Volleyball: November 2011 Archives

South Bay athletes sign on the dotted line

By
Tony Ciniglio
on November 14, 2011 11:00 PM | | Comments (0) |
The South Bay enjoyed a slew of signings as part of the Early Signing Period last week. Here are a few of the highlights from selected signings parties. If you would like to submit a photo of your signing party, please email tony.ciniglio@dailybreeze.com.

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From Palos Verdes in its gym (left-to-right): volleyball player Madi Cicchetti (Fairleigh Dickerson), softball player Sammi Gyerman (Iowa), volleyball player Kenedy McGrath (Virginia Tech), basketball player Kelsey Brockway (Pepperdine), volleyball player Samantha Rummans (Hawaii Pacific), volleyball player Kelly Johnson (Yale) and volleyball player Hannah Rau (Davidson).

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From North Torrance (left-to-right) as they actually sign: softball players Kelsey Cairns (Cal State East Bay), Sydney Halleen (San Jose State), Coco Taualii (Brigham Young) and Jordan Stamps (Delaware State).

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From Carson from its stage (left-to-right): softball players Laura Herrera (Florida State College at Jacksonville), Brittanie Lamotte (Chico State), Brittany Moeai (UCLA), Darian Tautalafua (Long Beach State) and Alicia Barajas (Southern University).




San Pedro Girls Volleyball team unhappy with playoff seeding

By
Matt Lopez
on November 7, 2011 10:37 AM | | Comments (0) |
San Pedro's girls volleyball is once again in the L.A. City Section Volleyball playoffs, but for Coach Kyle Ross, there isn't much to be thrilled about.

When the Division I seeding was announced last week, San Pedro (7-7, 7-5) drew the No. 15 seed and an unenviable first round trip tonight at 7 p.m. to No. 2 seed Granada Hills.

Ross was unhappy with San Pedro's seeding.

"I don't understand the whole seeding thing, it's obvious they want us to get knocked out in the first round," Ross said. "I don't understand why the CIF doesn't step in and do something to make this more fair for the kids."

Ross pointed to the fact that San Pedro finished third in the Marine League behind Narbonne and Carson while Cleveland (9-12, 2-6), which took fifth place in a West Valley League that also includes El Camino Real and Granada Hills, the top two seeds, earned the No. 6 seed, ahead of both Carson and San Pedro.

"None of this makes sense to me," Ross said. "It seems like the Valley pretty much controls the seeding. How does a fifth place team get a higher seed than second place Carson? How do they get a higher seed than us?"

Ross said he planned to fire off letters to the appropriate parties within the City section expressing his displeasure with the current seeding system.

"The way it looks, it's set up to be El Camino Real and Granada Hills in the Finals," Ross said. "Now what's the fun in that when they play each other twice a year?"

Don't expect the unrest over seeding issues to effect the Pirates on the court. Ross said his squad is more than ready for tonight's tough test.

"They obviously want us to get knocked out in the first round, but we're going to have some fun with it," Ross said. "We have a great team and we're going to practice and play as hard as we can and try to get some respect for the Marine League."
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Tony Ciniglio

Tony Ciniglio has been covering sports at the Daily Breeze since 1997 and is the Prep-JC Editor. Ciniglio graduated from Malibu High (home of the mighty Sharks) in 1997 as part of the school's second graduating class before attending powerhouse Pepperdine (Class of 2001), thus shattering any reader's preconceived notion that he has any personal bias when it comes to South Bay Preps.

E-mail Tony at tony.ciniglio@dailybreeze.com.

Dave Thorpe

Dave Thorpe was a self-proclaimed, slightly above average baseball player back in the day at Torrance's West High, who went on and had an unspectacular, injury-riddled stint as a third baseman at El Camino College. Trading bat for pen, Thorpe wrote sports for the Long Beach Union newspaper at Long Beach State University, then worked as the sports editor for the Palos Verdes Peninsula News for seven years before climbing down the Hill to the Daily Breeze, where he has been a sports writer covering local sports since 2007.

E-mail Dave at dave.thorpe@dailybreeze.com.

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