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IN THE HEADLINES...
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Choo Choo City had
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Choo Choo City Volleyball 15-2s Win
in Chattanooga
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February 6, 2008
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Choo Choo City has a great
weekend in Chattanooga -
February 2nd |
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Choo Choo City
151's Win Smokey Mountain Tournament -
January 26, 2008
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IN THE HEADLINES...
2007 |
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Choo Choo City Volleyball 14s Win
in Atlanta
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March 25, 2007 |
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Choo Choo City Volleyball 15-1 Win Fourth Straight Tournament
- February
19, 2007 |
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Choo Choo City Volleyball 16s Take Third In
Valentine's Day Bash
- February
12, 2007 |
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Choo Choo City 18s Win
Chattanooga Volleyball Tournament -
February 4, 2007 |
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Chattanooga Choo Choo 15s Win Maryville Volleyball
Tournament -
January 28, 2007 |
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Chattanooga Choo
Choo Volleyball Club Finishes
Well In First Tournament
- January 23,
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Choo Choo City had a big weekend playing
volleyball. |
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The Choo-Choo City 18-1(Atlanta),
16-1, 16-2’s, and 15-1’s(Chattanooga) won their tournaments this
weekend. The 15-1’s, 15-2’s, and 18-1’s have already won 4
tournaments this year while the 16-1’s have won 3. This has been
the most successful year for any volleyball club in Chattanooga with 2
of those teams finishing top 25 and another finished top 9 in the
National Qualifiers. All of our teams are doing a great job of
teaching the basics of volleyball and the chemistry of being a team not
an individual to our players which allows us to have a lot of our
success. 5 of our teams are ranked in the top 5 in the Southern
Region(Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee) and have a great opportunity to
make it to the Nationals in Dallas Texas in late June. To be a 2nd
year club and have this success can only say what a great core of
coaches and players we have.
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The CCCVBC 152 team hosted a tournament this past weekend to compete in Chattanooga. The team competed against others from Atlanta areas, Birmingham, and Kingsport. The team SHINED!!! They were first in pool play, and finished w/ an 8 and O record in pool play. They advanced to the semi finals as they NUMBER ONE (1) team in their pool. In the semi finals Choo Choo faced KVC. They took the match 25-22 and 25-15. In the finals Choo Choo battled hard the first game and won 26-24, but won comfortably in game two (2) 25-15 to take FIRST PLACE!!!!
The challenge we face as coaches is imparting the love of the game to our players. This past weekend I truly feel as if more of our young ladies NOW feel the love of the game. Winter Simpson and Hope Johnson came thru w/ key blocks. Paige Atterton left the team in kills. The team shared aces throughout the day lead by Holly Brotton and Haven Carter, as a team they had 54 aces!!!!(said head coach Daniel Millsaps) With this being our second first place victory for the season, we're positioning ourselves to compete quite well at Big South and Regionals.
All ten (10) ladies really put forth extra effort to bring home first place!! Rebekah Bolis and Jordan Grant took charge w/ passing and communication. Aileen Johnson, Brooke Miller and Lori Hurlbut provided kills at vital.
CONGRATS CHOO CHOO 152!!!!
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Choo
Choo City Has a Great
Weekend
- February 2nd, 2008
It was a great weekend for Choo Choo City
Volleyball. The club hosted almost 80 SRVA
teams in Chattanooga and was victorious at 3
age levels and a close second at 2 other age
groups. The 181 and 171 teams took second
place at 18 power and 17 power. The 152 won
15 club and the 151 and 161 took 1st place
in 15 and 16 power.
This is the second victory in a row for the
151 and 152 teams. The 151 team started the
day two players short, but you wouldn't have
been able to tell as the girls did not skip
stride. The team went undefeated during pool
play with victories over North Atlanta 151
Blaze (25-12, 25-11), TCA Atlanta (25-11,
25-16), On Court 151 Blue (25-16, 25-14) and
Cobb Atlanta 151 Red (25-17, 25-16). This
placed them in a semifinal game against East
Tennessee Volleyball. The choo choo train
continued on its success winning in two
games (25-17, 25-18)
This pitted the girls against a very
talented Williamson County Select 151 team
who entered the finals with a 9-1 game
record. The Choo Choo team struggled the
first game of the finals loosing to Select
12-25. Behind the encouragement of Coach
Sarah Lail and Jennifer Summers and the
cheers of the Choo Choo crowd. The girls
rallied together and found the confidence
built in each other. Game two was a battle
with bodies hitting the floor and pleas for
having heart in the huddles. The Choo Choo
girls came out on top winning game 2 25-23.
