{"id":408029,"date":"2026-08-16T10:20:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T10:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/408029\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T10:20:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T10:20:19","slug":"byron-nelson-volleyballs-79-match-win-streak-snapped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/408029\/","title":{"rendered":"Byron Nelson volleyball\u2019s 79-match win streak snapped"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FTW_DawsonvsByronNelsonhsvb4.JPG\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" title=\"Trophy Club Byron Nelson outside hitter Kylie Kleckner (2) serves to Pearland Dawson during the second set of the Class 6A Division I state volleyball championship game Nov. 22, 2025, at Curtis Culwell Center in Garland.\" alt=\"Game MVP, Trophy Club Byron Nelson outside hitter Kylie Kleckner (2) serves to Pearland Dawson during the second set of the UIL Class 6A Division I state volleyball championship game Saturday Nov. 22, 2025 at Curtis Culwell Center in Garland, Texas.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        Trophy Club Byron Nelson outside hitter Kylie Kleckner (2) serves to Pearland Dawson during the second set of the Class 6A Division I state volleyball championship game Nov. 22, 2025, at Curtis Culwell Center in Garland.<\/p>\n<p>                Bob Booth<\/p>\n<p>            Special to the Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>Trophy Club Byron Nelson\u2019s historic 79-match volleyball win streak has come to an end.<\/p>\n<p>The Bobcats were defeated in the Grapevine Fieldhouse Volleyfest Tournament in a three-set match against<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/volleyball\/rankings\/1\/\"> nationally ranked Allen<\/a>. Byron Nelson lost in two sets (25-21, 25-19).<\/p>\n<p>Since its last loss against Highland Park on Aug. 16, 2024, Byron Nelson has claimed <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/sports\/dfwvarsity\/article313058926.html\">back-to-back state<\/a> and national championships in one of Texas volleyball\u2019s greatest runs. In 2019, head coach Brianne Groth led the Bobcats to their first title in Class 6A, before the division split.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, Byron Nelson won the Class 6A Division II title, and, in 2025, won the Class 6A Division I title.<\/p>\n<p>Although they won\u2019t finish undefeated, the Bobcats can achieve a coveted three-peat this season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"summary gray\">This story was originally published August 14, 2026 at 12:42 PM.<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/276018746\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1786875619_213_Charles_Baggarly (1).jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Charles Baggarly\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/276018746\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Charles Baggarly<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>            Charles Baggarly is a high school sports editor and reporter for the Fort Worth Star Telegram. He graduated from TCU in 2023 with a bachelor\u2019s degree in journalism and served as TCU 360\u2019s sports editor. Connect with Charles on Twitter or via email.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Trophy Club Byron Nelson outside hitter Kylie Kleckner (2) serves to Pearland Dawson during the second set of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":408030,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-408029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=408029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408029\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/408030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=408029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=408029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=408029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}