Volleyball teams headed to tourneys

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Volleyball teams headed to tourneys

By Cody Pastorella

The Port Arthur News

Area volleyball teams will hit the hardwood for big games this weekend.

Nederland, Port Neches-Groves, Bridge City and Dayton travel to the Dickinson Tournament that starts today.

Nederland, which is 10-6 overall and 1-1 in District 22-4A, faces Galveston Ball at 9 a.m.

Head coach Toni Leach said her team should win the first game but doesn’t know what to expect from the rest of the tournament. She said she thinks her team will play really hard and should be pumped to get back on the floor after losing to Central, which is 5-3 overall and 1-1 in District 22-4A.

PN-G (10-6 overall and 2-0 in District 22-4A) opens against Sam Rayburn at 11 a.m. Coach Barbara Comeaux said there are some really strong teams in the tournament.

“We want to stay in as long as we can,†Comeaux said, “so we can get as many games in as possible. Our team keeps getting better and with every game we are building confidence. That is the key for us right now. We have to play with confidence.â€

Bridge City (7-8 overall and 0-1 in District 21-3A) and Dayton will also be participating in the Dickinson Tournament this weekend.

Not involved with the tournament, Bridge City is scheduled to play at Little Cypress-Mauriceville on Friday. Nederland will also break away from tournament action to host Hamshire-Fannett, which is 10-6 overall and 1-0 in District 21-3A.

The YMBL Tournament also kicks off today and five area teams are set to compete in that tournament. Memorial will start off at 9 a.m. against Crosby at Ozen High School in Beaumont. The other area teams competing in the YMBL are LCM, Orangefield and West Orange-Stark. LC-M is 8-9 overall and 1-1 in District 22-4A, OF is 6-9 overall and 0-1 in District 21-3A while WO-S is 2-10 overall and 0-1 in District 21-3A.

In other volleyball action, Friday night Memorial will host Channelview for its district opener. Also on Friday night, WO-S entertains Kountze and Vidor will travel to Dibol.

Vidor, 10-8 overall and 0-2 in District 22-4A, will also be in action tonight when it travels to Woodville. All tournaments will continue on Saturday for the teams playing non-district games on Friday.

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nederland ended pretty well.

they got 4th.

also played a great game against bellaire.

if they continue to play like that. great things

will come from them!