UIL State Volleyball Championships open thread

Use the comments section in this post to discuss whatever you want about the state volleyball tournament. I'll monitor and give my thoughts, but this is for you to say whatever you want about your team, the other team, or how much you love/hate San Marcos. Whatever.

The picture above is AHS during a timeout in its win over Georgetown in the semifinals.

The fans in the stands are AHS supporters, who were loud.

What a difference State makes

When I talked with Randall players, they kept describing to me how different the atmosphere was at Strahan Coliseum during the state tournament.

I figured there was a little bit of hyperbole involved. That there was no way it could be much bigger than playing Hereford on the road or in Abilene at the regional tournament.

I was wrong.

There are more fans, the arena is a lot bigger and there were more reporters there than I when I covered the Texas Longhorns volleyball team, who is a perenial top-25 Division I team.

No wonder the Randall freshmen and sophomores who were here in 2007 were a little intimidated.