Volleyball Sweeps Calhoun

volleyballThe Volleyball team traveled to Calhoun this past Friday night and came home with a sweep. The Longhorn Freshman team defeated Calhoun with scores of 25-15 and 25-19. The JV team defeated the Sandies with scores of 25-15, 22-25, and 26-24. The Longhorn Varsity Volleyball team took down Calhoun in 3 sets with scores of 25-16, 25-17, and 25-17. Kill leaders were Valerie Valerian with 14 and Allyson Dernehl with 10. Set assist leaders were Abbey Messick with 17 and Olivia Gray with 10. Dig leaders were
Audrey Tuttle with 19 and Valerie Valerian with 10. Block leader was Ambrielle Logan with 11. Serve ace leader was Audrey Tuttle with 4 aces. The Longhorn player of the match was #2 Audrey Tuttle with 4 serve aces, 19 digs, and 21 serve receive passes. The Longhorns will continue district play tonight at B. F. Terry High School. Game times are Freshman and JV at 5:00, Varsity at 6:00.

Volleyball Sweeps Lamar

volleyballThe Longhorn Volleyball team traveled to Lamar Consolidated Friday night to open district 24-5A play. The Longhorns came away with 3 wins to sweep the Lady Mustangs. The freshman team defeated Lamar with scores of 25-14 and 25-15. The JV team demolished the Lady Mustangs with scores of 25-6 and 25- 8. The varsity Longhorn volleyball team took the Lady Mustangs in 3 straight sets with scores of 25-23, 25-9, and 25-15. Kill leaders were Kennedy Prince with 16 and Valerie Valerian with 13. Block leaders were Mattie Ward with 5, Kennedy Prince with 5, Valerie Valerian with 4, and Cassie Coker with 4. Dig leader was Audrey Tuttle with 17 digs. Set assist leader was Abbey Messick with 27. Serve ace leader was Kirby Cuellar with 5. Longhorn player of the match was #5 Kennedy Prince with 16 kills, 5 blocks, 2 digs, 1 set assist, and 4 serve receive passes. The Longhorns will take the court again tomorrow night as they honor the faculty and staff of George Ranch High School and play host to Angleton High School. Game times are Freshman and JV at 5 followed by Varsity at 6. Come out and support your Longhorns as they continue their 17 game win streak!

Volleyball Sweeps Sweeny

volleyballThe Longhorn Volleyball program traveled to Sweeny High School Friday night to take on the Lady Bulldogs. Both subvarsity teams came home with wins. The freshman team won with scores of 25-6 and 25-15. The JV beat Sweeny with scores of 25-12 and 25-15. The Varsity Volleyball Team defeated the Lady Bulldogs with scores of 25-13, 25-16, and 25-22. With the win, the Longhorns are now 25-7 and are on a 15 game winning streak. Kill leaders were Allyson Dernehl with 9, Valerie Valerian with 8, and Ainsley Mandell with 7. Block leaders were Ambrielle Logan with 5 and Mattie Ward with 4. Dig leader was Audrey Tuttle with 12. Set assist leaders were Abbey Messick with 15 and Olivia Gray with 12. Serve ace leader was Abbey Messick with 2. Longhorn Volleyball Player of the Match was #11 Ainsley Mandell with 7 kills, 3 blocks, 3 set attempts, and 1 dig. The Longhorns will take the court again Tuesday night here at Longhorn gym as they take on #1 state ranked, class 6A The Woodlands. Come out and support your Longhorn Volleyball Teams. Game times are Freshman 5, JV 5, and Varsity at 6.

Volleyball Sweeps Needville

volleyballThe Longhorn volleyball teams played host to the Needville Lady Jays here at Longhorn Gym Tuesday night. The night started off right with a solid win from the freshman squad as they defeated Needville with scores of 25-15 and 25-21. The JV team followed suit derailing the Lady Jays with scores of 25-10 and 25- 14. The Longhorn Varsity volleyball team completed the program sweep when they defeated Needville with scores of 25-21, 25-22, and 25-14. Kill leaders for the Longhorns were Kennedy Prince with 14 and Allyson Dernehl with 12. Set assist leader was Abbey Messick with 28, Dig leaders were Allyson Dernehl with 17 and Audrey Tuttle with 13. Block leaders were Stacy Chukwujekwu with 4, Kennedy Prince with 4, and Mattie Ward with 3. Serve ace leaders were Abbey Messick with 3 and Allyson Dernehl with 2. Player of the match for the Longhorns was #14 Allyson Dernehl with 12 kills, 2 serve aces, and 17 digs. The Longhorn take the court again this Friday night as they travel to Sweeny High School to face the Lady Bulldogs. Varsity takes the court at 5 followed by Freshman and JV at 6.

