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Wednesday, December 2 Bielicki and Walch Win Top Honors STUART. In the wake of an ultra successful 2009 season, the post season honors are beginning to roll in for the Tigers. Senior co-captain Elise Walch has been named Florida Dairy Farmers 5A Player of the Year and AVCA Under Armour 1st Team All American. Head Coach Marty Bielicki was also honored by the Florida Dairy Farmers with his second Coach of the Year award, he was also the 1994 5A Coach of the Year. Martin County also was honored with the 1994 Player of the Year- Emily Suter. Wednesday, December 2 Tiger Alumni Beale is All American
ST. AUGUSTINE. In her senior year at Flagler College, Katie Beale has saved her best for last and has been named to the AVCA All American Team. Her team is currently in the Final 8 at the 2009 NCAA Division II National Championships in Minnesota. She is the first Flagler volleyball player to be named to an All-AVCA team. Beale has also earned AVCA and Daktronics All-Southeast Region honors all within the past week. She leads the team with 506 kills and her 488 digs are just seven shy of setting a school single-season record. She earned Southeast Region All-Tournament honors and was an All-Peach Belt Conference first team selection. Katie also earned PBC Player of the Week honors earlier in the season. We hope that the Saints can bring home National Championship. Good Luck Katie! Wednesday, December 2 Cuthrell's Bears in Running for AVCA Play of the Year NEW LONDON, CONN. 2008 Alumni Rachel Cuthrell's Coast Guard Academy Bears team is in the running for the AVCA play of the year. During the play, Rachel makes a diving save, assists on two blocks, and then makes a stuff block for the rally winning point. Click HERE to vote for the play. Way to go Rachel and the Bears! Tuesday, December 1 Tiller Leads the Way as Crusaders Finish Season BELMONT, NC. 2009 County Alumni and former team captain Remick Tiller finished her first season with the Belmont Abbey Crusaders and led the team with 2.12 digs per set. Her 1.51 kills per set was good for third on the team. Belmot Abbey plays in the Carolinas Conference. Nice job Rem! Wednesday, December 2 Albright Sets Up the Owls KENNESAW, GA. Finishing her second season with Kennesaw State, Rachael Albright looks to continue her stellar volleyball setting career with eyes on the team's assist records. After leading the Owls for the second season in a row, she has 1062 career assists despite splitting the setting duties both seasons. She was also thrid on the team in digs as well. With her team's top hitters returning for 2010, the future looks "Al-bright". Good Luck Rachael! Friday, November 20 Tigers are ......State Champions!
Thursday, November 19 State Finals! LAKELAND. In their first trip to the state championships since 1999, the Tigers are prepped and ready. A tough season schedule and intense intra-squad pratices have brought Martin County this far and they are not ready to relinquish their goal- a 5A State Championship. In the semifinal match against Lithia-Newsome, the Tigers were relentless and pounced on the unsuspecting Wolves. A big lead in set one brought the them to a 25-15 win. Newsome dug in and held a 15-15 tied score in the second set before County ran off a 10-1 run to end it 25-16. The last set (25-14) was much of the same and allowed County to end with a 3-0 sweep. The finals match against Leon will be played tonight at 7pm. Go Tigers! Wednesday, November 18 District and Region Roundup- On to States! STUART. It's an early morning here in Stuart where the Tigers are waking to a brand new day, one that will take them to exactly the place they wanted to be back in August- Lakeland and the state championships. County rolled through districts, sweeping foes Sebastian and South Fork on their way to a first round regional matchup (their 20th straight trip to regionals) with Melbourne HS. Another sweep there and the South Fork Bulldogs took another shot... and ended their season with their 51st straight loss to Martin County. After three sets in the regional finals against St. Thomas Aquinas, the Raiders provided the Tigers with a tough challenge and a 2-1 deficit. A gritty, never say die effort from County took them out of that hole and outstanding play ans senior leadership propelled the team to their first state championship trip since 1999. Ten years is a long time to wait between trips and the Tigers hope to cap one of the most successful seasons in their history with a 5A State Championship and make the trip more of an annual thing. The Semifinal match is today against Lithia-Newsome HS (20-7). The 29-1 Tigers are looking to close out their season with a couple more wins and cement their place in history- let's go Champs! Saturday, October 24 24 wins and 1 Loss STUART. These Tigers are flying high after one of the best seasons in County history. Highlighted by two wins over rival Jensen Beach, two tournament championships, and current #12 national ranking from prepvolleyball.com, the Tigers will head into the post season with high hopes and their eyes on the biggest prize of them all- a 5A State Championship. The road behind lays littered with top teams. County has knocked off last year's 6A state champs Timber Creek and perenially 3A powerhouses Berkeley Prep and Bishop Moore, the numbers 4 and 5 ranked teams in 5A, and the numbers 2 and 4 ranked teams in 4A. The road ahead will be tough and paved with oppenents who'd like nothing better than to knock the Tigers out- South Fork, Palm Bay, St. Thomas, Leon, Venice. Each of these talented teams would love to take County's place in history. The Tigers' goal is a 31-1 final record and their date with destiny. Thursday, October 22 Jensen and John Carroll JENSEN BEACH and STUART. The Tigers wanted to end the regular season on a high note and needed strong efforts from the team in order to make this happen. Tuesday night in front of a record crowd at Jensen Beach, County legitimized ther claim as the top team in the area with a four set victory. The two teams traded kills all night long until the fourth set when the Tigers finally put Jensen away. Thursday night's home match was Senior Night against John Carroll. All six seniors began the night together and motivated their team to victory in three straight sets. Senior co-captains Elise Walch and Lauren Brinskelle began their varsity careers four seasons ago, Kayla Cormier and Kelly Brown joined the varsity as sophomores, and Monica Meyer and Lexis Lloyd (transfer) were added this season. Each has made wonderful contributions to both the skill level and the cohesiveness of the squad and we hope they can all end their Tiger careers as Champions. Friday, October 16 County Alumni Make Waves Several former Tigers have continued their stellar careers and winning ways at the college level over the years. This fall, six such alumni either are leading their teams or play key roles in the the success of their programs. In her senior season, Katie Beale is the kills leader for Flagler University. Just one year removed from their Tiger days, Allison Lewen and Remick Tiller are filling key roles for Berry College and Belmont Abbey University. Remick leads her squads in digs and Allison has been one of her squad's go to hitters. Ater setting all sorts of records at the helm of the Tigers, Rachael Albright continues to play her way to success at Kennesaw State as the team's leading setter. Just to the south Allie Warren continues in the long line of Warren family success at Palm Beach Atlantic. And last, but not least, Rachel Cuthrell has joined the Coast Guard Academy team this season and already leads the team in blocks. In the coaching ranks is Kelly Morrisroe who was named one of the AVCA's 30 under 30 in 2009 for her work as the number one assistant at Eckerd College. We wish these Tigers best of luck over the remainders of their volleyball careers as they pave the way for the present and future Tiger players. MCVB4L! Thursday, September 24 There's No Place Like Home STUART. The friendly confines of the home gym seems to be a winning formula for the Tigers. No long bus rides, no dark confined volleyball courts- just the bright, airy, and loud home court at the Don Wallen gymnasium. County welcomed visiting Okeechobee tonight. The JV 1 team opened with a two game sweep 25-13, 25-22 behind the offense of Tierney Seman (8 kills) and Madison Arnold (5 kills). Serving up all sorts of difficulty for the Brahman's were Danielle Dodge, Madison Arnold, and Saige Popson with 2 aces each. The Brahman varsity played excellent defense against the County attack, but in the end the Tiger hitters prevailed in a three set victory 25-13, 25-15, 25-17. Setters Kayla Cormier (12 assists) and Mallori Moffat (11 assists) fueled the offensive fires from 21 Lexis Lloyd digs. Senior Elise Walch led the way with 18 kills and 6 blocks and Molly O'Neil added 12 kills. Lauren Brinskelle and Nicole Walch provided strong serving to keep the Okeechobee hitters silent. County now rests on a 15-1 record heading into a holiday shortened bye week. Next Up will be Jupiter and then the Tampa Invitational in October. Wednesday, September 23 Tigers Control the Bulldogs STUART. The South Fork teams put up a fight in all three matches tonight in the Don Wallen gymnasium. The Tiger JV2 lost in three close sets while the JV 1 as victorious in their own back and forth 3 set match 19-25, 25-20, 15-9. Danielle Dodge had 12 kills and 4 aces while Madison Arnold added 6 kills. In the last match, Martin County used a decided height advantage to grind out a victory 25-18, 25-14, 25-22. Elise and Nicole Walch drilled 16 and 15 kills along with 7 blocks apiece. Mallori Moffat put up 23 assists and Lexis Lloyd contributed defensively with 13 digs. Lauren Brinskelle chipped in 6 kills and 2 aces. The 14-1 Tigers will play tomorrow against Okeechobee. Sunday, September 20 Winner, Winner, Falcon Dinner- ECC Day Two! STUART. For the first time in ECC history, a local team has won- and it was the home team Tigers. County started off the day finishing pool play with a win against Brentwood (Tn) 25-15, 25 16. Entering the gold bracket, The Tigers beat out Grissom (AlA), who defeated them at last year's ECC 25-18, 25-19 to set up the showdown in the finals against Jensen. With the match swinging back and forth County prevailed against the craftyJensen attacks 16-25, 25-17, 16-14. Sealing the deal with a six point serving run was senior co-captain Lauren Brinskelle to go along with the match ending kill from her captain partner Elise Walch. The Tigers are now 13-1 heading into this week's matches against South Fork and Okeechobee. Saturday Results POOL PLAY RESULTS POOL A: Jupiter def. John Carroll, 25-17, 25-22; Grissom (Ala.) def. Westminster Academy, 25-17, 25-17 POOL B: Nature Coast def. South Fork, 16-25, 25-12, 25-13; Lake Highland Prep def. Cardinal Gibbons, 15-25, 25-23, 15-5 POOL C: Orange Park def. Spanish River, 25-20, 23-25, 15-12; Jupiter def. Pompano Beach, 26-24, 25-18 POOL D: North Broward def. Middleburg, 25-20, 25-23; Martin County def. Brentwood (Tenn.), 25-15, 25-16 Team results Gold Division Martin County def. Grissom (Ala.) 25-18, 25-19 Jensen Beach def. Lake Highland Prep 25-21, 19-25, 15-11 Martin County def. Jensen Beach 16-25, 25-17, 16-14 (overall championship) Lake Highland Prep def. Grissom 20-25, 25-20, 15-12 (consolation) Silver Division Jupiter def. North Broward Prep 25-16, 23-25, 15-8 Cardinal Gibbons def. Orange Park, 25-15, 25-14 Cardinal Gibbons def. Jupiter, 25-21, 25-27, 15-11 (championship) Orange Park def. North Broward Prep, 25-22, 25-23 (consolation) Bronze Division Brentwood (Tenn.) def. Westminster Academy, 25-21, 25-21. Spanish River def. Nature Coast, 25-21, 25-18. Spanish River def. Brentwood, 25-19, 25-22 (championship) Westminster Academy def. Nature Coast, 25-21, 25-16 (consolation) Copper Division John Carroll def. Middleburg, 25-19, 25-19. Pompano Beach def. South Fork, 21-25, 27-25, 15-13 John Carroll def. Pompano Beach, 25-23, 25-19 (championship) Middleburg def. South Fork, 25-22, 25-21 (consolation) Final Team Standings 1. Martin County; 2. Jensen Beach; 3. Lake Highland Prep; 4. Grisson (Ala.); 5. Cardinal Gibbons; 6. Jupiter; 7. Orange Park; 8. North Broward Prep; 9. Spanish River; 10. Brentwood (Tenn.); 11. Westminster Academy; 12. Nature Coast; 13. John Carroll; 14. Pompano Beach; 15. Middleburg; 16. South Fork. Friday, September 18 East Coast Challenge Day 1 STUART. The action was fierce in the Don Wallen gymnasium tonight. The Tigers took home two victories in as many matches defeating Middleburg in the opener 25-16, 25-17 and then West Broward Prep 25-15, 25-14 to close out the night. Tomorrow morning (Saturday) the Tigers will play last year's Tennessee 5A runner-up Brentwood HS who is 1-1 with a victory against Middleburg and loss against West Broward Prep. Results from Friday Night Pool A At Martin County John Carroll def. Westminster Academy 19-25, 25-21, 15-13 Grissom (Ala) def. Jupiter 25-21, 25-22 Westminster Academy def. Jupiter 25-22, 22-25, 15-12 Grissom def. John Carroll 25-20, 25-18 Pool B: At Jensen Beach Cardinal Gibbons def. Nature Coast 25-13, 26-24 Lake Highland Prep def. South Fork 25-22, 25-10 Cardinal Gibbons def. South Fork 25-21, 25-13 Lake Highland Prep def. Nature Coast 25-22, 25-18 Pool C: At Jensen Beach Jensen Beach def. Orange Park 25-14, 25-16 Spanish River def. Pompano Beach 25-17, 25-19 Jensen Beach def. Spanish River 25-17, 25-21 Orange Park def. Pompano Beach 25-21, 16-25, 16-14 Pool D: At Martin County Martin County def. Middleburg 25-16, 25-17 North Broward Prep def. Brentwood (Tenn.) 16-25, 25-22, 15-10 Martin County def. North Broward Prep 25-14, 25-15 Brentwood def. Middleburg 25-20, 25-23 Friday, September 18 Breakthrough! STUART. The volleyball news out of Matin County has been good. A 7-1 record that includes a close loss to national top 20 Plant has caught the eye of writers at Prepvolleyball.com. the Tigers had made the "on the bubble" listing of the top 100 teams in the country numerous times before busting through with a #78 a national ranking from the volleyball news service this week. Heading into this weekend's East Coast Challenge, Martin County will have the opportunity to win their own tournament for the first time. Such an accomplishment will take quite an effort from the squad. The Tigers will have to beat perennial Tennessee power Brentwood as well as former ECC champs Grissom (Alabama) to even get to the finals. Coach Bielicki's team has worked hard to develop a winning formula and will put their practice to the test tonight. Good Luck Tigers. Wednesday, September 16 Tigers Tame St. Thomas STUART. St. Thomas' JV fared better than their varsity night winning a tight three set match against the Tigers. The County varsity was able to dispatch the Raiders in straight sets- 25-18, 25-23, 25-16 ending a ten year losing streak to St. Thomas. Leading the way for the Tigers was senior libero Lexis Lloyd (23 digs). Time and time again, she was there to stop a Raider rally. Martin County will take an 8-1 record into this weekend's East Coast Challenge. Tuesday, September 15 Senior Ace!
