Lady Cats Volleyball Coach Mostly Pleased as Team Gets Their Ninth Straight District Win
For second year Lady Cats Volleyball Coach Bailey Dorner, nothing draws her ire more than when her team “relaxes.” To her, this is equated to losing focus during a match. She uses the word to explain lapses in good play by her Lady Cats. Fortunately during a recent 9 match district winning streak, the Lady Cats have been able to get out of the relaxed mode in time to get wins. Coach Dorner used the “r” word again after Tuesday...
Lady Cats Volleyball Coach Saw Good Things And Bad At Saturday Home Scrimmage
After the Lady Cats Volleyball Team scrimmaged Greenville, Princeton and Forney Saturday, September 12, at the Main Gym at Sulphur Springs High School, Lady Cats Coach Bailey Dorner commented on things positive and negative. Coach Dorner said the Lady Cats served well at times and had some good blocks and digs. She said she would have liked her team to play better defense. Coach Dorner said there were times the Lady Cats did not read...
Lady Cats Volleyball Coach Discusses Bi-District Win With Area Game Thursday Night
Lady Cats Volleyball Coach Bailey Dorner put things in perspective at practice Wednesday, after the Lady Cats stunning upset of Hallsville on Tuesday, 3-0. She told them it was great Tuesday to get the win but added it doesn’t matter anymore. Coach Dorner said they now have to focus on Forney, Thursday night’s opponent in an Area match at Canton beginning at 7 p.m. She said changes made recently helped the Lady Cats...
Lady Cats Volleyball Coach Has News on Friday Win and Playoffs
Lady Cats Volleyball Coach Bailey Dorner said her team had a little bit of a slow start before finding high gear in a 3-1 district win at Mount Pleasant on Friday (October 25). The Lady Cats managed to win a close first set but then dropped set two. In high gear, the Lady Cats put the match away by winning sets three and four. Coach Dorner said she got very good play from Sadie Washburn, Brooklyn Burnside and Erika VanBenthem, who did...
Lady Cats Volleyball Coach Disappointed With Loss But Said Team Played Well Tuesday Night
Lady Cats Volleyball Coach Bailey Dorner said she saw some good things in the Lady Cats 3-2 home loss to Greenville Tuesday night (October 22). She said the Lady Cats fought back from a 2-0 deficit to force a fifth set. Coach Dorner said the Lady Cats just made too many mistakes at the end including some costly missed serves. She said she was proud the team played well noting that they did not play well the first time the two teams...
Lady Cats Volleyball Coach Makes Some Changes Before Win Over Mount Pleasant Tuesday
Lady Cats Volleyball Coach Bailey Dorner did a lot of thinking after her team’s performance in a 3-1 loss at Greenville last Friday (October 4). As a result she made some changes. Paris Pickett has become the team’s libero and she responded with a team high 13 digs in Tuesday night’s 3-0 victory over Mount Pleasant. Her servers now include Erika VanBenthem, Czela Moya, Nylah Lindley, Sadie Washburn, Peyton Hammack,...
Coach Dorner Says Struggles With Passing Hampered Lady Cats Against Community Tuesday
The Lady Cats Volleyball Team was certainly seriously tested in their final non-district game Tuesday evening (September 24) before district play begins Friday. The Lady Cats traveled to Nevada Community. Former Lady Cats Coach Justin Maness has the Lady Braves playing at a very high level. Community came into the match with a 25-5 record and ranked #12 in Class 4A. Community won the match 3-0. Still the Lady Cats hung with the Lady...
Lady Cats Volleyball Coach Dorner Said Wylie East Exposed Some of Her Teams Weak Spots Tuesday
After the Lady Cats Volleyball Team lost a competitive 3-0 match to visiting Wylie East Tuesday, Lady Cats Coach Bailey Dorner said the Raiders were a good team that exposed some of her team’s weak spots. She said Wylie East showed that they have played a tough schedule so far this year. Coach Dorner said when the Lady Cats grabbed the momentum, the Raiders would grab it right back. She said she likes to schedule tougher teams...
Lady Cats Volleyball Coach Reviews Edgewood Match
Coach Dorner Says Lady Cats Volleyball Struggled Against Edgewood in Friday Loss Lady Cats Volleyball Coach Bailey Dorner summed up her team’s play in a loss at Edgewood Friday (September 6) this way. She said the Lady Cats struggled, did not pass well, made some silly mistakes and in a couple of sets just waited to late to get going. She added Edgewood took advantage of it. Still after a so-so first set, the Lady Cats picked up...
Lady Cats Volleyball Coach Says Everyone Played Well in Win Over Wills Point at Home Tuesday
Gee it’s great to be back home. Paul Simon’s lyric would definitely apply to the Lady Cats Volleyball Team. After opening the regular season with 23 straight road matches, the Lady Cats finally got to play before the home crowd Tuesday (September 3). They defeated Wills Point, 3-0 by the score of 25-10, 25-14 and 25-12. Lady Cats Coach Bailey Dorner agreed that the Lady Cats played some of their best volleyball this...
