Lake Info
Normal Lake Level is 322.00 feet above Mean Sea
Level.
Current level for Cedar Creek Lake is: 320.69 Water Temperature:
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86 degrees - bottom
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Eustace
grad leads TVCC into first volleyball season
Special to The Monitor
ATHENS–The 2010 volleyball season will be historic at Trinity Valley Community
College. It is the first one.
But don’t expect the Lady Cardinals to be content with just being a footnote when the
history of the college’s athletic program is written. They have designs on being a
far more significant entry.
“Our goal is to make the regional tournament,” Coach Tosha Spain said.
A Eustace High School graduate, Spain assumed responsibility for building the TVCC program
in the spring after a successful three-year stint as head volleyball coach at Athens High
School, where she posted a 65-48 record.
“The conference is tough and we know it will be a hard road, but we believe we can do
it,” Spain said.
The Lady Cardinals were scheduled to begin their maiden voyage Friday night at the
Brookhaven College Invitational Tournament in Farmers Branch, where they also were
scheduled to play Saturday.
Monday, Aug. 30, the Lady Cardinals will experience another first when they host Eastfield
College at Cardinal Gym. Game time is 6 p.m. for the historic home opener.
“We are looking forward to getting the season started and seeing just where we are as
a team,” Spain said. “And, we are really excited about our first home game. I
hope we have a big turnout for what will be a special game.”
Spain said the 12-member Lady Cardinal roster is starting to take shape as the season
opener nears.
“Slowly but surely we are getting there,” Spain said. “They are working
hard and have done all I have asked of them.
“Being a team of freshmen (except for one), they have a lot to prove on this level.
They are a great group of kids.”
The lone Lady Cardinal sophomore is Jasmine Scott. The 6-0 native of Baton Rouge, La.,
played last year at Pensacola Junior College in Pensacola, Fla. Scott will also play for
the Lady Cardinal basketball team this season.
To achieve their goal of qualifying for the regional tournament, the Lady Cardinals must
finish in the top four in the conference, where they will battle pre-season Top 15s Blinn
and Panola, Paris, Navarro, Tyler and Lon Morris – also a first-year program.
Blinn, Panola, Navarro and Paris were the regional qualifiers last year. Blinn won the
national title in 2008.
The Lady Cardinals are scheduled to begin conference action Sept. 30 at Panola.
Among the players who will be hoping to climb the depth chart are a pair of former
standouts at Henderson County high schools. Gentry Garrison (Malakoff) and Jenny McConathy
(Eustace) both factor into Spain’s plans.
“Gentry is really coming along,” Spain said. “She will see a lot of playing
time. As a setter, she plays the most complicated position in your system and she is doing
a good job of understanding things.
“Jenny is a very good athlete and is doing a good job at making adjustments for this
level,” Spain said.
Spain, who was a standout player at both Navarro and Texas A&M-Commerce after a
stellar career at Eustace High School, said the task of building a program from the ground
up has been a great experience.
“I have loved it,” Spain said. “It’s been new for all of us and very
exciting to be a part of history.”MHS
girls split at Greenville
Monitor Staff Reports
GREENVILLE–Mabank’s Lady Panthers split a dual match with a pair of 4A squads
Tuesday night at Greenville.
Monitor Photo/Kerry Yancey
Mabank High School senior Megan Royal goes airborne to serve against Garland Naaman Forest
Aug. 17.
This weekend, the Lady Panthers were scheduled to play in the Tyler Invitational
volleyball tournament before returning home Tuesday, Aug. 31, to host 4A John Tyler’s
Lady Lions, opening with 4:30 p.m. sub-varsity matches.
Friday, Sept. 3, the Lady Panthers head back to Tyler to face the 5A Lee Lady Raiders in a
5 p.m. contest. Tuesday, Sept. 7, Mabank will host Eustace’s Lady Bulldogs, opening
with 5 p.m. sub-varsity games.
In Tuesday’s opening match, the Lady Panthers swept the hosting Lady Lions of
District 10-4, winning 25-22, 25-14 and 25-15.
The Heath Lady Hawks of District 13-4A returned the favor by sweeping the Lady Panthers in
three straight, 25-14, 25-23 and 25-16.
Upcoming Events |
| Yachting Sept.
11
AMU race 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Oct. 9
Fun Sail
Oct. 23
Race Day
Nov. 6
Fun Sail or Make-up race |
Football
Sept. 3
MHS vs Quinlan Ford
KHS @ Edgewood
EHS vs Tyler Grace Sept. 10
MHS vs Canton (HC)
KHS @ Mineola
EHS vs Edgewood
Sept. 17
MHS @ Palestine
KHS @ Malakoff
EHS @ Quitman
Sept. 24
MHS @ Brownsboro
KHS vs Fairfield
EHS @ Ferris |
Cross country
Sept. 4
KHS @ Kaufman Relays
EHS @ Kaufman RelaysSept. 11
MHS @ Tyler Lee Classic
KHS @ Malakoff Relays
EHS @ Tyler Lee Classic
Sept. 17
EHS @ Sky Ranch
Sept. 18
MHS @ Crandall Relays
KHS @ Palestine Relays |
Volleyball
Aug. 31
MHS vs John Tyler
KHS @ Quinlan Ford
EHS @ Edgewood Sept. 3
MHS @ Tyler Lee
KHS @ Edgewood
EHS @ Van
Sept. 7
MHS @ EHS
KHS @ Malakoff
Sept. 10
MHS vs Rains
KHS idle
EHS vs Athens,E’wood
Sept. 14
MHS vs Malakoff
EHS vs Mildred*
Sept. 17
MHS idle
KHS vs Venus
EHS @ Buffalo*
(*district contest) |
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