Tuesday, September 15 County Sinks the Sharks STUART. Sebastian River's days of glory are a fading memory. If the Sharks entered the Don Wallen gymnasium with any thoughts of recapturing that glory, the idea was washed away during warm-ups and non-existant after the first booming County kill. A 10-1 Tiger lead in the first set brought a time out from the Sebastian coach and a 20-2 lead brought the second. The first set mercifully ended at 25-3 behind 9 Elise Walch kills and 11 service points from Mallori Moffat. Unfortunately for the Sharks, set two began and ended in similar fashion- a 25-7 County win. Coach Bielicki's second team handled both the second as well as the third set win for a Tiger victory. The team's record stands at 7-1 heading into tomorrows key matchup with St. Thomas Aquinas Go get 'em Tigers. Sunday, September 13 Tigers Place 2nd in Gainesville
GAINESVILLE. In the best tournament showing by a Tigers squad in a decade, Martin County stormed into Gainesville and placed second overall losing only by the slightest of margins to National top 20 and three time defending 5A State Champs Tampa Plant HS in the tournament championship. In a back and forth battle featuring three of the top senior recruits in the state,the Tigers and Panthers slugged it out. Thundering attacks and point saving digs on both sides of the net kept the match close. Plant escaped with twin 25-23 victories in sets one and two before County inched ahead for their own 25-23 set three win. Too many unforced errors doomed the Tigers in the deciding fourth set as Plant marched to a 25-12 win for the match victory. On Friday night, County (5-1) won their pool round with straight set wins over Durant 25-21, 25-10, Colombia 25-11, 25-22, and Gainesville 25-18, 25-7. They beat Orlando Bishop Moore 25-23, 23-25, 25-14, 14-25, 15-7 in Saturday morning's semifinals to get to the championship. Sisters Elise and Nicole Walch were named to the All Tournament team. Sunday, June 21 Tigers are National Champions
Friday, May 1 Lewen Signs with Berry
Allison was Co-Captain for the District champions this season. A three year starter, Allison collected 454 good digs, 538 good passes, 262 kills and 267 serving points in her career. Coach Bielicki states, "Allison is a multi-talented athlete who can do it all on the court. She has worked very hard playing club ball for Treasure Coast and Palm Beach Juniors. Allison is extremely competitive and an excellent student. Berry is an excellent fit for Allison as she has family nearby." In the fall Allison will be playing for Coach Mika Robinson and the Berry Vikings. Coach Robinson is very familiar with Martin County volleyball as she coached for Buchholz high school in Gainesville and attended the East Coast Challenge. Wednesday, February 11 All State
Tuesday, February 3 All Conference
Monday, December 29 Palm Beach Post All Area
Wednesday, December 17 Tigers Fill Stuart News All Area Roster
STUART. After a very successful run deep into the 5A playoffs, the County roster was well represented on the Stuart News All Area squad. Highlighted by two first team selections, Elise Walch and Molly O'Neil, the Tigers also received two honorable mention selections- Allison Lewen and Nicole Walch. This is Elise's third All Area award and Molly's second. Both Allison and Nicole are first time selections. Congratulations Tigers! Sunday, December 7 Annual Banquet
STUART. The annual banquet at Carraba's was the end of a successful 2008 season. The Tigers finished with a 22-8 record and made it to the final eight. The team won the district championship and went undefeated in conference play. Statistically, County finished third in the state for kills per game and assists per game. At Carrabas, a wonderful meal was eaten and awards were presented by Coach Bielicki and at the end, County said goodbye to our seniors. We'll miss you Rem, Allison, Amanda, and Stephanie!
Saturday, November 15 County Falls One Step Short of State FORT LAUDERDALE. The Tigers were looking to become the first team since 1999 to make to back to Lakeland, but after a strong showing from the home team Raiders, County will have to wait yet another year. Riding an eight game win streak, the visiting Tigers started out strong in a 26-24 opening set win. From there the fast paced affense of the Raiders was too much for County to handle as they fell in four, 26-24, 14-25, 17-25, 20-25. The Tigers were led offensively by junior Elise Walch's 21 kills and setter Kayla Cormier's 27 assists. Lauren Brinskelle's 15 digs and Allison Lewen's 14 paced the Tiger defense. The team finishes with a 23-8 record and a #18 (all Florida classes) ranking from Maxpreps which is the highest of any team on the Treasure Coast or the Palm Beaches and ahead of #21 Royal Palm and #22 Jensen Beach. Next up for County will be the annual Carraba's banquet on December 6th from 12noon to 2pm. Friday, November 14 Tiller Commits
Tuesday, November 11 On to The Regonal Finals STUART. For the first time since 2004, the Tigers will play for a regional championship. The Kayla Cormier to Elise Walch offensive combination worked nearly flawlessly in the first two regional matchups as the Tigers disposed of their opponents. Last Wednesday County dominated Bayside 25-13, 25-3, 25-12 and then tonight dropped West Boca in four sets 27-25, 25-16, 23-25, 25-16. The solid defense of Libero Allison Lewen and specialists Amanda Mangels and Kelly Brown as well as timely serving from Nicole Walch, Lauren Brinskelle, and Molly O'Neil led the way for the 22-7 Tigers who now are are one win from their first final four berth since 1999. They will face perennial 5A contender St. Thomas Aquinas in Fort Lauderdale at 2pm. Good Luck Tigers. Thursday, October 30 District Sweep Your Tigers swept through district foes Dwyer, 25-10, 25-12, 25-14 in the semi-finals, and West Boca, 25-18, 25-21, 25-21 in the finals. Saturday, October 18 On to Districts STUART. Coach Bielicki expanded on his philosophy of scheduling tough opponents in order to prepare his team for the post season by adding a third tournament for the Tigers. Knowing that the district and conference schedules would not be enough preparation for the post season, in addition to the East Coast Challenge and The Tampa Prep Invitational, Coach sent the team to Gainesville for the Gator Town Classic. In doing so, he knew that some traditional local matches would have to sacrificed in order to meet the FHSAA guidelines of a 25 match maximum- no Jupiter, no Okeechobee, no Jensen. One thing Coach was not counting on was the injury bug that bit the Tigers in Gainesville. Top offensive weapon Elise Walch, senior Stephanie Howard, and starting setter Rem Tiller each suffered injuries that kept them sidelined for portions of the season. Elise's and Rem's absence allowed other Tigers to step up including 9th grader Nicole Walch who led the team in kills in Elise's absence and junior setter Kayla Cormier who leads the team in assists. It is a credit to the high-powered County offense that they went undefeated in District and Conference play and played lights out in non-tournament matches. The only losses coming in tournament play to some of the top teams in Florida and the southeastern U.S. In the absence of a FSWA poll this year MaxPreps has filled the gap with the creation of an all Florida ranking system. Currently the Tigers sit at #24 in the all-class rankings. The Tiger losses have come in their three tournaments appearances against (Maxpreps rankings) #4 Berkeley Prep, #7 St. Thomas, #19 Cardinal Gibbons, #22 Gainesville Eastside, #26 West Boca, as well as perennial 5A power Clearwater and three time defending 1A (LA.) state champs Northlake Christian. Martin County's big wins include matches against six time defending 5A (Tenn.) Brentwood, Florida #32 Merritt Island, two returning Florida state runners-up from 2007- 6A Durant and 3A Pine Crest, and state power PK Yonge. Heading into districts, the Tigers will be bouyed by their success as well as the return of a healthy Elise Walch. Her crowd pleasing kills will serve to keep County's spirits high as they attempt to continue their amazing streak of 18 consecutive appearances in the Florida regionals. Thursday, October 16 Tigers Sweep Conference on Senior Night STUART. Treasure Coast's visit to the friendly confines of the Don Wallen gymnasium did not go as planned for the Titans. They will remember a 25-13, 25-10, 25-4 defeat at the hands of the Tigers (18-7, 5-0 district, 6-0 conference) who complete a sweep of the Raulerson division of the Treasure Lake Conference. The win marked the 15th time Martin County has blanked their conference opponents. Celebrating their senior night were Tigers Amanda Mangels, Allison Lewen, Stephanie Howard, and Remick Tiller. Congratulations ladies. The County fans will miss you next season. Tuesday, October 14 And Then There Were 600 STUART. A convincing win against district and area rival South Fork will be remembered as a part of a special night for head coach Marty Bielicki. Not only did he keep Martin County's all time win streak aganist the 'Fork alive at 50 wins, but he also as able to celebrate his 600th career win. 27 years after his first career win, also against South Fork, number 600 was just as sweet. Always first to compliment others, Coach was quick to point out that he has been blessed over the years with great players, great parents, wonderful assistants, and some luck here and there. Congratulations Coach- we're proud of you. Monday, October 13 Tampa Invitational TAMPA. The Tigers traveled to Tampa this past weekend to take on some of the top teams from Florida and in the nation. The opening match on Friday as against Florida's current #1 Berekely Prep. A slow start doomed the Tigers to a 14-25, 14-25 defeat. Next up was regional rival St. Thomas and again the Tigers fell 20-25, 19-25. County's serve receive was not up to par in either match. To close the night, County squared off against defending 6A runner-up Durant and finally pulled out a win 25-16, 2-19 to claim a spot in the Bronze for Saturday. Three time defending Louisana 1A champs Northlake proved to be a little better than the Tigers in a 21-25, 26-24, 21-25, 23-25 loss. County ended the tournament with a five set win over defending 3A runner-up Pine Crest 28-30, 25-17, 23-25, 25-18, 15-13. Friday, September 19 East Coast Challenge STUART. In a gym loaded with talent, Martin County continued to steamroll the competition Friday night. Opening against Jupiter HS, The Tigers stormed out to a 25-17, 25-15 victory. County followed with a 25-15, 25-19 win against Merritt Island. Tomorrow's pool play continues against Cardinal Gibbons at 10am. Wednesday, September 17 Tigers on a Tear SEBASTIAN. The Sebastian River Sharks have a new coach and a new attitude, but they did not have any answers for the Tiger offense tonight as County opened up large leads in all the games to take the conference rivalry match 25-10, 25-18, 25-9. Martin County will take a 6-2 (1-0 district) record into this weekend's East Coast Challenge. In the JV matchup, County was also victorious winning the match in two games. Sunday, September 14 County Finishes Strong GAINESVILLE. A poor start against Clearwater and Gainesville Eastside left the Tigers in an 0-2 hole Friday night. The Tiger lost to Clearwater 20-25, 21-25 and Eastside 18-25, 25-19, 14-16. A lineup shake-up gave County a boost and they rebounded to beat P.K. Yonge 25-22, 25-22. Unfortunately, the damage had been done and the Tigers were sent to the Copper bracket the following morning. On Saturday, Martin County easily handled Ocala Forest 25-10, 25-11, 25-16 and Okeechobee 25-22, 25-20, 25-14. Elise Walch, who made the all-tournament team, had 46 kills and 11 blocks, and Nicole Walch had 36 kills, 37 service points and 17 blocks. Molly O'Neil added 41 service points, 20 kills, and 18 digs and Kayla Cormier had 60 assists. Remick Tiller had 48 assists, 20 service points and 18 digs and Allison Lewen had 17 kills, and 28 digs. Amanda Mangels had 36 digs. Jenny Maine had 18 kills and 15 blocks. Sara Loomis had 10 kills, and Lauren Brinskelle had 13 digs.for the Tigers (5-2, 1-0 District). Tuesday, September 9 On to Gainesville GAINESVILLE. The Tigers will head out to Gainesville for the first time since winning the Gator Town Classic in 1999. County is seeded first in pool D and will tackle Clearwater, P.K. Yonge, and Gainesville-Eastside on Friday. Also in the tournament will be rivals St. Thomas, Venice, and Jensen Beach (defending 4A State Champion)along with other top programs Gainesville High, Berkeley Prep, and defending 6A State Champion Buchholz. Matches begin Friday at 3:30pm at Lincoln Middle School in Gainesville. Go Tigers! Tuesday, September 9 Tiger Set to Become a Badger
Thursday, September 4 County Opens with Victory STUART. On opening night at home, the Tigers began the season with a bang. From the first thundering Elise Walch hit to the ending Lauren Brinskelle laser, County had its way against visiting district foe Monarch High. The Knights were kept off balance by Tiger servers Molly O'Neil, Elise, Allison Lewen (18 service points), and Rem Tiller. Rem (23 assists) and Kayla Cormier supplied sets all night long to Elise (23 kills) and Nicole Walch, as well as Stephanie Howard and newly converted RS Jenny Maine. Allison, Lauren, and Amanda Mangels passed a great match, with supers subs Kelly Brown and Sarah Loomis providing a spark in the third game. The result was a 25-12, 25-13, 25-12 Tiger romp. County will take a 1-0 (1-0 district) record into the weekend. In the evening's opening JV match, the County offense was led by Monica Meyer with 9 kills, Tierney Seman and Laura Morris with 5 kills each. Saige Popson served up 4 aces as the JV won 23-25, 25-14, 15-12. Saturday, August 30 Tigers Split at Pre-Season Classic BOCA RATON. The Tigers made the annual pilgrimage down to Boca for the matchups against longtime rivals Spanish River and West Boca. In the opener against the host Sharks, County controlled the match from the outset with outstanding passing from Molly O'Neil, Allison Lewen, Amanda Mangels, and Lauren Brinskelle. Great passing allowed for a fluid offense for which Spanish River had no answer in a 25-14, 25-14 win. In the second match against West Boca, the Tigers had trouble generating offense early in both games and despite late game heroics dropped both games, 17-25 in the first and 26-28 in the second. The Tigers will open the regular season on Thursday against district opponent Monarch High at home at 6:30pm. Monday, September 1 Stuart News Article The Tigers are the on the "watch" list for the area. This is an excerpt from the August 29th Stuart News paper. VOLLEYBALL 2008: THREE THINGS TO WATCH 1. MARTIN COUNTY'S EXPERIENCE Martin County is poised for a deep run in the state playoffs after reaching the Class 5A regional finals last year. Junior hitter Elise Walch (418 kills, 160 blocks, 121 points, 29 aces) leads the team and is joined by a cast of talented teammates like setter Kayla Cormier, liberos Allison Lewen and Amanda Mangels, outside hitter Molly O'Neal and middle hitter Stephanie Howard. Setter Remick Tiller, a mid-year transfer from South Fork, and freshman hitter Nicole Walch add to the lineup. "Barring injuries, we're a contender in 5A," longtime coach Marty Bielicki said. "The program is in place." Thursday, June 12 Tampa Camp, Physicals, and Summer Volleyball
Physical Forms can be picked up at the gym from Monday thru Thursday from the athletic secretary Mrs. Cook. You must have a physical before you can play in the 2008 high school season! The season officially starts on Monday August 11th with tryouts at 3:00 P.M at the MCHS gym. J.V. will go to 5:30 and varsity will go to 6:00. Starting June 17th there are "OPEN GYMS" for all players: Tuesdays from 6:00-8:00 at South Fork Wednesdays from 6:00-800 at Jensen Beach. Tuesday, May 29 Letter from Coach Dear Athlete and Parent(s),
Once again, we want to salute our seniors for a “great” job for the last four years. They have given us a legacy to carry on and be proud of. We want to build on their accomplishments and excel. Following is a list of dates which may concern you:
Tampa Volleyball camp is TEAM CAMP II , July 17th-July 20th, 2008. Please register now to guarantee your spot! The University of Tampa web site is www.tampavolleyball.com
We are going to start practice on Monday Aug. 11th, 2008 at 3:00 P.M. Currently, we are looking at having our Varsity Tournaments:
If you ever need to talk to me, you can come to the Deans office (sometimes you need to set up an appointment with Mrs. Poerio). You can also email me at mbielicki@hotmail.com .
Our future success depends on how hard “you” work and personally get better as a volleyball player. Excellence comes at a “high price” of time, sacrifice, money and sweat. Competition for positions will be keen and intense. As one of the lyrics in the 1969 progressive rock band “ Uriah Heep” sings, “Sacrifice: the future has a price.”
