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Jaguars beat Fallbrook, but fall to San Marcos in volleyball

Taylor Oshinski keeps his eye on this serve.

It was an up-and-down week for the Valley Center varsity boys volleyball team, as the Jaguars rolled to a big win over Fallbrook to start the week, but came home to face San Marcos and suffered a tough loss as the week came to an end.
The Jags had everything working for them against Fallbrook last Monday, and they had no trouble finishing off a 3–0 win, with game scores of 25–15, 25–18, 25–20.
Taylor Oshinski was all over the court, registering eight kills and seven digs, while Beau Reilly had ten assists and six aces, Mitchell Rush had nine kills and Anthony Cozzi had ten assists.
Valley Center’s home game against San Marcos on Wednesday turned out much differently for the Jaguars, even though they fought hard until the end in a 3–0 loss, with game scores of 15–25, 18–25, 25–27.
After falling in the first game, the Jags battled for every point in the second game, never letting the Knights get ahead by more than four. After appearing to tie the score at 24 late in the second game, Valley Center was ruled to have been under the net on the point that would have kept them alive in the game.
Game three was another back-and-forth nail-biter, as San Marcos would pull ahead by three or four points, then the Jags would fight back and pull within one. The Knights had a chance to put the game away at 24–22, but two consecutive kills by Reilly pulled the Jags back even. San Marcos eventually held on for the win, but not without a valiant effort from Valley Center.
Oshinski once again led the way with 12 kills, while Reilly had five kills and five blocks and Rush had six kills.
The Jaguars are now 2–3 overall and 0–1 in Valley League play, with the next match coming at home on Thursday against San Dieguito Academy at 4:45 p.m.

Valley Center High School 2011 spring sports tryout schedule

Valley Center High School – Jaguar Athletics
Spring Tryout Schedules 2011

You must turn in a sports clearance form to the office before participating in tryouts. Also note that tryouts fall on our Presidents Break week off. Clearance packets must be turned in by Friday, February 18th. The next date that packets can be turned in is Monday, February 28th. Please plan ahead.


Baseball
Tuesday through Friday 2/22 to 2/25
2:30–5 p.m. on the varsity baseball fields

Boys Golf
Starting Monday 2/21
3–5:30 p.m. at Pauma Valley Country Club

Boys Lacrosse
Tuesday through Thursday 2/22 to 2/24
3:30–5:30 p.m. at the Primary School

Girls Lacrosse
Monday through Friday 2/21 to 2/25
3–5:30 p.m. at the Elementary School

Softball
Friday 2/25 from 2–5 p.m.
Saturday 2/26 from 9 a.m.–noon

Swimming
Monday through Friday 2/21 to 2/25
3–5:30 p.m. at Adams Park

Boys Tennis
Wednesday to Friday 2/23 to 2/25
3:15–5:15 at Adams Park

Track & Field
Monday/Wednesday/Friday 2/21, 2/23, 2/25
8–10:30 a.m. at the track

Boys Volleyball
Saturday 2/19, Friday 2/25 and Saturday 2/26
8–10 a.m. in the gym

Note: Once practice begins, practices will be daily.
Each coach will distribute additional time schedules for the remainder of the season.

Photos -- Valley Center girls volleyball senior night 2010

Here are some photo highlights from the Lady Jaguars' big win over Del Norte on senior night.
Photos courtesy of Greg & Cindy Marcon


The VCHS gym was all decked out to honor the graduating seniors:
The five seniors: Alexis Comes, Morgan Marcon, Katie Bergman, Nikki Paredes and Kelsey Gaylor:
Katie Bergman and her parents:
Morgan Marcon and her parents:
Kelsey Gaylor and her parents:
Alexis Comes and her parents:
Nikki Paredes and her parents:
The seniors, with assistant coach...? (Sorry, if anybody knows his name, post a comment please!)
The seniors (L-R): Bergman, Gaylor, Paredes, Marcon and Comes:
The Lady Jaguars huddle up before the game:
Laura Glennie spikes the ball:
Marcon sets the ball for Paredes:

