11/15/2025
No losses just lessons.
These ladies have set the bar high for SE Colorado for next year! Well done ladies
SEASON ENDS ON BITTERSWEET NOTE FOR GRANADA VOLLEYBALL TEAM IN 1A STATE TOURNAMENT
By John Contreras
Granada High School’s notable volleyball season unfortunately concluded on Friday evening at the Denver Coliseum.
The #5 seed Lady Bobcats suffered a tough three-set loss to the #8 seed Sargent Farmers by the scores of 25-18, 25-6, and 25-15 in an elimination match in the 2025 Class 1A Colorado State Volleyball Championships.
The match between the two teams was slated for 5:30 p.m. but delayed nearly two hours before play began due to other matches.
Earlier in the day, Granada hit the court bright and early for an elimination match at 8 a.m. against the Plateau Valley Cowgirls and won a tough five setter, 3-2.
With the delay in the schedule it made for a long day for the Lady Bobcats and nothing seemed to click like it had in their previous matches of the state tournament.
On the first day of the tournament, Granada passed their first test.
In the program’s first appearance in a state volleyball tournament in 28 years, the Lady Bobcats opened against #12 seed Caliche in a first-round match.
In a match that went four sets, Granada rallied from 9 points down to defeat Caliche 25-23 in the first game.
Granada went on top 2-0 with a 25-16 victory in the second set.
Caliche answered to win the third set, 25-23.
The Lady Bobcats took an early 6-2 lead in the fourth set before the Bison fought back to tie the score at 9-9.
Granada scored two points with Kinsley Williams at the service line to regain an 11-9 lead that the Lady Bobcats never surrendered.
The Lady Bobcats went on to build leads of 20-13 and a 23-18.
Granada was ahead 23-20 when back-to-back kills from freshman Camryn Coleman sealed the victory.
In her debut at state, Coleman finished the match with 17 kills to lead her team.
Granada (22-2) then faced the #4 seed Flatirons Academy Bison (22-2) in a second-round match.
The match went the distance with Flatirons Academy winning a hard-fought battle and by the scores of 19-25, 25-18, 12-25, 25-17, and 15-9.
In the fifth set, the Bison jumped out to a 5-1 lead and never trailed.
Granada cut the deficit to two points and trailed 8-6 but could never get over the hump.
Flatirons Academy advanced to a 14-7 lead with a four-point run. The Bison then secured the victory following a serving error by Granada.
It was just the second time this season that Granada had been pushed to five sets. The Lady Bobcats won a five-setter against Stratton on Oct. 4.
Granada's 11-match winning streak also ended with the loss.
The Lady Bobcats move to the contender’s bracket to square off with the #11 seed Plateau Valley Cowgirls.
With the season on the line, Granada stayed alive with a 3-1 decision.
"It's super exciting that we are getting to play another game," said second-year head coach Ty Lin Williams. "The comeback is always better than the set back. Our girls started out a little slow but turned the corner when they needed. They did a great job of stacking points."
Granada dropped the first set, 25-19, before the Lady Bobcats bounced back to dominate and win the second set 25-7.
With the match tied at one set apiece, Granada flipped on the switch.
In the third set, the Lady Bobcats crushed the Cowgirls, 25-9, behind 8 kills from Coleman.
In the fourth set, the score was tied at 3-3 before Granada scored three straight points with Emersen Hernandez at the service line to take a 6-3. Those three points came on a carry by Plateau Valley, a stuff block behind Leila Pizarro and Coleman, and kill by Coleman.
Platte Valley battled back to tie the set at 9-9 before a kill by Williams broke serve to give her team a 10-9 lead.
From there, Granada never looked back.
With Emri Marquez at the service line, the Lady Bobcats scored four consecutive points on a kill by Dayzriana Quintana, a block by Granada, an ace serve by Marquez, and another kill to make it 14-9.
Following a timeout by Plateau Valley, the Cowgirls broke serve to a make it 14-10 before a kill by Quintana made it 15-10.
Quintana came on strong for the Lady Bobcats down the stretch along with Pizarro who had couple of clutch kills.
With Quintana at the service line, Granada scored three straight points on an ace serve by Quintana, a hitting error by the Cowgirls, and another ace serve for an 18-10 lead.
With the score, 19-11, the Lady Bobcats added two more points on a hitting error by Plateau Valley and a kill by Hernandez to push ahead 21-11 before a service error gave the serve back to the Cowgirls.
A kill by Pizarro made it 22-12 before the Cowgirls scored to make it 22-13.
Another kill by Pizarro broke serve and gave her team a 23-13 lead.
With Granada ahead 24-15 and needing just one point to win the match, Plateau Valley didn’t go away and cut the deficit to 24-19.
With Williams at the service line, a kill by Quintana secured the win as the Lady Bobcats lived to play another match.
In the match, Coleman finished with an unofficial 18 kills and now has a total of 52 kills in three state matches.
Despite a bittersweet ending to the season, coaches Ty Lin Willliams and Buffy Marquez as well as the players are to be commended for a great season.
The team took their fans and the community on the wild ride they will never forget.
Granada capped the season with a glittering 23-3 record.
The Lady Bobcats will lose only one senior starter from the team in Emersen Hernandez.
Coach Williams will return five starters including juniors Kinsley Williams and Dayzriana Quintana, one sophomore Emri Marquez, and two freshmen Camryn Coleman and Leila Pizarro.
This year’s team got the taste of winning and things look bright in the future.
No question, the experience the team gained in the state tournament will go a long ways.
Hats off to the Granada players and their coaches.
GO GREEN MACHINE!!!
