Thank you to everyone that attended the end of season Volleyball Banquet on December 8th! All of the girls, coaches, and supporters deserve praise for a season well played! Special thanks are in order for our "graduating" Booster Club Board Officers: Gregg McDaniel, President, Pam McDaniel, Hospitality, and Ruthie Whitman, Secretary. We wish the very best to our graduating seniors: Katie Adcock, Bethany McDaniel, Kimberlee McQueen, and Tanequa Whitman. Recognitions mentioned at the banquet (and I hope I have them all, if not, let me know):

All State Recognition/Certificates
First Team -- Tanequa Whitman, Chelsea Wintzinger
Second Team -- Anna McRae, EA Shaver
Honorable Mention -- Kelly Cobb, Becky Phelps

All City Recognition/Certificates
Co-Player of the Year - Tanequa Whitman
First Team -- Chelsea Wintzinger, Anna McRae
Second Team -- Kelly Cobb, EA Shaver
Honorable Mention -- Bethany McDaniel

JV Awards
Best Offensive Player - Courtney Sieja
Best Defensive Player - Jennifer Cox
Panther Award - Jamie Martin
Most Improved - Maggie Sisco
Most Valuable Player - Elizabeth Roberts

Varsity Awards
Best Offensive Player - Anna McRae
Best Defensive Player - Tanequa Whitman
Panther Award - EA Shaver
Most Improved - Becky Phelps
Most Valuable Player - Chelsea Wintzinger

Nominated 2009 Booster Club Board Members
President - Judith Shaver
VP/Tournament - Don Phelps
Website/Program/Fundraisers - Candice Cobb
Treasurer - Cindy Roberts
Secretary - Tasha Williams

HHS Lady Panther Volleyball Team had a tough schedule for the first day of the State Tournament. Our Lady Panthers defeated McGill-Toolen in the first match of the day (quarter-finals). The girls advanced to the semi-final match with Pelham HS at 7 pm on Wednesday. As it turned out, Pelham won the match, ending our season with a 48-12 season match record. Overall, a great season ladies!!! Congratulations to Chelsea Wintzinger for being named to the All-Tournament Team. Many, many thanks to everyone that has supported our volleyball team this season! The girls really appreciate your support throughout the season, and they very much appreciated your attendance at the State Tournament.

The State Tournament will be hosted at Pelham Civic Complex on October 29-30. Admission will be $10 per day and there will be a charge for parking. The address for Pelham Civic Complex is 500 Amphitheater Road, Pelham, AL 35124. Directions: Take I-65 South to Exit 246. Turn right onto Cahaba Valley Rd/AL 119 S. Be prepared to take an almost immediate left turn onto State Park Road (there is a traffic light at the turn). Then take a right onto Amphitheater Road.

Huntsville will begin its State Tournament experience playing McGill-Toolen in a quarter-final match at 11 am on Wednesday, October 29.

Keep up with the State Tournament with al.com -- results and live action streaming may be available. Good luck ladies! Stay strong and stay focused. We believe in you !!!!

Congratulations to the HHS Lady Panther Volleyball Team for winning their sub-state match with Mountain Brook. After a slow start, the Lady Panthers completed the sub-state round in 4 games (23-25, 25-6, 25-11, 25-15). Great job ladies!

The path to the State Tournament continues! Congratulations to all teams that participated in Saturday's Region D matchup at Huntsville. Grissom came in 1st after a hard fought match with Huntsville (finishing in 2nd place). Third place finish belongs to Bob Jones HS and fourth place to Shades Valley HS. Great job ladies. Many thanks to all of the Huntsville High volleyball parents and Huntsville High custodians/staff for helping out with gate and concessions!

