
battle Rowlett, but the success over
Ennis didn’t carry into the next
match. Rowlett won the match in
three games, 11-15, 15-11 and 15-
9.
“Overall, I was pleased with the
match,” Head Coach Marcy
Crabtree commented. “I was disap-
pointed in the loss, but wo just
made too many errors.”
Losing to Rowlett sent the team
to the third place match against
Waxahachie, but the team was
unable to hang on for the win as
they fell in three games, 8-15, 15-6
and 12-15.
"I began to see the lack of confi-
dence towards the end of the match.
We had a 9-5 lead in the third
game, and we let it slip away,”
Crabtree noted about the loss to
Waxahachie.
Lawson continued her domi-
nance on the court as she knocked
down 13 kills. Fowler, Pace and
Campbell continued their power
play as each of them had five kills
each in the match.
“Our hitting is what hurt us in the
tournament,” Crabtree assessed.
"We had 15 errors in our last match,
but I know we can correct that. It’s
still early, and I don’t want us to
peak just yet.”
Since pool play competition does
not count against a season record,
the only matches recorded were the
championship games played on
Saturday. With the win over Ennis
and the loses to Rowlett and
Waxahachie, the team's record
moved to 3-2 on the season.
The Lady Pirates travel this week
to Rowlett to play Ennis and
Rowlett, then return home on
Friday, Aug. 29, to host the Rotary
Club Volleyball Tournament to be
held on Friday and Saturday.
Bodie Coker contributed to this
article.
The Wylie Rotary Club will host the Wylie Rotary Club Volleyball Classic on August 29 and 30. The 16-team tournament will
begin pool play on Friday, Aug. 29. See page 2B for tournament brackets and tentative game times. Support the Lady Pirates!
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Professional Pigskin Predictions
This weekend marks the opening play of
professional football. All of those worthless
pre-season games are finally over, and the
excitement of watching first siring players
strive for success will ultimately be real-
ized.
Seems like it’s been an eternity, doesn’t
it?
With the kickoff of the festivities this
weekend comes the quest of the elusive
Super Bowl ring, which so many high
priced coaches and players seek to add to
their trophy collection.
Taking all of this into consideration, it’s
time for me to provide you, my faithful
(okay, every once in a great while) readers,
with my predictions for the 1997 season.
Yes, the moment you have been waiting for
has finally arrived. Now you can begin to
laugh, sneer and contradict my every pick
from conference champions to Super Bowl
victors.
It’s your right. You live in America!
Let’s begin in the AFC (for alphabetical
reasons, of course).
In the AFC East, there are three possible
candidates for the conference champi-
onship. First there is New England, last
year’s champion. Forget it. Bill Parcells is
gone, and so are the glory days. The other
two, Miami and Buffalo, will fight it out,
with the Dolphins taking the spoils.
Fighting for the title in the AFC Central
will be those scrappy Jaguars and the
Pittsburgh Steelers. Bill Cowher has created
a consistent winner with Pittsburgh, and this
season will be no different.
In the AFC West, the Denver Broncos
controlled their destiny and the field last
year. However, the Elway-led Broncos
failed to make it to the big dance. Look for
much of the same this season, but a further
advancement in the playoffs. Much further!
Moving to the NFC, tilings become a lit-
tle more difficult to predict. There are sever-
al teams, in all three conferences, which
could bring home the bacon in January.
We’ll start in the NFC East and go downhill
from there.
Dallas should return to glory again this
season: however, there will be strong move-
ment by the Redskins to take their place.
However, Jerry Jones has (for the most part)
helped keep the Boys out of die bad press
and centered on the football field. The
results of his determination to build a
“more respectable" football team will only
be realized at the end of December.
In the NFC Central, there’s this little
team that wears yellow and green and calls
themselves the Packers. They seem to think
that just because they dominated the NFC
last year and won the Super Bowl, that they
should repeat that effort again this year. I
agree, to a point. Sorry. Pack, no big dia-
mond rings this year to match last year’s.
San Francisco should take the crown in
the NFC West, but after watching some of
their pre-season games, who knows. I’m
actually going to lake the Carolina Panthers
as champions, even though they will start
the season without Kerry Collins for six
weeks. (I may regret this one later!)
Well, here it is, a few days before the sea-
son begins, and we’re already into the play-
offs!
On the AFC side, take the Denver
Broncos to finally dance the two-step with
the Cowboys. Yes, I know I’m really going
out on a limb here, but just hang around for
awhile. It only gets worse!
Now comes the tough part—the Super
Bowl Champions. Even though many of
you will hate me for this, I’m taking
Denver.
Yes, I know. I’m crazy. A complete
lunatic, void of any common sense, logical
thinking or cognitive thought! But, some-
one has to take a risk every now and then.
Why not me?!
So there you have it. Right or wrong, I’ve
made my picks. Return to this page in
January, and we’ll all have a good laugh
about how bad these predictions really
were!
If you've followed my predictions in the
past, then you’ll know to place your bets
elsewhere!
Then again... you just never know!!!
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