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September 10, 2003

PAHRUMP VALLEY SECOND IN OWN TOURNAMENT

Lady Trojans will remember Alamo

PAHRANAGAT VALLEY WINS VOLLEYBALL TITLE

By DON McDERMOTT
PVT

HORACE LANGFORD Jr. /PVT
Jessica Beatty, 7, and Veronica Villa, 9, of Pahrump Valley helped lead the Lady Trojans to a second-place finish in their own invitational volleyball tournament, played last weekend. Pahranagat Valley Alamo beat the Trojans 2-0 in the finals.

Lady Trojans volleyball tournament results
Pahrump Valley
Lady Trojans Tournament
Friday
Pool A
Las Vegas The Meadows def. Beatty 16-25, 25-10, 15-7.
Las Vegas Sierra Vista def. Mesquite Virgin Valley 25-12, 25-14.
Beatty def. Virgin Valley 25-7, 25-4.
The Meadows def. Sierra Vista 25-11, 25-9.
Sierra Vista def. Betty 25-22, 25-17.
The Meadows def. Virgin Valley 25-11, 25-21.
Pool B
Pahranagat Valley Alamo def. Round Mountain 25-16, 25-1.
Pahrump Valley varsity def. Tonopah 25-9, 25-11.
Round Mountain def. Tonopah 17-25, 25-15, 25-12.
Alamo def. Pahrump Valley 25-18, 25-20.
Pahrump Valley def. Round Mountain 25-12, 25-14.
Alamo def. Tonopah 25-22, 25-15.
Pool C
Las Vegas Valley def. Pahrump Valley JVs 16-25, 25-16, 15-12
Boulder City def. Las Vegas Shadow Ridge 25-20, 25-14.
Boulder City def. Pahrump Valley JVs 25-17, 25-11.
Valley def. Shadow ridge 25-16, 25-11.
Pahrump Valley JVs def. Shadow Ridge 25-17, 25-10.
Boulder City def. Valley 25-21, 14-25, 17-15.
Pool D
Las Vegas Calvary Chapel def. Lund 26-24, 25-21.
Las Vegas Faith Lutheran def. Las Vegas Mojave 25-14, 25-9.
Faith Lutheran def. Calvary Chapel 25-7, 25-21.
Lund def. Mojave 25-16, 22-25, 15-12.
Calvary Chapel def. Mojave 25-21, 25-16.
Faith Lutheran def. Lund 25-12, 25-9.
Saturday
Gold Division
Pool A
Alamo def. The Meadows 25-22, 22-25, 15-8.
Cavalry Chapel def. Valley 25-18, 25-22.
The Meadows def. Valley 25-23, 25-18.
Alamo def. Calvary Chapel 25-14, 25-11.
The Meadows def. Calvary Chapel 25-18, 25-17.
Alamo def. Valley 25-17, 25-11.
Pool B
Faith Lutheran def. Boulder City 25-7, 25-18.
Pahrump Valley varsity def. Sierra Vista 26-24, 25-18.
Boulder City def. Sierra Vista 19-25, 25-19, 15-11.
Pahrump Valley def. Faith Lutheran 25-20, 21-25, 16-14.
Pahrump Valley def. Boulder City 21-25, 25-11, 15-12.
Faith Lutheran def. Sierra Vista 25-16, 25-14.
Championship Round
Alamo def. Faith Lutheran 25-20, 25-18.
Pahrump Valley def. The Meadows 18-25, 25-10, 15-11.
Alamo def. Pahrump valley 25-21, 25-22.
Consolation
Maroon Division
Pool A
Beatty def. Round Mountain 25-22, 25-13.
Mojave def. Shadow Ridge 25-16, 25-14.
Beatty def. Shadow Ridge 25-16, 25-22.
Mojave def. Round Mountain 25-21, 27-26.
Beatty def. Mojave 25-16, 25-15.
Round Mountain def. Shadow Ridge 25-10, 25-7.
Pool B
Pahrump Valley JVs def. Lund 23-25, 25-15, 15-12.
Tonopah def. Virgin Valley 25-11, 25-10.
Pahrump Valley JVs def. Virgin Valley 25-18, 25-20.
Tonopah def. Lund 20-25, 25-15, 15-9.
Tonopah def. Pahrump Valley JVs 25-16, 25-17.
Lund def. Virgin Valley; no scores reported.
Consolation
Championship Round
Beatty def. Round Mountain 25-18, 25-15.
Tonopah def. Mojave 25-12, 25-14.
Beatty def. Tonopah 15-25, 25-21, 15-10.

