Lady Goats lead District 18-3A Volleyball By Donte Asberry - District 18-3A holds only 5 teams in its league and the Groesbeck varsity Lady Goats are tops in volleyball action sporting a 3-0 record. Madisonville is second at 2-1 followed by Fairfield 1-1, Mexia 1-2 and Marlin 0-2 as of Monday of this week. On Tuesday, September 28, Groesbeck defeated Madisonville in an exciting game 25-12, 19-25, 25-12, 25-23. Lacie Tepe and Camille Perkins both led in serving. As setter, Kim Brown had 87 out of 88 assists on attacks and 22 kills which she assisted on. Jaclyn Gilleland 8 digs and Brittney Brown 12 digs were the leaders of the defense. Other big contributors were Esra Jackson and Reagan Holmes. Jackson had 11 attacks with 6 kills while Holmes came up with 5 big blocks. Groesbeck hosted Marlin at 8:30 a.m. homecoming Saturday in another important district game. The Lady Goats totally dominated the game against the Lady Bulldogs holding them to only 15 total serves while Groesbeck connected on 53 out of 59 attempts winning 25-9, 25-9 and 25-4. Whitney Funderburk made good on 11 out of 11 serves and scored 9 points. Kayla Brown also played well with her serving and had 6 assists for kills as a setter. Meagan Jones added 5 digs to help lead a stout Lady Goat defense. Groesbeck had a bye week in district 18-3A action this past Tuesday, October 5 but played Thorndale in non-district action here. On Friday, October 8, Groesbeck will host Fairfield in district action. It was mentioned to the Groesbeck Journal by Coach Terry White that the freshmen will play at 4:30 p.m. in the P.E. gym while the junior varsity will start at 4:30 p.m. in the main gym. The varsity will follow the junior varsity at 5:30 p.m. in the main gym. Please remember that Parent Night is Tuesday, October 12 against Mexia. The activities will follow the junior varsity game and precede the varsity. Goat Tennis Splits Two The Goat tennis team played two 4A schools and won one of the two. The Goats played Killeen Ellison and dropped a hard fought match 5-14 to the Eagles. This was revenge for Ellison from the fall of 2003 matchup. The match was won by the Eagles with three dramatic third set tie-breakers in each girls doubles match and one at the #1 boys doubles. The Goats Clayton Rettig and Tiffany Hill won a third set tie-breaker in the mixed doubles to put the score at 1-6 after doubles. Winning in singles were: Clayton Rettig, Jordan Boecker, Blair Wilson and Kierston Hamilton. Brenham High, another 4A school, provided the matchup on Saturday. Groesbeck was without #1 boy Cody Studivant for this match due to an injury in what appeared to be an even match. The Goats took two boys doubles wins, mixed doubles and one girls doubles match. Rettig and Boecker, Cody Havner and Jon Hutchason, Wilson and April Beaver and Hill and Jon Hamilton gave the Goats a 4-3 lead. In singles, Boecker, William Madison, Caleb Allison, Havner, Hutchason, Kierston Hamilton and Jessica Studivant took wins for an 11-8 GHS victory. The win Saturday saw a Goat lineup of two seniors, three juniors, eight sophomores and two freshmen. Upcoming G.H.S. Tennis Activity October 7, Corsicana JV, there. October 12, Wharton, Bynum. GHS Cross Country News The GHS Cross Country teams ran in the Troy Invitational Meet on Saturday, Sept. 25th. The two and three mile course were around the Troy High School campus. Leading the Varsity boys team was Sophomore, Leonard Ybarra, who finished the 3 miles race in a time of 20:04, placing 44th out of 138 total runners. Leonard was followed by Freshman, Wesley Slauson, who placed 73rd overall with a time of 21:08. Ricardo Costilla, a Junior, placed 77th with a time of 21:22 and Joaquin Anders, a Sophomore, placed 83rd with a time of 21:49. Sophomore, Jose Garcia, placed 87th with a time of 22:09 and Brett Feeney, a Sophomore, placed 91st with a time of 22:34. Ramon Costilla placed 97th with a time of 23:10. In the Varsity Girls division, Freshman, Jaimye Allen medaled again placing 4th overall out of 136 runners. Jaimye's time was 13:47 for the two mile course. Jaimye