Bonita beat Los Altos in 5. Thought we would beat them easily because of their record but Megan and Jasmin really stepped it up. They're great players. If they're coach is smart he'll utilize these players more.

Bonita beat Los Altos in 5. Thought we would beat them easily because of their record but Megan and Jasmin really stepped it up. They're great players. If they're coach is smart he'll utilize these players more.

how bout LA-Bonita or Glendora-Diamond Bar?

St. Lucy's defeated Chino Hills tonight in 3. Next up (or down), Glendora Thursday @Glendora

STL will always be a top 5 program in the valley. But perhaps the days of dominating(if there were any) the valley are over. Too many club players in all the programs. Every team in the valley would have lost to the 3 teams you just faced. Other than that your only other loss is to Walnut and they have been beating good teams all year. You will finish 2nd or 1st in league and make it to the 2nd round of CIF.

hrrump! hrrump!

Regents: My comment about SL parents not being supportive was not meant to include all or even most of the Lucy's parents-and I should have clarified that.It was more of a knee jerk reaction to a few comments made on this blog which I would characterize as less than supportive. Calling out players as being "not ready for prime time" and that the time for playing them is over, suggesting that they should be on the freshman or JV teams or admonishing blog readers for forgetting that there are 2 setters on this team when, in fact, there are 3 seems unsupportive to me. SL, as a team, should be looking to restore that winning tradition that took a hit last year, through no fault of the girls, and yes, as you said, win and lose as a team, support each other no matter who is on the court, and get back to what St.Lucy's volleyball has been about for at least a decade now.
I would much rather be discussing the upcoming Glendora match or reading about what is happening at Los Altos and Walnut than discussing the relative merits and weaknesses of SL.
So, on that note, Glendora seems to be on a roll. This has always been a great match and considered a cross town rivalry of sorts. I'm going to say SL in 3! They are done losing.

Mikasa Mom is right. There are a lot of players on the team. However, I don't agree that the parents do not support the underclass players. The underclass players are supported just as much as the seniors are supported. When we score, we cheer and adore them, whether or not they are seniors. We love to watch our girls play and we know that when we win, we win as a team. Sadly, when we lose, we lose as a team... seniors and underclass players combined. We don't like to hear that one person is more dominant than another. That is an absurd statement that is definitely rooting for just one person and not the team. You cannot win alone. This is not a one-girl-sport. SL is full of talent. The girls have been playing club and school for a while. The coach is starting to realize who he can depend on. The last two losses seemed to have taken an emotional toll on the girls. They lost the spark and the trust that they had for each other. Hopefully, during league, the girls will re-develop the chemistry that will take them all the way to CIF. Go Regents!

I agree that should be a great match. For the record I predict Glendora in 4. Bonita-Los Altos also is a big game. Bonita in 4 in that one.

Diamond Bar plays Glendora tomorrow night @ Glendora
Should be a great match.
Is it being covered?

Other CIF ranked locals besides Diamond Bar,Walnut, S. Hills
are Charter Oak, Bonita, San Dimas and of course Ganesha!

New CIF rankings are out. Walnut is still ranked above South Hills, and Diamond Bar is still 6th. St. Lucy's is off list. These are still hit and miss though so things should straighten out during league.

Just because a player is a senior doesn't mean they have a right to be on the court. They are being honored by being on the team, but playing time isn't guaranteed. Varsity athletics isn't AYSO, nor should it be. Ganesha, which doesn't have close to the depth St. Lucy's has, fields nine seniors, but of the 8 that are the main players 4 of them are Juniors and Sophomores. As long as this is explained to the players before the season then hopefully the team will buy into the concept that only the best, in the coaches mind, will play during tough matches.

Parents if you have a conflict it may be a good idea to go directly to the coach to talk it over with them. They probably have some legitimate reasons for their decisions. Im not sure "airing your complaints" in a newspaper blog is going to help matters.