The momentum built in game two continued to
the deciding game. The Choo Choo team never
looked back and kept the lead throughout the
game. The last play of the game sealed the
sweet victory as a perfect pass, set, and
hit were executed with perfection for a
demolishing attack to end the game.
The 151 team consists of Brooke Calhoun,
Gabby Earby, Rachel Harper, Kelsey
Lochstampfor, Alex Martin, Kristen Pickett,
Hayli Raines, Ayesha Rock, Rebecca Schmitt,
Taylor Snipes, and Payton Tipton.
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Choo
Choo City 15-1's Win
Smokey Mountain Tournament -
January 26, 2008
Choo Choo City
15's Junior Olympic Volleyball team beat host
Smokey Mountain 151 to win the Maryville
Tennessee Tournament Championship. The Choo
Choo team played solid during pool play
finishing 1st in their pool without loosing a
single game. The team had victories over Smokey
Mountain 152 from Knoxville (25-20, 25-12),
Irish Setters from Knox County (25-16, 25-8 and
25-12, 25-11), and Tennessee Elite Volleyball
Association (25-14, 25-18). This pitted the
team against Chattanooga's Dig To Win 151 team
in the semi-final game in which Choo Choo
claimed a 25-15, 25-22 victory.
The excitement of
the girls and the crowd was very apparent as the
team's momentum charged to another victory
against the undefeated Smokey Mountain 151
team. Coach Sarah Lail stated, "I am very proud
of all the girls for a great day of well
executed volleyball. These young ladies are
working well together and are learning how to
win as a team.
The team members
include Brooke Calhoun, Gabby Earby, Rachel
Harper, Kelsey Lochstampfor, Alex Martin,
Kristen Pickett, Hayli Raines, Ayesha Rock,
Rebecca Schmitt, Taylor Snipes, and Payton
Tipton.
The team is
coached by Sarah Lail, Jennifer Summers, and Kim
Wilkerson.
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Choo Choo City Volleyball 14s Win
in Atlanta
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March 25, 2007
The Choo Choo City
14s volleyball
traveled to Atlanta,
GA this past weekend
to compete in the
Northlake Spring
Jamboree. The team
competed against
teams from Atlanta,
GA and Elon, NC.
The team had their
best tournament thus
far. They finished
with a 7-1 record in
their pool and
advance to the semi
finals as the NUMBER
ONE (1) team.
Choo Choo rolled
thru the semi’s with
a 25-16 victory over
NW Heat. In the
finals the team
really focused on
obtaining the
overall win. Choo
Choo beat McDonna
Magic 25-14 and
25-13 to take first
place!!!
“The team really
showed up and showed
out this weekend.
The girls
communicated well,
had numerous aces
and really play some
excellent defense,”
head coach Daniel
Millsaps said. “In
practice you really
hope that the drills
combined with game
like scrimmage pays
off… well… it does.
I’m very impressed
and excited to see
how we do in our
next tournament. We
are positioning
ourselves to compete
quite well at Big
South and Regionals.”
All ten (1) girls
really put forth
extraordinary
efforts!! Payton
Tipton, Shai
Rittenhouse, Brooke
Calhoun and Shelby
Kile led the team
with their killer
serves. Together
these ladies had 34
aces!! Choo Choo
defense was led by
Holly Brotton with
UNBELIEVABLE hustle
and coverage.
Ashley Patrick and
Ashlyn Keef provided
passing that any
setter would love!!
Lori Hurlbut, Sara
Holder and Aileen
Johnson contributed
with solid hitting
and blocking.
CONGRATS CHOO CHOO
14S!
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Choo Choo City Volleyball 14s Win
in Atlanta
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March 25, 2007
The Choo Choo City
14s volleyball
traveled to Atlanta,
GA this past weekend
to compete in the
Northlake Spring
Jamboree. The team
competed against
teams from Atlanta,
GA and Elon, NC.
