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at Perry Middle School.
“We have brought vol
leyball players from middle
Georgia in to raise their
skills,” said Marshall. “We
feel positive there is a need
for this because it’s big
in Atlanta and in Florida,
and it’s coming to central
Georgia.”
The tryouts were open
to players age 11-18, and
CGVA wasn’t just form
ing girls teams but teams
for boys as well. Teams
are formed in different age
brackets, and those teams
will travel in tournaments
that take place from January
to the Southern Region
Championship in Atlanta
May 3-4.
“It’s not just that we play
here locally,” said Marshall.
“We are very excited this
year to have a boys team for
the first time. That’s some
thing we hoped to be able to
offer.”
Junior National was once
known as Junior Olympics,
Marshall said. She said CGVA
is registered through the
Southern Region Volleyball
Association, which is a part
of USA Volleyball. That is
the association that forms
the U.S. Olympic teams.
While that is the highest
level a volleyball player can
strive for, CGVA for now
focuses more on exposing
players to college scouts.
“When we travel to our
tournaments, we have col
leges coming out and scout
ing and recruiting players
for college scholarships,”
said Marshall. “Last year we
had two players who were
approached for scholarships.
That was just the beginning.
We are looking forward to
the girls having those kind
of opportunities to develop
their skills.”
As far as CGVA results
in these Southern Region
tournaments, Marshall said
the growth has been slow.
She said they were strug
gling two years ago when
they brought in a college
level trainer, and with his
help they had a jump from
last place to fourth place.
It does help CGVA to have
people who know about set
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injury while playing for Houston County High School this past season.
1 Tucker
2 Columbia
3 Westlake
4 Lithia Springs
5 North Clayton
6 Riverdale
7 Rome
8 Miller Grove
9 Griffin
10 Cherokee
Class AAAAA
1 Norcross
2 Wheeler
3 Centennial
4 Marietta
5 Meadowcreek
6 McEachern
7 M.L. King
8 Beach
9 Johnson, Savannah
10 Berkmar
Results of the GaSports.
com-GACA preseason
girls basketball coaches
poll:
Class A
1 Southwest Atlanta
Christian
2 Savannah Country Day
3 Landmark Christian
4 Hawkinsville
5 Taylor County
6 Calvary Day
7 Calhoun County
8 Gordon Lee
9 Jefferson
10 Seminole County
Class AA
1 Wesleyan
2 Buford
3 Greater Atlanta Christian
Results of the GaSports.
com-GACA preseason
boys basketball coaches
poll:
Class A
1 Whitefield Academy
2 Wilkinson County
3 Turner County
4 Southwest Atlanta
Christian
5 Terrell County
6 Taylor County
7 Wilcox County
8 Eagles Lndg Christian
Acad
9 Atkinson County
10 Hancock Central
Class AA
1 Manchester
2 Wesleyan
3 Lovett
4 Randolph-Clay
5 Dodge County
6 Swainsboro
7 East Laurens
8 Buford
9 Decatur
10 Thomasville
Class AAA
1 Dunwoody
2 Jordan
3 East Hall
4 South Atlanta
5 Hart County
6 Carver, Columbus
7 Shaw
8 Chamblee
9 Blessed Trinity
10 Gainesville
10 Carrollton
Class AAAA
ting, attacking, digging and
serving. Hawaii native Toafa
Tuionuu, who has resided in
Houston County for 15 years
and is retired from the U.S.
Air Force, serves as a ‘head
coach’ for CGVA teams and
has worked with volley
ball at the Warner Robins
Recreation Department.
He joined CGVA last year
through the request of some
of the players he worked
with in Warner Robins.
“I played with the Air
Force and in college (in
Hawaii),” said Tuionuu. “I
coached back in the ’7os.
Up until 1992 was the last
time I played with Pacific
Air Force. That was my last
assignment overseas. By
that time I picked up a new
game of golf.
“Volleyball was the one
that paid for my education.
I don’t have any kids in
(CGVA). My son and I vol
unteered to help out. I think
it’s only fair that I give some
of that back to the commu
nity.”
One player Tuionuu helped
develop is former Houston
County High Bear Jennifer
Doebereiner, who was the
first player from the county
to sign a college scholarship.
