Team: Tekamah-Herman
Mascot: Tigers
Colors: Purple and Vegas Gold
Class: C-1
Head Coach: Becky Rennerfeldt
2015 record: 17-14
Returning Starters: 4
Overview:
The Tekamah-Herman Tigers hope to be good again this year after having a solid season in 2015.
Four starters return for Head Coach Becky Rennerfeldt, and they include Senior –Liz Dlouhy (5’11” MB), and Juniors- Caty Gross (Setter 5’8”), Marin Jetensky (MB 5’10”), and Julia Feiling (Libero 5’7”).
These four returning starters along with Junior- Lucy Green (OH 5’7”), Sophomore- Anjolena Hampton (5’5” RH), and Freshman – Anna Wakehouse (OH 5’7”) will make up the starting lineup.
Rennerfeldt says the program lost a large part of last year's team. "Both of our starting outside hitters and one of our middle blockers graduated…all three played all the way around and were our primary passers on serve receive. "
She adds there's a newcomer that could make an impact. "Lucy Green played some varsity as a freshman and then decided to go out for softball as a sophomore. Looking forward to having her back on the team her junior year. "
I think the Tigers can be competitive once again this season, but the team is going to have to overcome some obstacles.
Rennerfeldt says playing at a high level in practice is a challenge with the number of available girls. "We only have 14 girls that are healthy right now, program wide, so the challenge is for everyone to play at their best during practice so that we can all push each other to improve throughout the season. Sometimes it is difficult to do that when your numbers are so low."
Youth is another thing Tekamah-Herman has to deal with. "We only have one senior on the team. So I am really hoping that some of our younger girls will be able to step up."
The Tigers will need to mature and develop quickly over the course of the season to compete with some of the teams on their schedule.
Tekamah-Herman has a somewhat challenging schedule, but there are a lot of winnable matches on the slate for the Tigers as well.
Staying healthy from here on out will be important for Tekamah-Herman. The Tigers need to have as many girls as possible available for matches and practice.
Tekamah-Herman can't really afford to lose too many more players to injury in order to remain competitive, in my opinion.
I'm sure these girls are chomping at the bit to get out there and compete in matches. A lot of players will need to adjust to new roles, but should be able to settle in nicely as the season progresses.
I don't know if the Tigers have as much talent and experience as they did last year, but I fully expect Tekamah-Herman to win their fair share of matches this season.
Season Outlook:
Tekamah-Herman hopes to compete with everyone on their schedule. Rennerfeldt says her team will be challenged right away. "Our season is going to start out more difficult than it has in the past as we are no longer playing in the Boys Town tournament and are now playing in the Northeast Nebraska Classic. We are going to see great teams right away so it will be important for us to be ready. But I am excited about the change. I think it can only make us better when we are starting the season off against some of the best teams in the state."
Outside of that tournament, the schedule looks to be fairly favorable for the Tigers.
Tekamah-Herman figures to be challenged midseason and towards the end of the regular season with the likes of Stanton, Oakland-Craig, North Bend Central, Wisner-Pilger, Howells-Dodge, BRLD, and Scribner-Snyder on the slate.
I think the Tigers have a chance to win some matches and give teams all they can handle this season, but I don't think it's going to be easy.
Rennerfeldt says serve receive and defense are two areas that will be critical this year. "We lost three integral players from last season.We are really going to have to work on our serve receive and defensive game as our leaders in those departments are gone."
I don't think there's any doubt Tekamah-Herman has their work cut out for them, but I look for this team to be scrappy and fight hard all year long.
How competitive and successful this year's team is really depends on how healthy they stay from here on out I would say.
Hopefully injuries don't take their toll on the Tigers because I believe they can win a good number of matches this year if everyone stays healthy and the team plays up to their potential.
I think it's going to be critical for Tekamah-Herman to get the most out of themselves this season. Growing and improving in practice every day and in matches is going to be important for the Tigers, in my opinion.
We shall see how Tekamah-Herman does this year. I think the first tournament could give the Tigers a good idea of where they're at as a team.
The Tigers are in Sub District C1-6 with Logan View, North Bend Central, West Point-Beemer, and Winnebago.
2016 Tekamah-Herman Tigers Volleyball Schedule:
09/01-09/03 (To Be Determined) Northeast Nebraska Classic (2/3-Day Tournament) Wisner/Pender
09/06/16 Logan View Triangular (host: Twin River)
09/06/16 Twin River Triangular (host: Twin River)
09/10-09/10 (To Be Determined) Boone Central Invite (1-Day Tournament, >4 Teams) Albion
09/13/16 West Point-Beemer
09/17 (To Be Determined) Tekamah-Herman Invite (4-Team Round Robin) Tekamah-Herman High School
09/20/16 @ Madison
09/27/16 Stanton Triangular (host: Oakland-Craig)
09/27/16 Oakland-Craig Triangular (host: Oakland-Craig)
10/01-10/01 (To Be Determined) Raymond Central Invite (1-Day Tournament, >4 Teams) Raymond Central HS
10/04/16 @ Pender
10/06/16 North Bend Central
10/11/16 Wisner-Pilger
10/13-10/15 (To Be Determined) East Husker Conference (2/3-Day Tournament) Wisner
10/18/16 Archbishop Bergan Triangular (host: Tekamah-Herman)
10/18/16 Scribner-Snyder Triangular (host: Tekamah-Herman)
10/20/16 Howells-Dodge
10/25/16 @ BRLD
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