VYPE San Marcos CISD October 2022

\\ By J o s h u a Ko c h R A T T L E R S S E N I O R L E A D E R E Y E I N G B I G 2 02 2 S E A S O N CALLISSA CAASTTRRO THE 411:

the San Marcos communi ty about this team? CASTRO: We’re going to have a lot of energy this year.

prove our point . VYPE: What was this offseason like for you all? CASTRO: We worked hard. This was one of the hardest years with two-a-days,

coming in early, getting ex tra reps. Doing the little things we needed to work on and being coachable have been helpful. VYPE: What would you tell

WHEN TEAMS CAME INTO THE SNAKE PIT LAST YEAR, MANY OF THEM LEFT SNAKE BIT BY THE RATTLERS VOLLEYBALL SQUAD IN 2021. San Marcos finished 32-13 overall a year ago, going 7-7 in district play, and reached the Bi-District round of the playoffs. Entering district play this fall , San Marcos was 19-12 for the 2022 season and would be set to battle East Central , New Braunfels, Clemens, Steele and Judson for a playoff slot . A postseason ber th in 2022 would also mark a third-straight trip to the playoffs, which hasn’ t ’ been done since the 1999 2001 seasons. Callissa Castro, who played 35 sets for the Rattlers a year ago, finished with 97 digs and 17 assists on the year. With the graduations of Maggie Walsh (Texas State) and Emery Jones, it ’s Castro who is being relied upon to step up. VYPE: What did you all take from last season? CASTRO: It was really good. Everyone usually looks down on us because we’ve never had a solid team since the last year or two. It was good to be a big-dog finally and

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