Veteran East Ridge Coach Gives All Credit To Players
by special report to The Chattanoogan
posted October 13, 2008
) Photo by Greg Davick Coach Neely, seen here in the Choo Choo Tournament earlier in the year. |
On Monday night in the District 6 A/AA high school volleyball tournament at East Ridge, Neely earned her 1,300th coaching victory.
"I still can't believe it,'' Neely said. "I still enjoy it, it's my hobby.
"I love teaching, I enjoy this. I've got good kids, great people behind me and a great school administrative staff. What more could you ask for.''
Even though East Ridge entered the tournament as the top-seeded team, Neely was only just looking for that next victory.
"I'm always just thinking about that next game,'' Neely said. "Our principal (Mark Bean) announced it (1,300 wins) after the game. It was a surprise to me, and the kids didn't know about it either.''
After the match, Neely was asked about how it feels to win her 1,300th victory.
The award-winning and multi hall-of-fame coach simply said, "I just want to talk about the kids. I still can't believe I've got that many wins.''
East Ridge, which had a bye in the first round, beat Hixson 25-15, 25-12 and 25-12 in the quarterfinals.
Sale Creek dropped Bledsoe County in the first round and then beat Lookout Valley 25-11, 25-9, 25-12 in the quarterfinals.
Notre Dame beat South Pittsburg in the first round and Signal Mountain in the second.
CCS beat Grundy County in its first game and then defeated Sequatchie County in the second round.
East Ridge will play Sale Creek in one semifinal on Tuesday at 4:30 and Notre Dame will face off with CCS at 6 p.m. The championship will be played on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.
(E-mail Stan Crawley at wscrawley@earthlink.net)
East Ridge Stats:
Takeisha Parham - 13 kills, 3 blocks
Meagan Arand - 4 kills, 8 aces, 13 digs
Meredith Brock - 10 assists, 2 kills, 2 aces, 9 digs
Dimon Darden - 6 kills
Shalonda Fugh - 4 kills
Paige Atterton - 5 assists, 2 kills, 4 digs
Haven Carter - 11 assists, 2 aces, 6 digs
Kelli Crawford - 6 aces, 18 digs
Holly Thompson - 1 ace, 4 digs
Notre Dame vs. South Pittsburg
Amanda Marini 13 aces, 7 digs
Melanie McGraw 2 kills
Patti Godsey 9 aces, 2 kills, 6 digs
Sam Guidi 9 aces, 3 kills, 1 dig
Erica Cowart 2 aces, 1 kill, 14 assists
Mariah Cushing 2 aces, 6 digs
Notre Dame vs. Signal
Amanda Marini 5 aces, 28 digs
Stephanie Sumida 1 ace, 1 block, 4 kills, 1 dig
Mariah Stewart 7 kills, 5 digs
Melanie McGraw 8 kills, 1 dig
Patti Godsey 1 kill, 1 assist, 5 digs
Angie Marini 8 digs
Erica Cowart 3 aces, 5 kills, 14 assists, 4 digs
Mariah Cushing 2 aces, 1 kill, 13 digs
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