Our last article for the season and we had an exciting finish to an incredible year! Our Lady Cougars hosted the Lobos from Langham Creek for the final game of the 2011 season. It was an exciting night as we were celebrating our six graduating seniors, thanking all of the parents, and honoring breast cancer month with our “pink out”. Our Lady Cougars didn’t make the playoffs this season, but wanted to finish out strong and secure our 5th place spot in District. The first set was a slow start for our girls and we found ourselves down early in the game. Coach Combs called for a quick time out and rallied our girls back to their true form, then with a nice service rally of 8 straight points lead by Sarah Price, we took the first set 25-21. The second set was a different story as our Lady Cougars lead the entire set and cruised to a 25-18 victory. The lady Lobos wouldn’t give up though, and came out strong in the third set. There were some long captivating rallies and with great blocking, strategic hitting, exciting digs and amazing teamwork, our girls came away with the 3-0 sweep! Congratulations to Shelby Edmiston for being our kill leader for the night and Sarah Price for surpassing the 600 digs mark for the season. It was a perfect exclamation point to cap off the year.
Our evening ended with a fantastic tribute to the six graduating seniors, Morgan Chenoweth, Danielle Daniels, Shelby Edmiston, Anna Keeling, Sarah Price, and Evan St. Laurent. Thanks for being amazing leaders, teammates and friends. The best of luck to all of you in your future endeavors!
By: Cheryl Price
October 24, 2011
Please forgive me for being so late with this update!!! Our Lady Cougars have played three very exciting matches since our last article.
First on Friday, Oct. 14, our girls had to face the Mustangs at Cy-Ranch. This match would determine our play-off spot, so it was very intense. Our Lady Cougars came out strong and took the first set 25-18. We were playing with a purpose! The girls were so focused and the blocking from the front line was a welcomed addition since the Mustangs have some powerful hitting. The second set was lost to the Mustangs 19-25, to tie up the match. The third set was neck and neck the entire time and our Lady Cougars held on to win it 26-24. Once again, blocking by Dani Fielder and Anna Keeling and some key hits by Morgan Chenoweth at the end of the set were vital to the win! But the Mustangs wouldn’t let up and they took the fourth set 18-25 to tie up the match again and force a fifth set. Our Lady Cougars took a commanding lead, but then the Mustangs pulled it together and had some tough serving and strategic hitting to take the match 9-15. Our Lady Cougars left everything on the court that night. It was a tough loss, especially after the 5 set loss on Wednesday night to Cy-Falls. It was a tough week for the Lady Cougars, but we are all very proud of how they fought for every point and never gave up!
On Tuesday, Oct. 18, our Lady Cougars hosted the Falcons from Jersey Village. Even though we didn’t make the play-offs, our girls still wanted to finish the season strong, and the proved that with a win in 3 sets against the powerful Falcons, 25-14, 25-23, and 25-15. Again, the blocking on the front line proved to be the difference in the victory. Congratulations to Dani Fielder, Anna Keeling, Morgan Chenoweth and Ashlynn Caldwell for a job well done! Also congratulations to Peyton Brown for some nice serving in the match.
Last Friday night, Oct. 21, our girls traveled to Cy-Springs to face the Lady Panthers. The Lady Cougars were just too much for the Panthers as we took the match in three straight sets 25-15, 25-16, and 25-20. It was a nice win for the Lady Cougars and a good opportunity for Coach Combs to play some of our up and coming players!! They all did a great job in the win!
Please join us this Tuesday, Oct. 24 for our last game of the 2011 Season! We will be celebrating a great season, honoring our seniors, and sporting our “pink” in support of Breast Cancer month. Come out and celebrate with us as we cheer our girls to Victory against the Lobos from Langham Creek.
Hope to see you there!
By: Cheryl Price
October 13, 2011
Your lady Cougars are fighting a tough battle in a very strong District! We hosed the Cy-Fair Bobcats Friday night and it was electric in the gym! The competition was tough, but our Cougars gave the Bobcats a good fight. The Bobcats prevailed though in 4 sets to take the match 13-25, 8-25, 25-23, and 20-25. Congratulations to Anna Keeling for leading the Lady Cougars in kills and Evan St. Laurent did a great job setting to our front line.
Wednesday night, after a long restful weekend, our Lady Cougars came out fighting against the Eagles from Cy-Falls, who are 2nd in District after the first round. After coming out flat in the first set and losing 9-25, you lady Cougars showed us what they are made of and took the second and third sets 29-27 and 25-21. The fourth set was a battle all the way, but the Eagles came from behind to take the set 25-23 to set up a 5th set! The Lady Cougars took a commanding lead, but the Eagles came back to take the set and match with a 13-15 victory. Congratulations to all of our Lady Cougars for continuing to fight and not giving up! It was a great match against a very tough Eagles team. Congratulations to Sarah Price for surpassing the 500 mark for digs on the season! She recorded 34 digs in the match. Our kill leader for the match was Ashlynn Caldwell!
