Team: West Point-Beemer
Mascot: Cadets
Colors: Red and White
Class: C-1
Head Coach: Scott Black (1st season)
2018 record: 17-15 (lost to Wahoo at Sub-State)
Returning Starters: 2
Overview:
West Point-Beemer has a new Volleyball Coach in Scott Black. Black comes to West Point from Iowa, where he spent nearly a decade as Head Coach of a Sioux City area high school.
"I have coached at Sergeant Bluff-Luton, 9 years experience as a Head Volleyball Coach. I've also coached JV and Freshman as well as AAU and USA Volleyball, so I've worked with all grade levels at Sergeant Bluff over 9 seasons. We amassed 180 career victories, and look to continue that at West Point."
Black takes over for Conley Straight, who accepted a position with McCook.
Black inherits a team that went 17-15 last year, and returns some key players from that team.
"We return Sidney Swanson, a junior outside hitter. Had over 300 kills last year. As well as Brooklyn Weddle, she played Libero last year. We're going to look at some different options for her. And Rachel Groth and Rachel's sister Katie will likely play middle. And then Jadyn Meiergerd as an outside hitter, and Katie Rainforth as our setter."
Black says top newcomers include Diana Cervantes at Libero and sophomore Emily Oligmueller at Outside Hitter.
The Cadets graduated Ashton Troyer, Andrea Hoffman, Abby Kaup, Rebecca Weddell, Brooke Haase, Kendra Paasch, and Sierra Kile.
Black is assisted by Emily Filsinger and Taylor Shepard.
"I am really blessed. Taylor Shepard of course is West Point's Head Girls Basketball Coach. And she brings a really good connection with the girls. And then we have Emily Filsinger...Emily was a College Volleyball Player at Hastings College. And so her knowledge of the game. And I would say that both of my assistant coaches have been very positive and very helpful during this transition."
The Cadets begin the year at the Stanton Triangular on August 29th against Battle Creek and the host Mustangs.
Black says the team will likely run a perimeter defense and a 6-2 or 5-1 system.
I feel West Point-Beemer has a chance to do a lot of winning this season, especially given Black's background.
He is a proven winner, having won 180 games at Sergeant Bluff-Luton, and I think he will fit in very well and do just fine at West Point-Beemer.
The Cadets did lose a lot of talent, but I feel there is a lot returning and a lot to work with.
Season Outlook:
I feel when looking at West Point-Beemer's schedule that there are a lot of traditional powers on it that lost a lot of players to graduation last year.
I feel the Cadets have a chance to win a lot of matches this year, and do even better than they did last year.
I thought Coach Straight did a nice job building this program into a contender, and now I think Coach Black can take things to the next level.
When talking about the East Husker Conference, I feel North Bend Central and Logan View/Scribner-Snyder will both be very good.
I think teams like Clarkson/Leigh and Stanton have a lot of question marks being as they both lost a load of talented seniors.
BRLD should be solid, and I think Wisner-Pilger should be a top contender as well.
The conference is pretty wide open I feel though so it will be interesting to see what happens in the conference race.
I don't think there's any doubt the Cadets want to get back to Sub-State and make state.
This is a team and a program that can and wants to play for championships, state berths, and ultimately state titles, there's no doubt about that.
And I feel Coach Black is the coach to take this program to State.
There's a lot of work to be done between now and November, but if these girls work hard and put the time in during the course of the season they should be a successful group.
I would imagine there will be some adjusting and getting used to things so don't be surprised if the Cadets start off a little slow, but I think you will see West Point-Beemer hit their stride and make a run starting midseason.
The sky is the limit for the Cadets as far as I'm concerned, and these girls have to dream big and be ready to accomplish big things.
Playing hard, smart, fundamental Volleyball is key in my mind.
Not beating themselves and making more plays and working harder than their opponents could make all the difference for West Point-Beemer this year I feel.
2019 West Point-Beemer Cadets Volleyball Schedule:
08/29/19 Battle Creek Triangular (host: Stanton)
08/29/19 Stanton Triangular (host: Stanton)
09/03/19 Boone Central/Newman Grove
09/05-09/07 (To Be Determined) Northeast Nebraska Volleyball Classic (2/3-Day Tournament) Wisner-Pilger/Pender
09/10/19 @ Wisner-Pilger
09/12/19 Schuyler Triangular (host: Twin River)
09/12/19 Twin River Triangular (host: Twin River)
09/17/19 Tekamah-Herman
09/19/19 @ Madison
09/24/19 Logan View/Scribner-Snyder (LVSS) Triangular (host: West Point-Beemer)
09/24/19 Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family Triangular (host: West Point-Beemer)
09/26/19 @ North Bend Central
09/28-09/28 (To Be Determined) Elkhorn Valley Volleyball Tournament (1-Day Tournament, >4 Teams) Elkhorn Valley
10/01/19 Arlington Triangular (host: Wayne)
10/01/19 Wayne Triangular (host: Wayne)
10/03/19 Norfolk Catholic -
10/08/19 Douglas County West Triangular (host: West Point-Beemer)
10/08/19 Oakland-Craig Triangular (host: West Point-Beemer)
10/17-10/19 (To Be Determined) East Husker Conf. VB Tour. (2/3-Day Tournament) Pender High School
10/21/19 @ South Sioux City
10/21/19 @ South Sioux City
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