I have off of school tomorrow, so I'll post a game review...

First of all, one of the most fun atmospheres I've ever had the pleasure of attending for a match. Second only to Pius-Tosa East my freshman year, when TE came in ranked #1 in the state and Pius beat them 3 games to 2 at the old fieldhouse...

Anyways, on to this spectacular match. Both fan sections were packed, and spent the entire night not only injecting emotion onto the court but taking shots at each other in the process. Some of them were pretty entertaining (TE's "Tosa 'Stallis" cheer made me laugh a little bit). Game 1 started out fast paced, but a scoring error caused a 15 minute delay (in which the crowds chanted back and forth). Once the game was back on track, both teams traded points feeding off emotion from the crowd, and Tosa East prevailed after a late run.

Game two was one of the best I've seen in recent memory, trading point for point until the 30-28 victory ensued. Props to Kevin for NAILING a jump serve on the back line at 24-24, though the following nine points were nailbiters as well.

Game 3 started out with a rally that lasted probably a solid minute and a half. Very intense game that sort of took the wind out of Tosa West's sails, and it showed after Tosa East's big run to begin game 4.

First of all, congrats to Tosa West on a fantastic season. All my guys on TW, Kevin, Jordan, T, keep your heads high. There's no shame in going out on a match like that.

Secondly, congrats to Tosa East on finally getting that monkey off their back that's been hanging there for the last 3 years. If anything, Mr. Filtz is now forced to eat his words about "Tosa East choking again."

Now that I've completed the summary... here's a few random observations about the game:

Jordan beat the TE libero at least 6 times on that back dump. As a libero myself, I was pulling my hair out in the stands watching that happen time after time.

Seniors definitely stepped it up for both sides. Kurt and Charlie especially brought their A games tonight.

Tosa East left Tosa West's middle alone with no block all night long. He had his share of bounces, but it all seemed to fit into Tosa East's master plan of camping on Kevin. I didn't like it, but it worked, so more power to them.

Lastly, neither team lost their aggressiveness at any point tonight (which I feel was my own team's downfall, but we'll save that for another day...) and that made the match tons of fun to watch.

Now that the final 8 are assembled, good luck to all of you and we'll see ya at Waukesha West.

yeah about that, our outside was supposed to block the middle, but he forgot.

Rey i make fun of taylor for posting at 645 before school...
4:42AM???
for real!?!?

Sessions are as follows:

Marquette vs. Appleton North - 5:00 PM
Tosa East vs. Middleton - 5:00 PM
CMH vs. Kenosha Tremper - 7:30 PM
Homestead vs. Greefield - 7:30 PM

Winners of 5:00 PM Games play at 10:30 AM on Saturday
Winners of 7:30 PM Games play at 10:30 AM on Saturday

Winners of Morning Games play at 3:00 PM on Saturday

As reported by the journal Sentinal...


yeah nice writeup on how state should be called the Milwaukee Metropolitan Tournament.... jerks.... haha hopefully Appleton North and/or middleton will change that... especially cuz their on the other side of the tournament and wouldn't affect us at all till the championship shoulqdl either of us get there lol... so go non-metro teams!

Great match goes out to Muskego, they definitely improved since the last time that we faced them. You guys played amazing, but if anyone was there the difference was our middle, Gus had 22 kills and about 7-8 blocks with a couple aces, he is a great player and kept us in it at times the offense was struggling.

Tremper Volleyball
#5

In the TE v TW match, I think there was one play that broke the back of West. Game 3. 23 -23. Rey serves, hits the tape and somehow rollls over the net for an ace .... Pretty sure the volleyball gods had just told West that tonight was not their night ....

Congratulations to those of you who have made it to state. Enjoy every minute of it, because only a select few can say they have been there. Don’t think that just making it to state is good enough, the season is not over for you, and you have to work harder now, then ever before to clinch the win.

With that being said, I think the WIAA has really messed up the way the State tournament is structured. The state tournament is the final test to determine which team is the best for that year. Well… how can that be done when the best teams have to knock each other out to get there! Let’s take a look…
Based off the last coach’s poll (which the polls during the season basically remained the same)…
New coaches poll released 10/24

1. Marquette 160
2. Homestead 138
3. Wauwatosa West 115 (Taken out by T.E.)
4. Wauwatosa East 109
5. Appleton North 107
6. CMH 66
7. Racine Park 65 (Taken out by Case)
8. Pius 48 (Taken out by Hale who was taken out by Marquette)
9. Kimberly 24 (Taken Out by A. North)
10. Shorewood 19 (Taken out by T.W.)