She just finished her fresh
man season at Piedmont,
which won the Great South
Athletic Conference cham
pionship and played in the
NCAA Division 111 tourna
ment for the first time ever.
In fact, it was at last sea
son’s Southern Region tour
nament that Doebereiner
caught the attention of
Piedmont’s coach.
Tuionuu finds his biggest
challenge in teaching vol
leyball in middle Georgia is
gearing his own approach to
the skill level.
“I’m used to dealing with
college and Air Force level
people,” he said. “They
already know how to play. It’s
just putting them together.
“In the high school level in
Houston County, it’s a brand
new program. Sometimes I
get too intense about it, and
I forget who I am dealing
with.”
But Tuionuu feels the day
is coming that local volley
ball will be on par with other
areas of.the state. There is a
long way to go with that as
some volleyball associations
4 Randolph-Clay
5 Laney
6 Avondale
7 Model
8 Dodge County
9 Greene County
10 Paideia
Class AAA
1 East Hall
2 Carrollton
3 Kendrick
4 Franklin County
5 Gainesville
6 Hephzibah
7 Southwest, Macon
8 Hardaway
9 Westminster
10 Carver, Columbus
10 Pickens
Class AAAA
1 Marist
2 St Pius X
3 Southwest DeKalb
4 Mays
5 Northside
6 Salem
7 Westside, Macon
8 Clarke Central
9 Madison County
10 Greenbrier
Class AAAAA
1 Stephenson
2 Marietta
3 Mill Creek
4 Campbell
5 Collins Hill
6 Douglass
7 Etowah
8 McEachern
9 South Gwinnett
10 Sprayberry
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in Atlanta are about 25 years
old. He was impressed with
the showing at Saturday’s
tryouts.
“Last year we had two
teams, and this year we
anticipate having four
teams, one boys and three
girls,” said Marshall. “Two
of those teams will be devel
oping teams where the play
ers are younger. There will
be a 12-year-old and a 14-
year-old group, and the boys
team will more likely be a
17-year-old group.”
CGVA does a good bit of
active recruiting not just
in Houston County, where
the group is based, but also
through several gymnasi
ums, private schools and
other county school sys
tems. Marshall said this is
for all of central Georgia.
Last year CGVA had two
foreign exchange students
- one from Holland and one
from Germany - involved.
“The one from Holland had
never played before,” said
Marshall. “We were able to
help her develop her skills.
The one from Germany was
an experienced player, and it
made her trip to the United
States a whole different
experience because she got
to see the South while we
were going to our tourna
ments.”
ENI/Gary Harmon
Perry Horseshoe
Pitcher’s Club
Monday Summer League
2007 final standings (as of
Nov. 8):
Name W L Avg Hep Rgr %
1 Dave McKim 25 2 64 50 43.43
2 Buddy Ayer 18 9 40 72 15.83
3 Mary Ann Gibbs 16 8 82 34 60.63
4 John Rackley 13.5 7.5 54 59 30.60
5 Larry Myers 13 11 59 55 37.19
5 Jerome Kennedy 13 11 35 76 16.77
7 Thomas Carter 12.5 14.5 45 67 19.26
8 Chuck Poole 10 12 70 45 44.66
8 Gene Rowell 10 8 39 73 18.06
10 Doyle Johnson 9.5 13.5 56 58 31.41
11 Dane Clark 8 16 57 57 32.92
11 Howard Kuehn 8 7 60 54 34.17
13 Roland Lallier 7.5 10.5 36 76 14.86
14 Sheila Gentry 7 11 28 83 10.14
15 Roy Gentry *6 15 28 83 9.64
16RoyceByrd 5 7 39 73 24.17
17 Marcus Borders 3 14 18 92 3.97
18 Frank Jordan 2 1 40 72 15.00
SPORTS
“It started with just a
bunch of girls getting togeth
er and getting to go out of
town,” he said. “But now
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Brittany Zuniga slams a ball during the recent Central Georgia Volleyball Association
tryout at Perry Middle School.
Briyonna Floyd practices returns.
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the experience of these kids
has improved tremendously
since I have known them.
Hopefully they can keep the
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school) and bring it back to
the Junior Nationals next
year.”
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