Lady Jaguars win big on senior night, ranked No. 4 in CIF Div. III playoffs

Valley Center’s varsity volleyball team sent off its seniors in style with a big 3–0 win over Del Norte on senior night at VCHS on Thursday.
The Lady Jaguars held on through a tough first game to dominate the final two for final game scores of 25–22, 25–17, 25–13.
Both teams traded points for the majority of the first game, with Del Norte finally taking a two-point lead at 9–7. But the Lady Jags came right back and took a two-point lead at 12–10, then built on the lead until they were up 17–13 on an ace by Laura Glennie. The Lady Nighthawks couldn’t make up any more ground and lost the game by three.
Valley Center came out on fire to start the second game, taking the first three points, but Del Norte responded and tied the game at six. Sidney Reilly got a spike that put the Lady Jags back in front, and they did not relinquish the lead in taking the game by eight points.
Del Norte jumped ahead early in the third game, putting Valley Center behind 7–1, but the Lady Jags stormed back to tie the score at nine. The teams battled to a tie at 11, but the Lady Jaguars went on an eight-point run to put the game out of reach and take the game by 12 points.
The big win puts the Lady Jaguars (17–12) in the No. 4 slot of the CIF Division III rankings, which means they will play tonight (Wednesday) at home against Olympian at 7 p.m.
The winner of tonight’s match will play again on Saturday at 5 p.m. in the second round.

Lady Jags win once, but lose heartbreaker in volleyball

It was an up-and-down week for the Valley Center varsity girls volleyball team, as the Lady Jaguars rolled to an easy win to start the week, but suffered the heartbreak of an overtime loss in a near comeback that came down to the final point.
The Lady Jags cruised to a 3–0 win over Orange Glen last Tuesday, with game scores of 25–19, 25–9, 25–4.
Laura Glennie led Valley Center with 12 kills, while Morgan Marcon added 25 assists in the big win.
But on Thursday, the Lady Jaguars lost the first two games to San Dieguito Academy, came back to even the score, then ultimately lost by two points in the tiebreaker to fall, 3–2, with game scores of 20–25, 21–25, 25–21, 25–23, 13–15.
Despite the relatively close scores in the first two games, the Lady Jags struggled to find rhythm and couldn’t keep pace with the Lady Mustangs. San Dieguito Academy jumped ahead right away in the first game, and every time the Lady Jaguars came close to pulling even, the Lady Mustangs went on a run to stay ahead.
But the Lady Jags woke up in the third game and came back from an early 5–2 deficit to tie the game at seven. From there, the two teams traded the lead back and forth until the waning moments of the game, when Valley Center got a late spike and forced San Dieguito to miss a return to take the game win.
Neither team could take more than a two-point lead in the fourth game until San Dieguito pulled away in the middle part of the game to take a 13–9 lead. But the Lady Jaguars fought back to even the score at 17, then the teams traded the lead back and forth as the game wore on. In the end, the Lady Jags won the game after a long return by San Dieguito, followed two plays later by a nice drop shot by Sidney Reilly to seal the win.
Momentum was firmly on Valley Center’s side heading into the tiebreaker, and Glennie spiked home a kill for the first point of the game, which was also the first time in the match that Valley Center scored the opening point of a game. The Lady Jaguars held the biggest lead of the game at 10–8, but the Lady Mustangs battled back to even the score at ten. Neither team could take more than a one-point lead until the final two points, as the Lady Mustangs got a kill to lead 14–13, and the Lady Jags couldn’t return a spike on the final play of the game to take the loss.
Valley Center is now 13–6 overall and 1–1 in league, with the next match coming on Thursday at Canyon Crest at 4:45 p.m.

Video: VC volleyball vs San Pasqual

Some video highlights from the Valley Center girls volleyball game against San Pasqual last Thursday. The Lady Jaguars came back from a 2-0 deficit to win the next three games and take the match, 3-2.

The Lady Jaguars hold on through a good rally to get the point:


Alexis Comes serves and, after another good rally, Katie Bergman gets the kill for VC:


Valley Center gets a block on the final point to win the match:


video by Dan Kidder

Lady Jags Get Two Volleyball Wins

The Valley Center varsity girls volleyball team is on a roll this week, taking two big wins and improving to 5–2 on the season so far.
The Lady Jaguars started off the week last Tuesday hosting Westview, and held on after a close first game to take a 3–0 win, with game scores of 25–20, 25–18, 25–19.
Laura Glennie led the Lady Jags with nine kills, while Sidney Reilly added seven kills, Morgan Marcon had 32 assists and Alexis Comes had 18 digs in the win.
Valley Center rode the wave of momentum into Thursday’s home game against Point Loma, and the Lady Jaguars took advantage with a 3–1 win, with game scores of 25–20, 19–25, 25–21, 26–24.
The Lady Jags jumped ahead early in the first game, leading 8–2 after the first ten points, but Point Loma came back to pull within a point at 12–11. The Lady Jags slowly expanded the slim lead through the late stages and held on to take the first game by five.
Point Loma turned the tables on Valley Center in game two, scoring the first five points and forcing the Lady Jags to take an early timeout to regroup. Valley Center responded and pulled the score even at ten and kept the game close. But after a tie score at 17, Point Loma pulled away and took game two by seven.
The Lady Jaguars dug deep in the final two games, pulling away late in both to seal the win.
Glennie once again led the way with 15 kills, while Vanessa Heredia had nine kills, Marcon had 40 assists and Comes had 22 digs.
Next up, Valley Center faces San Pasqual at home on Thursday at 4:45 p.m.



Photos by Ray Flores

VC Varsity Volleyball Scrimmage

The Valley Center Lady Jaguars took part in a varsity volleyball scrimmage at San Pasqual on Wednesday. Even though no scores were officially kept, it is the opinion of this sports writer that the Lady Jags were winners for a cool design on their team shirts this year. And they played pretty well in them, as seen by a few video highlights:

Alexis Comes with an ace:


Comes with another ace:


Comes serves and the teams have a good rally:


One of the Heredia sisters (if you know which one, please post a comment...I'm still trying to match names with faces and/or jersey numbers!) serves, but after another good rally, the Lady Jags can't dig the spike:


video by Dan Kidder

VCHS Fall Tryouts Schedule

Valley Center High School – Jaguar Athletics
Fall Tryout Schedule 2010

You must turn in a sports clearance form to the office before participating in tryouts!

Boys/Girls Cross Country
Starting, Monday, August 16th 6:30am-8:30am at the track

Girls Field Hockey
Starting Monday, August 16th 7:00-10:00am
At grass field hockey field/JV baseball field

JV/Varsity Football
Thursday, August 12th pick up gear: Var /9:00am JV /9:30am Practice 3:00-5:00pm
Friday, August 13th: 8:00-11:00am and 2:00- 5:00pm
Saturday, August 14th 8:00-10:00am

Frosh Football
Thursday, August 12th pick up gear: 10:00am 11:30-1:30PM
Practice Friday, August 13th 8:00-12 noon
Saturday, August 14th 8:00-10am

Girls Golf
August 16th-19th _ All levels 9:00-10:30am at Woods Valley Golf Course
August 23rd and 24th 3:00-5:00pm

Girls Tennis
Starting Monday, August 16th 3:00-5:00pm at Adams Park

Girls Volleyball
Monday, August 16th – All Levels 3:00-6:00pm in VCHS gym
Tues-Thurs, August 17th-19th Frosh 2:00-4:00pm Var/JV 4:00-6:30pm

Boys Water Polo
Starting Monday, August 16th at Adams Park
Varsity: 6:00-7:30am and 4:00-6:00pm
JV/Novice: 6:00-8:00pm

Note: Once practice begins, practices will be daily.
Each coach will distribute additional time schedules for the remainder of the season.

Note: All athletes must be cleared before they can tryout for a team.

Athletic Clearance Packets are available at the VCHS front office starting August 2nd. A printable version of the packet is available on the Valley Center High School web site. Completed packets that contain proof of a recent physical, proof of insurance, all signatures signed, and all information filled out must be turned into the athletic director’s office before an athlete can try out for a team.
There will be a Sports Clearance Night at the high school on Monday, August 10th, starting at 6:00 pm. Cost is $30 for a physical. Parents must attend physical night with their son/daughter. You may get a physical from another doctor, but you must use the form that is in the clearance packet.

VC Girls Varsity Volleyball Scrimmage

The Lady Jaguars got the season underway with a scrimmage at Escondido High School on Thursday. The team looked solid, and coach Nathan Rendon was able to get everybody on the team involved, which is always helpful down the road. There wasn't any official score being kept, but Valley Center rolled over Orange Glen (even with the backups in), cruised against Ramona, and played tough in a back-and-forth match with Mission Hills.

Here are a couple of video clips of Stephanie Becvar serving, first against Ramona and later against Mission Hills.