COLORADO COACH- WINTER 2018-2019 FROM THE SPORT PRESIDENTS VOLLEYBALL President Larry Deffenbaugh Greetings Volleyball Coaches!!! Happy New Year and I hope that 2019 will be your best year ever! Congratulations to all statewide volleyball teams in all classifications for all of your dedication, hard work and patience guiding our student athletes. Thank you for teaching them the skills of volleyball and for teaching lessons in life that will carry throughout their journey. Well done and a BIG WOO HOO to our State Champions and to our runner ups this year! Class 5A: Champion-Valor, Runner Up- Chaparral; Class 4A: Lewis Palmer, Runner Up-Niwot: Class 3A: Champion Lutheran, Runner Up CSCS; Class 2A: Champion-Yuma, Runner Up-Denver Christian; Class 1A- Kit Carson, Runner Up-La Veta. All teams that qualified for this year’s State tournament at The Denver Coliseum deserve a kudos! Nice job! The Pioneer Award and Horizon Awards were presented prior to the State Championship Finals on Friday night. These are the top two awards given to CHSCA Volleyball coaches each year. The well deserved award recipients were Horizon Award winner Penny Isenbart- Kit Carson and Pioneer award winner Sally Moos-Cherry Creek. The 2019 CHSCA All State Games will be held June 4th-June 8th at Adams state College in Alamosa. This event draws many of our top senior athletes in a variety of sports to Alamosa to participate in the showcase. It is a wonderful event and Adams State always does an excellent job of hosting! The schedule for volleyball is as follows: 4:00 pm Thursday June 6th- Volleyball Players Check In TBA Thursday June 6th- Volleyball Teams Practice TBA Friday June 7th- Volleyball Teams Practice 9:30 am Saturday June 8th- Volleyball Semifinal in Fieldhouse (RED vs. WHITE) 10:30 am Saturday June 8th- Volleyball Semifinal in Fieldhouse (BLACK vs. BLUE) 12:00 pm Saturday June 8th- Volleyball 3rd place Match in Fieldhouse 1:00 pm Saturday June 8th- Volleyball Finals in Fieldhouse Please go to www.colohsca.org and click on All State Games for the schedule and hotel information. Please encourage your assistant coaches, middle school coaches and all sports coaches to join the CHSCA organization. We have a wonderful group and we support our coaches fully. Some of the benefits are: Members meeting the qualifications listed above will be given ACTIVE MEMBER status. They will receive: CHSCA General Liability Insurance, Invitation to all CHSCA Events, Subscription to Colorado Coach, Online access to the current CHSCA/CHSAA school directory, Opportunity to participate in CHSCA sport clinics, Free admittance to CHSAA playoff events, Free admittance to the CHSCA All-State Games, Eligible for CHSCA awards, Other opportunities as created by the organization. Before you know it, summer will be upon us and all of you will be gearing up in preparation for Fall Volleyball! Best wishes to you and your families throughout the New Year! If there is anything I can do for you or if you have any questions, please email me or call me. Thank you! Larry Deffenbaugh CHSCA Volleyball President Larrydvb1@hotmail.com 303-916-4142 © SPIRIT President Virginia Lorbeer Congratulations to Wendy Coppersmith, Windsor; Michelle Mauch, Roosevelt; Nikki Rodriguez, Fossil Ridge for being selected to coach the All State Spirit Team in Alamosa June 5 - 8! Good luck coaches! Angela Ottmann -- Angela has announced that after 25 years of coaching Ponderosa pom/dance teams that she will be retiring at the end of this year. Thanks, Coach Angela, for all you have given to spirit and to your teams. Your contributions in the dance world will be missed but we know that you will utilize your talents to continue working with the young people. Congratulations on your retirement! BASKETBALL COACHES: Remember that you MUST be a MEMBER to nominate and vote for the all-state games teams. Encourage your league coaches to become a part of the Association. When your league selects your COACH OF THE YEAR please send that name to becky.mudd@colohsca.org so that we can recognize coaches at state tournaments.