I hope many of you share our goals for next season:
Wishing you success in school and in your personal life, I am,
Always a friend and coach,
Marty R. Bielicki Cell 772-215-9015 “We are: Tough. We are: Together. We are: Tigers!” Friday, May 16 2008 Schedule is POSTED Check out the Schedules & Results page to see who and where your Tigers are playing. Friday, May 16 Juniors Team is Headed to Nationals ORLANDO. Congratulations to the Treasure Coast 16's team coached by County coach and alumni Kelly Johnson. The team fought off the rest of a tough field and was crowned as champions at the USAV Florida Regional Championships this past weekend. The team, made up of players from throughout Martin County includes standouts Molly O'Neil and Kelly Brown from the County varsity. They will all participate in both the AAU and the USAV national championship tournaments. We wish them luck. Wednesday, May 14 Graduation! GAINESVILLE. Former Martin County Tiger and 5-A 1994 Player of the Year, Emily Suter, will be graduating from the University of Florida as a Veterinarian on May 24th. Good luck to Emily as a doctor--first doctor in the Tiger Volleyball family! Friday, April 25 Warren Signs with Palm Beach Atlantic
Tuesday, April 22 Gilmour Signs with Centenary
Monday, March 10 East Coast Challenge Field is Complete 8th Annual 2008 East Coast Challenge Teams Brentwood, TN Cardinal Gibbons Cypress Bay Grissom, AL Jensen Beach Jupiter The Kings Academy Lawton Chiles Martin County Merritt Island Miami Killian Middleburg Pine Crest South Fork Spanish River West BocaSunday, December 23 Palm Beach Post All Area
Friday, December 21 Stuart News All Area
Sunday, December 16 All State
Wednesday, December 12 Alumni Makes News
Wednesday, December 5 County Alum Wins Post Season Honor
Friday, November 30 Treasure Lake All Conference
Saturday, November 17 From Tigers to Owls
STUART. After a highly successful career as a Martin County Tiger, Rachael Albright will be a Kennesaw State Owl next year. She signed her Division 1 Letter of Intent to join the Owls. Albright finished with a school-record 2,077 assists for her career, tying the single season record her junior year (731), then setting the record her senior season (791). She has been on the varsity all four years at County and the starting setter since her sophomore season. Throughout her high school career, Rachael has been an integral part part of the Tiger game plan both on and off the court in Coach Bielicki's volleyball program. Her presence will be missed, but the entire Martin County volleyball family wishes Rachael luck in her college career.
Rachael's Martin County Career Highlights All Conference 2nd Team Stuart News Honorable Mention All Area Palm Beach Post Honorable Mention All Area 2006 All Conference 1st Team Stuart News All Area 1st Team Palm Beach Post All Area 2nd Team 2007 All Conference 1st Team Stuart News All Area 1st Team Palm Beach Post All Area 1st Team Saturday, November 10 Tigers Lose to West Boca in Regional Semifinals STUART. After two victories against the Bulls this season, the Tigers were looking to complete the sweep and head to the regional finals. West Boca had other ideas and ended their skid against County. Martin County's season ends with a 15-25, 20-25, 25-15, 14-25. At 23-5 the Tigers finished with their best team record since 1999 and numerous individual eclipsed team records. Senior Rachael Albright ends up as the season and career assist leader, fellow senior Taylor Gilour set the record for most service points in a game, and super sophomore Elise Walch ends the season with team records for most kills in a match, most kills in a season, most blocks in a season, and career total blocks. The Tigers say goodbye to seniors Allie Warren, Taylor Gilmour, Rachael Albright, and Rachel Cuthrell who end their run as Tigers after a very successful season. County returns three starters and a slew of talented underclassmen who will look to improve in 2008 and attempt to get Martin County back to Lakeland and the State Finals. Wednesday, October 31 Tigers Sweep Satellite STUART. After "roaring" out to a 10-10 tie in game one, the Tigers got their game back on track to take out the Scorpions from Satellite Beach 25-16 in Game one. Senior setter Rachel Albright served out the last seven points to break the match open. She finished with 13 service points and 36 assists to take over the school record. Most of those assists went to Elise Walch who ended up the night with 18 kills. County got a big boost at the service line from senior Rachel Cuthrell who ended with 11 total service points and numerous timely kills as the second two games also went the Tiger's way, 25-21 and 25-11. Returning to the County gym next Tuesday will be West Boca for the regional semifinal against the 23-4 Tigers.
Tuesday, October 30 #6 County Heads Into Post Season STUART. Not much movement within of the top six as each team, including County, won their respective district. The Tigers will be hoping to meet the winner of the Fort Myers/Aquinas grouping after first round matchup with unranked Satellite today and then a possible rematch with West Boca in the second round. Regional Matchups are as follows Sebastian River (Sebastian) (16-10)West Boca Raton (20-6) #6 Martin County (Stuart) (22-4) Satellite (Satellite Beach) (17-9) #4 Fort Myers (23-5) Hollywood Hills (23-5) #3 St. Thomas Aquinas (Ft. Laud.) (24-4) Barron Collier (Naples) (19-6)
Keep track of the action at the FHSAA website
Regular Season Final Rankings CLASS 5A Thursday, October 25 2007 District CHAMPS
STUART. After a two years of district frustration at the hands of West Boca, The Tigers exorcized the demon tonight with a 25-23, 21-25, 25-20, 25-16 victory over the Bulls in Stuart. The game ran through the hands of senior setter Rachael Albright, who had 50 assists, four blocks, and 19 service points including nine in the first game. West Boca (20-6) was most competitive early on, rallying from seven points down, twice, in the first game and pulling to within 24-23 before an Elise Walch kill gave it to the Tigers. Walch led the way with 30 kills and 12 blocks Freshman hitter Molly O'Neil added 13 kills and 7 digs. Lauren Brinskelle had eight kills. Senior middle Rachel Cuthrell had 7 blocks. Defensively, Allison Lewen had 20 good passes to the setter and Amanda Mangels had 14. Up next for County (22-4) will be Satellite Beach HS next Tuesday at home 7pm.
Thursday, October 25 Tigers Slip to #6 As mentioned in a previous article, the Florida Sportswriters' view on 5A volleyball had been to keep the status quo. However heading into the the post season, Martin County once again finds itself dropping a notch despite winning all of their games since the last poll. Jumping ahead of the Tigers and previous #4 Lake Howell are the Green Wave of Fort Myers into the #4 spot of the regular season ending poll. The Tigers will look to ascend past their ranking and move back up in the rankings as they play in the district championship tonight against #14 West Boca and beyond into the regionals next week. With the ultimate goal of qualifying for the state finals in Lakeland, County will get a shot at knocking off several of the teams currently ranked ahead of them in 5A. Go get 'em Tigers!!
CLASS 5A Wednesday, October 24 County Secures 18th Consecutive Regional Berth STUART. On their home court tonight, the Tigers dispatched any title hopes for district newcomer Coral Glades. 21-4 Martin County will face West Boca tomorrow at 7pm looking for their 14th district championship. The Bulls have thwarted County's hopes for the previous two district championships, but these 2007 Tigers are intent on winning the title and some home court advantage for regionals. In tonight's game, senior setter Rachael Albright continued to add to her assist record with 45 as the Tigers closed out Coral Glades' season 25-12, 23-25, 25-7, 25-13. On the other end of those assists were the high-flying hitters Elise Walch (26 kills), Lauren Brinskelle (10 kills), Rachel Cuthrell (8 kills), and Molly O'Neil (6 kills). Leading the way from the serving line were Molly with 16 service points and Lauren with 15. The defense was anchored by the back row players Allison Lewen, Amanda Mangels, and Taylor Gilmour. Monday, October 22 Tigers Look to Extend Regional Streak STUART. After completing another twenty win season and yet one more top ten ranking, Martin County looks to extend their streak of 17 consecutive regional appearances this week in the district qualifying tournament hosted at home in Stuart. Coach Bielicki's squad finished undefeated (6-0, 20-4 overall) in district play this year and will be seeded number one. They will open play on Wednesday at 7pm against the winner of Tuesday's Monarch-Coral Glades quarterfinal match. The finals will take place on Thursday at 7pm. All of County's matches will be played in the Don Wallen gymnasium. Don't miss the action! First Round / Tuesday (3) South Fork vs. (6) W.T. Dwyer, 5 p.m. (at Martin County) (4) Monarch vs. (5) Coral Glades, 7 p.m. (at Monarch) Semifinals / Wednesday (2) West Boca Raton vs. South Fork-Dwyer winner, 5 p.m. (1) Martin County vs. Monarch-Coral Glades winner, 7 p.m. Championship / Thursday Semifinal winners, 7 p.m. Monday, October 22 Annual Volleyball Banquet Annual Banquet will be at Carrabba's on December 1st. Clear your calendar! Festivities begin at 12 noon. Thursday, October 18 County Reaches Twenty Wins at John Carroll
Wednesday, October 17 Seniors Headline Senior Night
Tuesday, October 16 No Records Broken, Just a Broken Record Perhaps the Florida sportswriters have better things to do than try and figure out the 5A rankings. As they have been for the entire season, six teams remain at the top. Even with the occasional flip-flop at number one or number two, it has been pretty consistent- Plant, Venice, Aquinas, Lake Howell, Martin County, and Fort Myers. Or perhaps the writers are dead on with their picks and the top six really are that much better than the rest. Although none of these teams are undefeated, all have played top competition from within and outside of the state and with winning results. Plant and Venice remain the highest ranked Florida teams on the prepvolleyball.com rankings giving a ton of backing to the idea that day in and day out, the best volleyball in the state is played in 5A. Oh, and the #1 team in 4A (North Martin County HS) is pretty good too.
CLASS 5A Tuesday, October 16 Senior Night Tomorrow Against Jupiter HS
The Martin County seniors will be honored tomorrow night in Stuart as they take to their home court for their Senior Night. The four 2007 co-captains, Rachael Albright, Allie Warren, Taylor Gilmour, and Rachel Cuthrell have been together on the varsity for the last three years and Rachael and Allie have been playing varsity for their entire career as Tigers. In the last four seasons, County has averaged over 20 wins each season in large part to the efforts of these ladies. Their individual accomplishments are as follows:
Allie Warren- Team captain 2006, 2007. Signed with Palm Beach Atlantic
Rachael Albright- Team captain 2006, 2007. Signed with Div. I Kenesaw State
Taylor Gilmour- Team captain 2006, 2007. Signed with Division I Centenary College Rachel Cuthrell- Team captain 2007
Sunday, October 14 Home Stretch Heading into the last week of the regular season, the Tigers are looking to make their season last just a bit longer than it has in recent years. With the ultimate goal of the state tournament in Lakeland, County has loaded its schedule with top ranked teams. Playing the best from within and without Florida has helped prepare the team for their run into the post season. Six of their last nine opponents were ranked in the top ten of their respective classes and County's strong record of 6-3 in that time shows that they are indeed prepared to play with anyone. No letdown in the last week as the preseason Palm Beach Post #1 Jupiter comes to Stuart for County's senior night on Wednesday before the Tigers head up to John Carroll to take on the defending Treaure Lake Conference champions on Thursday. Both teams have spent time in the FSWA poll this season and should continue to allow the Tigers to sharpen their game entering districts. Currently County holds the record for the third longest streak of post season play (17 years) in state history and has no plans to relinquish the streak any time soon. Awaiting the Tigers in districts include local rival South Fork and big time opponent West Boca. Don't miss any of the upcoming action! Thursday, October 11 Tigers Declawed by Jensen STUART. In front of the largest crowd in recent times, Jensen Beach showed off their new 4A #1 ranking in a defeat of home team Martin County. In back and forth action all night, the Tigers seemed to play from behind on their home court. After a lackluster 18-25 loss in game one, County dug in but lost game two 23-25. Kayla Cormier sparked the home team from the serving line at the end of game three allowing the Tigers to win 26-24. Game four was seemingly all Jensen Beach as County bowed out 22-25. Leading the way for the Tigers statistically was 9th grader Molly O'Neil with 10 kills, 9 service points, and 9 digs. Rachael Albright dished out 48 assists and Elise Walch added 14 kills. Defensively Allison Lewen had 15 digs and Taylor Gilmore had 11. Martin County (18-4) finishes the regular season next week against John Carroll and Jupiter High Wednesday, October 10 Tigers Take No Bull From the Brahmans
STUART. Things were back to normal in the volleyball relationship between Martin County and Okeechobee. After two losses to the Brahmans in 2006, The Tigers were determined to bring things back to normal and handed the visitors a 25-13, 25-9, 25-9 defeat. On this night senior co-captainTaylor Gilmore set a new record for service points in a match notching 24 in only three games. Providing the fuel to the County offense were Rachael Albright (17 assists) and Kayla Cormier (13 assists). Punching their kill tickets were Elise Walch (12 kills), Allison Lewen and Lauren Brinskelle (6 kills each), and Molly O'Neil (5 kills). Rachael Albright led the team with 10 digs and Molly and Allison each added 8. The Tigers will take an 18-3 record with them into tomorrow match. In early action the Tigers won both the 9th grade match 25-23, 25-16 as well as the JV contest 25-16, 25-11. In the opener, Ashleigh Brown led the team with 9 service points and for the JV Kelly Brown scored 12 from the line and Monica Meyer had 14. Sara Loomis put away 5 kills for the JV. The JV is now 10-0 and the 9th grade team is also undefeated at 3-0. Tuesday, October 9 Newest FSWA Poll Has a Familiar feel To It. If you close your eyes and think back to the previous two 5A state volleyball polls, you will notice that the top six are still the top six. And if you look at the newest poll, the more things change, the more they stay the same. The Martin County Tigers remain at #5 behind the usual suspects- Plant, St. Thomas, Venice, and Lake Howell. Still at #6 is last year's nemesis Fort Myers. The only change in the poll having any possible effect on the Tigers is in 4A where Thursday's opponent Jensen Beach has assumed the top spot. Playing top ranked schools is nothing new to County after recent matches against Plant, Venice, Orangewood, Grissom, Bishop England, and King's Academy. These Tigers have very sharp claws and will compete against whomever opposes them.