Sub-varsity Volleyball Results

volleyballOver the weekend our subvarsity Volleyball teams competed in the LCISD SubVarsity Volleyball Tournament. The JV team captured 3rd place. In match 1, they beat Fort Bend Elkins with scores of 25-9 and 25-15. In match 2, they defeated Fort Bend Dulles with scores of 25-11 and 26-24. They fell to Ridge Point in match 3 with scores of 21-25 and 18-25. They bounced back in match 4 to beat Clear Falls with scores of 25-23 and 25-22. The freshman team made it to the championship match but came up just a little short. They finished in 2nd place. In match 1, they beat Fort Bend Elkins with scores of 25- 16 and 26-24. In match 2, they defeated Fort Bend Dulles with scores of 25-10 and 25-20. They beat Ridge Point in match 3 with scores of 25-14 and 25-23 to head to the championship match. They fell to a very talented Fort Bend Austin squad with scores of 14-25 and 12-25.

Varsity Volleyball Beats Bellville

volleyballThe Longhorn Volleyball team took on Bellville here at the Ranch Friday night. The freshman team lost a tough match with scores of 25-12, 10-25, and 17-25. The JV team defeated Bellville with scores of 25-14 and 25-20. The Varsity team defeated Bellville with scores of 25-17, 25-17, 20-25, and 25-19. Kill leader for the Longhorns was Valerie Valerian with 24. Block leaders were Ambrielle Logan with 4, Mattie Ward with 3, Cassie Coker with 2, and Stacy Chukwujekwu with 2. Set assist leader was Abbey Messick with 28. Dig leader was Audrey Tuttle with a game high 38 digs. Serve Ace leaders were Abbey Messick and Allyson Dernehl with 4 each. Longhorn Player of the Match was freshman #2 Audrey Tuttle.

Volleyball Sweeps Morton Ranch

volleyballThe Longhorn Volleyball teams traveled to Morton Ranch to take on the Lady Mavs and came home with a clean sweep. The freshmen captured two wins for the night. In match 1 they beat the Lady Mavs with scores of 23-25, 25-14, 25-17. In match 2 they won with scores of 25-14 and 25-4. The JV team took control of the match early on and never let up winning with scores of 25-10 and 25-9. The Varsity Longhorn Volleyball team defeated the Lady Mavs with scores of 25-23, 25-19, and 25-14. With the win, this has extended their winning streak to 12 and over-all record to 22-7. Kill leader was Valerie Valerian with 18 kills. Set assist leader was Abbey Mesick with 22. Dig leader was Audrey Tuttle with 23. Block leader was Ambrielle Logan with 5 total blocks. Service ace leader was Samantha Garza with 2. Player of the match was #1 Valerie Valerian with 18 kills, 2 blocks, and 9 digs. The Longhorns will take the court again this Friday night at home as they host Bellville. Game times are Freshman and JV at 5:00 pm, followed by Varsity at 6:00 pm.

Volleyball Sweeps Second Baptist

volleyballThe Longhorn Volleyball Teams traveled to Second Baptist Friday night and came home with a program sweep.  The Freshman defeated Second Baptist with scores of 25-10 and 25-7. The JV team took down the Lady Eagles with scores of 25-11 and 25-16.
The Longhorn Varsity team came on strong from the opening whistle and never looked back. In set one the Longhorns won with a huge margin of 25-7. Set 2 found much of the same when the Longhorns won with a score of 25-9. The Longhorns walked away with a clean match sweep when they took set 3 with a score of 25-13. Kill leader for the Longhorns was Valerie Valerian with 10. Assist leaders were Abbey Messick with 14, Olivia Gray with 9, and Samantha Garza with 5. Dig leader for the night was Audrey Tuttle with 16 digs. Block leaders were Ambrielle Logan with 6, Alexis Davis with 4, Valerie Valerian with 3, and Cassie Coker with 3. Serve ace leader was Abbey Messick with 4 aces. Player of the match was #20 Cassie Coker. She had 2 kills, 3 blocks, and 3 digs for the Longhorns. The Longhorns will take the court again tonight at Morton Ranch High School.

Orin Covell Longhorn Varsity Volleyball Tournament Champions

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!!

Rewards 365 Fundraiser for Athletes

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George Ranch High School, Reading Jr. High School and Polly Ryon Middle School have partnered with Simply Rewards national fundraising company to do a maroon track fundraising campaign during the month of September. This program is designed to raise immediate funds through a 4- week fundraiser called Rewards 365. All Longhorn Nation students are asked to download the Rewards 365 mobile app, create an account using their assigned Group ID number, and then input email addresses of family, friends, and co-workers. If they did not receive one, use Athletics ID#RW1233X2328.

Emails are then sent to your contacts with a personalized request from your child, requesting a donation to the athletics program. Each donor also receives a membership to the Longhorn Nation Rewards website, as well as, $50 added to their Rewards travel account.

Each student has a goal of 30 email addresses to input and can share their donation request via text and social media. Even though this is a campus-wide fundraiser, the athletics department will directly benefit from this program. Please support your student by making sure they have joined a group and by helping them with collecting email addresses. Thank you for your support.

Please click the following link for the Athletics 365 Parent Instructions.