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Ready or Not ... Here we Are: Fulshear advances to second-straight UIL State Tournament

Joshua Koch
Dec 04, 2020

KATY – A team fueled by the doubters is a dangerous one.

Fulshear felt like they had something to prove in 2020. Being the reigning Class 4A State Champions wasn't enough anymore. Now, in Class 5A the team felt like they had to prove themselves all over again.

Well, doubters proven wrong.

Fulshear defeated College Station 3-0 (25-19, 25-20, 25-18) to capture the Region III-5A Championship on Thursday night at the Merrell Center and punched the program's ticket back to the UIL State Tournament.


"It's a big deal, especially since we're in 5A now. We proved our point that we could compete with any type of competition," Fulshear junior Alexis Dacosta, who is verbally committed to Baylor, said. "We're ready to go get another ring."

FULSHEAR IS HEADING BACK TO STATE!!!! An ace by @AlexisDacosta9 finishes off the sweep. Fulshear is heading to the State Semifinals. @AlexisDacosta9 with the ace for the win!! #txhsvb@FULSHEARVB@FulshearABC@lcisdathletics@UIL_AD@Fulshear_HS@ellieechterr@AvaUnderwood16pic.twitter.com/pGk4BS92N2
— vypehouston (@vypehouston) December 4, 2020

Fulshear awaits to see who it will face in the UIL State Semifinals early next week, which will be hosted at a neutral site before the UIL State Championships are held in Garland on Saturday, December 12.

The Chargers are two wins away from becoming just the third program since 2000 to win a second-straight title after moving up a classification, the first since Decatur in 2014.

"I'm so excited," Fulshear coach Sydney Gotcher said. "They're so great. It's been such a weird year. We haven't had the tournaments and the bonding we usually get and so just to be still playing right now when most teams are done is really awesome."

A big theme for the team this season was hitting the reset button.

They had to hit the reset button in all facets of their game, Gotcher said and doing that helped the team get to the point of now being back-to-back Regional Champions.

"I think we're the kind of team if we're underestimated, we use that fire to come back," Fulshear senior and LSU-signee Ellie Echter said. "Us not getting ranked as high as we thought we might, I think was pushing us as far as we could possibly go."

Relive the Game Below with VYPE Fort Bend's Roger Smith on the Call!


VYPE Postgame - Alexis Dacosta

VYPE Postgame: @FULSHEARVB junior @AlexisDacosta9 talks to VYPE after the Chargers punch their ticket to State. #txhsvb@FulshearABC@ellieechterr@AvaUnderwood16@lcisdathletics@fulshear_fball@Fulshear_HSpic.twitter.com/aNnLot79k4

— vypehouston (@vypehouston) December 4, 2020

VYPE Postgame - Fulshear Coach Sydney Gotcher

VYPE Postgame: @FULSHEARVB head coach Sydney Gotcher talks with VYPE after the game and talked about the program going back to #UILState@FulshearABC@fulshear_fball@Fulshear_HS@lcisdathletics@FulshearHoops@ellieechterr@AlexisDacosta9@AvaUnderwood16@KPRC2RandyMcpic.twitter.com/YyKFtljWsh

— vypehouston (@vypehouston) December 4, 2020

VYPE Postgame - Ellie Echter 

VYPE Postgame: @lsuvolleyball signee @ellieechterr is heading back to State. She helped @FULSHEARVB defeat College Station 3-0 on Thursday night. #txhsvb@AvaUnderwood16@FulshearABC@Fulshear_HS@AlexisDacosta9@UIL_AD#uilstatepic.twitter.com/MbSa9Qn4sn

— vypehouston (@vypehouston) December 4, 2020
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Baytown Sterling Ready For First UIL Season of Water Polo

Joshua Koch
12 Aug, 2022
Photo by VYPE Media

For the first time, water polo will be played in the fall and under the umbrella of the UIL.

Both are new for a sport that has played for years under TISCA and a program that has brought home titles in the past and looking for its first UIL banners is Baytown Sterling.

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ROLL THE TAPE: Fort Bend Christian Academy Fall Media Day 2022

VYPE
12 Aug, 2022

There is so much fun to be had at a VYPE Media Day!

From team and individual pictures, social media shout-outs, and video interviews it is all there for the student-athlete to feel like a superstar! VYPE traveled out to Fort Bend for the Fort Bend Christian Academy 2022 Fall Media Day.

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411: Kyla Paulino of FB Austin Volleyball

VYPE
11 Aug, 2022

Kyla Paulino, FB Austin

Photo by VYPE Media

Kyla Paulino recently won the VYPE Houston Public School Preseason Setter of the Year Fall Poll! VYPE caught up with Paulino for the 411 on the star from Fort Bend Austin.

VYPE: How long have you been playing volleyball and how did you get your start?

Paulino: I started playing volleyball when I was 12. Watching my cousin play made we want to give volleyball a try as well.

VYPE: Who's your favorite athlete and why?

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