CLASS 5A Tuesday, October 9 County-Okeechobee Not To Be Overshadowed by Jensen Match STUART. Two times last season, Martin County squared off against Okeechobee and both times County came out on the losing end. Very infrequently does a Tiger volleyball team fall twice to the same team in one season, and these Tigers have long memories. So when they take the court on Wednesday, there will be some paybacks in mind and the Brahmans better bring their Tylenol- there's pain to be be brought. 25-27, 25-20, 15-10, 26-24, 25-23, 23-25, 15-25, 19-21. These are the game scores from County's two matches last year with Jensen Beach resulting in a victory for each team. If they are any indication of what Thursday match will bring, you might want to flip a coin. Knowing this, Coach Bielicki has prepared his Tigers with a very tough schedule both on and off the court. With a ultra-rigorous training regimen, game day practices, and a schedule thus far that has featured three nationally ranked teams and four returning state champions among a total of ten top-ten ranked opponents, County's record against these teams stands at 7-3. Those three losses are the only ones the Tigers have experienced all season. Outside of those three losses, County has dropped only ONE other game all year (22-25 at 5A #10 and district rival West Boca). These Tigers thrive on tough competition, and when the game is on the line all that experience counts. A #2 ranking in 4A and fifty cents will get you a cup of coffee at McDonalds- if Jensen wants a victory, they better bring more than newspaper clippings. Saturday, October 6 Day Two at Tampa TAMPA. At the Tampa Bay Invitational, the Tigers found themselves in a battle within the silver division with the #1 teams from 6A, 5A, and 2A, two of which were defending state champions. To open, County faced 5A #1 and defending state champion Venice. In a back and forth struggle, the Tigers came out on the losing end 16-25, 26-24, 11-25, 20-25. In the consolation game, two-time defending state champion Orangewood Christian found themselves at the mercy of a potent Tiger offense. In their best match of the tournament, County found their scoring rhythm in a three game sweep- 25-21, 25-20, 25-20. Their 3-2 seventh place finish puts the Tiger record at 17-3 heading into the final two weeks of the season. Two big home matches await the team this upcoming week- On Wednesday the Tigers would like to avenge two losses from last season against Okeechobee and onThursday Jensen Beach visits the County gymnasium to renew the rivalry for county and world domination. Let's take it to them Tigers! Saturday, October 6 First Day Results from Tampa TAMPA. County finished pool play with a 2-1 record defeating Winter Springs and 3A #5 PK Yonge in straight sets before dropping a tight contest to 5A #2 Plant. the Tigers roared out to a 25-18 game one victory before dropping the next two 15-25 and 10-15 to the high flying team from Tampa. The Tigers enter the silver division with a chance to knock off 5A #1 Venice in the opening round. Go Tigers. Thursday, October 4 Tigers Hold Steady at #5 Heading into Tampa The top five teams in 5A remained the same in the second FSWA poll with a slight flip flop as previous #2 Venice jumped over #1 Plant into the top spot. #3 St. Thomas and #4 Lake Howell remain ahead of the Tigers in the standings. County will look to shake things up a bit in Tampa this weekend as they are matched up in the same pool as Plant. This tournament should be a true test for the Tigers as eleven of the sixteen teams are ranked in the top six of their respective classes including three ranked #1 and two ranked #2. Three teams are ranked in prepvolleyball.com's top 100. Between them, the entrants have combined for 48 state championships over the years and will bring their winning traditions and best games with them. Among the teams competing are, 6A #1 Timber Creek (#51 national ranking), #4 Cypress Bay 5A #1 Venice (#39 nation), #2 Plant (#72 nation), #5 Martin County, #6 Ft. Myers 3A #2 Cardinal Newman, #3 Bishop Verot, #4 Berkeley Prep, #5 PK Yonge, #11 Academy Of Holy Names 2A #1 Orangewood Christian County begins pool play on Friday at 4pm at the University of Tampa (court 2) against Winter Springs, then plays PK Yonge at 6pm, and finishes up pool play against Plant at 8pm. Saturday's schedule will be determined by the order of finish on Friday. Tuesday, October 2 District Rival Dwyer Defeated in Three WEST PALM BEACH. The Martin County Tigers continued to roll through their district competition with their sixth straight win tonight- a 25-9, 25-12, 25-9 victory over Dwyer. Powerful offense from outside hitters Allison Lewen (5 kills, 11 service points), Molly O'Neil (8 kills), and Lauren Brinskelle (6 kills) and middles- Stephanie Howard (11 service points, 5 aces) and Elise Walch (16 kills, 12 service points, 4 aces, 4 blocks) prevented any sort of Dwyer upset. Senior setter Rachael Albright provided the sets and defensive specialists Taylor Gilmour and Amanda Mangels remained steady in the back row as the Tigers ran their overall record to 14-1 and 5-0 in the district. The Tiger Junior Varsity remained undefeated (9-0) with a 25-9, 19-25, 15-4 victory in the warm-up. From the service line Kelly Brown had 18 points, and Laura Morris chipped in 7. Taryn Connolly (4 kills) and Sara Loomis (5 kills) provided the offense. Thursday, September 27 Tigers Topple West Boca
STUART. It was the "...best match of the year so far..." according to Coach Bielicki, "...we had more power and in the end, we played better defense". The Tigers bested West Boca 25-22, 22-25, 25-16 and 25-21. Elise Walch broke school record with 31 kills. She also had 9 blocks. Rachael Albright had 48 assists, 11 service pts and 8 digs. Molly O'Neil added 11 kills and 5 service pts. Allison Lewen had 10 kills and 7 digs with 6 service pts. Lauren Brinskelle had 8 kills and 7 digs. Stephanie Howard had 6 kills with 4 blocks. Taylor Gilmour had 9 service pts. Amanda Mangels had 19 good passes to the setter. J.V. team is 8-0 with a win 25-17 and 25-18. Kelly Brown had 17 assists, Taryn Connolly had 11 service pts and 5 kills. Sara Loomis had 4 kills and Laura Morris had 4 kills. Friday, September 21 Vero Beach- Down for the Count VERO BEACH. The Tigers (12-1) wrapped up the Jim Thompson Division title of the Treasure Lake Conference with a three-game win at Vero Beach 25-12, 25-23, 25-6. Rachael Albright had 26 assists and eight service points and Elise Walch had 18 service points, nine kills and five blocks. Molly O'Neil added 13 service points and six kills, Lauren Brinskelle had eight kills and Jenny Maine had six kills. County will have a big district match next week on Tuesday at home against West Boca at 7pm. Go get 'em Tigers! Wednesday, September 19 On a Roll STUART. With matches on three straight nights, it is easy to have a let down, but the Tigers continued to roll along tonight against Centennial 25-6, 25-13, 25-11 in an all out team effort. Freshman Molly O'Neil had 14 kills and 12 service points and Elise Walch had 10 kills and five blocks. The 11-1 Tigers are off to their best start since the 1999 team opened 20-0. Rachel Cuthrell had 11 service points and three blocks, and Taylor Gilmour added seven points and four aces. Rachael Albright had 25 assists, eight service points and five aces as County remains unbeaten this season against in-state teams. Wednesday, September 19 County Takes Out South Fork STUART. The Tigers made short work of the Bulldogs in the annual matchup. Coached by County alumnus Stephanie Skidmore, South Fork had no answer for the offensive firepower of County. Though the third game was close, the Tiger victory was assured by the scores 25-13, 25-14, 26-24. On the night, Rachael Albright had 35 assists, 10 service points and seven digs for the Tigers. Elise Walch had 17 kills and seven blocks, and Molly O'Neil added 15 kills, nine service points and seven digs for Martin County (10-1 overall, 3-0 District 14-5A). Taylor Gilmour had seven service points, four aces and six digs. Tuesday, September 18 Tigers Debut at #5 in State Class 5A Polls The 9-1 Tiger start has caught the eye of the Florida Sportswriters who voted the team to a #5 place in their opening 5A statewide poll today. Ahead of the Tigers are defending 5A State champions Tampa Plant, Venice, St. Thomas, and Lake Howell. Among the County victories are wins over 6A #4 Weston Cypress Bay and 2A #3 and defending State champions King's Academy, both of which occured last weekend at the East Coast Challenge. Looking ahead, Martin County will face 5A #10 West Boca, 6A #11 Jupiter, 4A #2 Jensen Beach, and 3A #11 John Carroll in the coming weeks as well as a host of top ranked teams at the Tampa Prep Invitational. The talent laden schedule should help the Tigers prepare for a tough battle to get to the final four in Lakeland.
CLASS 5A
1. Tampa Plant (14) (5-0) 149
2. Venice (1) (12-0) 136
3. Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas (9-1) 114
4. Winter Park Lake Howell (11-1) 92
5. Stuart Martin County (9-1) 78
6. Fort Myers (7-1) 66
7. Hollywood Hills (4-1) 48
8. Gainesville (8-5) 42
9. Naples Gulf Coast (8-2) 28
10. West Boca Raton (10-4) 26
Also receiving votes: Niceville (4-2) 9, Jacksonville Bartram Trail (4-1) 8, Lakeland George Jenkins (6-0) 7, Tallahassee Leon (n/a) 4, Auburndale (4-2) 3.
Saturday, September 15 Tigers Finish 3rd at East Coast Challenge After a day one 2-0 start, the Tigers finished pool play undefeated with a win over defending ECC Champions Bishop England 25-18, 25-23. They opened the Gold bracket play with a loss against #1 ranked Grissom (Alabama) 11-25, 9-25 and then closed out the third place match with a victory over last year's 2A State Champions King's Academy 25-23, 25-20. Their 9-1 record is the Tiger's best start since 1999. Next week County plays a big home match against South Fork on Tuesday at 6:30pm, then also plays Centennial on Wednesday (home) and Vero Beach Thursday (away)- Good Luck Tigers! Tournament Stats Rachael Albright 72 assists, 23 service points, 10 kills, and 13 digs Elise Walch 29 kills, 17 service points, 18 blocks Molly O'Neil 22 kills, 17 service points, 12 digs Lauren Brinskelle 17 kills, 17 service points, 12 digs Allison Lewen 22 digs, 19 kills Taylor Gilmour 11 digs, 11 service points Stephanie Howard 10 blocks, 6 kills Amanda Mangels 7 digs, 13 good passes Rachel Cuthrell 3 kills, 3 blocks
Friday, September 14 East Coast Challenge Results The 2007 East Coast Challenge can be characterized in one word- EXCITING! Competitive matches were the order of the weekend and in the end the Championship went for the second straight year to an out of state team- the #1 ranked Grissom Tigers from Alabama. In fast and furious action Grissom bested Spanish River, Pine Crest, and South Fork in pool play to advance to the Gold Bracket with fellow pool winners King's Academy, Jensen Beach, and host Martin County. In the elimination round Grissom defeated Martin County and Jensen Beach won over King's Academy. In the championship match Grissom showed they were the class of the tournament with a 25-14, 25-14 win over Jensen Beach. Martin County won the consolation match over King's Academy 25-23, 25-20. 2007 East Coast Challenge Volleyball Tournament Results POOL A Grissom def. Pine Crest 25-19-25-28 Spanish River def. South Fork 25-16, 25-19 Grissom def. South Fork 25-14, 25-12 Spanish River def. Pine Crest 26-24, 26-28, 15-13 Pine Crest def. South Fork 25-20, 25-12 Grissom def. Spanish River 25-16, 28-26 POOL B Jensen Beach def. Miami Killian 24-26, 25-14, 17-15 Merritt Island def. Westminster Academy 25-23, 27-25 Jensen Beach def. Westminster Academy 25-9, 25-8 Merritt Island def. Miami Killian 25-19, 25-22 Miami Killian def. Westminster 25-21, 25-15 Jensen Beach def. Merritt Island 25-9, 25-21 POOL C King’s Academy def. Jupiter 25-23, 25-21 West Boca Raton def. Middleburg 25-16, 25-18 Jupiter def. Middleburg 25-14, 20-25, 15-10 King’s Academy def. West Boca Raton 25-18, 26-24 King’s Academy def. Middleburg 25-15, 25-8 West Boca def. Jupiter 25-23, 25-23 POOL D Cypress Bay def. Bishop England 25-20, 25-21 Martin County def. Chiles 25-17, 25-18 Bishop England def. Chiles 25-19, 25-19 Martin County def. Cypress Bay 25-23, 25-20 Cypress Bay def. Chiles 25-14, 25-18 Martin County def. Bishop England 25-18, 25-23 Gold Grissom def. Martin County 25-11, 25-9 Jensen Beach def. King’s Academy 25-22, 17-25, 15-11 Martin County def. King’s Academy 25-23, 25-20 Grissom def. Jensen Beach 25-14, 25-14 Silver Cypress Bay def. Spanish River 27-25, 25-22 West Boca def. Merritt Island 30-28, 25-23 Spanish River def. Merritt Island 23-25, 25-15, 15-6 West Boca def. Cypress Bay 23-25, 25-22, 18-16 Bronze Bishop England def. Pine Crest 25-15, 22-25, 15-13 Jupiter def. Miami Killian 25-23, 10-25, 15-13 Pine Crest def. Miami Killian 25-22, 20-25, 16-14 Jupiter def. Bishop England 25-15, 22-25, 15-13 Copper South Fork def. Chiles 25-13, 24-26, 15-10 Middleburg def. Westminster 27-25, 25-15 Westminster def. Chiles 25-20, 25-23 Middleburg def. South Fork 21-25, 25-21, 15-13 Order of Finish Grissom (Alabama) Jensen Beach Martin County King’s Academy West Boca Cypress Bay Spanish River Merritt Island Jupiter Bishop England (South Carolina) Pine Crest Miami Killian Middleburg South Fork Westminster Chiles Friday, September 14 County Takes Two on Day One at East Coast Challenge
STUART. The Tigers opened up their tournament play with Tallahassee Chiles coached by former County assistant coach Ron Jacobs. A slow start in game one didn't see the Tigers pull away until the end, winning 25-17. The second game had the Tigers in control and winning 25-18. Match two pitted County against upstart Cypress Bay who came in fresh off their victory over defending East Coast Challenge Champion Bishop England HS (South Carolina). Cypress Bay led virtually all of game one until the Tigers came from behind winning 25-23. County opened a big lead in game two before some late game heroics brought the score closer, but in the end the Tigers prevailed 25-20. 7-0 Martin County will finish pool play hoping to get redemption from last year's loss to Bishop England at 10am tomorrow. Thursday, September 13 Toast of the Coast- Rachael Albright
Wednesday, September 12 Tigers Trounce the Sharks STUART. The Sebastian River Sharks came down to Stuart tonight hopeful for a victory but came away disappointed. The Tigers started slow in game one, but then hit top gear to run away with a 25-19, 25-11, 25-13 victory. After Sebastian knotted the score at 19-19 in game one Taylor Gilmour (13 service points, 9 aces, and 6 digs) served up the final 6 points to end it at 25-16. Games two and three had the Tigers in complete control behind Rachael Albrights 19 assists and 10 service points, Lauren Brinskelle's 4 kills, and Elise Walch's 13 kills, 9 service points, and 4 blocks. The 5-0 Tigers will play host at the East Coast Challenge Friday and Saturday. Friday night, County plays Tallahasse Chiles at 6pm and Cypress Bay. Saturday, the Tigers will play defending East Coast Challenge and 7 time defending South Carolina State Champions Bishop England HS. County hopes to improve on their silver division runner-up finish from 2006. Good Luck Team! Tuesday, September 11 Tigers Win in Three Over Coral Glades COAL SPRINGS. In the first ever match-up between the schools, Martin County showed the four year old program at Coral Glades that they have a way to go. The Tigers made short work of the Jaguars 25-15, 25-16, 25-9. 9th grader Molly O'Neil led the way statistically for the Tigers with 17 service points and 10 digs, Elise Walch added 9 service points and 8 kills. Allison Lewen and Lauren Brinskelle each had 4 kills and Rachael Albright dished out 18 assists. In the JV match the Tigers won 25-19, 25-13. Taryn Connolly had 4 kills and 5 service points, Laura Morris had 10 service points with 8 aces, and Kelly Brown added 13 assists. Friday, September 7 Tigers 3-0 After a successful week of action, the Tigers have raised their record to 3-0 with wins over Port St. Lucie 25-14, 25-14, 25-11 and Monarch HS 25-15, 25-18, 25-21. Rachael Albright had 21 assists and eight service points Wednesday as Martin County breezed past Port St. Lucie in girls volleyball. Elise Walsh had 10 kills, nine service points, four aces and three blocks to lead the Tigers over the Jaguars in Port St. Lucie. Molly O'Neil added 15 service points and five kills, and Allison Lewen and Jenny Maine had four kills each for Martin County. Against Monarch, Rachael had 29 assists while Molly O'Neil added 14 service points and seven kills and Lauren Brinskelle had eight kills and eight digs for Martin County (3-0 overall, 1-0 district).
