Each week, VYPE Employees Josh W., Scott, Shana and Josh K, along with VYPEU Ambassador Will Turboff will make their picks from 5 different games for both Austin and San Antonio and keep track of their records throughout the year to see who can be the Pick 'em Champ.
We have got some great picks for the Austin area, see what our panel thinks.
Here are Week 5s Picks for Austin:
Here comes Cedar Park
Cedar Park volleyball is on a roll.
Coach Lori McLaughlin and the Timberwolves (26-15) have run the table in district (11-0) with a mix of interesting athletes.
The starters are made up of one senior, four juniors and a sophomore. First off the bench are a pair of freshmen. Wait, what?
Senior Sofia Peters is a national soccer recruit, signed with UTSA, while their libero is a sophomore move-in from Baton Rouge. The hammer is Joy Udoye, a national recruit as a junior, while Mya Cheatum is another weapon on the outside.
“I tell this team to, ‘play loose, play for each other and have fun’,” coach McLaughlin said. “That’s what they do. There is no finger-pointing, and everyone knows their role.”
Udoye is their “go-to” scorer and sets the tone.
“She has a great work ethic and a calmness on the court,” she said. “But, we have an amazing supporting cast, starting with Sofia. She is having a career year. You better respect Mya, because she comes in firing. They all have an edge to them from practice to the games.”
Juniors Sibley Oster and Katelyn Hughes handle the setting duties and super soph Anna Kurz is all over the floor. Freshmen Harper Bohnen (OH) and Blake Gilkey (DS) have huge careers in front of them.
“It’s funny, those freshmen haven’t really had that ‘I’m-a-freshman’ moment,” she said. “They can play.”
Don’t let their record fool you. It was by design.
“Oh yes, we front-loaded our schedule,” she said. “We wanted to play the best big-school competition we could before district play. We took some L’s but we got better. Now, we are prepared for the postseason.”
This past week the Hutto Hippos took on the Round Rock Dragons on the Gridiron this past Friday!
Check out the highlights from the game below!
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