By: Cheryl Price
October 5, 2011
Your Lady Cougars are continuing to roll in the second round of District Play with wins over Cy-Ridge and Cy- Lakes this week! Friday night the Lady Rams came to face the Cougars in our gym!! It was an exciting match and the Lady Cougars started out a little bit slow as the Rams took the first set 22-25. But our Lady Cougars rallied with some great defense and strategic hitting to come back and take the next three sets 25-14, 25-8, and 25-19. Congratulations to Anna Keeling for being kill leader for the match!
The winning continued as the Lady Cougars traveled to Katy to take on the girls from Cy-Lakes. Our girls won the first set easily 25-12 thanks to a nice service rally by Morgan Chenoweth to give the Lady Cougars a big lead! The Cougars hung on to win the second set 25-20. With the momentum shifting to the Spartan’s court, they took the third set 21-25. But our Lady Cougars didn’t let that sit long before they came back strong in the 4th set (25-13) to take the match, again with strong serving by Morgan Chenoweth. Congratulations to Morgan for great serving and contributing as kill leader! Sarah Price also recorded 27 digs for the match.
The Lady Cougars take on the Bobcats from Cy-Fair on our court this Friday. Varsity and Freshman B will play at 4:30 and JV and Freshman A games will follow.
Come out and support your Lady Cougars!
By: Cheryl Price
October 2, 2011
The Lady Cougars finished out the first round of District play last Friday with a win over Langham Creek. It took a little extra effort, as the match went to 4 sets after the Cougars dropped the first set to the Lobos 22-25. But the Cougars pulled themselves together and came back to take the next three sets 25-13, 25-22, and 25-23. Congratulations go out to AshlynCaldwell for leading the Lady Cougars with 9 kills for the match!
The second round of district play began last Tuesday with the Cougars facing the #1 ranking Cy-Woods team. The Lady Cougars were much improved over their first meeting with the Wildcats, but they were still too strong for our Cougars. The Lady Cougars started off strong and kept the first set close before the Wildcats went on a run to take the first set 12-25. The second set was very exciting as the Lady Cougars kept the match close and took a 23-21 lead! But once again, the Wildcats came back with tough serves to take the set 25-27. The Wildcats finished out the match by winning the third set 16-25, to give the Lady Cougars their first loss for the second round of District Play. Sarah Price recorded 26 digs in the loss.
By: Cheryl Price
September 23, 2011
Last Friday night, our Lady Cougars traveled to Falcon country to take on Jersey Village. Our girls came out strong, even without key player, Morgan Chenoweth, who was ill and could not play. Everyone stepped up and we beat the powerful Falcon team in three sets 25-19, 25-18 and 25-21. It was a key win for the Lady Cougars to keep hopes alive for a play-off position. Congratulations to kill leader Dani Fielder! Dani also had some great blocking in the match.
District action continued Tuesday night in Cougar Country! The Lady Cougars faced the Panthers from Cy-Springs. Our girls were just too quick for the Panthers and we easily won in three sets, 25-8, 25-10 and 25-11. It was a sweep for all the Cy-Creek Volleyball teams ! Congratulations to Anna Keeling and Lexi Rau for being kill leaders for the night!
Our Lady Cougars will take on Langham Creek on the Lobo’s court Friday night.
Hope to see you there!
By: Cheryl Price
September 13, 2011
Last Friday night, our Lady Cougars took on the top ranked Cy-Falls Eagles. Our girls came out firing on all cylinders and Cy-Creek took the first set 25-23! Unfortunately though, the lady Eagles came back strong to take the next three sets 15-25, 18-25, and 18-25. It was a tough match, but the Lady Cougars played well against the powerful Eagles team.
District action continued last night in Cougar Country! The Lady Cougars faced the Cy-Ranch Mustangs, who are currently ranked 4th in our District. The Cougars started off strong winning the first two sets 25-22 and 25-20 with great offense and blocking. The third set looked like it was going to be an easy go for the Mustangs until Evan St. Laurent served 8 points in a row to bring us back into the game. But the Mustangs held on to win 23-25. The fourth set went to the Mustangs 19-25 to tie the match at 2 sets each. The Lady cougars found themselves down 3-7 when Sarah Price served for a rally of 10 points in a row to give us a commanding 13-7 lead. With some key assists and great hitting by Shelby Edmiston, the Lady Cougars finished off the Mustangs 15-9. Congratulations to the entire team for pulling it together when it was all on the line! This one was definitely a valiant team effort.