Monday, September 3 Tigers Win Opener Martin County opened its 2007 season with a victory over Treasure Coast 25-19, 25-11, 25-7: Rachael Albright had 34 assists, 11 service points, four aces and three blocks as the Tigers opened with a win.Elise Walch had 14 kills, four blocks and five service points. Molly O’Neil, a freshman, had five kills and nine service points. Lauren Brinskelle had six kills and Allison Lewen added eight service points. The Junior Varsity also won in their opener 25-10, 25-7: Sara Loomis had 13 service points and five kills, and Kelly Brown had 12 service points for the Tigers.Thursday, August 23 Pre-Season Classic Complete County opened their season at The Spanish River Pre-Season Classic with a win over host Spanish River 25-23, 25-16 and a loss against West Boca 25-11, 21-25, 8-15. Rachael Albright had 46 assists and eight service points, Molly O'Neil added 16 service points and 10 kills, Lauren Brinskelle added 13 kills and 8 service points, and Allison Lewen had 11 kills and 10 digs. The regular season opens next week against Treasure Coast Thursday, May 31 Elise Walch Selected for USA Volleyball Training Roster
Tuesday, May 1 2007 East Coast Challenge Field Complete The 2007 East Coast Challenge should be the best yet. Three teams have won previous East Coast Challenges and the field participants have won a collective 47 State Championships in Florida, Alabama, and South Carolina. Here's the list of teams committed. Check out the East Coast Challenge Link for more information. Bishop England (2006 ECC Champions) Cypress Bay Grissom Jensen Beach Jupiter Miami Killian Kings Academy Lawton Chiles Martin County Merritt Island Middleburg Pine Crest South Fork Spanish River (2003, 2004 ECC Champions) West Boca (2005 ECC Champions) Westminster Thursday, February 22 Tampa Camp
The bus will leave that thursday, July 12th, in front of MCHS. The cost of the bus with a team tee-shirt and pizza party is $75.00. Friday, May 4 2007 EAST COAST CHALLENGE TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE Courts 1 (Pool A) and 2 (Pool D) will be at Martin County . Courts 3 (Pool B) and 4 (Pool C) will be at Jensen Beach
Court Assignments Pool A Court 1 Pool B Court 3 Pools C Court 4 Pool D Court 2 1. 1. 1. 1. 2. 2. 2. 2. 3. 3. 3. 3. 4. 4. 4. 4. Final POOL Results POOL A POOL B POOL C POOL D 1. 1. 1. 1. 2. 2. 2. 2. 3. 3. 3. 3. 4. 4. 4. 4. Friday Schedule: Sept. 14th Pool A and D (Court 1 &2@MC) Pool B & C (Court 3 &4 @JB) 1 v 3 5:00 1 v 3 5:00 2 v 4 6:00 2 v 4 6:00 1 v 4 7:00 1 v 4 7:00 2 v 3 8:00 2 v 3 8:00
Saturday Schedule: Sept 15th Pool A &D (Courts 1&2@MC) Pool B &C (Courts 3 and 4@JBHS) 3 v 4 9:00 3 v 4 9:00 1 v 2 10:00 1 v 2 10:00
GOLD BRACKET: Court 1@MC BRONZE BRACKET: Court 3@JB 1st in A v 1st in D 12:00 3rd in B v 3rd in C 12:00 1st in B v 1st in C 1:00 3rd in A v 3rd in D 1:00 Gold Consolation 2:00 Bronze Consolation 2:00 Gold Finals 3:00 Bronze Finals 3:00
SILVER BRACKET: Court 2@MC COPPER BRACKET: Court 4@JB 2nd in A v 2nd in D 12:00 4th in B v 4th in C 12:00 2nd in B v 2nd in C 1:00 4th in A v 4th in D 1:00 Silver Consolation 2:00 Copper Consolation 2:00 Silver Finals 3:00 Copper Finals 3:00 Sunday, December 31 Palm Beach Post ALL AREA
Thursday, December 21 Stuart News ALL AREA
Friday, December 15 ALL STATE
Saturday, December 15 Tiger Alum Katie Beale Wins Post Season Honors at Flagler
Sunday, December 10 2006 Banquet Huge Success
Friday, December 1 All Conference
Wednesday, November 8 2002 Alumni Whitney Warren is an ALL-AMERICAN
Tuesday, October 31 Volleyball Players Begin Weightlifting MANDATORY weight training starts Monday November 6th. The difference between two similar athletes will be strength, speed and intelligence. Our goal is to increase your strength and vertical by at least three inches. We will train with weights on Monday and Wednesdays. Those athletes that excel in the bench press and the clean-and-jerk will receive varsity letters in Girls Weightlifting. The clean-and jerk is the best movement to improving the vertical jump states author Harvey Newton in his book Explosive Lifting for Sports. Success for next season will be determined by what you do personally. Feel free to contact me for any further information. Good luck and play hard. Sincerely, Coach Marty Bielicki Tuesday, October 31 County Volleyball Banquet December 9th You are cordially invited to the 33rd Annual Girls Volleyball banquet being held at Carrabbas on Saturday December 9th, 2006 starting at 12:00 to 2:00. Awards, accolades, gifts and fun-- as well as a good meal--will be had by all those that attend. Thursday, October 26 Tigers Fall at #4 Ft. Myers For the second time this season, the Green Wave of Ft. Myers battled to victory against the Tigers. The first match was at the Champions Tournament in Orlando and this time it was the regional semi-finals. This marks the second consecutive season that County has lost to a hot team from the Southwest coast. The young Tigers never seemed to get their offense going during the match and the result was a 22-25, 23-25, 18-25 loss. Setter Rachael Albright had her running shoes on as the passing and defensive game of the Tigers was AWOL. Allie Warren had 10 service points with four aces, 13 kills and 18 digs for Martin County. Rachael Albright added 32 assists and six kills. Elise Walch had 10 kills and Lauren Brinskelle five. Amanda Mangels and Taylor Gilmour had six service points. The seniorless Tigers will look to improve on their 18-11 final record next year. Wednesday, October 25 County Ousts Sebastian for Second Year in a Row SEBASTIAN RIVER. The Tigers used a well balanced attack and excellent serving to upend the Sharks for the second year in a row in regionals 25-9, 25-15, 25-20. Junior Rachael Albright had 15 service points, seven aces, 17 assists and 10 digs for Martin County (18-10). Allie Warren added seven kills and 10 digs, and Lauren Brinskelle had 15 service points and five kills for Martin County. Lauren Olsen had 13 service points and Elise Walch had six. Up next for County is Fort Myers at 2pm Saturday in Fort Myers. Thursday, October 19 Tigers Lose in District Final West Boca avenged an earlier season loss to the Tigers in front of their home crowd in 3 games. Thursday, October 19 Tigers Make it 17 Straight In 1989 the streak began. Martin County has made it to the district championship for 17 straight seasons, each time assuring a regional berth. Last night in Boca Raton, the Tigers defeated a scrappy Dwyer team 24-26, 25-20, 29-31, 25-15, 15-10 to once again make the finals. They will meet West Boca in the Championship match. The Tigers beat the Bulls back on September 12th and now the Bulls will be without their star outside hitter who is out for the season. This is sure to be a tough match. Good Luck Tigers! Wednesday, October 11 Tigers Lose in TLC Championship Game
Tuesday, October 10 Game On! After last week's five game marathon defeat to John Carroll, the Tigers held out hope that they might get a rematch. Their wishes were granted after John Carroll defeated Jensen Beach 25-21, 21-25, 25-19, 24-26, 15-12 last night to earn their place against County in the Treasure Lake Conference final. County has qualified for the championship match every year it has been held since since 1989, winning fourteen of fifteen. The only loss occuring in 2003 to Sebastian River. No match was held in 2004 due to Hurricanes Jeanne and Francis. The Tigers would like nothing more than to win their fifteenth. Standing in their path are the Rams who have had their first twenty win season since 2000 and are state ranked for the first time in a while as well. County is 16-8 and looking to crack the 5A poll for the first time this season heading into the playoffs. Their high flying offense looks to stay on track after a big win at Royal Palm Beach last week. GO TIGERS! Sunday, October 8 Playing Tough There is an old saying that iron sharpens iron, and if that holds true than the rigorous regular season schedule for the Tigers should pay off in the post season. The Tigers have 16 wins and 8 losses thus far with the losses only coming at the hands of top-ten ranked teams. Two losses against 6th ranked Okeechobee (4A), one each against #1 ranked Lake Highland (3A), #1 (all classes) Bishop England S.C., #6 Fort Myers (5A), and #9 John Carroll (3A). County has split matches with #2 Jensen Beach (4A), and #8 Royal Palm Beach (6A), and beat #9 West Boca (5A), #9 Jupiter (6A), #6 Jacksonville Episcopal (3A), and #6 Westminster (2A). Four of the in-season opponents were defending state champions- Bishop England (SC 2A), Lake Highland (3A), Suncoast (4A), and Evangelical (2A). All of those matches were tightly contested and created many opportunities for the young Tigers to see what it takes to be a champion as well as to grow and become molded as a team. Year in and year out, Coach Bielicki is able to put a competitive group of ladies together and get them ready for the post season. And for sixteen straight seasons, the Tigers have qualified for the regionals, currently the third longest streak in the state of Florida. The Tigers will look to win their fifteenth Conference Championship crown this week and then head to districts in an effort to win their fourteenth district championship in sixteen years. Good Luck Tigers! Friday, October 6 Tigers Exact Revenge In their first matchup this season, the 8th ranked (6A) Royal Palm Beach Wildcats beat out the Tigers to finish first in the silver division at the East Coast Challenge. After the first game last night, it seemed that the Wildcats might have County's number again winning 25-14. Though RPB only scored 4 kills in the game, the Tiger errors kept County from scoring. In games two, three, and four, the Tigers scored plenty finishing with 25-20, 25-23, 25-20 scores to defeat the Wildacts in four. Allie Warren had 20 kills, 27 digs and 10 service points and Rachael Albright added 47 assists for Martin County. Elise Walch had 12 kills and 13 blocks, and Lauren Brinskelle added 10 kills and 14 digs for the Tigers (16-8). Allison Lewen had eight kills, Taylor Gilmour had 13 digs and sophomore Stephanie Howard had seven blocks and four kills in her first varsity match. In the earlier action, the County 9th grade team won their last match of the season to finish 7-4, while the JV droppd a close one to end at 9-6. Nice seasons ladies! The Tigers will look to retain their Conference crown next Wednesday at 7pm at MCHS. Opponent will be decided after Monday's John Carroll-Jensen Beach match. Thursday, October 5 John Carroll Stops Streaking County After 15 wins, County ran into a solid and peaking John Carroll squad. In a back and forth matchup, the 9th ranked Rams (3A) proved tough to beat. Their defense and serving was the difference in the end as the Tigers lost 23-25, 21-25, 25-19, 25-21, 9-15. Leading County with 25 kills and 28 digs was Allie Warren. Rachael Albright had 48 assists and 13 service points, Elise Walch had 17 kills, and Taylor Gilmour had 10 service points and 14 digs. 15-8 County plays against Royal Palm Beach on Thursday at Royal Palm. Thursday, September 21 High school athletes of the week: September 21- Rachael Albright For her play at the East Coast Challenge and against West Boca last week, Junior setter Rachael Albright was named Stuart News high school female athlete of the week. This was her first such award and the first for a Tiger this season. Congratulations Rachael Thursday, September 28 Centennial Dropped Like a Bad Habit It´s been a while since County had a competive match with St. Lucie´s Centennial HS. Last night´s match was no exception. The Tigers wasted no time in dispatching Centennial 25-9, 25-7, 25-7. Allie Warren had 10 kills, 16 service points, five aces, and eight digs, and Rachael Albright had 34 assists for the Tigers (15-7). Elise Walch had eight kills and had five blocks to set a school record of 111 (Breaking Karen Randolph´s 106 set last year). Lauren Brinskelle added 18 service points, five aces and four kills, and Taylor Gilmour had eight service points and 11 digs. Great Job Tigers. Tuesday, September 26 Tigers Pound Boynton On an otherwise uneventful Monday night, the Tigers handled Boynton Beach easily 25-7, 25-3, 25-8. Allie Warren had 16 service points and 12 aces and Rachael Albright added 22 assists to lead Martin County (14-7). Lauren Brinskelle also had 14 service points and nine aces for Martin County. Up next for County is Centennial on Tuesday Friday, September 22 Tigers Lose to an In-County Rival for the First Time- Ever! One streak ended as the Jensen Beach Falcons came from behind to win a dramatic victory over the Tigers in Jensen Beach. After going undefeated against South Fork and Jensen Beach over the years, this one goes down as a first. After winning games one and two 26-24, 25-23, the Tigers allowed the Falcons to rebound and they lost the final three 25-23, 25-15, 21-19. The home court advantage in JB may have given the Falcons the edge in the final games. This splits the season series at one game apiece with the deciding match to be likely played out for the 2006 Treasure Coast Championship. For the match, Taylor Gilmour recorded 36 digs, and Allie Warren contributed 21 kills, 10 service points and 25 digs. Lauren Brinskelle posted 19 service points and 26 digs, and Rachael Albright had 42 assists. Thursday, September 21 Vero Falls by the Wayside, Conference Finals Clinched After a 25-15, 25-16 and 25-8 whipping of the Indians last night, the Tigers will be in the Treasure Lake Conference Championships for the sixteenth consecutive season. In the win, Allie Warren returned from injury and contributed 7 kills, 12 service pts and 15 digs. Rachael Albright had 20 assists and 8 service pts. Lauren Brinskelle had 6 kills and 8 service pts with 11 digs. Elise Walch added 7 kills and 7 blocks. Bring on Jensen tonight- let's go County! Wednesday, September 20 County Wins Number Twelve, Freshman Record Falls Last night's game was a special one. Not only did the Tigers take out Dwyer, but working the scoreboard as usual was Ron Corbin. He spent the game watching as his daughter's freshman kill record was smashed by freshman middle hitter Elise Walch. Elise's fourteen kills moved her into first place with 121. Ron's daughter Candace had set the previous record of 117 in 1990. For the game, the Tigers swept 25-23, 25-16, 25-21. Rachael Albright had 20 assists and three kills. Rachel Cuthrell had 12 service points. Allison Lewen had five kills. Lauren Brinskelle four kills. Taylor Gilmour added nine digs. Up next are the Indians of Vero Beach tonight at 7pm and the upstart Falcons of Jensen Beach on Thursday night at 7:30 at Jensen. Jensen is currently ranked #1 in 4A but are 0-3 all time against the Tigers. Let's keep that streak alive County! Monday, September 18 Bishop England Shows their Stuff The Battling Bishops from Charleston SC came to Martin County with impressive credentials and left the 2006 East Coast Challenge Champions. After first day victories over Martin County 25-19, 25-17 and Middleburg, 25-12, 25-6 Bishop England came back Saturday with a pool winning win over Westminster 25-9, 25-13. To start the Championship pool they clobbered Kings Academy 25-16, 25-6 then closed out with a win over Grissolm (Ala) 25-21, 25-27, 15-11. The Tigers ended up as runners up in the Silver Division. After losing the opening match to the Bishops, County ended pool play in second place with wins over Westminster 25-19, 25-12 and Middleburg 25-19, 25-18. To start the brackets, the Tigers maintained the county pecking order with a victory over Jensen Beach 25-27, 25-20, 15-10 before losing a tough match with Royal Palm Beach 25-10, 23-25, 15-13. For the tournament Rachael Albright had 107 assists, 40 digs and 29 service points. Allie Warren had a team high of 63 digs and 38 kills. Elise Walch was close behind with 34 kills to add to 13 blocks. Taylor Gilmour had a team high of 33 service points and 51 digs. 9th grader Lauren Brinskelle had 16 kills and Allison Lewen had 12 kills. Great work Tigers! 2006 EAST COAST CHALLENGE RESULTS GOLD CHAMPION 2006: SILVER CHAMPION: BRONZE CHAMPION: COPPER CHAMPION: POOL A @ Martin County , Court 1 POOL B @ South Fork, Court 3 POOL C @ South Fork, Court 4 POOL D @ Martin County Court 2 GOLD DIVISION @ Martin County, Court 1 SILVER DIVISION @ Martin County, Court 2 BRONZE DIVISION @ South Fork, Court 3 COPPER DIVISION @ South Fork, Court 4 Wednesday, September 13 East Coast Challenge Ready to Roll 2006 EAST COAST CHALLENGE TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE Rev.9/13/06 Courts 1 (Pool A) and 2 (Pool D) will be at Martin County . Courts 3 (Pool B) and 4 (Pool C) will be at South Fork
