JV- Jackson & Lyman

We played Jackson and Lyman last week. We started out rough on Tuesday against Jackson and didn't show up to play.  It was an important lesson for these young girls to learn that no matter what game it is you have be mentally ready and focused to play.  We lost both games with a score of 20-25, 16-25.  We had 5 aces and 11 Kills as team.  These are definitely low compared to our stats in the past, but I hope the girls came away with something that they need to work on.

On Friday we played Lyman.  This game we finally started to turn it around and play Pinedale volleyball again compared to the game before. We ended up losing the first game with a score of 23-25.  We did play bad in the first game and were passing great, we just needed to clean up our unforced errors.  That's just what we did in the 2nd and 3rd games.  I'm proud of the girls for not letting the 1st game get us down and coming back to win the next two with scores of 25-11, 25-21.  The girls learned a lot about errors and how we can not give the game away with silly mistakes that we can control.  Teerstyn Johnson played a great game for us and had 17 Kills! That's pretty impressive.  Ali did an amazing job passing with a serve receive average of 2.57 while Taylor Connors also played well backrow for us with a 2.08 serve receive and 10 digs. Bekah had 8 kills and 1 block. Shawna Rule really has improved so much and had 6 kills for us this game.  I'm proud of how girls turned it around from earlier in the week and showed up to play. 

Keep it up girls!!

Lyman - Varsity

Lyman was a conference game for us, and it was a great win. The girls played hard and because of their effort they won! Lyman put up some big blocks so it made us have to run a quicker offense in regards to our hits. I felt that we played good defense and we passed well. We actually play Lyman again this week, so we know what we have to work on in practice. This week is a crazy but a very important week. We will have two very important conference games; Lyman on Thursday and Mt. View on Friday. Mt. View will be our Homecoming game, so please come and support us. Highlights from the game:
Patience had a great passing game and had 4 aces, 9 kills, 2 blocks, and 7 digs
Brielle had a great passing game and 11 digs
Christina 4 aces, 12 kills, 5 digs
Tayln 3 aces, 2 digs
Erin 11 kills, 1 block
Kristy Ann 5 kills
Teerstyn 4 kills, 1 dig
Stephanie 2 kills, 3 digs
Jalin 1 block, 43 assist, 7 digs
Taylor 5 digs

Scores
Pinedale Lyman
22 25
25 17
25 17
25 20

Freshman Lyman Tournament

Freshman Volleyball
After a tough loss to Lyman (15-25, 26-24) on Friday night, the freshman team got up early to attend a tournament in Lyman. This tournament was set up so that every team there played all other teams two games to 21. The Pinedale girls did very well. It was amazing to see how well they adjusted without one of their starting players who was sick. They worked hard and never gave up. The scores were Star Valley (21-18, 21-9), Green River (19-21, 21-13), Mt View (21-11, 11-21), Rawlins (21-16, 21-11), Lyman (14-21, 19-21), and Evanston (21-20, 21-15). Had they made fewer errors at crucial times, they would have walked away undisputed champions. However, when they left the gym they were in a two-way or three-way tie, depending on how the final game went. We haven't heard the results, but we hope it won't be determined by a coin toss. In the meantime, we tied for first! Notable stats include Gillian's 2.04 passing percentage and 14 kills, Heidi's 21 kills and 16 aces, Tessa's 10 aces, Kyla's 54 assists, and Talyn's 9 kills. Brenna and Victoria did a great job offering stability to the lineup with the last minute change. Way to go Freshmen!

Freshman

Big Piney, Kemmerer, and Jackson

The Freshman Volleyball team has had a great week! On September 13 they beat Big Piney25-10 and 25-14. On September 16 they beat Kemmerer 25-16 and 25-18. On September 20 they beat Jackson 25-13, 22-25, 25-18. I have been most impressed with how they are learning to be good teammates who encourage each other and work together to get wins. Volleyball is teaching us a lot of life skills, such as dealing with people, handling pressure, working hard, learning one's limitations, and being dependable. All of the players are learning to trust each other, are getting comfortable with the rotations, and are more versatile in playing more than one position. These skills should serve them well in the future.

Notable stats:
Big Piney game: Hana's 3 aces and 5 kills for a .625 hitting percentage, Tessa's 5 aces.
Kemmerer game: Heidi's and Tessa's passing 2.5 average with three perfect passes each and 4 and 3 kills respectively, Kassidy's 2 aces with no service errors
Jackson game: Heidi's 5 kills, Talyn's 4 kills, Gillian's 7 digs, and Kyla's 7 assists. The team effort to have 23 good passes, 18 total kills, and 13 aces clinched the win!