While the Pahrump Valley volleyball team she coaches didn't win its own invitational tournament, Jill Harris was not totally disappointed.

"I thought we played really well," said Harris, after the Lady Trojans had fallen 25-22, 25-21 to Pahranagat Valley Alamo in the Gold Division Championship finals Saturday night. The Trojans finished 7-2, with both losses to Alamo, which had beaten them 25-18, 25-20 in Pool B action Friday.

"Pahranagat Valley was clearly the best team in this tournament," said Harris of the Panthers, who went 8-0 and were rarely threatened in the two-day spikers marathon contested in the Pahrump Valley High School and Rosemary Clarke Middle School gyms.

"The girls stepped it up," said Harris, whose team is now 12-5 in all matches this season. The Trojans played at Las Vegas Faith Lutheran Tuesday and will be at home against Bullhead City, Ariz., Mohave Saturday (3 p.m.). "They got a lot of experience in this tournament. I thought we played better than expected."

And gaining game experience is what the Trojans need, since only three starters are back off the 2002 team that lost in four games to Overton Moapa Valley in the finals of the Nevada Class 3-a state tournament.

Junior outside hitter Veronica Villa, backrow player Amanda Kunzi, and front row veteran Breann Kukurin were starters in 2002. Harris has Jessica Beatty back, but her varsity play in 2002 was limited.

Freshman setter Angelica Villa made enough of an impression with her steady performances to be named to the all-tournament team, along with her sister, Veronica.

Kaila Tappe, a junior who was on the junior varsity team last season, workd well in the front row. Alyssa West came in as a substitute to serve and play in the back row and Jenny Mills played both in the back row and as an outside hitter.

The Trojans were 2-1 in Pool B games Friday, with victories against Tonopah (25-9, 25-11) and Round Mountain (25-12, 25-14) and the loss to Alamo.

In Gold Division Pool B action Saturday, Pahrump Valley held off Las Vegas Sierra Vista 26-24, 25-18; previously undefeated Las Vegas Faith Lutheran 25-20, 21-25, 16-14 and Southern Nevada Class 3-A League rival Boulder City 25-11, 25-14 to advance into the championship bracket semifinals.

The Trojans held off long-time nemesis Las Vegas The Meadows 18-25, 25-10, 15-11 to advance to the title match against Alamo.

The Panthers, Nevada's Class A state champions, were led to victory by all-tournament team selections Angie Higbee, Kathy Higbee and Kalee Whipple.

In Game One of the finals, the Trojans and Panthers took turns taking command. It was tied at 17, 18, 19 and 20 before Alamo scored five of the last six points, including a game-winning kill by Kathy Higbee.

Angie Higbee's kill gave Alamo a 1-0 lead in Game Two and the Panthers led by as many as seven points before the Trojans put on a brief flurry.

Down 19-13, the Trojans scored nine of the next 14 points to close to 24-22, but Angie Higbee made it game, set and match with a kill for the 25th point.

"Alamo plays the same way Moapa Valley does," said Harris. Which means the Panthers have the big, strong front-row hitters and blockers and backrow players which are defensive specialists or are precise setters who get the ball to the big hitters. Moapa Valley, out of the Southern Nevada Class 3-Aleague, will be going after its 13th consecutive state championship this season.

NOTES - Pahrump Valley begins Southern League play Sept. 23 at Mesquite Virgin Valley ... Other league matches are Oct. 3 at Moapa Valley; Oct. 7, home vs. Boulder City; Oct. 17, at home against Virgin Valley; Oct. 23, at home vs. Moapa Valley, and Oct. 30, at Boulder City ... The playoffs begin Nov. 7, with the divisional tournament to be contested at Pahrump Valley High School ... The state tournament is Nov. 13-14-15 in Las Vegas.