Court Assignments Pool A Court 1 Pool B Court 3 Pools C Court 4 Pool D Court 2 1.Bishop England 1.Grissolm 1. Span.River 1. Jensen Beach 2. Westminster 2. Killian 2. Chiles 2. M.S.Douglas 3. Martin Co. 3. Cypress Bay 3. South Fork 3. Kings Academy 4. Middleburg 4. Royal P.B. 4. Lake Gibson 4. Park Vista Friday Schedule: Sept. 15 Pool A and D (Court 1 &2@MC) Pool B & C (Court 3 &4 @SF) 1 v 3 5:00 1 v 3 5:00 2 v 4 6:00 2 v 4 6:00 1 v 4 7:00 1 v 4 7:00 2 v 3 8:00 2 v 3 8:00
Saturday Schedule: Sept 16 Pool A &D (Courts 1&2@MC) Pool B &C (Courts 3 and 4@SF) 3 v 4 9:00 3 v 4 9:00 1 v 2 10:00 1 v 2 10:00
GOLD BRACKET: Court 1@MC BRONZE BRACKET: Court 3@SF 1st in A v 1st in D 12:00 3rd in A v 3rd in D 12:00 1st in B v 1st in C 1:00 3rd in B v 3rd in C 1:00 Gold Consolation 2:00 Bronze Consolation 2:00 Gold Finals 3:00 Bronze Finals 3:00
SILVER BRACKET: Court 2@MC COPPER BRACKET: Court 4@SF 2nd in A v 2nd in D 12:00 4th in A v 4th in D 12:00 2nd in B v 2nd in C 1:00 4th in D v 4th in C 1:00 Silver Consolation 2:00 Copper Consolation 2:00 Silver Finals 3:00 Copper Finals 3:00 Wednesday, September 13 County Takes No Bull from West Boca After three losses last season, the Tigers finally got the West Boca monkey off their backs last night. A see saw battle resulted in a Martin County victory, 20-25, 25-21, 21-25, 26-24, 15-12. Setter Rachael Albright had 44 assists, 19 digs and 11 kills. Allie Warren had 13 kills, 13 service points and 23 digs, and Elise Walch had 13 kills, 14 blocks and eight service points. Lauren Briskelle added six kills, 11 service points and 21 digs, Rachel Cuthrell had seven kills and 11 blocks, and Taylor Gilmour had 18 service points and 17 digs. Up next for the Tigers will be our own East Coast Challenge. County will look to improve upon last year's runner up (to West Boca) effort. Monday, September 11 Two Wins in Orlando It was a tough weekend in Orlando for the Tigers. Up and down play through the weekend resulted in some nice wins, but also some close losses. To start the weekend, the Tigers played 3A # 1 and defending 3A State Champs Lake Highland. The tough match resulted in a loss 16-25, 26-28. Up next was the Green Wave from FT. Myers, the County girls again couldn't get rolling and lost 22-25, 7-25. The third match was played Saturday morning and it seems the Tigers were more on track as they beat Episcopal 25-22, 25-22. A Episcopal win over Ft Myers on Friday and a lower point differential left the Tigers in the copper bracket where they lost another tough match to Okeechobee 25-22, 20-25, 12-15 before rebounding to a 25-13, 25-22 win over defending 4A State Champs Suncoast. Thursday, September 7 46-0 Most of the County players were just toddlers when South Fork opened and they probably don´t remember most of the the previous forty-five matches the Tigers have had with the Bulldogs. They do know one thing, they all ended the same way- Tiger victories. Forty six of them. Last night the Tigers controlled the entire match and once again came away victorious 25-21, 25-15, 25-15. Junior Allie Warren had 16 service points, nine kills and 15 digs, junior Rachael Albright had 21 assists and freshman Elise Walch had nine blocks and 12 kills. Rachel Cuthrell had eight blocks and junior Taylor Gilmour had 11 service points, 5 aces and 12 digs, and freshman Lauren Brinskelle added six kills. Wednesday, September 6 Time to Stick a Fork in the Fork Once again, the South Fork volleyball team will look to end a lifetime of domination of the Martin County Tigers. County alumnus and South Fork coach Stephanie Skidmore has had this date circled on her calendar for some time. The 3-1 Tigers, fresh off their three game sweep of Fort Pierce Central (25-6, 25-4, 25-16) will look to keep their status as the top team in the county. To be the best, you have to beat the best and all roads lead through County. Wednesday, September 6 County Tops Cobras As is often the case, a match against Fort Peirce Central is more of a tune-up than it is a challenge. The Tigers travelled to visit the Cobras and tooka week and a hlaf of pent up agression out on them. The result was a 25-6, 25-4, 25-16 victory. Leading the way for the Tigers was Allie Warren with 17 service points and 9 kills. Rachael Albright had 16 assists and 16 service points with eight aces. Elise Walch added seven kills and five blocks. Kim Jeacoma had seven kills, Lauren Brinskelle added nine service points and five kills, and Taylor Gilmour had 14 points and eight aces. Nice work Tigers. Wednesday, September 6 Champions Tournament this Weekend to Feature Top Ranked Teams This weekend will supply quite a test for the young Tigers. Heading into the Champions tournament, the Tigers will be in Pool B with defending 3A State Champs (and currently ranked #1 in 3A) Lake Highland, Fort Myers, and Episcopal. Last year, the Tigers surprised Lake Highland and handed them one of their few losses on the year. This year´s contests will be battles for sure. Also at the tournament are 6A #1 Winter Park, #2 Spanish River, #4 Timber Creek, as well as 5A #3 West Boca, 4A #1 Okeechobee, 1A #1 Orangewood Christian, and defending 4A State Champion Suncoast. The Tigers open at 5pm against Lake Highland, then play Fort Myers at 8pm, and Episcopal at 9am Saturday. Bracket play begins at 11:30 on Saturday. All games will be played at Champions Sporting Complex in Orlando. Wednesday, September 6 Games to be Rescheduled Still waiting to rebook the matches with Port St. Lucie and Boynton Beach. Keep posted as to the new dates/times. Friday, August 25 Okeechobee Stuns Tigers A couple of Tigers were not even born the last time something like this happened. October 1990 was the last time County lost to the Brahmans. Similar to the Sebastian victory over the Tigers three years ago, Okeechobee had a senior laden team desperate for a victory and on this night they were just good enough. The Tigers lost 12-25, 25-27, 26-28. In the loss Allie Warren recorded 14 service points and six kills, Elise Walch had nine blocks, six kills and 10 points and Rachael Albright added 18 assists. Earlier the 9th grade team won 25-18, 28-26 and the JV lost 16-25, 24-26. Thursday, August 24 Score Two in the Win Column Two nights into their season and the Tigers are 2-0. On Tuesday night, Rachael Albright had 37 assists and 18 service points and Allie Warren added 10 kills and 13 service points to help Martin County defeat Olympic Heights 25-8, 25-11, 25-7. On Wednesday they defeated Jupiter 25-22, 25-23, 22-25, 25-16. Against Jupiter, Rachael Albright had 39 assists and 15 service points, Elise Walch had 10 kills and Lauren Brinskelle added nine kills for Martin County (2-0). Friday, August 18 Pre-Season Jamboree Completed! Last night at County's traditional pre-seaon opener at Spanish River, the Tigers showed they they are still among the Florida's top teams. The gym entertained fast and furious action the entire night. County lost the first match to Spanish River 23-25, 12-25 and the second match 22-25, 27-25, 17-19 to West Boca. The action was exceptionally fierce betweenfor the long-time rivals and the results bode well for the young Tigers as the season unfolds. Expect great things from your Tigers this year. Monday, August 14 Team Rosters and Photos to be Posted Soon! I´m in a third world country and though I may be the biggest County Volleyball fan in the world, things take longer down here. The new rosters and photos should be up soon. Go County!! Saturday, August 5 Location Change for East Coast Challenge Please note that due to scheduling conflicts all games that were previously scheduled for Jensen Beach HS will be played at South Fork HS in Martin County. Please contact Coach Bielicki if you need updated directions. Thursday, May 25 2006 Schedule Complete Check out the completed 2006 schedule section to find out who your Tigers will be playing in the upcoming season. The 2006 Tigers will sport a new look. With the graduation of five seniors and the bulk of last season's offense, these Tigers will rely on their defensive prowess and a ball control offense to remain atop the area standings As usual, Coach Bielicki has peppered the schedule with tought opponents to test his team week in and week out. Leading the Tigers will be returning Palm Beach Post and Treasure Coast Conference All-Area performers Rachael Albright and Allie Warren as well as many key reserves. After a very successful club season, the Tigers will look to defend their conference championship and improve upon their 23-6 record. Good Luck ladies! Wednesday, May 10 East Coast Challenge Tournament Ready to Roll! The team list boasts one of the strongest tournament fields in ECC history. New to the tournament in 2006 will be Bishop England HS from Charleston S.C. They are the 6 time defending 2A South Carolina State Champions. Between them, the 2006 participating schools have 32 State championship trophies and represent some of the top programs in Florida, Alabama, and South Carolina. 2006 Teams- Please go to the East Coast Challenge page for Hotel and tournament information Wednesday, March 8 Beale Signs with Flagler
Wednesday, December 28 Palm Beach Post All-Area Team
Friday, December 16 Club Season Has Begun One of the things that has made the Martin County Volleyball program so successful is the hard off-season work of the players. In addition to weightlifting, most of the players also are playing USAV or AAU volleyball as well. This year the Tigers are spread out over the tri-county area playing for Palm Beach High Performance, Volei-tech, Indian River Academy, and for Treasure Coast. The exposure to different styles and coaches allows the players to experience new methods and curb bad habits that might have accumulated over the years. Good luck to all you Tigers wherever you are! Sunday, December 11 Annual Volleyball Banquet
Saturday, December 10 All State!
Saturday, December 10 All Conference
Wednesday, December 7 County Weightlifters Place
excellent Thursday, December 1 Stuart News- Players of the Year!
Friday, November 4 Season Ends in Naples NAPLES- Heading into the regional against Barron Collier, Martin County expected to be challenged by the Cougar's towering front row. In the end, the Tiger defense was not up to the challenge. After a game one 25-23 victory, the Cougars turned up the pressure with some impressive hitting. Unable to get enough quality digs to run the offense, the Tigers settled for lesser hits and free balls. Those were not enough against BC's big hitters and County lost the next three games 20-25, 23-25, and 21-25. A tough loss for the five County seniors as well as the entire team. We want to thank all our fans for all their support over the season. Thursday, November 3 The Record
dude! Wednesday, November 2 Regional Semi Final at Barron Collier
Wednesday, November 2 Katie Beale- Stuart News Player of the Week
County Alumni Lead College Teams
Whitney and the Sailfish squad, which includes her younger sister and 2005 County graduate Sara Beth, attempt to defend their NCCAA championship next week with a 25-8 record while Kelly and the Tritons stand at 12-9 with six matches remaining try to make it into the NCAA Division II Regionals in mid-November. Best wishes to these former Tigers- Martin County is proud of you!
Saturday, October 29 County Overcomes Sharks
Saturday, October 29 Feeding Frenzy to Take Place Against Sebastian River Sharks
Thursday, October 27 Final State Poll Drops Tigers a Few More Rungs The Florida Sportswriters were unkind to Coach Bielicki's Tigers after their loss to #2 West Boca in the District Finals. Winning is the only thing that counts in this poll. Martin County was dropped to eighth behind other district winners from throughout the state. Despite the drop, Coach like his chances with this year's squad, which he says has the most potential of any County squad in the last few years. He doesn't mind entering the state final four "through the back door", but to do so he needs his leaders to step up to the challenge. Those same sportswriters will be voting to determine if those Martin County leaders bring enough game to make it to the All State teams as well. A final four appearance goes a long way with those voters. Saturday, October 22 Regional Matchups Set All the district results are in and the regional matchups have been posted by the FHSAA. Region Four will be stacked with top teams from the 5A classification. The District champs are Sebastian River (#11), West Boca (#2), Barron Collier (#7), and St. Thomas (#5). Number eight ranked Martin County will face Sebastian River in a rematch of the Treasure Lake conference championship to open their quest for a regional title. W13 Sebastian River (21-3) R14 Martin County (22-5) W15 Barron Collier (20-4) R16 Northeast (21-7) W14 West Boca Raton (23-4) R13 Satellite (14-3) W16 St. Thomas Aquinas (22-7) R15 Fort Myers (16-9) Thursday, October 20 Boca Bests Tigers
Wednesday, October 19 County Drops One Spot to #3 in Poll Sometime over the course of the past week, the Florida Sportswriters decided to flip-flop their #2 and #3 picks in the 5A poll. After dropping the West Boca Bulls last week behind the Tigers, The writers changed their minds and moved the Bulls back up to #2 ahead of Martin County. The top team remains the same from every poll this season Tampa Plant. Wednesday, October 19 County Secures 16th Straight Regional Appearance
Wednesday, October 19 Regional Berth up for Grabs Tonight
Saturday, October 15 2005 Districts- New Faces, Same Goals During the 2002 and 2004 seasons, Martin County was seeded #2 headed into the district tournament. Both times, County had lost regular season matches to district rival Royal Palm. But it is said, that it doesn't matter how you start, it is how you finish that counts. Well, both times, County won the District Championship over Royal Palm. This season, the Tigers are in a new district with a new set of opponents and a new rival -West Boca. Twice this season, County has lost matches on their home court to West Boca in three games. Will the third try be the charm for County? Coach Bielicki likes his chances. The Tigers have won seven straight matches and climbed towards the top of the 5A poll. After 23 years, Coach understands what it takes to bring a team into the post season. Three teams have beat County this season and against each, the Tigers have won at least one game showing that they can play with anybody. Last week's victory in the Treasure Coast Conference Championships over Sebastian River demonstrated that the Tigers have taken their game to post-season form right on time. District Schedule at Dwyer Tuesday- Quarterfinals 5pm #5 Olympic Heights v #4 Dwyer 7pm #3 South Fork v #6 Boynton Beach Wednesday- Semifinals 5pm #2 County v S. Fork/B. Beach winner 7pm #1 W Boca v O. Heights/Dwyer winner Thursday Finals 7pm Friday, October 14 R - E - S - P - E - C - T part 2!