Our Lady Cougars will take on Jersey Village on the Falcon’s court Friday night. Note that the game times will be changed due to Homecoming. Varsity and Freshman B will play at 4:30, and Junior Varsity and Freshman A teams play at 5:30.
Hope to see you there!
By: Cheryl Price
September 8, 2011
The Lady Cougars started their long Labor Day weekend off with a bang! We played Cy-Lakes at home and rallied to come from behind to take the first set 29-27. The Cougars played tougher and smarter in sets two and three and won both of those sets 25-17 and 25-15. Congratulations to Anna Keeling for being kill leader in the match!
The Kingwood tournament continued early Saturday morning with tough matches against Kingwood and Clear Lake. The Lady Cougars played tough, but couldn’t overcome the highly ranked Kingwood and Clear Lake teams. We lost both sets in two.
After the long weekend of rest, the Lady Cougars continued district action on Wednesday night at Cy-Fair. It was a great match with some very exciting rallies! The Bobcats took the first set 19-25. The Lady Cougars fought back to take the second set 25-20! The lady Bobcats came back strong to take the next two sets 17-25 and 15-25. Morgan Chenoweth was our kill leader with 10 kills for the match. Congratulations Morgan!
Our Lady Cougars continue District action at Cy-Falls Friday night. Come out and cheer them on! They really appreciate your support.
We hope to see you there!
By: Cheryl Price
September 2, 2011
Wow! The lady Cougars recovered from their “speed bump” in a hurry with a nice win in 3 sets over Cy-Ridge on Tuesday night! The Lady Rams had some strong offense, but our girls just seemed to have a comeback for everything they put over the net. It was an exciting match with the scores of 25-23, 25-13, and 25-22. It was a sweep for all of the Lady Cougar teams as everyone beat the Rams in straight sets.
Varsity girls continued action Thursday night as they played the first round of the Kingwood Varsity Tournament. Facing Klein Forest in the first match, the Lady Cougars were just too tough and won in straight sets 25-10 and 25-5. The second match brought the highly ranked and number one seed of the tournament in the Woodlands High School team. Our girls played tough and scored a very respectable 20 and 21 points against the powerful Highlanders. It was a tough match and the Cougars played very well against the talented Woodlands team. The one and one record will land them in the Gold Bracket for Saturday’s games, where they will take on Kingwood High School, at Kingwood, at 10:00am to start off their weekend!
The Lady Cougars continue District action at home Friday night against Cy-Lakes with games at 5 and 6 o’clock.
We hope to see you there!
By: Cheryl Price
August 30, 2011
The Varsity Cougars came across a speed bump on their winning road this week! They had a really tough match against the highly ranked Cy-Wood Wildcats and lost the match in 3 sets. Thank you to the cheer leaders for their support! Action continued on Friday night when we met Klein Oak on the Panther’s court. The Lady Cougars kept each set close, but again lost in 3. Hopefully the Lady Cougars can pull it together and come back strong Tuesday night (8/30) when we travel again to Cy-Ridge to take on the Lady Rams. The girls will be at home on Friday night (9/2) against Cy-Lakes. The Varsity girls will play in the Kingwood Tournament Thursday and Saturday. Come out and cheer your Lady Cougars on to victory!!! The team really appreciates your continued support.
By: Cheryl Price
August 19, 2011
The Varsity Cougars continued action Thursday evening in the Annual Spring Branch ISD Volleyball Tournament. They played extremely tough to beat highly ranked Katy in three sets for the first match (25-22, 27-25, and 25-13). Their defense and passing proved to be the difference, with some incredible saves and great teamwork! After the long match and not much time to recover, the lady Cougars met a strong Austin High School team who outscored our Cougars in a two set match to land them in the Silver bracket again. The tournament continued early Saturday morning where the Cougars met an aggressive team from Clear Brook. After taking the first set 25-18, the lady Cougars found themselves down by 10 in the second set, but came back to tie it up at 21! It was too little too late though, and the Clear Brook girls took the second set 25-27. Clear Brook went on to take the third set 19-25, so the tournament was over for our Cougars.
Between Thursday and Saturday’s tournament action, the Cougars played at home against Klein. The bearcats came out strong and took the first two sets 19-25 and 23-25. Then the Lady Cougars and Coach Combs showed us all what they were made of and came back with amazing teamwork and a never quit attitude! The Cougars took the next two sets to tie up the match with identical scores of 25-19 and 25-23. The final set was an exciting display of tenacity by our lady Cougars and they took the set 15-10 to win the match.