5 of the top 10 teams in the state will not be at the big dance. This should not happen! The best teams should make it to state. WIAA needs to make a change. Because Boys Volleyball is different than most of the other high school sports (minimum number of high school participate, no divisions, majority of schools are in the south eastern part of the state).
If every coach in the state would rank the teams from top to bottom, then make 8 sectional, from that, the best teams should all make it to state. (ie. The top 8 teams would all be in different sectionals.) It would resemble a March madness type of format.

most people would agree with you although the wiaa wants to have representatives from all over wisconsin which is why sectionals are messed up and which is why you never get the top 8 in state at the tourny. but with the teams we got any early predictions on the first round?...mine predictions are
marquette over appleton north in 4...appleton is good enough to get a game but marquettes fire power is to strong for pretty much anyone right now.
tosa east over middleton in 3- like how the offense is playing and will move past in three pretty close games. middleton just isnt strong enough all around.
cmh over tremper in 3
homestead over greenfield in 3- homestead to strong for greenfield although i wouldnt be suprised if greenfield got a game from homestead. thats about it though.

A. North over marquette is 5 intense games.
T.E. over Middelton (haven't seen them, but also haven't heard anything either) in 3
CMH over tremper (what a joke) in 3
Homestead Over Greenfield in 4 close games.

Semi's:
A. North over T.E. in 4 (A. north is the real deal)
Homestead over CHM in 3

finals:
A. north state champs in 5 games.

Would somebody please do me a favor and shoot me in the face if Appleton North wins State? The only reason I don't want them to is because I don't think I've ever heard a group of people complain about the lack of respect for those teams so much in my life, it's been throughout the whole season. They have a team in the top 5 and another team in the top 10. They are talked about all over the place. You have respect. Don't get me wrong, Appleton North is a very good team, I just don't think I could take all the talk about "now we know Southeast Wisconsin isn't the only place good volleyball teams come from in Wisconsin" for a while year...we already know that's no longer the case. I'll even be rooting for Marquette to beat them in 3 (which surprises even me, as I can't stand a few of their players and don't like their coach, even though I do respect him because the results show he obviously does something right year in and year out, but I also do love a couple of their players, and if they win State I hope Andrew Frohmader dominated the tournament, I'd be so happy for him, he's a great guy.)

I guess I'll join in on the fun and make my picks.

Quarterfinals:
-Marquette over Appleton North in 4: I'd like to see it in 3 but I think North is good enough to take a game off of them, but not win the match.
-Tosa East over Middleton in 3: If Tosa East can pass it won't even be close, even though I know nothing about Middleton
-Catholic Memorial over Tremper in 3: Yup
-Homestead over Greenfield in 3: I've heard Greenfield's pretty good, but I don't think they're good enough to beat Homestead...maybe they can take a game off of them.

Semifinals:
-Marquette over Tosa East in 3: Would like to see an upset here for Kurt Swatek, but having watched the Marquette vs. Tosa East regular season game, Tosa East played WAY too scared against them. They might take a game off of them, but I doubt they'll win the match.
-Catholic Memorial over Homestead in 5: I can't wait to watch this match. I really have trouble picking a winner here. I picked Memorial because I think Esser and Bazan pretty much cancel each other out, Braun and Meyers pretty much cancel each other out, and neither libero impressed me too much the 2 times we played each team. I think it'll come down to setters, and I think Nuens is the best setter in the state and makes better decisions then Schinner and Schinner sometimes falls apart in close matches (not saying Schinner is bad, he's very good, I'm just saying I love Nuens as a setter).

Finals:
Catholic Memorial over Marquette in 5: Again I think Nuens will do a better job then Hogan and I think Esser will be able to slow down (but not stop) Frohmader or Walker, whichever they have playing middle. I think Tayler will be more of a factor then whichever player isn't playing middle and is playing opposite. I would like to see Memorial win it all because Esser and Taylor or great guys. Seems like Nuens is too, but I've never really talked to him, he's just a quiet leader on the court, and Robby seems like a nice guy (if that's the one who's obsessed with the Packers like Dan is).

Just my predictions, and I'm guarunteeing that most of these are probably wrong, because what I think will happen almost never happens in any of my sports predictions. It's all in good fun.

Just curious who is Patrick VB#8 and is he actually serious or is he just mocking us lol? Either way it doesnt really matter, just would kinda like to know.

it was 15-13 how is that domination


good game though u guys surprised all of us

Pat, NO ONE is obsessed with the Packers like I am, you know that.


As far as my predictions....

Marquette over Appleton North in 5... has the potential to be the best match in the tournament, if Appleton North plays up to their potential. If they crumble and play scared like everyone else who has played Marquette this year (save Homestead) then it will be a quicker match than everyone thinks.

