Sports Shorts - 9/6

Lady Yoe cap off non-district with a win

Cameron wrapped up their non-district schedule on Tuesday evening from Yoe Gym with Marlin. The ladies will be heading into 19-3A action full of confidence after posting a dominating sweep: 25-2, 25-9, 25-22.

Cameron finishes non-district play with an overall record of 14-13 and will open district play on Friday in McGregor.

Marlin began the match with three consecutive errors before Carley Tucker slammed home a kill in the middle of the court to put Cameron up 4-0. Another quick passing error led to a timeout for the Lady Dogs, but that did not help the cause as Cameron’s lead grew to 10-0 before Marlin would finally get on the scoreboard.

Cameron ended up cruising to the first set win, 25-2.

Marlin actually maintained an early 4-3 lead in the second, but Cameron closed the set on a 22-5 run in what was also a comfortable win. Cameron did have some miscues in the final set, totalling 16 erros, but did what was needed to secure the 50-minute, three-set sweep.

“That is something we are trying to work on,” Nohe said. “We want to focus the entire match. In this type of match, it’s easy to relax, but I felt like the kids did a lot of good things to be responsive. Unpredictable things happen and they responded.”

19-3A appears to be deep in terms of quality teams this season, but Nohe and his players feel as if they could be right in the mix for a playoff spot.

“I feel really positive and I’m optimistic about what we can do,” said Nohe. “If we are willing to compete we can win a lot of games.”

The freshmen will begin at 5:00 in McGregor with the JV and varsity to follow.

Error totals: Marlin: 31, Cameron Yoe: 26. Kills: Carley Tucker (10), Madison Brunson (5), Kenzee Layne (3); Aces: Layne (3).

Texas Girls Association Volleyball Rankings (September 4)

1. Denver City, 2. Bushland, 3. Boyd, 4. Goliad, 5. Callisburg, 6. Johnson City, 7. Friona. 8. Prairiland, 9. Brock, 10. West Rusk, 11. Buna, 12. New Boston, 13. Sonora, 14. Poth, 15. Commerce, 16. Gateway Prep, 17. Schulenburg, 18. Vanderbilt Industrial, 19. Scurry-Rosser, 20. Ponder, 20. Nocona, 20. Diboll, 20. Tolar, 20. Mount Vernon, 20. Columbus.

Yoe climbs slightly in AP poll voting

With their 49-34 win over Mexia to open the season, Cameron has moved up a couple of spots in the latest associated press rankings.

3A top 10: 1. Newton (1-0), 2. Brock (1-0), 3. Canadian (1-0), 4. Goliad (1-0), 5. Gunter (1-0), 6. Lexington (1-0), 6. Childress (1-0), 8. Atlanta (0-1), 9. Franklin (1-0), 10. Rockdale (0-1).
Others receiving votes: 11, Waskom 32. 12, New London West Rusk 20. 13, Sonora 9. 14, Yoakum 8. 14, Shallowater 8. 14, Malakoff 8. 17, Cisco 7. 18, Colorado City 4. 18, Big Sandy Harmony 4. 18, Mount Vernon 4. 18, Cameron Yoe 4. 22, East Bernard 3. 22, Woodville 3. 24, George West 2. 25, Buffalo 1.

Other locals ranked: 6A: Lake Travis (2); 5A: College Station (7), A&M Consolidated (9); 4A: La Vega (3), Liberty Hill (9); 2A: Mart (2), Burton (10).

In Dave Campbell’s Texas Football, Cameron is now ranked 10th after entering the season 11th. The full top 10: 1. Brock, 2. Goliad, 3. Rockdale, 4. Atlanta, 5. Franklin, 6. Yoakum, 7. Malakoff, 8. Wall, 9, Kemp, 10. Cameron Yoe.

Sub-varsity football finds Thursday games

It was announced on Tuesday that Yoe football coach Tommy Brashear had found week two games for the sub-varsity programs, as both the freshmen and JV will be traveling over to Wildcat Stadium in Temple. The freshmen will play Temple’s B team at 5:00 with the JV squaring off with the JV B team shortly thereafter.