The team had their
best tournament thus
far. They finished
with a 7-1 record in
their pool and
advance to the semi
finals as the NUMBER
ONE (1) team.
Choo Choo rolled
thru the semi’s with
a 25-16 victory over
NW Heat. In the
finals the team
really focused on
obtaining the
overall win. Choo
Choo beat McDonna
Magic 25-14 and
25-13 to take first
place!!!
“The team really
showed up and showed
out this weekend.
The girls
communicated well,
had numerous aces
and really play some
excellent defense,”
head coach Daniel
Millsaps said. “In
practice you really
hope that the drills
combined with game
like scrimmage pays
off… well… it does.
I’m very impressed
and excited to see
how we do in our
next tournament. We
are positioning
ourselves to compete
quite well at Big
South and Regionals.”
All ten (1) girls
really put forth
extraordinary
efforts!! Payton
Tipton, Shai
Rittenhouse, Brooke
Calhoun and Shelby
Kile led the team
with their killer
serves. Together
these ladies had 34
aces!! Choo Choo
defense was led by
Holly Brotton with
UNBELIEVABLE hustle
and coverage.
Ashley Patrick and
Ashlyn Keef provided
passing that any
setter would love!!
Lori Hurlbut, Sara
Holder and Aileen
Johnson contributed
with solid hitting
and blocking.
CONGRATS CHOO CHOO
14S!
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Choo Choo City Volleyball 15-1 Wins Fourth Straight Tournament
posted February 19,
2007
The Choo Choo City 15-1 Junior Olympic Volleyball
team beat Alabama Juniors, to win the Alabama
Juniors Tournament Championship 25-18, 21-25,
15-11. This is the fourth straight tournament
victory for the team; with an overall record of 44-2
in game play this year.
The team played solid during pool play with wins
over Team Sting 16-2, Mountain Valley 16-1, Alabama
Juniors 16-4, and a tie with Alabama Juniors 15-1.
This gave the Choo Choo team a second place finish
in pool play and advanced the team to the
semi-finals against Alabama Juniors 16-3. The team
was victorious and was set for a rematch against the
Alabama Juniors team they tied with earlier in the
day.
In the finals match, the teams split the first two
games, forcing a deciding game three. Game three
was filled with excitement as the Choo Choo team
rallied together after scoring each point. Down
10-11, the Choo Choo team went back to serve and
never looked back scoring the next five points to
win the championship.
“It was another great team effort,” said Coach Sarah
Lail. “Our team had solid performances from every
aspect of the game. Outstanding hits and strong
blocks sparked our front row play. Our setters ran
a very balanced offense making it hard for other
teams to defend and our backcourt did a great job
hustling for balls and making spectacular passes all
day. I am very proud of these young ladies as they
have been working very hard all season.”
Competing for the CCC 15-1 team are Nikki Brooks,
Dimon Darden, Leslie Franklin, Andrea Johnson,
Courtney Lawson, Amy Lyons, Audra Morgan, Kristy
Newman, Chelsea Noles, Takeisha Parham, Libby Peigen,
Morgan Sullivan, and Stephanie Sumida.
Choo Choo will play again March 3rd
in Franklin, Tennessee at the Williamson County
Select 16 Power Tournament.
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Choo Choo
City Volleyball 16s Take Third In Valentine's Day Bash
posted February 12,
2007
The Choo Choo City 16s volleyball team traveled to
Birmingham, AL this past weekend to compete in the
annual Valentine's Day Bash. Saturday the team competed
against teams from Birmingham, Mobile, and Kingsport. In
their best effort of the year, CCC finished with a 6-1
record to win their pool and advance to Sunday's
quarterfinals.
In their first two day event of the season, the team
started slow against a solid team from Atlanta losing
the first game. CCC fought back with tough defense and
aggressive offensive plays to win the next two games.
Awaiting in the semifinals was Arkansas 161 from the
Jonesboro area. CCC jumped out to a quick start taking
the first game. Arkansas came out with something to
prove in the second game to force game 3. In a close
game, the talented team from Arkansas went on to win the
match giving Choo Choo City a strong 3rd place showing.
"This was by far our best effort of the year as a team,"
head coach Michael Pittman said . "Defensive positioning
and hustle in the back row was much improved over prior
tournaments. This team is really coming together and
starting to learn how hard you have to work to compete
with and beat the best teams in our region."
