Yoemen Sports Network

Last week, the Lady Yoe varsity volleyball team competed in their final tournament of the year at Robinson.  The ladies went 1-5 throughout their two days of play.   

Cameron opened up bracket play on Thursday, losing all three matches to Waco Reicher (16-25, 19-25), Connally (25-23, 13-25, 12-25) and Jewett Leon (15-25, 11-25).  

Savannah Kruse led the Lady Yoe in attacking with 17 kills in the three matches.  Kruse also had 14 assists, 15 digs and 4 aces on the day.  

After picking up a big win over state-ranked Bellville last week, the Yoemen moved up one spot in the AP rankings to number two.  The Yoemen were behind Mineola, but the Yellowjackets fell to Van in week one. 

The Cameron Yoemen opened the 2016 season on Friday night by defeating the highly touted Bellville Brahmas, 33-10.  The Brahmas, which are ranked inside the top ten of multiple 4A division two polls, only managed one touchdown off of the stingy Yoe defense.  Meanwhile, the Yoe offense was proficient, scoring three touchdowns in the first half while taking a commanding 20-3 lead into the locker room at the half.  Bellville managed to get the game to as close as 26-10 in the third quarter, but the Yoemen quickly dashed any hopes of a comeback after a Sicory Smith 72-yard pass from quarterback Zack Andress early on in the fourth quarter. 

Once the non-district schedule was released for the Yoemen, everyone in Cameron knew there were going to be some very tough challenges in the early going.  That first challenge begins this Friday night at the "Pasture of Pain" in Bellville as the Yoemen kick off the 2016 season.  Bellville, coming off a state quarterfinal appearance a year ago, enters this season ranked inside the top 10 of most major 4A DII polls across the state.  "Bellville is a lot like Cameron," said Yoemen head coach Tommy Brashear.  

Cameron Yoe Vs. Bellville

If the Brahmas end up being as good as their preseason number seven ranking in the state, then this would be the toughest season opener for Cameron since the 2000 season with Gatesville. The Hornets won that game (34-2) and went on to win the state championship over Abilene Wylie (14-10) to finish the season a perfect 15-0. I believe there will be a few key matchups in this game to watch. Bellville runs the slot-t offense. 

Read more about Cameron and Bellville plus Milano/Thorndale, Franklin/Navasota, McGregor/Groesbeck, West/Rockdale, Teague/Caldwell and Bullard/Malakoff in today's edition of the paper or on our online e-edition.  

The Lady Yoe continued to wind down their non-district schedule on Tuesday by traveling over to Navasota to take on the Lady Rattlers. Cameron kept every set close, but fell in four - 19-25, 25-23, 23-25, 21-25 - to fall to 4-16 on the season.

The Lady Yoe were in good position in the opening set, going up 6-1 before Navasota took over to win the opener. The ladies stayed competitive throughout the second, trailing by only two (16-14, 22-20) twice in the set before rallying late to pick up the 25-23 win. Rallies in both the third and fourth set fell short. Savannah Kruse had...

Read more in this week's edition of the Cameron Herald or our online e-edition.  

The Lady Yoe traveled to Jewett Leon last week, participating in their second tournament of the young season.  

Thursday:

Tarkington (loss): 13-25, 20-25

Kountze (win): 25-9, 25-18

Groesbeck (win): 26-28 25-21, 26-24

Friday:

Brazos Christian (win): 25-20, 25-19

St. Joseph (loss): 25-18, 23-25, 18-25

Leon (loss): 13-25, 14-25

Saturday:

Wortham (loss): 22-25, 19-25

Normangee (loss): 14-25, 25-20, 16-25

The ladies now sit at at 4-15 on the season.  The Lady Yoe will travel over to Navasota on Tuesday and will be in the Robinson tournament from Aug. 25-27.  

The Yoemen hit the road on Thursday, traveling to Madisonville for the final tune-up of the season.  It was a succesful evening as all three squads fared well in terms of overall play and results with regards to scoring.  Cameron will open up the regular season this week.  The freshmen and JV will host Bellville at 5:00/6:30 from Yoe Field on Thursday.  The varsity will travel to the take on the Brahmas Friday in a matchup of top ten squads.  

Freshmen

Cameron Yoe: 6

Madisonville: 4

JV

Cameron Yoe: 7

Madisonville: 1

Varsity

Controlled: 8-3 Yoemen

Live Quarter: 20-0 Yoemen

For the first time since two-a-days began, teams across the state will get to face an opponent other than themselves with the first scrimmage of the year this Friday and Saturday. Below is a breakdown of week one scrimmages from the 10-3A, Central Texas, and around the region.

Lorena @ Cameron Yoe - Friday