Congratulations to all Area 16 Teams that participated in the 2008 Area 16 Tournament! Another great day of volleyball! Huntsville High School Volleyball Team won the Area 16 Tournament title by winning the final match against Grissom (25-18, 25-20, 15-25, 25-19). Special recognition and congratulations are due to thosed selected as the Area 16 All Area Team for 2008:

Huntsville High players: Bethany McDaniel, Anna McRae, Tanequa Whitman, Chelsea Wintzinger
Grissom High players: Stacey Sargent, Michaela Foster, Erin Brahm, Naomi Wells
Hazel Green High players: Jordan Owens, Chelsi Carter, Jordan Corder
Buckhorn High players: Destini Bone, Jessica Olsen

Many high school teams across Alabama were shuffling this week to meet AHSAA rules for Area Tournament seeding. AHSAA requires matches between Area teams be the best 3 of 5 games for Area matches. All previous Area 16 matches had been played as the best 2 of 3 games. To fulfill the AHSAA requirement, Huntsville High School hosted matches with Hazel Green and Grissom on October 8th. Buckhorn was unable to attend due to the short notice and forfeited their matches. Official scoresheets from Huntsville's match with Hazel Green on September 2nd were provided to the attending referees, so the Huntsville/Hazel Green match picked up where it left off on September 2 (3rd game with a score of 17-15). The final Huntsville/Hazel Green result for the 3 of 5 match reported to AHSAA resulted in a "win" for Huntsville (25-16, 15-25, 25-18, 25-17). 'Official scoresheets' from the previous Huntsville/Grissom match were not available so a new match was played to fulfill the 3 of 5 requirement. HHS won the match with Grissom (25-8, 25-13, 25-21). The end result of the matches continued/played on October 8th officially 'seeds' the teams for the Area 16 tournament.

Huntsville High - 1st seed
Grissom High - 2nd seed
Hazel Green High - 3rd seed
Buckhorn High - 4th seed

Varsity will play in Birmingham at the Margaret Blalock Tournament hosted by Homewood HS on October 10-11. Pool information is available HERE. Huntsville plays at 6 pm and 8 pm on Friday night. Brackets for Saturday's single elimination rounds are Championship and Silver. Players, coaches, and spectators are encouraged to "THINK PINK" in support of Breast Cancer Awareness month.

Huntsville High Varsity team went 5-0 at the City Round Robin event on September 29 and 30. The girls played Columbia HS, Lee HS, Johnson HS, Butler HS and Grissom HS. All matches were won in 2 games! Great Job!

Congratulations Varsity and JV for playing well at Hoover and at Blackman! Varsity was first in their pool and placed 3rd overall in the Hoover Over the Mountain Tournament. Our JV placed first in their pool at Blackman and made it to the Gold Bracket. Great Job to all the girls!

There was a photographer taking pictures of all the teams at the Hoover event. Photos should be available for review/purchase at www.KDPSportsPhotos.com -- click on "photo gallery" and follow the links to Over the Mountain Inv. @ Hoover.

Thank you to everyone who made the 24th Annual Sherry Ammons Iron Man Invitational a great success! Congratulations to Pelham HS on their victory at the tournament and to our own Huntsville High School Lady Panthers for their 2nd place finish. HHS Lady Panthers, you played hard and we are proud of you all!

August 30 Single Elimination Results

August 30 Pool Play Results

August 29 Pool Play Results

Some of us may want to refresh our scorekeeping skills. Click here to review last season's AHSAA Scorekeeping Presentation (powerpoint).

Effective March 2008, the Alabama High School Athletic Association requires all coaches and student athletes to complete the STAR Sportsmanship on-line program to be eligible for the 2008-2009 school year. Parents are encouraged to take the parent portion of the on-line program. To participate in the on-line interactive program (player, coach or parent), click Star Sportmanship. Select the participation level - player/coach/parent - enter Huntsville High School's code -- "STAR01251" - and use your first and last names when signing in. The program is intended to make our childrens' sporting activities fun and to encourage fair play and respect. If you are interested, a copy of the parent brochure is available - Teaching Sportsmanship to Kids.

Many thanks to our HHS Lady Panther Volleyball Team Corporate Sponsors! Please visit the "Sponsor Appreciation" link on the right of this page to see the many companies that are supporting our program.

If you are interested in articles about the Lady Panthers this season, check out the "Panther Tracks" located in the HHS Volleyball News section! Go Lady Panthers!