Coming up: Lyman at home Friday and the Lyman Tournament Saturday.

Jackson - Varsity

Jackson was a tough game for us. They came out serving hard at us. Even though we struggled at passing at first, our passing became better as we went. Our girls never gave up, they kept on fighting each game. We will learn from this game and move forward. We have Lyman this week and this is a conference game for us.

Christina and Patience had 4 aces, Erin had 14 kills, Christina had 11 kills, and Patience had 8 kills, and Teerstyn had 6 kills. Patience had 3 blocks and Erin with one block. Jalin with 39 assists. Brielle with 12 digs.

Scores

Pinedale Jackson
21 25
25 17
24 26
21 25

JV- Kemmerer

Another good night for Pinedale Volleyball on Friday night.  All teams played Pinedale Volleyball and beat Kemmerer.  The JV starters came out ready to play!  I was very impressed on how they kept to our game plan and did not caught up in what Kemmerer was doing.  As a team we had an amazing total of 21 ACES!!  That makes life easy as a coach when our servers step up and serve hard and consistent. Out of a total of 47 we missed 6 serves which is 87% as a team for the whole match. Our goal is to stay above 90%, but with 21 Aces I know the girls were serving hard and we are working on improving our errors.  I'm so proud of how the girls are playing as a team and cheering each other on no matter who is on the court.  We win as a team and this past week showed that every girl on our team is important and it takes all of us to win. I hope they all continue to improve and push each other throughout the rest of the season.

Scores:
Pinedale 25 Kemmerer 8
Pinedale 25 Kemmerer 22

Kemmerer - Varsity

Pinedale Volleyball had another good week!! We beat Big Piney and Kemmerer all in one week! So proud of the Freshman, JV, and Varsity!

Varsity – During the first game we came out a little sluggish, but by the second game we were playing our game! All the girls played very well and I was able to get some girls who don’t normally play varsity, some varsity time. Overall it was a fun game. In the second game, Christina Silvery served the lights out in this game. She served 21 jump serves in a row, and did not miss one serve! She was amazing, and within those 21 jump serves, 6 of them were aces!! In the second game, She had one more ace with 7 more jump serves. Out of all three games, she did 32 jump serves. She did a very good job, very proud of her!! She also contributed 7 kills and one dig Erin had a great game too, swinging hard! Erin had 11 KILLS, 1 block, 1 ace, and 3 digs. Jalin had one dig, one ace, and 29 assists!! WOW!! Tayln came in with some awesome defense. She had 12 digs. That is good defense!

More Awesome team stats:

Patience had 7 kills, 3 blocks, 1 dig
Stephanie with 1 kill, 2 digs
Teerstyn with 1 kill, 1 block
Vashti with 2 kills
Taylor had 6 digs
Brielle had 6 digs

We play Jackson on Tuesday, and it will be another exciting game. Jackson is not in our conference this year, but my girls love to play them.

Scores
Pinedale Kemmerer
25 18
25 4
25 10

JV- Big Piney

Pinedale had a good day yesterday against their Sublette County rival Big Piney.  All teams came out strong and won all games.  JV team started out slow in both games, but then started to play Pinedale volleyball and never looked back.  They won the first game 25-11 and the second 25-7.  The second was tied 6-6 then we got a sideout and never turned back only allowing one more point to be scored.  A lot of girl got to see playing time and did wonderful.  Bailey Lozier had a chance to set in the end of the first and the whole second game and did a great job. Baylee Buchanan and Shawna Rule did great playing all the around. They both had some kills and tough serves. Our serves were amazing in this match and we ended up with only 4 missed serves in both games and 19 aces.  I'm glad to see the girls stay to their level of play throughout the whole match. 

Highlights:
Baylee Buchanan 8 Aces, 4 Kills
Vashti Fandek- 7 Aces, 4 Kills
Bekah Knapp- 2 Aces, 1 Kill
Shawna Rule- 2 Aces, 1 Kill
Bailey Lozier- 3 Digs, 7 Assists

Big Piney - Varsity

Another good day for Pinedale Volleyball!! Our Freshman did a great job and got a win, Jv did awesome and pulled out a win, and our Varsity had a big win too!! We beat Big Piney in three. All my girls did great, but I would like to recognize four girls. Teerysten Johnson had a great game. She is only a sophmore and every game she plays she gets more confidence in herself and she gets better and better! She had 7 kills and one block. Good job "T" Erin Egle had a great game too! She had 11 kills, four aces, and five digs. Jalin Mckinney did a great job setting for us. She had three digs, 1 ace, and 31 assists! This is Jalin’s second year setting for us! She is doing remarkable! Taylor Connors had 2 aces, she had one of her best passing games, and she had 1 dig. We are looking forward to playing Kemmerer.


