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750 Kills. 1,000 Digs. 100 Aces. Larae Jones Is Everywhere.
750 kills. 1,000 digs. 100 aces. Most milestone stories give us one number to talk about. McAllen Memorial senior Larae Jones gave us three. And together, they tell the story better than any position next to her name could. Jones has now surpassed 750 career kills, 1,000 career digs and 100 career aces during her Memorial career. She can finish a rally. She can keep one alive. And she can create points from the service line. The best part? We’ve seen all three ourselves. It W
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Sep 252 min read


1,500 Assists. 800 Digs. Jozlin Rodriguez Has Never Been Just One Thing
Set the ball. Dig the ball. For most volleyball players, one of those jobs helps define their position. For McAllen Memorial senior Jozlin Rodriguez, both have helped define her career. Rodriguez has now surpassed 1,500 career assists and 800 career digs, two milestones that tell two different sides of the same story. She can run an offense. She can keep a rally alive. And throughout her Memorial career, she’s done plenty of both. Running the Offense — and Playing Defense Go
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Sep 213 min read


Already at 100: Memorial Sophomore Sophia Vega Is Building Something at the Net
McAllen Memorial sophomore Sophia Vega is only in her second varsity season. She’s already reached 100 career blocks. Memorial Volleyball recently celebrated Vega after the 6-foot middle hitter crossed the milestone, adding another accomplishment to a high school career that has been productive from the start. Because the 100 blocks are only part of the story. An Immediate Impact Vega didn’t need much time to establish herself at Memorial. As a freshman in 2025, she recorded
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Sep 172 min read


Just Getting Started: Memorial Sophomore Lylah Lopez-Castillo Reaches 1,000 Assists
McAllen Memorial sophomore Lylah Lopez-Castillo has already reached a number plenty of setters spend an entire high school career chasing. 1,000 career assists. Memorial Volleyball announced the milestone Saturday, the same day the Mustangs picked up a 3-1 win over Edinburg Vela. The number is impressive on its own. What makes Lopez-Castillo’s milestone stand out even more is how early she got there. She’s only a sophomore. Lopez-Castillo has become a major part of a Memorial
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Sep 52 min read


Volleyball: Down 9-3 in the Fifth, McAllen Memorial Finds a Way Past Pioneer
By Diamond DITV | Fan Perspective There were a few different times Tuesday night when we thought we knew where this match was going. We were wrong pretty much every time. McAllen Memorial controlled the first set. Sharyland Pioneer adjusted and took the next two. Memorial answered in the fourth. Then Pioneer went up 9-3 in the fifth. In a race to 15, that felt like it. It wasn’t. Memorial somehow erased the six-point deficit, took its first lead of the deciding set at 14-13 a
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Aug 273 min read
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