was followed by another Freshman, Lacey Longenbaugh, who placed 61st with a time of 16:10. She was followed by Samantha King, a Sophomore, who finished in 87th place with a time of 17:15. Sindy Nino, a Junior, placed 94th overall with a time of 18:26. The teams also ran at the first ever Hubbard Jungle Run on Wednesday, Sept. 29th. The course was at the Hubbard City Lakes Park and was patterned after what a true cross country course should be like. Bringing home another medal was Freshman, Jaimye Allen, who placed third overall, out of 95 runners. She was followed once again by Lacey Longenbaugh, who stepped up and placed 20th overall. Senior, Tiffany Ayala, placed 36th while Sindy Nino placed 72nd overall. In the boys race Joaquin Anders placed 12th, just missing a medal by two places. Ricardo Costilla placed 22nd out of 64 runners. Wesley Slauson, placed 41st, with Leonard Ybarra placing 43rd. Newcomer, Brett Feeney, placed 45th, followed by Jose Garcia. The teams will be running this Saturday at the Fairfield Invitational meet, which is also the District Meet course. Cross Country Team to Compete In Fairfield Meet The Groesbeck High School and Junior High Cross Country teams will compete in the Fairfield Invitational meet on this Saturday. Middle School Volleyball Team To Host Marlin The Groesbeck Middle School Volleyball team will host Marlin on October 11, at 4:30 p.m. Upcoming Lady Goat Volleyball Games Announced Upcoming Lady Goat volleyball games are as follows. *10-8, Fairfield, 9th, JV, V, 4:30 p.m. *10-12, Mexia, (9th, JV, V, 5:00 p.m. *10-15 @ Madisonville, JV, V, 9th, 4:30 p.m. *10-19 @ Marlin, 9th, JV, V, 5:00 p.m. Middle School Football Teams To Host Fairfield The Groesbeck Goat Middle School football teams will host the Fairfield teams on Thursday night at Groesbeck Stadium. Game times are 4:30, 5:30, 6:30, 7:30 p.m. JV, Freshman Teams Travel To Fairfield The Groesbeck JV and Freshman football teams will travel to Fairfield on this Thursday night. The freshmen play at 5:30 to be followed by the JV at 7:30 p.m. Tough Abbott Manhandle Jackets, 68-18 By Scott Ray Robert Skerik and company blew into town Friday night, October 1st, and ran over the hometown Coolidge Yellowjackets, 68-18, in a 15-A six-man game. Skerik finished with 273 yards rushing on 17 carries for the Panthers. Abbott scored 26 points in the 1st quarter and led 40-12 at halftime. The Yellowjackets scored in the 1st quarter on a 2 yard play by Romeo Brown. Adrian Hayes took a kickoff return with 7:04 left in the first half, 4 yards deep in the end zone and raced 84 yards untouched. The other Coolidge score came in the third quarter on a 44 yarder by Adrian Hayes. PAT no good. Abbott scored twice in the last quarter, both TD's by J.R. Price, the last one from 1 yard out to end the game. D.J. Laws, Dakota Allcorn, Eddie Quinton, Jeremy Casper, Isaac Serna and Romeo Brown stood out for Coolidge. The Jackets travel to Morgan next Friday to battle the Eagles in a 7:30 district tussle. They fall to 3-3 on the year and 1-1 in district play. Coolidge had 77 rushing and 76 yards passing and registered only 4 first downs. Junior Jackets Downed, 49-7 By Scott Ray The Coolidge Junior Yellowjackets traveled to Abbott Thursday night and were soundly defeated by the Junior Panthers, 49-7. The Jackets' only score came 7 seconds before the half as Isaiah Pevia returned a kickoff 80 yards. Stephen Bryant added the extra point. Chris Ivester, Elias Garcia, Tyler Bateman, Jordan Reinke and Michael Keith all played well for Coolidge. The young Jackets fall to 0-3. Coolidge High School Homecoming, Oct. 22nd By Scott Ray Homecoming at Coolidge High School will be Friday, October 22nd. The Yellowjackets will play Penelope at 7:30 p.m. at Yellowjacket Field. The Homecoming Queen and King will be announced at halftime. The nominees are Thea Goodman, Armando Hernandez (freshman), Cloressa Hayes, Jeremy Casper (Sophomore), Ashley Reeves, Frank Brown (Junior) and representing the Senior class, LeAnn Calhoun and Adrian Hayes. 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