volleyballThe Longhorn Varsity Volleyball team hosted and competed in the 5th annual Orin Covell Longhorn Varsity Volleyball Tournament this past weekend. The Longhorns opened pool play Thursday by defeating Brenham, Alief Taylor, and Cypress Lakes to advance to the gold pool play division. On Friday, the Longhorns continued their winning ways going 3-0 again with wins over North Shore, Katy Taylor, and Bellville. With a 6-0 tournament record from days 1 and 2, the Longhorns headed into Saturday’s bracket play seeded at the top. To open bracket play Saturday morning, the Longhorns faced Needville and came out victorious. With the win over the Lady Jays, the Longhorns advanced to the championship side of the gold bracket. They once again had to take on Cypress Lakes and once again defeated them advancing to the championship match. The Longhorns came head to head with a tough John Cooper squad. After laying it all on the line, the Longhorns walked away with 9 wins and the Championship Trophy for the first time ever in Longhorn Volleyball History.

Players receiving special recognition were: freshman Audrey Tuttle named to the All-Tournament Team, senior Allyson Dernehl was selected as All-Tournament Most Valuable Attacker, and junior Valerie Valerian was awarded the top honors being selected as the Most Valuable Player for the 2015 Orin Covell Longhorn Varsity Volleyball Invitational. Congratulations on a fantastic tournament season. The Longhorn Volleyball teams will take the court here at the Ranch Tuesday night versus Mayde Creek. Freshman and JV begin play at 5:00 pm followed by Varsity at 6:00 pm. Come out and support your Longhorn Volleyball teams!!