Volleyball
Volleyball All-Star Event This Saturday
The Georgia Volleyball Coaches Association will hold the annual GVCA Senior All-Star Match on Saturday, November 7 at St. Pius X in North Metro Atlanta. The match will start at 4 p.m. The GVCA will employ a new format for this year’s event. With the increased popularity and talent around the state, the number of... »
Volleyball: Cobb teams dominate AAAAA poll
Five Cobb County teams are among the top 10 in the Class AAAAA GACA/PrepCountry coaches poll for the week of Aug. 28. All four No. 1 teams from last week’s poll remain the same. Cobb teams Walton (9-3) and Kennesaw Mountain (16-3) and first and second in AAAAA. The other three Cobb teams among the... »
Volleyball: Holy Innocents’ 3-1 against top teams
By Dunn Neugebauer The Holy Innocents’ volleyball team continued its season with an exclamation point Saturday, taking three of four matches against the toughest competition in Class A/AA. The Bears topped Lovett, Savannah Country Day and St. Vincent’s Academy while losing only to Athens Academy. “It was a great weekend for HI volleyball,” Coach Quinton Walker... »
Volleyball: ELCA 3-1 in play day at Holy Innocents’
The Eagles Landing Christian Academy (ELCA) girls’ volleyball team defeated Wesleyan, Greater Atlanta Christian School (GACS) and Westminster before falling in a thrilling, three-set match to #1 ranked Blessed Trinity at the Holy Innocents Class A/AA playday on Saturday, August, 28, 2010. The playday marked the season unveiling of the Lady Chargers at full-strength with... »
Volleyball: Perfect Pope rises to top of AAAA poll
Pope won its first 18 matches of the season and moved up from No. 3 in the preseason to No. 1 in Class AAAA in the GACA/PrepCountry.com coaches poll for the week ending Aug. 21. Whitewater (17-3) remained No. 2 and Class AAAA preseason No. 1 Marist is No. 3 after a 6-3 start. Blessed... »
Volleyball: High hopes for Holy Innocents’
By Dunn Neugebauer Last year, the Holy Innocents’ volleyball team advanced to the Elite Eight despite having no seniors on its roster. Needless to say, the 2010 expectations are high even though one player is out with an injury and another transferred. “We have lots of new faces; we’re carrying 15 players this season,” Athletic Director... »
Congrats to my niece…Sydney Joffre
As the founder of the company, I always wondered how long I would have to wait to publish a story about one of my nieces, nephew, daughter or son. Although I had to wait 7 years, I am happy to say the oldest of the group, Sydney Joffre, made the North Springs varsity volleyball team... »
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Become a PrepCountry.com correspondent! We are looking for students, coaches and supporters of Georgia high school sports to provide PrepCountry.com with reports on your favorite teams. We are looking for reports on all sports, not only football and basketball. All contributors will receive a byline on all articles and will help promote their school on the... »
Volleyball: Private schools dominate top of polls
Private school were tabbed No. 1 in three of the four classes in the GACA/PrepCountry preseason volleyball polls. Walton, the 2009 runner-up in Class AAAAA, is the only public school chosen No. 1 in the preseason. Northview is No. 2 and Lassiter is ranked No. 3. Walton was 44-6 last season and five of its... »
Volleyball Coaches Name All-State Awards
The Georgia Volleyball Coaches Association has released the 2009 All-State Award recipients. These players were nominated by their coaches and selected by a committee of coaches from around the state. The committee selected 12 players, including a Player of the Year, from each classification. The membership of the GVCA selected a Coach of the... »