Yes, there are too many players on the SL team to even try to make everyone happy. And yes, it is too bad that SL parents aren't more supportive of their team. But just because you have lots of seniors on a team doesn't mean that they are your best 6 or 7. Court time should be decided by any number of variables and these variables change from week to week, match to match. There isn't a competitive team at any level of play, HS through professional, that doesn't pick its roster with the idea that potential performance, gaining experience, learning a system, and providing competition to the team's returning players, is just as important as honoring those returning players with a spot. In this case, it is probably more important given that you have 8 seniors, 2 who are the setters. So let the girls play without parents feeling that they have to advocate for their own daughters in a public forum. Sounds like some are feeling a bit threatened by what most will agree is a very talented group of underclassmen, who have not begun to show what they can do. Good luck St. Lucy's... all of you.

The LA coach needs to be a little smarter and set #15 and #9 only, especially in close games. If he wants to win a game, he needs to utilize these players to their potential. He has a young player that's tall, but makes too many mistakes. I'd make sure just to use her for blocks and that's it.

volleyballfollower,

You think. Delavara's coaching has definitely gone downhill this year. He definintely has talent, but does not utilize it. There is a talented hitter on the team (#15) however she gets minimal sets. I wonder why since when she gets the ball she puts it away. Maybe he likes losing. I was at the Walnut game and was shocked when he took her out as well as Macias. No coach in their right mind would take out his two best players.

I am not sure about the seniors at St. Lucy's in leadership. I am sure they are fine. But I can't help but think we have more SL drama when parents are writing in saying that the coach isn't any good because he is bringing up sophomores or freshmen or that older girls have to share time. And the reference that these freshmen/or sophomores should be playing JV??? I don't know the whole team, but, I am very familiar with Dalton and Callen. Dalton/Callen are a tremendous asset for your team and its to bad their own SL Parents aren't showing those two girls more love. I saw the game last week and thought both of those "sophomores" did a great job playing and in leadership. It's too bad St. Lucy's worst enemy is their own SL parents.

South Hills is still the #1 team and that should not change.

What happened to LA this year. This is probably playing as bad as they have in the last 4 years. I still say that they have a lot of talent out there and should be winning some of these games. WOW, maybe it is the coaching....

with regard to lack of senior leadership at st.lucy's, their are a lot of seniors on the team, however the coach very much like last year has added some freshman/sophmores to the team who should be playing at J.V's or Frosh/Soph level. Unfortunately this has led to some problems team wise. Their are too many players on the team to effectively distribute minutes to.

CIF titles? In the last 10 years or so? Maybe Western Christian. Other than that no one.

Does anyone know of some non ranked local teams that have beaten one of the top 10's?

which schools won more Cif titles in the area for vball ?

South hills?

Which schools have the best coaching staff ?

South hills?

Which school have the best jv team?

Diamond bar?

Which school have the best frosh team in the area?

st. Lucys ?

which school is the best place to watch a vball match?

Bishop amat?

yes shills and ghs played in a scrimmage shills won in 4games but thats a scrimmage.
walnut played on 2days in a row to then thats fine im just saying we usually played with a rest in between.
we are doing awsome glendora for not having camile bulot in the lineup if she was in we be undefeated im sure!
i hink she reting up for league!
us dbar st lucys ir st lucys 2nd dbar 3rd!

Bonita wins Ganesha JV tourney. Ganesha tied for 3rd out of 16 teams. Hope everyone enjoyed the experience. Lots of good teams with great sportsmanship.

sgvolley-you need to be bored more often. Thanks for the info.
Would be nice if local teams played against each other more often, but I guess that is what league is for.

Top 10 records against eachother. I may be missing some scores. These are from Max Preps and info that was posted here.

1.S. Hills 1-0 beat St. Lucy's
2. Glendora 1-1 beat Walnut lost to Bonita
3. Walnut 3-1 beat St.Lucys, San Dimas, and LA, lost to Glendora
4. St. Lucys's 1-2 beat LA, lost to Walnut, S. Hills
5. Diamond Bar 0-0 beat LA in a scrimmage though
6. Bonita 2-0 beat Glendora, San Dimas
7. Charter Oak 1-0 beat San Dimas
8. Bishop Amat 0-1 lost to S. Hills
9. San Dimas 0-3 lost to Charter Oak, Bonita, Walnut
10. LA 0-2 lost to St.Lucys, Walnut

Not sure what any of this tells us I was just bored, Maybe some new teams in the top 10 next week.