Tosa East over Middleton in 3... Tosa East is riding an emotional high, had to play a MUCH tougher opponent in Tosa West (as opposed to Burlington, as Middleton did) to get to state, and they're hot right now. Just a better overall team.

Memorial over Tremper in 3... sorry Scott.

Homestead over Greenfield in 3... was hoping for a Homestead-Park matchup here, but that sectional threw me for a loop. Congrats to Greenfield on making it this far, but contending with a team that has 2 seniors who have been in this situation before as sophomores (Andy/Charlie) and another who is one of the top 4 or 5 players in the state, my money is on Homestead.


Semifinals

Tosa East over Marquette in 5... they beat Marquette earlier this year, then looked just awful at Marquette's place during the conference matchup. I think Tosa East is playing better volleyball now and could take this emotion all the way to the state finals.

Homestead over Memorial in 4... I know Taylor and Robby will get on me for this. Sorry boys, they were my preseason pick and I've gotta stick with my guns. Senior leadership will come into play, and Eric is outnumbered 3 to 1 in this category. Whether you like it or not, Taylor and Esser will be unable to have that "senior urgency" factor that comes into play every year. If you prove me wrong, I will be the first in like to shake your hand. Otherwise, I think Homestead rides Steve and Charlie right to the finals.

Finals

Homestead over Tosa East in 4... tight first 3 games, with Homestead taking 2 of them and pulling away in the 4th. Andy, Steve, and Charlie (B.) outlast Kurt and Charlie (W.), (not to mention Liska and Luke) for a state championship.

Well yeah that isn't exactly domination, but throughout that game we held a 4-5 point lead and just kind of lost it in the end. It was a really exciting match though, hopefully we won't lie down to Tosa East like everyone thinks we will, wouldn't mind defying what the Journal Sentinal thinks.

First off, Appleton north is not the school asking for respect, they gained that last year by making it to state. It was the other schools from upnorth, and frankly they did not earn it.

Appleton North is the real deal. They have the most athletic team I have ever seen, and I have seen my fair share of teams over the years. If could pick a team other than mine to coach it would be Appleton North hands down.

One of those teams have to make it to State considering they were all in the same sectional and that sectional has to send someone to State, so just making it there doesn't earn them respect, because a team had to be there. But like I said, they earned the respect, and now you are again trying to get people to respect them. We know they are the real deal and we know they are very athletic.

Go Marquette on Friday.

Congratulations to everyone who is going to state, and the teams that just came up short will be even more hungery next year, but good luck to the teams still in it and hopefully Tremper will suprise some people on here!

Tremper Volleyball
#5

Haha yea you have a point there about one of us has to make it to state...look at hte 2 years before last year, kaukuana got whooped both years, and i love teh "go marquette" haha, but who are you patrick vball 8 or w/e...what team do you coach for? I do agree with you in the aspect that they have the most athletic team in the state.(They also have the best bouncing lines in the state, however that does'nt mean much, excpet for an exciting warmup)

Another point about north, watch out for their RS #8 DJ vanboxtel, when i went and watched the kimbelry-North matchup, there was a tandem where i swear to god he had his armpits over the net!!..he had been struggling lately this year, but according to oswald, has really turned it on, and bounced like 10+ agaisnt kimberly...I feel that if north plays well right away against marquette, it will go to five games, (when they start out strong, they're pratically unbeatable...beating kimberly 12-25 that second game) with them possibly winning. However if marquette goes on an early run, north will get down on themselves and selfdestruct, but who knows.

okay that serve almost gave me a heart attack. you know what it was? it was the blood (my blood) on the ball. that was the magic.
oh yeah and peachtree fyi, i randomly woke up and couldn't fall back asleep, so i decided to post on the forum. okay?

Rey Rey, early in the match there was a really long pause and you were talking to your coach and there was a kid on your team throwing like a towel or a shirt at you or something, was that because you were bleeding or something else?

wow 5, ur float serve killed us every time.....

i'm also number five,
and in case u were wondering, i'm sitting on a heavily sprained left ankle and strained MCL....i went down in the 1st game?

that was one of the most intense and emotional games ever......

thanks.

