monarchmom

Congrats to our Monarch teams that competed in the Knoxville club level tournament. Our 15's finished 1st in the Gold Flight, the 13's were 2nd in Gold, and the 14's were first in the Silver flight. Great start to the season!!

For those who missed it and since I can't post on the middle school board I'm doing it here, the annual Mule Town Classic Volleyball Tournament was a great one this past Friday and Sat. 14 teams competed in 3 pools, 2 at Columbia Central H. S.and 1 pool at Spring Hill H. S. -- an indicator of the growth of this tournament. Teams competing included ALL Maury Co. middle schools- Whitthorne, E A Cox, Zion Academy, Hampshire, Mt. Pleasant, Santa Fe, and the new Spring Hill Middle School, several Williamson Co. schools- Heritage, Freedom, and the new Spring Station, also Summertown, siegel JV, Charlotte, and Dickson Co.. After pool play finished, gold, silver and bronze flights were set up. In the bronze flight championship, Santa Fe defeated Spring Hill Middle. Silver flight championship ended with siegel J.V. being edged out in 3 tight sets by Summertown, and the gold flight championship match was a display of talent better than most high school j v teams with Dickson Co. coming out on top of a perfect weekend defeating Heritage. This was another indicator of the growth of volleyball in southern middle tennessee and all the teams, coaches, and parents involved should be commended for the roles they played in making this tournament such a success. Thanks to all who attended and we hope to see everyone back next year and invite other interested schools to join the fun.

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interesting posts all of you. just weighing in from an outside club/county. The williamson county clubs mentioned here do a great job of providing opportunities to play volleyball for those girls who can afford it and yes, it is expensive. the coaches do get paid decent wages. the school teams mentioned are powerhouses in the areas as well and club play does help, although rutherford county and others close by are certainly doing a great things for their girls as well. There are other less expensive clubs in the area that girls can play for and they also provide good programs, such as Spike and Dickson Co., just to name a couple- there are others. Our county, Maury, is/has had economic struggles in recent years, yet we have been able to give those girls interested in playing club in our area the opportunity to do so as well. Maury Monarchs (and I believe Middle TN Twisters, if they don't mind my including them, is about the same) offer the same amount of practice time and tournament play, quality uniforms and equipment, and knowledgable coaches (who also are involved with school teams) as the "bigger" -select, impact, etc clubs offer their non-power level teams. Our coaches DO NOT get paid and the fees are half as much as the impact, select, or nashville one clubs. True, our school teams aren't finishing as high up the ladder as some others in the area, but we most certainly are improving our level of play and perhaps, in time, will have teams finishing better and better. I am not saying this to advertise for our club, I am merely pointing out that there are clubs available for "every pocketbook" and parents merely need to shop around to find the club that is "right" for their child's needs, their financial status, or whatever their criteria is in choosing a club. As adults, let's stop bashing the club programs etc, and allow the girls to play the game we all love, no matter what level, age, program, etc. By the way, did any of you check out the volleyball played at the Senior Olympics this past week? great job williamson county, specifically, BGA, USBA-Select- Tracey--- Thanks to all!! Sure didn't hear any complaining from all those participants, men and women, ages 50 and up!! Bet lots of them were parent, grandparents, etc of volleyball players from across the state!

Just an FYI: Spring Hill beat Forrest at their field last night 7 - 4. Yes, Forrest was using a main pitcher and it was a varsity game. Spring Hill's pitcher, Sam Usher, struck out 6 while walking only 1 and had a home run (over the fence) to her credit as well. Also, hitting a homer (WAY over the fence!) with a runner on, was senior center fielder, Bre Thurman. All ther Raiders are healthy now and playing well as they get ready for district play next week.

Take us (SPRING HILL) off the loser list-- in as many ways as possible-- i went in and added our roster and the schedule info is as complete as can be-- there is no way to indicate a rainout in place of scores (is there)? It often isn't a lack of caring as far as coaches are concerned-- they are also teachers, counselors, parents, etc. and only have so much time in the day to do everything!! We are back on track as far as winning district games, etc. Note our last outing was a 12 - 0 win over district team, Hickman Co. Sam Usher pitched a 2 hit, 9 strikeout, and only 4 walks-- game (she's only a jr!) and her fellow pitchers are on the mend (LaFevor and King). They are back in the line up and will be back to pitching soon. We had 12 hits on the night, including 7 dbls. -- everyone in the line-up contributed and we were error free defensively!!! The end of the season is when it really counts and we will be at full strength soon!

Good Morning MrNoItAll- just a quick update for you. Spring Hill easily beat Page last night 12 to 1. Bree Thurman hit a home run with 2 runners on. It would have been out of the park if their scoreboard had not gotten in the way. As a team they collected 18 hits spread out among 6 players. You will probably see the 2 girls who have been out with injuries back in the line up with in the next week. Usher threw a 3 hitter, walking only 4 and striking out 7.

columbia central has another speedster join the team this yr. her name is also cheyanne...

Maury Monarchs VBC will hold tryouts on November 16 at Columbia Central High School. It is for ages 11 - 17. Go to jasoncherikyle@bellsouth.net for more information.

I've enjoyed readin this post so far. I have also noticed a similar pattern in coaching positions in the volleyball world and it more than likely reaches into all the girls sports as well as a number of the boys activities. This thread ought to be on all the sport board postings. It seems the only way for things to get better is for all the pieces of the puzzle- coaches, players, parents, school admin, booster clubs, etc- to make a cooperative effort to get things done. I believe that all the sport teams at a school ought to be working together to make things happen, rather than each sport trying to promote their program individually, which so often seems to be the case. I think that the coaches in the various sports should make a better effort to "share" the athletes at their schools rather than pushing the kids in their programs to only play "their" sport.