Your comments are correct. S.L.'s does have all those components, and if that was all they needed, then they would have a perfect record. What they are missing is senior leadership. IMHO, I don't think there is a lot of heart out there and no one to take the reigns. There are some great underclassmen coming up, but they are put in a difficult situation trying to rally a team on their own. Another piece to this, and this is somewhat the coaches fault, is that there are so many girls on the team, that I believe a lot of them are disenfranchised with their lack of playing time. Unfortunate as it is, that is a part of sports.

Its true that Los Altos has yet to win a game but I believe in a head to head match they would defeat Ganesha. The way it was explained to me was the rankings are based on who would defeat who, and who has defeated who, rather than who has the best record. If that was the case Charter Oak would be on top.

Refering to the comment earlier about SL: For the first time in a long time you have well-condiditioned girls, who are well-trained at both club and high school levels, and you have a lot of talent.

Just wondering what else is needed just to beats teams like Walnut, South Hills, Uplands, and Rosary? And we are not talking about beating teams like Corona del Mar, Bishop Montgomery, or South Torrance.

The formula to win doesn't add up for SL if they are truly talented and well conditioned and well coached.

Injury always happen but doesn't SL have a deep bench? or players that can step in?

Picture will be clearer when league is over for all teams.

It is time to get G high in the top ten and Los Altos out.

I don't know if we deserve to be in the top ten-I was kind of being sarcastic with football rankings going to 33. Still, we're hoping to win league this year and we have a good shot. Thanks 4 your comment VBL. Good luck to everyone in their respective leagues (except San Dimas-nice people but still our rivals!).

ghs fan, I think S. Hills already played Glendora in a scrimmage. What was the result?

Ghigh, you guys get a lot of love on these boards. You are ranked #1 in our hearts. You guys are building a nice program from rock bottom. That being said Im not sure how seeing yourself ranked at 14 or 15th out of 33 teams in the area will make you guys feel more respected. You guys have earned respect and continue to earn respect but I dont see you cracking the top 10 this year.
Keep up the good work.

I went to the South Hills/St. Lucy's game to observe both teams. I thought your middles and outsides is what won the first game. The defense was nowhere to be found in all four games. I thought South Hills defense is what made the difference in that game. South Hills missed lots of blocks but the defense was there and stepped up. I think the defense for St. Lucy's needs to answer for something. Plus, I was surprised to see one or two girls who were acting as leaders for the St. Lucy's team and to my surprise heard those were the sophomore girls. I think this Regents team needs to stop pointing fingers, become a team, show leadership and win some games. You have the talent. By the way, well done South Hills.

re: St.Lucy's season to date, without senior Right side hitter Lauren Frazier in the line-up, St.Lucy's will struggle to find a hitter that consistently steps up. The middles have to step up as well, as no blocking leaves the back row almost defenseless. The middles have to step up offensively as well. Back row defense has to be more consistent perhaps moving some players around to shore up the overall defense. League starts next week and the time for playing young not ready for prime time players is over.

I'm sorry but I have to ask. I know we aren't in the SGV, but our football team is? Ganesha has a better record than anyone in our league, we beat many teams during the summer, and finally have our full squad (trust us, man teams would have struggled during our tourney if they had faced us with everyone). Fred and Steve, Joe Amat said it best that you should be consistent. You should also rank the top 33 in VB because if you haven't noticed VB will soon replace football!
Go Giants! The elephant god is watching over us!

Well if thats your theory ghs fan, then thats why Walnut lost to Glendora. They played the night before. I dont think thats a valid excuse.

Anyhow, since they lost to Glendora Walnut has disposed of Claremont in 5, San Dimas in 3, and Los Altos tonight in 3.

10-2 with league starting next week.

i wanna see south hills vs glendora because the real 1 is glendora.
i know they lost to boniia in 4 but they were playing here 2nd night in a row!