Ok I know this is late, but I just wanted everyone to know what actually happened in the CMH vs KM game. I am the setter for KM for the record. We started off slow and basically got rocked the first game, we didn't play very consistant, and CMH did as they have all year. The next game we came out and played the way that we knew we could, and essentially rocked them. 3rd game was pretty close, we were ahead for almost all of the game. Then at about 23-22, we were winning, Andy Romanowski turned his ankle that he had surgery on, and was out for the rest of the match. We finished that game off, but if anyone on this forum as played us, you know that on the defensive side, you need to know where Romanowski was at all times, and without our 2nd OH, they doubled on our right-side and middles for the rest of the match. We rattled CMH hard, they didn't know what to do. Everythign they hit we were digging, it was one of the first games of the year where we had great defense. But we had them curled up in the corner until an act of some higher power made Romanowski roll his ankle. In the 4th game we got rocked without Romo, and in the 5th game we were beating them until Ean Reid got into the backrow, then i had to force the ball away from our other OH, and they got double blocks like nothing else. They won the 5th game 15-12. If you read the paper, it was almost nothing like it was written. They didn't play outstanding to come back and beat us, we lost our OH. Take this post as it is, and I am by NO WAY, bashing the CMH team or players, they are a very good team and I will be going to state to watch them play, and I will be rooting for all of them.

My dad was sitting almost front row, and in the 4th game, Taylor went up to somebody in the back row and literally said to them, (this was after Romo got hurt) "we can beat them now."

Once again, take this as it is, and good luck to all those who made it to state, and good luck CMH.

oh no i started bleeding when i grabbed the top of the pole midway through game 3. we have our own towels and the sub going in gives the person coming out their towel.

Thanks, but to tell you the truth, Catholic Memorial won. Ijuries are part of the game and you have to work around them. We had 2 players go down in the same practice early in the year, and you know how many people outside of Pius cared? Zero. Yeah, people wanted us to get healthy because you never want to see anybody injured, especially in their senior season, but people care about their own team and if somebody gets hurt they're just going to take advantage of it.

And I would be willing to bet that Taylor did not say that. I guaruntee you his mentality was we can win no matter who is playing on the other side of the net, because I talk to him and that's how his mentality always is, he doesn't get scared of anybody.

Ah, I see

i hate to say it but my guess is marquette wins it.

it will turn out like all the other tournaments did homestead vs marq.

sorry to all other teams but marq seems unbeatable as of right now and homestead is good so ill be there to watch the match and see how it turns out.

as for who i root for i think............cmh.

Thanks for that pat, and your right because i would never say anything like that its not me. In no way shape or form do i EVER bad mouth the other team. Its not the way the game was ment to be played.

I'm sorry your dad told you i said that, but i swear no body on our team said that.

with the state tournament coming up i thought i should point out a few things, first of all congratulations to the eight teams that made it this far, dont take it for granted you may not get to come back next year. Also, the WIAA really should do something about making the sectionals more even. I play for tosa west and dont want to sound like im whining, but we beat Tremper 21-2 in a tournament earlier this year, it doesnt seem right that they should be in the state tournament when other more accomplished teams are forced to watch (Nicolet, Park, Pius.)

As for my pick to win i think whoever wins the APP. North MArquette game wins state, i say appleton north comes out really strong and wins the first game comfortably (around 6 points) but marquettes experience and talent eventually overcomes their emotion, marquette in five. Marquette will then beat Homestead in the final. No disrespect to any teams that i say am gonna lose, im probably wrong anyway.

Hey all you seniors-

Where are you guys going to college? And are any of you guys continuing to ball in college?

Probably Marquette U... so that means club ball, if I make that squad, but nothing NCAA recognized. Unless of course I go to Loyola, but I'd have to walk on there and I'm not sure I'd make it.

To KM's Setter:

Ok if you didn't see my post about how by no stretch of the imaginiation we were playing an inferior team then look back at it bro. I clearely stated that you guys played us extremely tight and that that game couldve gone either way. I have alot of respect for you which i even told you when i came up to you after the game, idk maybe you forgot? but bro taylor never said anything like that, and to go telling people that he did isn't right. I was on the court when romo got hurt, and mike huddled us up right away, away from the fans, and he talked to us, not taylor. That game couldve gone a thousand different ways... but injuries are a part of the game, just as much as obnoxious fans that call out your name while you serve and tell you you aren't good enough... great match bro, but check ur facts.

haha i know exactly what your talking about...at middleton they were all over me...there whole crowd was chanting my name while i was serving it was ridiculous...i almost like that cus then you have something more to feed off of

MUwarrior, i saw your post, i was basically posting this because the paper made it seem like all of the sudden outta no where you guys starting dominating us and we fell apart, and thats not what happened. I totally agree, injuries are part of the game, it was just unfortunate that it happened at the least opportune moment. And Taylor didn't say it to the team, he just said it to one of your players at some point during the 4TH game, not after he got hurt right away. I've got alotta respect for your coach and almost everybody on your team including yourself(if your who i think you are), i just wanted to let people here another side of the story. wish you the best of luck at state, like i said, ill be there and be rooting for you.

