Houston Cup results . . SJS 3 wins, 5 losses, 6th place

Trinity Valley (FW ... reigning champs, graduated just one) beats SJS 25-10, 25-6  . . . lots of nerves for our team dealing with debut of Clayton Benavides as varsity setter and debut of Tom Johnson as a middle hitter (moved from his usual outside hitter position . . . plenty of players with some varsity experience, but almost everyone in a  new position and in a new role as a starter . . .) Tom Johnson led us with just 3 kills, Evan Winograd led us with one ace.

St. Mary's Hall
SJS wins: 25-11, 25-8 . . Tom Johnson 5 kills, Evan Winograd 13 aces (sub for him after 13; he might have run the table!)

Casady
great matches. Casady won 20-25, 25-18, 17-15 in pool play. We won in consolation semis 16-25, 25-19, 15-12. Johnson had 7 kills in pool play match, Reed Landrum and Evan Winograd each had 5 kills.  Johnson had 13 kills in conso semis and two stuff blocks as well. Justin Yang ended the semis match with a stuff block.

Clear Brook
beat us in pool play.  27-25, 25-18.  Johnson 10 kills.  Winograd 3 aces.

4th seed in our pool going into play offs.

(played our own JV in first round . . Winograd leads kills with 8 .. Gabe Aguilar and Eric Berdinis with 4 kills each)

Greenhill.
beat us in second round of play offs . . . .25-18, 25-18.  Yang and Johnson each with 3 stuff blocks.  Johnson 5 kills.

Ft. Worth Country Day.
5th place match.  FWCD beat us 25-22, 25-18.  Johnson 7 kills.


Tom Johnson for player of the week in Chronicle . . . 40 kills in one weekend . . . averaging 8 per game so far . .. adjusting to new position as a modified Middle Blocker. . . establishing himself as one of the top hitters in the league .. also a force as a blocker and jump server