Pinedale Big Piney
25 10
26 6
25 14


Patience Jones 5 aces, 5 kills, 1 block
Tayln Costello 1 ace
Stephanie Straley 2 kills
Kristy Ann Brandewie 1 kill
Christina Silvey 4 kills,

Rawlins Tournament- JV

What a great weekend for Pinedale Volleyball. JV & Varsity had a great weekend in Rawlins and Freshman had a great weekend back at home.  The JV team took second in their pool putting them in the Gold Bracket on Saturday.  They beat Torrington in 2 and split with Glenrock and Mt View.  They played great on Friday and had a 2.17 passing average for the whole day.  This was key to most of our wins, making it easy for Tayln to set up our hitters.  On Saturday we opened up with Lyman and beat them in 2 with scores of 21-14, 21-5.  We had to go back to splitting up the JV and Varsity teams.  A lot of sophomores stepped in and we did not lose a beat.  We then faced Rawlins in the semi-finals after a 6 game wait.  We came out sluggish and couldn't get back to playing Pinedale Volleyball. We lost 17-21,18-21.  We then played Buffalo for 3rd place.  We showed a lot of heart and finally started to turn it around after the last game.  We lost the first game 16-21 then battled back to win the second game 21-17.  The third game was only to 15 and we had a slump in serve receive.  We lost 10-15 and ended up 4th in the Gold Bracket. I'm proud of the girls and how they showed up to play all weekend.  They took fourth out of 16 teams with all but one being 3A. We still have a lot to improve on,  but they are getting better and better every week.

Highlights:
Bailey Lozier- Served 14 points straight in the Lyman game! With at least 4 aces!
Taylor Connors- Passed with an average of 2.52 on Friday
Bekah Knapp- Hit very well on Friday with a hitting 37.5%
Shawna Rule- 9 Serve Aces

Rawlins Tournament - Varsity

Pinedale Volleyball had a fantastic weekend, all the way from Freshman to Varsity!!
Our Freshman took 1st in their tournament this week in Pinedale!! The JV took fourth in the Rawlins Tournament in the gold bracket and the Varsity took third in the silver bracket. As a head coach, I am very pleased with all the girls from freshman all the way to my seniors. They have been working hard for a couple of weeks and it’s paying off! I am also proud of my coaches for their dedication to this program and all their hard work! I’m very fortunate to have two great coaches to work with. Mandy Brisko as JV coach and Liz Coville as the Freshman coach.

Varsity
We had an up and down pool play. We had Glenrock, Torrington, and Mt. View in our pool play. We split with all three of them. In pool play you have two games to 21. We would only lose to them by a couple of points and then we would beat them by a lot in the next game. Because we split with all of them, that barely put us in the silver bracket.
Pinedale Glenrock
21 8
18 21
Pinedale Torrington
19 21
21 11
Pinedale Mt. View
21 13
19 21

In the silver bracket we played Buffalo, Powell, and Glenrock again. We beat Buffalo in two, lost to Powell and beat Glenrock for third place. We walked out of that gym that day with our head held high! The girls finished on an awesome win. They played very well. Throughout the whole tournament we had some highs and some lows. During the lows, my girls hung in there and they came out fighting in the next match. I am really proud of the way they all played!! As we come away from this tournament, we know that we can really play with any team in 3 A. This week we are really going to work hard. We have Big Piney on Tuesday and Kemmerer on Friday, both are non-conference games.

Pinedale Buffalo
21 16

Pinedale Powell
18 21
18 21

Pinedale Glenrock
24 22
21 10

The Freshmen have been working hard the last couple of weeks. After a tough loss at Mt. View in three (25-19, 22-25, 15-25), they rebounded with an exciting win against Star Valley at home (25-23, 28-26). They really showed their will to win in that one! Then they enjoyed staying home for the tournament in Pinedale on September 10th. They beat Green River (25-17, 25-22), Jackson (25-23, 24-26, 25-11), and Riverton (25-16, 25-16) to win the championship! There was a lot of excitement, especially in the nearly-completed comeback in game two against Jackson.

