Highlight Reel: Class C Semifinals
November 21, 2014
The Schoolcraft volleyball team defeated Roscommon 3-2 in a Class C Semifinal on Thursday, and Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central followed with a 3-2 defeat of Unionville-Sebewaing. Click the headings below for highlights:
BUCKS WORKING OVERTIME - Katie Tozer keeps the game alive in the third set for Roscommon with a nice spike. Schoolcraft won the set, 27-25, and continued the rally to come from two down to win, 3-2, in this Class C Semifinal.
SUSELAND GETS THE POINT - After a long rally, Schoolcraft's Jayci Suseland ends it with a kill. Roscommon jumped out to a 2-0 lead, but the Eagles rallied to advance.
BACK-TO-BACK FOR GREMEL - Early in the first set, Unionville-Sebewaing's Kayla Gremel came up with two big kills. Here's the second point.
ACES FOR HAUT - The second set went to extra time between Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central and Unionville-Sebewaing. After scoring to put her team up, SMCC's Cassandra Haut ends the set with a service ace.
Watch the matches in full and order DVDs by Clicking Here for Roscommon/Schoolcraft and Clicking Here for St. Mary/USA.
Volleyball Mentors Achieve Milestones
September 26, 2012
Over the last three weeks, two of Michigan's most successful volleyball coaches ever moved further up the all-time list with milestone victories.
On Sept. 8, Clinton Township Chippewa Valley coach Bill Rice became the fifth volleyball coach in MHSAA history to win 1,000 matches when his team defeated Lutheran Westland at the University of Michigan-Dearborn Invitational. And Battle Creek St. Philip's Vicki Groat became the 12th coach to win 800 matches, earning her monumental win against Jackson Christian on Thursday.
Groat has coached the Tigers since 1998, when she took over for her mother Sheila Guerra. At St. Philip's current pace -- it is again considered the favorite to win the MHSAA Class D championship this fall and has claimed six straight -- she could match her mom's 862 career wins during the 2012 season. St. Philip is 35-1-1 this season.
Rice began at Chippewa Valley in 1980 and has led his team to four league and 11 Class A District championships, plus back-to-back 50-plus win seasons from 2002-04. His team is 10-13-2 this fall.