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With Frenship's Jennifer McCulley's health deteriorating, Toni Gafford, who had no high school head coaching experience, was put in charge.

Toni Gafford wondered if she could do it. Though she’d taught for 25 years, she’d been a coach for only nine, and never a head coach. Even though coaching was in her blood — her mother, Joyce Elrod, had 15 very successful years as the head volleyball coach at Snyder — she’d never ventured out on her own as a head coach, instead serving nine years as the assistant to Frenship coach Jennifer McCulley, happy with what she was doing and where she was.

With coaching in her blood, Gafford seems like a natural 12/25/11 - 6:30am

With Frenship's Jennifer McCulley's health deteriorating, Toni Gafford, who had no high school head coaching experience, was put in charge.

All-city volleyball 12/25/11 - 6:57am

Player of the Year

Player of the Year Katelyn Stewart, Cooper 5-6, S/OH, Jr. There were setters with more assists and digs. There were hitters with more kills and blocks. But no player was more central to her team’s success than the District 2-3A Most Valuable Player and all-state selection, who split between two positions and finished with 443 assists, 180 kills, 88 service aces and 279 digs. Coach of the Year Toni Gafford, Frenship

Coronado's Jones is coach of year 12/11/11 - 7:33am

District 3-4A

Coronado volleyball coach Chad Jones was named the District 2-5A Coach of the Year, and four of his players earned first-team honors on the 2-5A All-District squad in a vote of the league’s head coaches. Earning first-team honors were Lizzy Dimba, Suzzy Dimba, Kalani Giddens and Kyleigh Lucia from the Lady Mustangs. Lizzy and Suzzy Dimba finished 1-2, respectively, in kills for Coronado with 368 and 343. Giddens was third with 313 kills while Lucia finished with 1,222 assists and 294 digs.

High school volleyball playoff results 11/13/11 - 7:19am

REGIONAL TOURNAMENTS Class 5A at Kimbrell Arena, Abilene Friday’s Semifinals Coppell def. Arlington, 25-23, 25-16, 25-13 Flower Mound Marcus def. Arlington Martin, 25-22, 17-25, 25-16, 25-22 Saturday’s Championship Coppell def. Flower Mound Marcus, 25-20, 25-20, 25-15 Class 4A at Kimbrell Arena, Abilene Friday’s Semifinals Dumas def. Trophy Club Byron Nelson, 25-22, 20-25, 28-26, 25-11 Randall def. Aledo, 25-14, 20-25, 21-25, 25-17, 15-9 Saturday’s Championship

High school volleyball playoff results, pairings 11/12/11 - 6:54am

REGIONAL TOURNAMENTS Class 5A at Kimbrell Arena, Abilene Friday’s Semifinals Coppell def. Arlington, 25-23, 25-16, 25-13 Flower Mound Marcus def. Arlington Martin, 25-22, 17-25, 25-16, 25-22 Today’s Championship Coppell (R7, 37-9) vs. Flower Mound Marcus (R4, 28-10), 1 p.m. Class 4A at Kimbrell Arena, Abilene Friday’s Semifinals Dumas def. Trophy Club Byron Nelson, 25-22, 20-25, 28-26, 25-11 Randall def. Aledo, 25-14, 20-25, 21-25, 25-17, 15-9 Today’s Championship

High school volleyball playoff pairings 11/11/11 - 6:38am

REGIONAL TOURNAMENTS Class 5A at Kimbrell Arena, Abilene Today’s Semifinals Arlington (W4, 29-8) vs. Coppell (R7, 36-9), 6 p.m. Arlignton Martin (R4, 27-10) vs. Flower Mound Marcus (R8, 23-10), 8 p.m. Saturday’s Championship Semifinal winners, 1 p.m. Class 4A at Kimbrell Arena, Abilene Today’s Semifinals Dumas (R3, 30-14) vs. Trophy Club Byron Nelson (R5, 33-10), 2 p.m. Randall (W3, 41-4) vs. Aledo (W5, 41-5), 4 p.m. Saturday’s Championship Semifinal winners, 11 a.m. Class 3A

High School Volleyball Playoff Pairings 11/10/11 - 6:15am

REGIONAL TOURNAMENTS Class 5A at Kimbrell Arena, Abilene Friday’s Semifinals Arlington (W4, 29-8) vs. Coppell (R7, 36-9), 6 p.m. Arlignton Martin (R4, 27-10) vs. Flower Mound Marcus (R8, 23-10), 8 p.m. Saturday’s Championship Semifinal winners, 1 p.m. Class 4A at Kimbrell Arena, Abilene Friday’s Semifinals Dumas (R3, 30-14) vs. Trophy Club Byron nelson (R5, 33-10), 2 p.m. Randall (W3, 41-4) vs. Aledo (W5, 41-5), 4 p.m. Saturday’s Championship Semifinal winners, 11 a.m. Class 3A

High school volleyball results 11/09/11 - 6:31am

Regional Quarterfinal Class 5A Arlington def. Amarillo, 25-16, 26-24, 25-22 Lewisville Hebron (W8, 29-8) vs. Coppell (R7, 35-9) Arlington Martin def. Tascosa, 27-25, 25-23, 25-19 Flower Mound Marcus def. Grapevine, 25-17, 21-25, 22-25, 25-16, 15-13 Class 4A Dumas def. Lake Dallas, 25-17, 25-17, 25-22 Trophy Club Byron Nelson def. Granbury, 21-25, 25-22, 25-20, 27-25 Randall def. Frenship, 25-22, 25-21, 25-14 Aledo def. Burleson, 25-15, 25-23, 25-11 Class 3A Andrews def. Midland Greenwood, 19-25, 25-17, 25-23, 25-19

High school volleyball playoffs: Denver City advances; Frenship falls 11/09/11 - 6:39am

Denver City knocked off Amarillo Highland Park on Tuesday in the regional quarterfinals. Shahalay Hawkins notched 26 kills to lead the Fillies to a 25-21, 25-18, 25-21. Denver City’s Marisa Parra chipped in with 20 digs. Denver City will play in a regional semifinal game at a time and date to be determined. Frenship PLAINVIEW — The Frenship volleyball team’s season came to an end in the regional quarterfinals on Tuesday with a loss to Canyon Randall.

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