Tuesday, October 11 2005 Treasure Lake Conference Champs For two years the conference championship banner rested in Sebastian River. Tonight, it came home to where it belongs- Martin County. After a flat first game loss (15-25) where the Tiger offense was dormant, Coach Bielicki challenged the team and the Tiger hitters came to life. Behind huge outputs from middles Karen Randolph (11 kills and 10 blocks)and Katie Beale (17 kills and 16 blocks) as well as outside hitter Patti Leonard (13 kills and 11 digs), Martin County proceeded to dismantle the 16-2 Sharks. Game two ended in a 25-19 County victory and it wasn't even close after that. Games three and four produced twin 25-14 victories for the Tigers to close out the match and the 2005 Treasure Lake Conference Championship- game, set, match to the Tigers. Martin County (21-4) will look for a District Championship next week at Palm Beach Dwyer Wednesday and Thursday. Sunday, October 9 JV Finishes 3rd at St. Thomas Tournament
Wednesday, October 5 R - E - S - P - E - C - T
Tuesday, October 4 The Tigers Seek to Regain TL Conference Championship The hurricanes of 2004 cancelled the Treasure Lake Conference Championships leaving County with two years absent from their conference championship banner. From 1988-2002, the Tigers reigned supreme over their conference opponents. In 2003, an undefeated and senior laden Sebastian River team came looking to mix it up with the Tigers. When they finished the match as new conference champs, a stunned County team could only watch them celebrate. For two long years the Tigers have awaited for the chance to return that championship banner back to where it belongs- Stuart, Florida. The 16-2 and 10th ranked (5A) Sebastian team looks to leapfrog the 20-4 and 8th ranked (5A) Tigers in the state standings as well as keep their conference crown for another year. Standing in their way will be some VERY determined players in County blue and gold. Friday, September 30 9th Grade Team Finishes with a Victory
Friday, September 30 Tigers Win 20th
In the afternoon games, The 9th grade and JV teams split with the Brahmans. The 9th grade team put on their best performance to close out their season with a victory 25-10, 25-18. However, the JV match was much more evenly played. County won game one convincingly 25-16 before lapsing in game two 14-25. The third was tightly contested, but Okeechobee's defense proved better in a 13-15 Tiger loss. The JV will head to St. Thomas Aquinas in Fort Lauderdale next weekend for their season-ending tournament. They are seeded first in Pool B with Archbishop McCarthy, Westminster Academy, and Western. Pool A has St. Thomas as the #1 then Ransom Everglades, Coral Springs, and Pine Crest. The current JV record is 8-5. Friday, September 30 JV Headed to St. Thomas to Close Season Last night's JV match was very evenly played. County won game one convincingly 25-16 before lapsing in game two 14-25. The third was tightly contested, but Okeechobee's defense proved better in a 13-15 Tiger loss. The JV will head to Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas next weekend for their season-ending tournament. They are seeded #1 in Pool B with Archbishop McCarthy, Westminster Academy, and Davie-Western. Pool A has St. Thomas as the #1 then Ransom Everglades, Coral Springs, and Pine Crest. The JV currently is 8-5. Friday, September 30 Senior Night a Big Success
Wednesday, September 28 County Clubs the Cobras Fort Pierce Central has a new coach, a new attitude, and lots of enthusiasm. A greatly improved team came down from Fort Pierce tonight lookgin to prove themselves. What they discovered was that they still have a long way to go. A dominant performance by Martin County dismissed all hope early. From the opening serve, it was certain that County meant business. Three quick games later, it was all over. The final scores were 25-8, 25-8, and 25-9. The outcome was never in doubt for the Tigers who seemed to have their way with the Lady Cobra defense. A 19-4 Martin County squad will seek to be the first team in the state with 20 victories of the season tomorrow night against a 10-4 Okeechobee team ranked 6th in 4A. Expect a battle between these two rivals. The County JV started strong out of the gates and dismantled Central convincingly 25-10, 25-4. Strong Tiger serving kept the Cobras off balance throughout the match. They will take a 6 game win streak into tomorrow's match against Okeechobee. Tuesday, September 27 Martin County Secures District Seeding
In the JV matchup, The Tigers swept the Panthers to keep their winning streak alive at 5 games headed into tomorrow and Thursday's matches. Final scores were 25-17 and 25-12. Leading the way for County were middle hitter Stephy Howard and setter Allison Lewen. Strong serving came from Kim Jeacoma and Amanda Mangels. The JV is now 7-4 for the season.
Three Tigers Nominated for Homecoming Court
Saturday, September 24 Regular Season Wraps Up Next Week Hard to believe that the post-season is just around the corner. After finishing the week with three straight victories, the Tigers are looking forward to clinching the second seed in the district with a victory Tuesday at Dwyer. Two home conference matches with Ft. Pierce Central and Okeechobee are slated for Wednesday and Thursday nights. After that, the Tigers will await their Conference Championship game on October 11th and the District tournament which begins October 18th at Dwyer. The Tigers would like nothing less than to get another shot at West Boca on their way to the ultimate goal- the State Tournament in Lakeland. Saturday, September 24 County Rolls Over PSL
In the JV opener, County rolled up a 25-4 first game victory before surrendering a remarkable game two comeback to the Jags 23-25. The final game went the Tiger's way 15-7. The JV will take a four game win streak into next week's matches. Thursday, September 22 Tigers Crack Top Ten
The 2005 Tigers are looking for their best finish since the 2002 squad posted a 27-6 record. Thursday, September 22 County Takes Care of John Carroll
In the afternoon warm-ups. The County freshman played without two key players and seemed to run out of gas by the end of the match ending 25-16, 22-25, 7-15. In game two, The Tiger JV scored a little payback for an early season loss to John Carroll by winning 25-23, 25-21. Key serves from Stephy Howard and Caitlyn Howard preserved the victory. Wednesday, September 21 Centennial Unprepared for County Rebound
In the JV game, the other Martin County Tiger #3 Amanda Mangels served up 11 aces in the first game setting a single game JV record. The Tigers cruised to a 25-9, 25-18 win. Tomorrow will bring John Carroll into Stuart in a rematch for all three teams.
Tuesday, September 20 Boca, Boca, Boca Tonight it was County's turn to be on the receiving end of the whipping stick. A 8-1 County start in game one was about all the get up and go County could muster for the night. After that point, the Tigers' get up and go seemed to have got up and went. Boca rallied for a 25-18 win in game one and controlled the match the rest of the night. The next two games caught county flat-footed as many a ball dropped to their side of the floor in the Boca sweep 25-17, 25-20. Despite their ear-splitting cheers, the rowdy Tiger faithful could not spark any Tiger offense. 14-4 Martin County looks to rebound tomorrow as visiting Centennial comes to Stuart for some action. In the JV opener, Allison Lewen served for 11 points and Amanda Mangels played stellar defense in leading the Tigers to a 25-20, 26-24 win. Monday, September 19 Don't Miss This Week's Action If fast paced Martin County Volleyball action is on your must-see list, then you will want to hang around the Don Wallen Gymnasium this week. The action begins on Tuesday with a rematch of this year's exciting East Coast Challenge Finals. 14-3 County has everything to prove to west Boca and plans to bring their A game. Tuesday Home West Boca JV 6pm Varsity 7pm Wednesday Home Centennial JV 6pm Varsity 7pm Thursday Home John Carroll 9th 4:30 JV 5:30 Varsity 6:30 Friday Away Port St. Lucie JV 4:30pm Varsity 5:30pm Monday, September 19 East Coast Challenge Day Two- West Boca Wins Title
Final Results Gold Champs- West Boca Martin County Chiles Spanish River Silver Champs- Grissom Alabama Stoneman Douglas Miami Killian Jensen Beach Bronze Champs- Cypress Bay Royal Palm Gainesville Buchholz Westminster Academy Copper Champs- Jupiter Middleburg South Fork Miami Southwest Monday, September 19 East Coast Challenge Day 1
Martin County d. Grissom (Ala.) 24-26, 25-15, 15-12 Cypress Bay d. Miami Southwest, 25-14, 25-23 Grissom (Ala.) d. Miami Southwest, 25-12, 25-16 Martin County d. Cypress Bay, 25-19, 25-16 POOL B (at Jensen Beach) West Boca Raton d. Jensen Beach, 25-18, 25-21 Buchholz (Gainesville) d. Middleburg 25-16, 25-15 West Boca Raton d. Middleburg, 25-9, 25-19 Jensen Beach d. Buchholz, 25-16, 15-25, 17-15 POOL C (at Jensen Beach) Stoneman Douglas d. South Fork, 25-23, 25-9 Chiles (Tallahassee) d. Royal Palm Beach, 25-14, 25-23 Stoneman Douglas d. Royal Palm Beach, 25-12, 25-23 Chiles d. South Fork, 25-18, 25-18 POOL D (at Martin County) Spanish River d. Jupiter, 25-20, 25-21 Miami Killian d. Westminster Academy, 27-25, 25-14 Spanish River d. Westminster Academy, 25-17, 25-21 Miami Killian d. Jupiter, 25-18, 25-15 East Coast Challenge Brings in Talent
Thursday, September 15 Streaking Vero Halted Riding a 5 game win streak into last night's match with the Tigers, Vero Beach had a gym full of fans looking for an upset. Break out the Pepto Vero, the only thing gettin upset would be you.. The upstart Indians have their best team in years and a new coach, but the outcome was still the same- a three game County sweep. The balanced Tiger offense kept the Indians at bay all evening, and aside from a few well-placed Indian attacks, the Tiger defense was equally willing to dish out some "in-your-face" plays. Game one took the Tigers out to 8-2 and 17-9 leads before ending 25-15. In game two, Bielicki once again went to his deep bench and returned a similar result 25-17. Game three was deja vu all over again 25-15. Leading the way for the Tigers were the usual suspects. Katie Beale, Allie Warren, and the nigh unstoppable Patti Leonard anchored the hit parade behind the picture perfect setting of Racael Albright and Becky Zambo. Securing the defense were Jami Perry, Lauren Olsen, and Karen Randolph- yes Karen, we saw you back there making some digs! Headed into this weekend's East Coast Challenge, 10-2 Martin County is looking forward to the competition. 13 of the 16 teams are ranked in their respective classes. Action begins at 4:30 Friday. In the JV matchup, Vero had County's number in another 3 game battle. Game 1 went to County 25-22. Game two went to Vero 25-10. The decisive third game brought the best action of the entire evening with the County and Vero girls going back and forth with some hard won points. It's always a shame that someone has to lose a game like that, but in the end, the final ball dropped on the County side of the court for a 18-16 Vero victory. Tuesday, September 13 Stick a Fork in the Fork- Again Three up, three down. South Fork came into the gym with something to prove, but left disappointed. The group of South Fork seniors had never beaten Martin County, for that matter in 24 years no South Fork senior had ever beaten County, and they were hoping that this might be their year. But the Martin County seniors had also never lost to South Fork and their were out to make sure that this definitely wouldn't be the year to break that tradition! The message was sent in game one. Right out of the chute, the Tigers dominated. South Fork never came close in the 25-14 win. Game two was another story. The crowd was treated to some furious back and forth action as neither team would give in. The last point of game two was the longest rally of the night, the ball going back and forth coming within a hair's breadth of hitting the floor a half dozen times before County scored point 26 to South Fork's 24. The wind out of their sails, South Fork did not mount much offense and succumbed to the much more talented County Tigers in game three 25-18. For this night, it didn't matter the size of the bulldog in the fight nor the size of the fight in the bulldog- County was victorious three games to zero. Both the Freshman and JV games went to three with County freshmen winning the opener 19-25, 25-15, 15-11. Too many errors cost the JV team dearly and they fell 25-22, 23-25, 10-15. Both JV and Varsity play at Vero Beach tomorrow at 5:30 and 6:30. Tuesday, September 13 Rematch On! Vero Beach has agreed to reschedule the JV match that had been cancelled. The game will be held tomorrow at 5:30 before the Varsity match in Vero. The JV Tigers will be looking for a little payback for the early season loss to the Indians. We need some parents to drive becuase it is too late to schedule a bus. Meet tonight after the South Fork game with Coach Butski. Sunday, September 11 Bring On The "Fork"
Freshman game is at 4:30, JV at 5:30 and Varsity at 6:30. Sunday, September 11 County places 7th in Orlando Champions Classic You know it was a tough tournament when the silver division pitted two returning state champions, both ranked nationally in the top 100, with two additonal top 10 teams AND Spanish River only makes the bronze! St. Thomas Aquinas (5A, ranked 89th) and Lake Highland (3A, ranked 22nd) joined Oviedo and the Martin County Tigers as runners up in each of their respective pools and squared off for the Silver Championship. To make the silver division, County took second in their pool at 2-1. Friday began with the Tigers by beating a young and scrappy Glades Day team 25-10, 25-22, and the very tall Timber Creek squad from Orlando 25-20, 25-18 setting up a match-up with eventual champion Orangewood Christian for 1st place in the pool Saturday morning. Trading kills with the powerful Orangewood team County lost the first game 27-29, before rallying in the second 25-17. The seesaw battle continued in the third game before Orangewood won 15-12 handing the Tigers their first loss of the season. Entering the first silver bracket match, County was looking for some redemption and jumped out to a 12-2 lead over the much taller Oviedo Lions. Despite having 5 front row players over six feet tall, Oveido could not handle the hard Martin County serves and were unable to mount any offense in Game 1. County won convincingly 25-12. Several game 2 service errors by the Tigers allowed Oviedo to rally for a 25-20 victory. In the deciding game 3 Oviedo's height proved too much at the net and they finished off the Tigers 15-10. In the day's final match, defending 3A State Champions Lake Highland (Ranked #22 in the COUNTRY by PrepVolleyball.com as of September 8th) awaited with a lineup full of All-Staters and D1 recruits. County refused to be intimidated by Lake Highland's star-studded offense and instead put on their own offensive show. Key front-row substitions in the second and third games allowed County to disrupt Lake Highland's heavy hitters and earned a Tiger victory 17-25, 26-24, 20-18. Varsity record is now 8 wins and 2 losses. Final Finish 1st Gold Orangewood Christian Riviera Suncoast West Boca Orlando First Academy 1st Silver Oviedo St. Thomas Aquinas MARTIN COUNTY Lake Highland 1st Bronze Ft. Myers Miami Killian Spanish River Timber Creek 1st Copper Episcopal Glades Day Tavares Pope John Paul II Thursday, September 8 Boynton Goes Down in Flames Coach Bielicki guaranteed a Tiger win in this one as County hosted the Boynton Beach "Tigers". By the end of the night it was the "Tigers" in County Blue and Gold who reigned victorious. Coach Bielicki went to the bench after a easy first game win 25-4 and played his reserves the rest of the way. Everyone had a hand in the second and third game wins 25-8, 25-8. Standing out from the bench was Taylor Gilmour with 9 service points including 5 aces. County takes a 5-0 record into this weekend's matches in Orlando. All 5 matches have been three game sweeps with an average winning score of 25-13. Lurking at this weekend's Champions Tournament are perennial powers Suncoast, St. Thomas Aquinas, Oveido, West Boca, and Spanish River. Fortunately for the Tigers, those schools will take turns beating on each other in pool play before County has to face any of them. County will have their hands full enough with Orangewood, Timber Creek, and Glades Day in Pool B. Wednesday, September 7 Tigers at Home Thursday and in Orlando This Weekend Thursday's home match against Boyton Beach begins at 7pm. Come on out and watch the match. The Tigers are undefeated and on fire after big victories last week. This weekend, the Tigers travel to Orlando for the inaugural Champions Tournament. 12 of the 16 teams entered are ranked in the Top Ten in their respective classses ensuring some quality competition. County begins competition Friday night at 6pm against 1A Glades Day. At 8pm the Tigers will play 6A Orlando Timber Creek. The final pool match will be on Saturday am at 10am against Orangewood. Bracket play begins at 11:30. All matches will be held at the Champions Sports Arena in Orlando. Thursday, September 1 A Fitting End to a Big Week
In the afternoon warm-ups, Jensen's freshman team proved to much for the County 9th graders winning 25-11, 25-12 while County's JV game stunned an undefeated and very confident Jensen Beach squad. After rolling through all their previous competition Jensen's expectations were dashed by a fired up County squad. Behind key aces from Ashley Bethel, Brittany Hinkley, and Cassie Langdon, timely blocks from Stephy Howard, and the hitting of Amanda Mangels, County refused to give up and won both games in come from behind fashion. Final scores were 25-18 and 25-22. Running the high octane offense was setter Allison Lewen. Though stricken with illness all day long, she brought nothing but her "A" game tonight. Together with the fired up JV captains Kim Jeacoma, Kayla Kindrew, and Caitlyn Rogers , she willed the team to victory- and put a big smile on their fans' as well as their coach's faces.