Highlights of the weekend include the following:

• Heidi Feck's 18 service aces (she served an amazing 50 times with an average of 2.9),
  
• Tessa Wilson's 13 service aces (she also averaged 2.9 with 32 serves), 0 passing errors in serve receive with 17 good passes for an average of 2.53, and 7 kills,
• Kassidy Williams' 11 perfect passes in serve receive,
  
• Gillian McFarland's 11 perfect passes in serve receive,
  
• Kyla Taylor's 0 service errors the whole day out of 15 serves and her hitting percentage of.429 (4 kills, 1 error out of 7 attempts)
• Talyn Hutta's 0 hitting errors for a hitting percentage .750 with 3 kills out of four attempts and 12 assists.
  
• I would also like to mention that the bench players did a great job of coming in, knowing the rotations, and contributing to the wins. They were Hana Patterson, Shayla Wright, Victoria Carter, Brenna Stone, and Dareyann Ceruti.

They play Big Piney Tuesday and Kemmerer Friday, so come join the excitement!

JV- Star Valley

This was an awesome game for us to learn a lot about our team and what we are capable of.  We came out struggling to get a rhythm the first game and ending up losing 25-22. Bailey Lozier stepped in and gave us a much needed boost to let us battle back after being down. We learned from the mistakes we made and came out strong in the 2nd game. We had some great serves from Teerstyn to get a us ahead by 6 points.  We did not have Taylor for this game, so it required girls to step out of the comfort zone and play all the around. Teerstyn and Baylee did great stepping into this role and we did not miss a beat.  We ended up winning game 2 25-22.  The girls were finally getting the confidence they needed to play to their full potentional.  We battled back and forth in game 3 before finally getting a solid lead with some great serves by Baylee Buchanan.  I'm so proud of how far the girls have come from the beginning of the season and I'm excited to see them keep growing for the rest of the season.  Great job on battling back girls and getting your first conference win!

Highlight Stats:
Teerstyn: 6 Kills 1 Blk
Bekah:   4 Kills
Baylee:   3 Kills
Vashti:    3 Kills

JV- Mt View

This was the first game where we were mixing some of the Varsity/JV girls into the rotation and you could definitely tell they were still learning to play together with one another. We tried a new line-up with a 6-2 offense and they did well for just learning it. We had a rough start in game one and was down 7 to start, but I was proud of the girls for getting things together and fighting back.  We lost game 1 25 to 22.  In game 2 we went back to a 5-1 offense, but still fell short with a 25-21 loss.  This match gave us things to work on in practice as a team and individually and was definitely one to learn from. 
Highlight Stats:
Teerstyn 4 Kills, 1 Block
Bekah   4 Kills
Baylee   1 Kill
Vashti    4 Kills
Ali       2.75 Serve Receive
Taylor 2.60 Serve Receive

Star Valley - Varsity

Star Valley was a tough match for us. They were really a good team that just came down from 4A last year. We knew they would be tough. We came out strong on the first game and we were able to pull out a win. The next 3 games we struggled. We struggled passing and serving, and those two things are the key to winning a game! We will for sure take this lost, and learn from it. I would rather lose to them now, then later on in the season. We have a lot of work to do in the next two practices before we head to the Rawlins Tournament. I really like the Rawlins tournament, it is a great tournament to see the teams from the other side of the conference.

Scores
Pinedale Star Valley
25 23
14 25
22 25
18 25

Stats
Erin Egle 3 Aces, 8 Kills, 6 digs
Tayln Costello 2 Aces, 5 digs
Christina Silvey 6 Kills
Patience Jones 6 Kills, 2 Stuff block
Brielle Buchanan did a great job with Passing, 7 Digs
Jalin McKinney 27 Assists
Kristy Ann 2 Kills. 2 digs
Stephaine Straley 1 Kill
Teerstyn Johnson 1 block, 1 dig

Mt. View - Varsity

We won all three games! My whole team played really well! It was an amazing game and
a total team effort! It was a big win for us because it was a conference game. Patience Jones had an amazing game, she just came back from a sprain ankle. They could not stop her in the middle. She had some fantastic kills and blocks from the middle. Our passing was great, and we had good defense. Brielle Buchanan did an outstanding job for us in the back row. She had some great digs. I love how my JV and Freshman teams were there cheering the Varsity on! All I can say, it was a LOUD gym that is for sure!! Thank you for all the parents who traveled to cheer us on too!!