I dito that Mikasa Mom. We will be fine in league and I think the coach is doing a great job, but he can only do so much. At some point the leaders need to step up and lead.

Hats off to a good South Hills team. With what seemed like half of S.H.'s points in the first game off unforced errors, I thought it would be an easy match, however they adjusted nicely and took our hitters out of the game to win the next 3 convincingly.

I know no one will say it Fred but everyone's thinking it.

KEEP THE VOLLEYBALL PICTURES COMING!

No wonder everyone's so into high school sports!

any other results this week from teams ranked in the top 10?

No one at St. Lucy's is looking for a coaching change. For the first time in a long time you have well-condiditioned girls, who are well-trained at both club and high school levels, and you have a lot of talent. Some of it is young, but give them some time and experience. You also have upperclassmen who must step up and provide leadership on and off the court. Playing hard would help too. They will be fine in league. Prediction: one or two rounds into CIF this year. Beyond that, a CIF win in their near future.
South Hills has a solid group of players. Setter girl is as athletic and smart a court leader as they come. Musselman has a whip of an arm and defensively, everyone knows wehre to be and what to do. One of Charm's best teams!
Good luck to everyone this season.

Why is the blog all about whether or not St. Lucy's is living up to standards? A new coach must experiment with combinations, so give the coaches a break.

South Hills beat St. Lucy's in four, winning the last three. South Hills was led by Haley Musulman with 15 kills and 14 from Rebecca Lai. Melinda Gomez had nine kills and six blocks.

People outside of SL got to agree with earlier comment below.

Either SL players are inexperienced but they all play club vballs or simply just bad coaching at club level? or just bad coaching at SL?
It does sounded like last year SL. Should people outside of SL expect another coaching change again?

St. Lucy's-South Hills results?

Walnut beat San Dimas in 3 tonight.

The St. Lucy's comments are starting to sound like last years comments. Dont worry everything will be fine. Dont panic yet. I guess they have expectations of going undefeated every year. That just isn't going to happen as the entire valley has improved. Be happy about being one of the top 5 programs in the area every year.

I wouldn't say SL's loss to Upland was solely on the front line. There were issues in every position. Missing the starting Libero for the first game for apparently missing a practise didn't help either. Not that they were the better team by far, but nobody played particularly well in that matchup. S.L.'s seniors need to step up and infuse some inspiration on this team or we may be in for a very disappointing season. They will need to have a very strong showing against South Hills tonight.

How about "quality" wins over Aliso Viejo and El Modena. Getting along? What does that mean? They have played well in every tournament. This team may suprise some people.

Charter Oak has been the biggest surprise this year, their coach sure has them playing well. Their real test is when they get to league.

South Hills is consistantly strong, they have a very good attack this year.

Bonita looks to be starting to bring it together.

Los Altos, very disappointed this year, no leadership on or off the court. This is their tough part of the schedule. Walnut, Bonita and South Hills. If they win 1 they should be happy, win 2 a success. I as many volleyball followers were expecting so much more.

Walnut is looking pretty good this year and their game on Thursday against Los Altos should be a good one to watch.

Bishop Amat still needs a quality win but they look like they are getting along out there this year.

St .Lucy's lost last night to a very good Upland team in 3 straight games,the last two could have gone either way but Upland's steadiness prevailed. St.Lucy's lack of middle play and outside consistent hitting is evident. Next up on wednesday is South Hills and it dosn't get any easier.

St .Lucy's lost last night to a very good Upland team in 3 straight games,the last two could have gone either way but Upland's steadiness prevailed. St.Lucy's lack of middle play and outside consistent hitting is evident. Next up on wednesday is South Hills and it dosn't get any easier.

Ganesha beat Rowland in three tonight. We are finally healthy and ready for league. Thanks for everyone's supportive comments-we are hooping to make history with this team.

Well now we know everybody has it out for Diamond Bar.Atleast they played ranked Los Osos and played them close.

Walnut actually plays San Dimas(9) tomorrow and Los Altos(10) Thursday.