The lady Cougars will begin district play this Tuesday against a highly ranked Cy-Woods team. The games will be at Cy-Woods, so please come out and support your lady Cougars!! We hope to see you there.
By: Cheryl Price
August 17, 2011
The Lady Cougars continued on their winning path last night in an exciting match against Concordia Lutheran. If you missed it, you missed a great time! With strong defense, smart offense and some very timely “time-outs” called by Coach Combs, the Lady Cougars were able to rally and scoreagainst a very tall and talented Concordia team. They came from behind to take the first set 25-23. It took a few extra points for the Concordia girls to beat our Cougars in the second set 24-26, butthe Lady Cougars didn’t hang their heads and came back fighting strong to take the third and fourth sets 25-21 and 25-23. Every set was close and hard fought. Congratulations to Shelby Edmiston for being kill leader for the night!
The Volleyball teams will play in the Spring Branch ISD tournament this Thursday and Saturday, with a match against Klein at home Friday night. Hope you can come out and support the Lady Cougars!
By: Cheryl Price
August 15, 2011
The Cougar volleyball team started their 2011 season on August 5th and 6th with scrimmages against some of the top teams in the area including Cy-Falls, Cy-Fair, Klein Oak and Magnolia in preparation for the upcoming season. New varsity coach Tami Combs is welcomed by ten returning players from last year’s varsity squad including seniors Morgan Chenoweth, Danielle Daniels, Shelby Edmiston, Anna Keeling, Sarah Price and Evan St. Laurent, and juniors Ashlynn Caldwell, Dani Fielder, Lexi Rau and Christina Smith. Two sophomores, Payton Brown and Kate Spikula complete the roster for this season.
The Cougars began non-district action at home on August 9th with matches against Memorial and Houston Westside. All teams were met with tough competition. Memorial proved to be too tough for Freshman and JV teams. But Freshman A and JV came back strong with wins against Houston Westside. Varsity pulled out a great win in 3 close sets, 25-23, 25,21, and 27-25.
The Varsity Cougars continued action Thursday evening in the Annual Cy-Fair ISD Volleyball Tournament. They played tough to beat Spring in two sets for the first match, but fell to a strong Klein Collins team and then lost again in a very close three set match against Cy-ranch. The girls came back strong when tournament play continued on Saturday morning. The Cougars beat Oakridge with strong defense and a powerful offense in a riveting 3 game set (25-23, 20-25, and 25-15), and then went on to beat Klein 2-0 (25-20, 25-18), and finally, Jersey Village 2-0 (25-20, 28-26) to win the Silver Bracket and bring home a nice trophy! Congratulations to Morgan Chenoweth for being named to the All-Tournament Team and awarded a nice trophy of her own.
Between Thursday and Saturday’s tournament action, the Cougars played at home against Klein Forest. The Cougars were too much for the Golden Eagles and all teams came away with victories.
The lady Cougars will be at home again on Tuesday night, continuing non-district play with a match against Concordia Lutheran. We hope to see you there!
August 24, 2011
By Adam Coleman The Cy-Fair Sun - www.hcnonline.com
Cypress Woods middle blocker Sarah Nielsen admitted that her team thinks about keeping its winning streak in district play alive.
The way the Wildcats played in its 17-5A opener against Cypress Creek Tuesday night shows Cy Woods has every intention to stay atop the district.
Cy Woods (13-3, 1-0 in 17-5A) swept Cy Creek (8-5, 0-1) 25-8, 25-12, 25-18 Tuesday at home, making it the 19th consecutive win in 17-5A play. The Wildcats went 18-0 in district play last season and during the 2009-2010 season when they were in 15-5A.
August 16, 2011
By Adam Coleman
The Cy-Fair Sun - www.hcnonline.com
It was hard for Cypress Creek volleyball head coach Tami Combs to point out a turning point or even a key player in Tuesday’s win over Concordia Lutheran.
It truly was a team win in her eyes.
“I would love to say that it was one person who had a key moment, but it wasn’t,” she said. “It was just them staying together. They would come back and have amazing kills on us and we didn’t let that affect us. We came back with a couple more.”
August 10, 2011 The Cy-Fair Sun - www.hcnonline.com
The Cypress-Fairbanks varsity volleyball tournament begins Thursday at various high schools in the area.
The tournament gives teams in District 17-5A a sneak peek at its rivals and even some other top-notch teams outside the district. It’ll be a good chance for teams to see extensive action early in the season, too. The 2011 volleyball season started for area teams on Tuesday.
Games take place at Cypress Springs, Cypress Woods, Langham Creek, Cypress Ridge and Cypress Ranch High School.