Now I normally don't do this, and I am aware that this is pretty late, but I feel the need to post my perspective of the KM/CMH match last night.

As the guy that sits at the end of the bench and just makes the little marks under "Kills", you would probably think that I don't pay attention to the match. Partly true. I pay attention to the match, then pay attention to the clipboard.

Last night's match--literally--had me breathing really hard and freaking out. I was nervous everytime we went up for a hit. I think a few kids on the bench can vouch for me when I say was freaking out. Anyway, that's beside the point. Both KM and CMH played well. CMH had it's moments, KM had it's moments. It was a back and forth battle that no one wanted to lose. Unfortunately, someone had to get injured, and that changed the momentum and flow of the match.

KM put up a huge fight, and I gained a lot more respect for them because of last night. As Rob said, Ean is the real deal. The kid can hit extremely well, and when he's a senior...I can't even think of how good he is going to be.

That's my two cents.

Im not going to be on the forum anymore, not that i was on for a long time or anything, but i just want to set the record straight and say congratulations to everyone CMH, GL at state, and i hope there isn't any ill-will.

BTW - Marquette and Homestead in state chip is my guess, and Marquette will once again take home the title

i would say my pick to win it all would be the winner of the semi TE and MUHS...assuming that they both get past there first round teams. This is forgetting what ive seen all season, right now i think those two are playing the best, but never count out cmh and also of course homestead on the other side of the braket. But like i said i think TE and MUHS are playing the best volleyball out of everyone in the past 2 weeks. just my opinion. i say screw all the sectionals i think marquette, homestead, tosa east, tosa west, appleton north, pius, cmh, and park should get together some weekend at some gym and have their own tourny to decide the state champs, that would be insane.

Thats DiBatbale

Interesting, a post like that obviously screams for attention. I would now not pick CMH to win anything but an infighting game. Shocking that a teammate would come out on a public forum and bash/not defend/ or plain not just say anything. Perhaps a partial reason why they struggled against KM?

Every year there are great games at state that are not the state championship game. Look at Shorewood/Marquette game last year. It happens every year in every sport, basketball being the worst. The only good thing is that the sectional match-ups change every year. Hopefully as more boys' team form, the problem of "unfair" match-ups dissipates. I said before, no one wants to play Marquette until the Championship game, because when you lose to them there, it's O.K.

Picks: Tremper over CMH in 5, Marquette over Appl. North in 4, but I'm rooting for Appl. North, T.E. over Middleton, great job to make it to State, Homestead over Greenfield. Homestead vs Marquette in the finals, with Marquette winning again.

Whats up dude? Yeah when u slipped, yeah man, i noticed u went down and i served to ur replacement until they took him out. Yeah dude, wednesday i got hit by a car, by a kid on my team just joking around, that is why i had my wrist taped, i had a severe sprained left wrist, but i have been waiting my whole life for a chance to go to state so i played, and it was a great hard fought match!

Tremper Volleyball
#5

so, mask... and truth.. save ya a seat at state?

Can you save me one too John?

wow man, and u still played? thats amazing. lol i was telling my coach, dammit put me back in! and he told me to sit down cuz we'd get a yellow.....idk....but u set north shore? 16-1's? i thought i recognized u

i was so pissed i still wanted to play

actaully you went down in the second game becasue we were on the opposite side we started. we ended up winning that game. lost the first one the 2nd and 3rd and then lost the 4th and 5th.

kampy was it the 2nd game? i cant remember, but u gotta admit it was an awesome game

yea. it was 2. that was the most emotional and intense match that i have ever played in my life. even though we lost, it was my favorite match that i have ever played.

i agree....

it seemed as though everything was in our favor to win too......

everybody was losing....

o well
be ready to see muskego next year in state!

god damn kid suck it up you lost, season's over, get over it. i'm tired of reading about muskego losing in every single one of your ****** posts, and i'm pretty sure we're all tired of it.

thank you rey

Amen to that.

rey im sure a little can you knock it off would have worked....lol im jp man do what you want

as for my predictions for state..im not makin any im just cheering for my guy steve and homestead all the way.
no its not a gripe against greenfield they played well and beat us. we finally ran into a team with more heart then us. i cant do anything about it. but to answer the other question. its not for sure its only a possibility. me and steve might go up to msoe to play. but yeah go homestead at state i think homestead is in good hands with andy and steve...and charlie.

fine if u wanna be a ****** about it, go ahead, pretty sure u'd be pissed too if u lost going to state by 2 frickin points.

w/e guys