Hedder Ilustre 30 Kills ....

[StuffU]

Would you ever believe that a team with Chrissie Zartman, Hedder Ilustre, and Katie Olsovsky would result in HEDDER ILUSTRE winning an MVP? for 30 kills? hehe, Yup!!

Found this stuff on the CIF website and boy is it interesting to read the names from previous years championships!!

www.cifstate.org/

1998: St. Francis and Francis Parker Win Fourth Titles



After a slow start, St. Francis Mountain View put the pieces together on a fantastic season by winning it's record-tying fourth title. Stacy Millichap dominated the match with 23 kills and 20 digs for the Lancers.

Later in the day, Francis Parker of San Diego also made it four crowns with a win over Sacred Heart Prep Atherton in the Division V match. Stephanie Saragosa, a 6-2 middle blocker, dominated for Francis Parker with 14 kills and hit a record .600 to break the long-standing mark set by Kristal Attwood in 1989.

Jennifer Carey set things up nicely for Newport Harbor and April Ross had 28 big kills to lead the Sailors to their third title with a tough four-game match win over Lincoln Stockton in Division I.

In a game that was close from start to finish, Bishop Montgomery Torrance edged El Molino Forestville in five for its second state crown in three years in Division III. Hedder Ilustre, the divisional MVP, had a tournament leading 30 kills and Katie Olsovsky had 26 to lead the Knight.

In Division IV, Valley Christian Cerritos completed an unbeaten season with its second straight state championship with a win over Linden. The Lions of Linden made an unprecendented seventh trip to the state championships. Stacy Rouwenhorst had 14 kills and five serving aces to lead the Crusaders of Valley Christian.

Divisional MVP'S

Jenny Carey, Newport Harbor (Div. I)
Stacy Millichap, St. Francis (Div. II)
Hedder Ilustre, Bishop Mont. (Div. III)
Stacy Rouwenhorst, Valley Chr. (Div. IV)
Stephanie Saragosa, Francis Parker(Div. V)

CIF Sportsmanship/Citizenship Award

Mindy Jellin, Lincoln
Sarah Ballog, Santa Margarita
Nicole Oelhman, El Molino
Chrissie Zartman, Bishop Montgomery
Emma Howell, Valley Christian
Janessa Jurian, Sacred Heart Prep

[Barefoot In Kailua]

UH should've set Hedder in the backrow. She could've been another option for the Wahine.

[TDome]

Millichap was another DS in college that was MVP

[sonofbarcelonabob]

Putting down 30 kills in a CIF Div III match and being an effective NCAA Div I hitter are worlds apart.

[StuffU]

SonofBarcelonaBob said:

Putting down 30 kills in a CIF Div III match and being an effective NCAA Div I hitter are worlds apart.

Certainly understood. Since I didn't follow these players through high school, it's just interesting and kind of funny to see that Ilustre was an MVP while on the same team with Katie Olsovsky ... even leading her in kills for that championship match ... just a funny picture.

[brybry]

What happened to Millichap? I remember she was on a very talented UCLA squad w/ Porter, Bowles and Quan. I think she only played her freshman year, right?

[rayb_14]

brybry said:

What happened to Millichap? I remember she was on a very talented UCLA squad w/ Porter, Bowles and Quan. I think she only played her freshman year, right?

she transferred to Texas

[chancelucky]

I was at that match. Illustre was a very good high school hitter, but almost all her kills that day were tips, placements, or tooling the block, which shouldn't minimize her being MVP or the fac t that she had 30 of them.
Bishop Montgomery was a little unusual in that they played Illustre, Zartman, and Pele (who Ds ed at Florida State) all around. I don't know many high schools that could boast better ball control than having 3 future D1 backrow players.
Truthfully, though, it was Oslovsky's hitting over the last two games that day that turned the match and I'm not even sure she made the all tournament team.
Eve Rackham, who would have likely been mvp had El Molino won, played her last high school and college matches against Hedder Illustre. The loss in the state final, and a loss in the round of 16 against Illustre's Hawaii team four years later.

fwiw, El Molino beat Bishop Montgomery in the state final the next year.

[StuffU]

Thanks for the info .. very interesting stuff .. more fun than all the stats and poll stuff goin on right now ..