A Few More Items; Chaska #16, Schewe Athlete of the Week

#3 posting 9.25.2008
your daily dose of girls volleyball news & information

LATE HIGH SCHOOL RESULTS
Stillwater went 2-0 last week with wins over Cretin-Derham Hall and Mounds View. From the Lake Elmo Leader.

Virginia swept International Falls on Tuesday with a 23 point margin. From the International Falls Daily Journal.

Willmar swept Brainerd with a 36 point margin. From the Brainerd Dispatch.

Aitkin swept Pine City with a 30 point margin plus five other results from the Brainerd Dispatch.

Breckenridge swept Barnesville with a 20 point margin on Tuesday. From the Wahpeton Daily News.

Fertile-Beltrami beat Crookston in four. From the Crookston Times.

Q&A
Natalie Yeazle of Spring Lake Park does a Q&A with the StarTribune.

STATS AND STANDINGS
The Duluth News Tribune has Stats, Standings, and Area Rankings large and small school. (scroll past football and other sports in each situation.)

MAX PREP RANKINGS
Chaska was #16 nationally in the MaxPrep poll. Here is the Minnesota all class rankings by MaxPreps. MaxPreps ranks teams 1-404.

Crissi Schewe of Sleepy Eye St. Mary's was named the AVCA/MaxPrep athlete of the Week in Minnesota.

Next up: later today

Promotion Needed

#1 posting 9.27.2007
your daily dose of girls volleyball news & information


STATS AND PROMOTION

The West Central Tribune in Willmar writes about the lack of help in getting stats from volleyball coaches. Only 8 of 21 contribute in that area.

High school coaches need to promote the sport, and one way is through the stats. Now stats may lie and not tell the whole truth, but that is part of the education process coaches need to make to the general public. Withholding information is not the sign of big time programs.

Time issues entering numbers may be a factor. Maybe not enough personnel is available to chart games. Maybe the coaches are new and don't realize these vehicles are available. These are problems that can be delegated.


I recommend putting your stats up on MaxPreps just to help get high school volleyball the publicity it deserves. More information, more cooperation is needed on this sport that lacks media attention. Some top 10 teams haven't joined the party yet.

Right now Brittany Chambers, Jordan is leading the Kills per game with 5.8 according to MaxPreps. The best conference in promotion right now is the NW Suburban with 7/10 schools putting numbers up.


ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

Tiffany Yarke of Melrose has been named athlete of the week in the West Central Conference. Found in the St. Cloud Times.


LATE REPORTS

Kingsland swept Rushford-Peterson last Thursday and were swept by Caledonia. From the Spring Valley Tribune.

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next up: college reports.