The team's success for the weekend was complete team
effort with all 12 players giving solid performances.
Competing this season for CCC 16s are Meagan Arand,
Jasmine Brown, Heather Carver, Brittany Cates, Cassie
Cochran, Megan Givens, Whitney Hammond, Kelsey Minor,
Meredith Morrow, Danna Myatt, Heather Parman, and
Lindsay Remme.
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Choo Choo City 18s Win Chattanooga Volleyball
Tournament
February 4, 2007
The Choo Choo City 18s
Junior Olympic Volleyball team beat Dig To Win's 18s, to
win the Chattanooga Tournament Championship 20-25,
28-26, 15-9.
 The Choo-Choo’s played solid during pool playing
finishing 1st in their pool beating Nashville’s Select,
Memphis Metro, Dig To Win, and North Atlanta. This was
their 3rd tournament of the season.
"It was a great team effort to do so well," Paul Brock
said. "Courtney Cotter (Junior), Laura Brock, Meaghan
Sledge, and Jessi Hildebrand did a great job of
attacking the ball from the front court to the back
court. Our Middles really made a big difference in our
out come this weekend. Christina Teter (Sophomore),
Lauren Traub (Junior), and Sarah Lyons stepped up huge
and did a really super job of blocking and touch
attacks. Our setters, Whitney Anderson (Junior), Camille
Campbell and Jessica Ball, made our offense happen. They
chased down passes, and went up high to make some great
plays. Nicole Millsap (Junior), our, Defensive
Specialist, and Christy Johnson (Sophomore), Serving
specialist all made a big impact to keep the opposing
teams scrambling to pass and put balls down on us."
The Choo-Choo City Volleyball Club has finished 2nd in
the last 2 tournaments.
The Choo Choo City 15-1 Power team took first place in
the Choo Choo City Power Tournament this weekend in
Chattanooga. This is the third straight tournament
victory for the team resulting in an outstanding 33-2
overall game record. Choo Choo City had impressive wins
over teams from Atlanta, Murfreesboro, Williamson
County, Huntsville and Chattanooga.
The team took first place in their pool with victories
over Williamson County Select (25-20, 25,12), Tennessee
Lightning (25-10, 25-12), Christian Sports of Atlanta
(25-9, 25-13), and Choo Choo City 15-2 (25-20, 25-12).
This secured the team a 1st place standing moving into
the semi-finals. In the semi-final match Choo Choo City
defeated Rocket City 15-1 (25-19, 25-18), which advanced
the team to the final match. Choo Choo won the
game 25-18, 25-16. Coach Sarah Lail stated, "I am
very proud of all of the girls for another great
weekend. These young ladies are working well together
and have learned how to win as a team."
Choo Choo City 15-1 will be challenged in their next
tournament as they move to play in a sixteen-year-old
tournament in Birmingham on February 17th.
The Choo Choo City 16s Junior Olympic Volleyball team
competed in their 3rd tournament of the season this past
Saturday. The team played solid during pool playing
finishing with an undefeated record of 8 - 0 while
competing against teams from Birmingham and Atlanta.
Presented with the challenge of playing without 3
members of the team, several players were required to
play new and bigger roles for the team and all rose to
the occasion.
Brittany Cates, Whitney Hammond, and Heather Parman
shouldered a big load by being required to pass in every
rotation for the entire tournament. They passed well all
day, never getting discouraged after a mistake, but
instead coming back with a great pass for a point
scoring opportunity.
Setters Kelsey Minor and Meredith Morrow took these
passes and spread the ball around within the offense
well all day without being whistled for any ball
handling errors.
Middle hitter Danna Myatt was a force at the net for the
2nd week in a row. She has been the team's most
consistent offensive threat and is really beginning to
dominate the net with her block. The surprise of the day
was Cassie Cochran who was a serving machine in her
first opportunity of the year to serve.
Cassie had several long point scoring runs on her serve
which was a key during the team's run to first place in
their pool. Defensive positioning has been a focal point
for the team this past week and was much improved on
Saturday. Lindsay Remme and Heather Carver set up good
blocks all day funneling the opponents shots to ready
defenders to start transition offense.