Thursday, September 1 County Off to Fast Start
In the Freshman and JV games, County split with John Carroll. The Tiger freshmen won the season opener 25-20, 25-23 while the JV was defeated 25-16, 25-18. Tuesday, August 30 Olympic Heights, John Carroll, JENSEN! Last week Katrina stole two days of practice and a game from the Tigers. Heading into the second week of competition, County's JV and Varsity will travel to 8 time state champion Olympic Heights arena today. Even with the opening of West Boca, look for the them to provide a test for our Tigers. Wednesday, 5 time state champs John Carroll looks to renew a rivalry as all three County teams travel north for some action. The Tigers will use both of these matchups in preparation for the Thursday showdown with Jensen Beach. During their first season, Jensen refused to schedule a match with the senior-laden Tigers. Perhaps they feel that this season they are ready and by all accounts, Coach Sawtelle has a well-balanced team. Many of the girls on both teams have played together for years. Much more is at stake here than a "W" or an "L". The balance of volleyball power in Martin County is on the line. Martin Bowl? This one has the makings of the can't miss event of the school year. Show up early at County Thursday. You'll want a good seat for this battle...... Tuesday, August 30 Olympic Heights Falls For the first time in the rivalry, Martin County has beaten Olympic Heights on their home floor. Amid the 7 State Championship banners along the walls at OHHS, the County Tigers never took notice of anything but the team on the other side of the net. The result was a 25-9, 25-10, 25-10 Martin County victory. The match was great preparation for tonight's showdown with John Carroll and tomorrow's highly anticipated match with Jensen Beach. Leading the way for the Tigers were senior co-captains Patti Leonard and Katie Beale. Coach Bielicki emptied his bench in games 2 and 3, and still the Tigers marched on to victory. Varisty is now 2 and 0. In the JV game, Martin County set the tone with numerous service aces to capture a 25-15, 25-11 victory. Directions to John Carroll Go north on U.S. 1 to Ft. Pierce, go to Virginia Avenue , turn left and go west to 25th street (St. Lucie Auditorium is on the corner), turn right and go north to Delaware Ave, turn left and go west school is ½ or so on the right. Tuesday, August 23 Quite A Start In three short games, Martin County served noticed that they are still the class of the Treasure Coast. Vero Beach was outplayed at nearly every turn by the Tigers and had to make the long quiet bus ride home. The home team was greeted by a large and rowdy crowd and they gave the fans something to cheer nearly every point. Though vero made a strong run in the second game, County walked away victorious 25-13, 25-21, 25-14. In the JV opener, the Martin County Tigers made too many errors and came out on the losing end 15-25, 25-23, 9-15. One bright spot was the clutch serving of Brittany Hinkley in game two to keep the match alive. Monday, August 22 Season Begins County puts their reputation on the line this week. With matches against Vero Beach and Port St. Lucie Tuesday and Thursday, Coach Bielicki will see just where his team sits for the 2005 season. Over the years it has seemed that the rest of the Treasure Coast has been inching closer to the level of play Martin County has established, but the Tigers entertain no thoughts of passing their crowns on. If you want a piece of County, you've got to come and get it. There's a dozen girls on the County bench with something else in mind for you. Wednesday, August 15 Congratulations to 2005 Freshman Team Natalie Block Meghan Crooks Ayla Flickinger Julie Higgs Kendall Kohl Joanna Klager Ashley Lindstrom Aubrey Radford Elise Raffa Casey Schnell Coach Brian Hayden Saturday, August 11 Congratulations to the New 2005 Varsity and JV Volleyball Teams Varsity JV Patti Leonard Lauren Bracken Katie Beale Emily Ryan Becky Zambo Kayla Kindrew Jami Perry Caitlyn Rogers Karen Randolph Kim Jeacoma Amber Bethel Joanna Pape Rachael ALbright Brittany Hinkley Allie Warren Cassie Clonan Lauren Olsen Stephanie Howard Taylor Gilmour Amanda Mangels Rachel Cuthrell Ashley Bethel Allison Lewen Monday, May 2 2005 Schedule Features Cross-Town Rival Jensen Beach The 2005 season is inching nearer and the schedule is almost set. County drops from 6A to 5A for the next two season after the opening of Jensen Beach. The two teams will begin their rivalry on September 1st. Both teams will be so loaded with talent that the question begs to be asked- "What if Jensen Beach had not opened?" The answer- a lot of great volleyball players would be running cross country instead of playing volleyball! The September 1st match will pit former teammates against each other in a battle of 2004 regional qualifiers. Will Jensen Beach's youth movement have enough guns to hang with Coach Bielicki's tried and true volleyball machine? Martin County lost 6 seniors, but return an offense and defense that features All Area and All State performers that are looking to continue their dominance of the Treasure Coast. Thursday, April 28 Sara Beth Warren Signs with Palm Beach Atlantic
Monday, February 14 Bielicki Hits Another Milestone
Thursday, January 6 Tiger for Life
Monday, December 13 2004 Banquet
Check out the pictures link for some photos of the event. If any other parents want to submit some photos from the season/banquet for the website, send them to butskij@martin.k12.fl.us. Thanks.... Thursday, December 9 Stuart News All Area Player of the Year- Sarah Beth Warren
Thursday, December 9 2004 Stuart News All Area Team After a phenomenal season that ended in the State Quarterfinals, Several Martin County players were named to the All Area Team. Player of the Year was Sarah Beth Warren. On the first team are juniors Katie Beale and Patti Leonard. Honorable mention went to seniors Molly Johnson and Kellye McCravy. 2004 Player of the Year Sarah Beth Warren 1st Team All Area Patti Leonard Katie Beale Honorable Mention All Area Molly Johnson Kellye McCravy Coach of the Year Marty Bielicki Thursday, December 9 Marty Bielicki- Stuart News Volleyball Coach of the Year
Monday, November 29 Palm Beach Post All-Area Team The individual successes of the 2004 Martin County Tiger Volleyball Team were recognized by the Palm Beach Post this past weekend when they named EIGHT Tigers to the All-Area Team! Making the team were Sarah Beth Warren- 1st Team, Patti Leonard- 1st Team, Kellye McCravy- 2nd Team, Melissa Miller- Honorable Mention, Molly Johnson- Honorable Mention, Kelly Hemberger- Honorable Mention, Amanda Brodsky- Honorable Mention, and Katie Beale- Honorable Mention. Molly Johnson and Kellye McCravy are making their third appearances on the All-Area Team (2002, 2003, 2004) joining Kari Dailey (1996, 1997, 1998) and Adrienne Kroger (2000, 2001, 2002) as the only other Tigers to do so. Sarah Beth Warren and Patti Leonard make their second appearance, and Amanda Brodsky, Kelly Hemberger, Katie Beale, and Melissa Miller make their first. The eight Tigers on the team surpasses the previous high of six in 2001 and 2003. 1st Team All Area Sarah Beth Warren Patti Leonard 2nd Team All Area Kellye McCravy Honorable Mention All Area Katie Beale Amanda Brodsky Kelly Hemberger Molly Johnson Melissa Miller Click on the headline above to be directed to the Palm Beach Post Web Page. Monday, November 8 THANK YOU!
Monday, November 8 Season Ends In Spanish River Martin County knew it was going to be a tough match and they were right. Like two heavyweights slugging it out in the end rounds, Martin County and Spanish River traded points for 4 games Saturday in Regional Finals. In the end, Spanish River triumphed and will head back to states. This is the second straight season the Sharks have eliminated the Tigers in Regionals. The Tigers came out in the first game looking like they would be making their first trip to Lakeland since 1999 winning 25-18. The home crowd at Spanish River was quieted, but the Sharks didn't give up. In the second game Spanish River showed why they deserved a shot at defending their title taking a 25-16 win. For the rest of the night it came down to team defense. Players on both the Tiger and Shark teams made incredible digs and saves keeping the crowd in a frenzy. Back and forth the struggle continued. Games three and four ended with close 25-23 and 26-24 Spanish River victories. The Tigers left the court spent physically and emotionally, their season over. County finishes another 6A Top 10 season at 15 wins and 6 losses, reclaimed their District Championship, and says good-bye to seniors Molly Johnson, Kelly Hemberger, Kellye McCravy, Melissa Miller, Amnda Brodsky, and Sarah Beth Warren. Next year's team will return starting top outside hitters Katie Beale and Patti Leonard as well as key reserves Allie Warren, Rachael Albright, Becky Zambo, Jami Perry, and Karen Randolph. There will be no rebuilding process, Tiger's coach Marty Bielicki will reload and everyone will expect the tradition to continue. Tuesday, November 2 Who's Next?
Confidence on the Martin County sideline was high- I repeat... confidence was high... Durant came in 12-14 and left 12-15. It'll be a long ride back to Plant City. The Martin County hometown fans came out en mass and it turned into a feeding frenzy for the Tigers. The atmosphere inside the gym was supercharged and the Tigers were feeling it. Game one saw County run out to big lead behind the offensive firepower of Molly Johnson and never looked back winning 25-15. In game two, Plant City managed to steal a game from the Tigers 25-18. For the rest of the night, there was just too much Tiger offense. Clutch service aces from Sarah Beth Warren and big-time kills from outside hitters Patti Leonard, Katie Beale, and Amanda Brodsky had the Durant Cougars running around the gym chasing balls- keep up the hard work Durant, we can use some ball girls for States. The Tigers win 25-18 in the third and 25-14 to wrap up the match in the fourth and final game. Defensively the Tigers were led by specialists Melissa Miller and Kelly Hemberger and the blocks of Kellye McCravy. Martin County brought their "A" game tonite and Durant came out wearing the wrong uniforms- anybody not wearing Martin County blue and gold was leaving the gym with their season over. Good news Durant, practice tomorrow has been cancelled! Regional finals will be 2pm Saturday at Boca Raton's Spanish River. Thursday, October 28 The Ride Continues
Martin County is riding a 6 match winning streak and head into Regional semi-finals at home next Tuesday November 2nd at 7pm. Opponent will be the Plant City Durant. DISTRICT CHAMPIONS 2004
Thursday, October 21 "Attitude Reflects Leadership"
Tuesday, October 19 Districts to Begin Tomorrow 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002. Martin County ruled their district as well as their Conference in each of those years. In 2003 were runners-up to Royal Palm Beach, a team that has now beaten the Tigers in 4 straight matches. There a 13 players and 4 coaches wearing Martin County Blue and Gold who want to bring that championship back to Martin County for 2004. Tomorrow at Vero Beach, the Tigers will begin that quest by facing Vero Beach High in the District semifinals. Leading the way for the Tigers are returning All-Area performers Sarah Beth Warren, Molly Johnson, Kellye McCravy, and All-Stater Patti Leonard. These players and the rest of the Tigers will stop at nothing to regain that title. The winner will likely face Royal Palm on Thursday at 7pm. Come out and watch Wednesday at 7pm- Vero Beach High School, come and cheer on your Tigers. Monday, October 18 JV Finishes 3-1 at West Palm Beach Tournament Heading into their last weekend, the JV team had only played 4 matches going 4 and 1 including a forfeit victory. They equalled that record over the weekend down at Royal Palm Beach to finish the season at 7-2. Starting Friday night against a Suncoast team that featured several strong servers/hitters, the Tigers got off to a miserable start losing the first game 11-25, their worst single game output of the season. Behind clutch serving/aces from Kristen Mayers and Emily Ryan, the Tigers clawed their way to a 25-23 game 2 victory. Despite falling behind 7-1 in the third game County put Suncoast away 15-12. In the second match of the evening, County overcame another slow start to sweep Wellington 25-23, 25-12. Saturday morning saw the Tigers finish out their pool as the undefeated number one seed by beating W.T. Dwyer 25-20, 25-12. Unfortunately, Royal Palm closed out the Tigers' tournament and season by beating them 25-13, 25-23 in the first round of the championship bracket to send the team home in a third place tie with Jupiter. Great season ladies- see you all at the Treasure Coast Juniors Club meeting next Tuesday at 7pm at the MCHS auditorium. Wednesday, October 13 JV Tournament This Weekend at Royal Palm This weekend's schedule... Friday dismiss at 1:45pm Leave at 2pm for Royal Palm 1st match 4:10pm 2nd match 6:30pm Saturday Meet for Breakfast at Cracker Barrel 7:30am 3rd match 10:15am 4th match 12:45 or 1:30 5th match TBA if we win 4th Come back and enjoy the homecoming! Tuesday, October 12 Martin County Wins Three Against Vero Beach on Senior Night
Monday, October 11 MC 11th at Tampa Prep Tournament The yearly trip to Tampa for the Annual Tampa Prep Tournament resulted in an 11th place finish in a tournament that featured four of the state's six No. 1-ranked teams, 11 top-10s and Nos. 1-2-3 in Class 5A. County headed into the tournament missing top middle Molly Johnson who was on a college recruting trip. The Tigers began the tournament against the top team in Florida- Tampa Prep itself. After dominating Tampa Prep for the first three quarters of the first game, Martin County succumbed to the talented Tampa Prep squad (who finished first overall)20-25, 21-25. Facing a team from Pelham, Alabama, in the second match of the night, the Tigers fell in three- 25-23, 9-25, 13-15. The last match of the night provided County with the first win of the tournament, beating Durant 23-25, 25-23, 16-14. The win was especially satisfying due to the rabidity of the Durant fans and the fact that Durant Beat MC in the state Championship finals in 1999. Day two started off with a tight 4 game loss to a Bishop Kenny team that featured a 6 foot 6 middle hitter, 25-22, 27-29, 21-25, 23-25 and finished with a three game sweep victory against Tallassee Leon 25-22, 25-15, 25-18. Outside hitter Patti Leonard led the Tigers with 50 kills in the five matches. Outside hitter Katie Beale added 29 kills, and setter Sarah Beth Warren had 104 assists. Kelly Hemberger contributed 33 digs. County's overall record stands now at 8 and 5. Monday, October 11 JV Loses First Match of Season, Varsity Wins 10th
In the night's second match, Martin County's Varsity Tigers handled Palm Beach Gardens easily in a 25-12, 25-22, 25-7 rout. Patti Leonard led the Tigers with 10 kills, 11 service points, and 9 digs. Sarah Beth Warren added 24 assists and Kelly Hemberger had 7 digs. Outstanding service was provided by Rachael Albright (11 servicepoints), Becky Zambo (7 service points), and Allie Warren (6 service points). Tuesday, October 5 |
