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‘A perfect situation’
Lady Bulldogs to break tie Saturday afternoon in Madisonville
Let the fun begin. Bring on the large, loud crowds, the bigger gyms and the pressure-packed playoff atmosphere.
New Waverly volleyball coach Stacy Hill says her Lady Bulldogs are fired up and ready for whatever comes next.
Before they head into the Class 2A state playoffs, though, they have some unfinished business to take care of. Tied with Anderson-Shiro for second place in District 21-2A, the Lady Bulldogs must play another match against the Lady Owls to decide playoff seeding.
The tiebreaker match between New Waverly and Anderson will take place Saturday at 3 p.m. in the main gym at Madisonville High School.
“The girls are really, really excited,” Hill said Wednesday evening. “As a coach, you don’t want anything to distract your team. We’ve got homecoming on Friday night, so the girls were worried about playing Friday and being in a rush to get to homecoming. It was going to be rough on us playing on Friday. That’s a distraction we didn’t really want.
“Now we have nothing to worry about Saturday except getting there and playing.”
Hill said she’s pumped about the Lady Bulldogs and their playoff possibilities. The coach believes playing district rival Anderson in what amounts to a warm-up match Saturday will do nothing but help her team prepare for the postseason.
“The gym in Madisonville is a lot like Centerville. It’s bigger and it’s going to be a lot louder than what our girls are used to,” Hill said. “We’ve never been in a playoff situation before, so this will be the perfect situation for a warm-up match.
“We’ll get a taste of what the playoffs are like.”
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After advancing all the way to the regional semifinals as relative unknowns with little playoff experience in 2009, the Bulldogs knew they would have a lot more attention in 2010.
Ranked among the top five in the state for most the season, New Waverly did not disappoint. -
Dynamic Duo
NEW WAVERLY — The taste is still bitter for the Bulldogs.
The New Waverly baseball squad is still haunted from last year’s surprising exit in the regional semifinals against White Oak. The Dogs took game one of the best-of-three series and had a 6-1 lead in the second contest heading into the bottom of the fourth inning.
Things went terribly wrong from there and New Waverly was left wondering what happened as White Oak rallied to win two in a row and steal the series. -
Complete package
NEW WAVERLY — New Waverly baseball coach Tommy Bohannon was hoping he could talk Hardin, the Bulldogs’ area-round playoff opponent, into moving up next week’s series to accommodate the state track and field meet.
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New Waverly boys still within range of advancing to state
After finishing their first round on the Oak Hurst Course at Peach Tree Golf Club in Bullard, things looked bleak for the New Waverly boys as they turned in a team score of 372.
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Bulldogs are back again in 2010
They’ve been here before and know Austin all too well.Two years ago, the New Waverly Bulldogs made their first trip to the state tournament, but it ended rather quickly in a disappointing blowout loss to Tuscola Jim Ned.
Then last March, the Bulldogs got past Shallowater and advanced to the state championship game only to fall to defending state champion Ponder 51-39.
This time around, the Bulldogs are determined to take another step forward and come back with a state championship. They’re back again in 2010, and they say they’re going to finish the job this time. -
Bulldogs pass first test
NEW CANEY — Though it had been more than a week since the New Waverly boys played a meaningful game, the Dogs didn’t show an ounce of rust Thursday night.
With a strong defensive effort, the top-ranked Bulldogs cruised past East Chambers 78-36 and into the Region III quarterfinals where they’ll face either fourth-ranked Kountze or Buffalo early next week. -
Lady Dogs live to play another day
Leading by 16 points at the beginning of the fourth quarter, it appeared as if the Lady Dogs would coast to an easy playoff victory.
The only problem was that Kirbyville never stopped playing. The feisty Ladycats made a game out of it.
Barely, the Lady Dogs held on, escaping with a 52-51 victory in Angelina College’s Shands Gym to advance to the area round of the Class 2A playoffs. - Lady Bulldogs start playoffs Monday night in Lufkin
- Dogs clinch outright district title NEW WAVERLY — If the Bulldogs haven’t already made space in the trophy case, they can do so now.
- Lady Hornets set playoff date The Lady Hornets might have lost out on an outright district title Tuesday night at Willis, but the Lady Hornets got a big win Wednesday.
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