The first place pool play finish earned Choo Choo a spot
in the semi-finals against the 2nd place team from the
opposing pool. During the semi-finals, Choo Choo met a
hot Memphis Metro team and was unable to continue their
winning ways. Memphis Metro went on to when the finals
against a tough Cobb Atlanta team that Choo Choo had
beaten earlier in the day in pool play. This is the 3rd
consecutive 3rd place finish for the 16s and they look
forward to continuing to compete for tournament wins in
upcoming two day events in Birmingham and Huntsville.
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Choo Choo 15s Win Maryville Volleyball Tournament
January 28, 2007
 The 15 power tournament was held in Maryville. The final
match in their pool play was against the
Smokey Mountain
15 power team who had won 6 games in a row, matching the
Choo Choo
record. The Smokey Mountain team lost 2 in a row to the
Chattanooga team, 25-17 and 25-19.
The semi-final game was against the 15 power team from
Oak Ridge and the results were the same, 25-17 and 25-15
in favor of the Choo Choo. The finals pitted the Choo
Choo against the Atlanta 5.
Final score 25-18 and 25-12 Chattanooga.
The results of the final 3 matches are as follows:
Andrea Johnson 18 kills, 2 stuff blocks, and 3 aces.
Courtney Lawson 11 kills and 1 stuff block.
Libby Peigan 10 kills and 6 aces.
Nikki Brooks 15 kills and 3 stuff blocks.
Kristy Newman 10 kills, 2 stuff blocks, and 1 ace.
Amy Lyons 5 aces and 2 stuff blocks.
Morgan Sullivan 5 aces.
Chelsea Noles outstanding job all day playing libero.
Stephanie Sumida, Diamon Darden, Audra Morgan and Leslie
Franklin played and contributed with their good effort
and fine play throughout the tournament.
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Chattanooga Choo
Choo Volleyball Club Finishes
Well In First Tournament
January 23,
2007
It was a great start for the new Chattanooga Choo Choo
Volleyball Club. There were 57 teams in town this past
weekend. Atlanta, Birmingham, Huntsville, Knoxville,
Morristown, Nashville, Johnson City, Chattanooga, and
Corbin Kentucky sent teams to play.
Coach Paul Brock's new 18 year old team, the Chattanooga
Choo Choo, defeated last year's Regional semi-finalist,
the Atlanta Boom, in two straight games 25-17 and 25-20.
Laura Brock picked up where she left off last year by
blasting several balls by the Atlanta team and digging
up many of the Boom's kill attempts. Camille Campbell
hustled all over the court and set the ball great.
Courtney Cotter and Meaghan Sledge had numerous kills
and played well on the net all day. Jessi Hilderbran had
several kills and placed the ball effectively. Nicole
Millsaps pulled up several hard hit balls and provided
leadership with her work ethic. Lauren Traub had several
kills and blocks against the much taller Boom team.
Whitney Anderson and Christina Teter played well and
contributed at key times. Christy Johnson is currently
injured and fighting to get back.
Coach Brock called the teams win a "big boost and a
great team effort." The coaching staff for the 18's team
consists of Coach Brock, Trish Flowers, Mike
Hawkins, Andres Calderon, and Nancy Brock.
The 18 team made it to the finals. After beating the
Atlanta team in the semi-finals the Choo Choo team lost
in two close games to Knoxville, which they had beaten
twice in pool play.
The Choo Choo 15 Power team took first place in the
Power Tournament. The Choo Choo had impressive wins over
teams from Atlanta, Morristown, and Chattanooga's Dig to
Win team.
The team is coached by Sarah Lail and assisted by Aaron
Paris and Lorri Johnson.
Takehsha Parham, Andrea Johnson, and Nikki Brooks had
outstanding games. In the final match Takehsha had 10
kills and 2 stuff blocks, Andrea had 7 kills and 1 stuff
block and Nikki had 7 kills. Courtney Lawson and Libby
Peigen recorded 4 kills and had super overall games.
Chelsea Noles was the primary libero and played well all
day. Other contributing players were Dimon Darden,
Leslie Franklin, Amy Lyons, Audra Morgan, Kristy Newman,
Morgan Sullivan, and Stephanie Sumida.
The Choo Choo 14 and 16 teams placed third in this
weekend's tournament. The 15-2 club team lost in the
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