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Here’s a look at Queen City's time at its ETSN.fm Photo Days shoot.

LONGVIEW -- The 2014 Texas Sports Writers Association All-State Volleyball Team was  released on Dec. 24. The team was selected by Texas Sports Writers Association members based on nominations from media members and coaches from around the state. Several players from East Texas earned statewide recognition.

A handful of East Texas volleyball teams have reached the final stretch of the regular season as state-ranked teams. The region is home to 13 state-ranked teams in the latest release of the Texas Girls Coaches Association's polls.

Regional volleyball teams were well represented in the latest weekly Texas Girls Coaches Association's state volleyball poll. East Texas has 11 teams ranked in the various UIL classifications.

East Texas Teams Ranked By TGCA (Sept. 22)   CLASS 5A No. 2 Hallsville (25-1)   CLASS 4A No. 11 Spring Hill (23-5) No. 25 Van (22-9)   CLASS 3A No. 14 White Oak (19-8) No. 18 Queen City (20-7) No. 20 Troup (16- ... Read More ...

Hallsville (24-1) held steady in the No. 2 spot in the latest Texas Girls Coaches Association's State Volleyball Poll and owns the highest spot of any of the seven East Texas teams listed. The weekly poll, released Monday and listing the top 20 teams by classification, features Spring Hill (20-15) in its Class 4A poll at the No. 13 position. The region is most potent at the Class 3A level. White O

Tyler Invitational Championship Bracket Saginaw def. Mabank 25-23, 25-11 Tyler Lee def. Paris North Lamar 28-26, 25-23 Hallsville def. Pine Tree 25-12, 25-22 White Oak def. Whitehouse 25-21, 24-26, 25-19 North Lamar def. Mabank 25-20, 25-11 Tyler Lee def. Saginaw 5-16, 25-19 Whitehouse def. Pine Tree 21-25, 25-14, 25-11 Hallsville def. White Oak 25-19, 25-21 Consolation: Whitehouse def. North Lam

Tournament season for East Texas volleyball teams continued Thursday with the commencement of the Tyler Invitational and Hughes Springs Tournament. Whitehouse, Pine Tree, Paris North Lamar and Mabank won their respective pools in Tyler. Redwater, Liberty-Eylau, Queen City and host Hughes Springs came out on top in pool play at the Hughes Springs Tournament.

While some schools were thrown into brutal new districts, featuring four and even five playoff teams from the previous year, both Paul Pewitt and Hughes Springs have to feel pretty good about their new home.

The volleyball season officially gets under way Monday, and several East Texas teams are shooting for big goals over the next few months.