Alice Lady Coyotes announce Midnight Madness, volleyball tryouts August 1
Midnight Madness returned in Alice, and Lady Coyotes volleyball tryouts are set for Aug. 1, the first day UIL allows practice statewide.
Alice Lady Coyotes volleyball players were back under the lights early Monday as Midnight Madness returned, and the program set Aug. 1 for tryouts at Alice High School in Jim Wells County. The date lands on the first day the University Interscholastic League allows high school volleyball practice, making the announcement the opening bell for preseason work across Texas.
The return of Midnight Madness gave the program a familiar early-season lift. Alice Coyotes athletes, coaches and parents took part in the kickoff, a tradition that signals volleyball is not starting quietly in Alice. It is a public start, built around turnout, energy and the expectation that players will show up ready to compete before the school year fully begins.
That matters because the Lady Coyotes are stepping into another season with recent results behind them and pressure to keep the momentum going. Alice finished third in the Banquete Summer Volleyball Tournament Series in 2022, then beat West Oso in a 2025 non-district contest that was framed as preparation for district play. A local sports archive also tracked the program’s postseason run, noting that the Lady Coyotes reached the playoffs for the third straight year after a 3-1 win over Robstown in a District 31-4A play-in game.
UIL’s 2026-27 tentative volleyball calendar gives the schedule more shape. Practice opens Aug. 1, scrimmages begin Aug. 7 and the first matches start Aug. 10, so the Alice announcement falls exactly at the point when statewide preseason rules allow the sport to begin moving from summer conditioning to on-court evaluation.
Alice Independent School District’s athletics pages also show volleyball is fully embedded in the school’s sports structure. Alice High School has an official volleyball program page, and the district’s coaching staff listings include Pete Vasquez, Janay Gonzalez, Joe Castellano, Mari Santos and Nelda Ayala. For families watching the roster battle, that signals a program with established expectations and a clear pipeline into the fall season.
The tryout date now gives Alice athletes a concrete deadline. Players who want a spot on the Lady Coyotes roster have until Aug. 1 to be ready, and the return of Midnight Madness showed the community that volleyball in Alice is already moving into the next school-year cycle.
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