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2017 Volleyball 6A and 5A playoff brackets

2017 Volleyball 6A and 5A playoff brackets
The high school playoff brackets are out for volleyball. Jerry Baker

Originally appeared on Vype.com.

It’s championship season for Houston-area volleyball teams as the start of the trek to Garland, Texas – the site of the UIL state tournament – begins now.

So let’s take a look at the favorites coming out of Houston. We begin in Class 6A Region III, where the upper part of the bracket is brutal. Ridge Point, Cypress Ranch, Dawson, Seven Lakes and Friendswood will battle it out just to get to the Regional Finals.

The lower part of the bracket sees Langham Creek, up-start Tompkins, Pearland, Kingwood and Atascocita as the favorites.

In Region III, The Woodlands and Oak Ridge will be on a collision-course to the Regional Finals. Also, watch out for Klein.

In Class 5A Region III, Kingwood Park, Willis, Tomball, Manvel and Barbers Hill are the top squads in H-Town, while Foster will be a tough out in Region IV.

Check out Vype for complete brackets.

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Yordan Alvarez is still having issues with his hand. Composite Getty Image.

Houston Astros slugger Yordan Alvarez has experienced a setback in his recovery from a broken right hand and will see a specialist.

Astros general manager Dana Brown said Alvarez felt pain when he arrived Tuesday at the team's spring training complex in West Palm Beach, Florida, where he had a workout a day earlier. Alvarez also took batting practice Saturday at Daikin Park.

He will be shut down until he's evaluated by the specialist.

“It’s a tough time going through this with Yordan, but I know that he’s still feeling pain and the soreness in his hand,” Brown said before Tuesday night's series opener at Colorado. “We’re not going to try to push it or force him through anything. We're just going to allow him to heal and get a little bit more answers as to what steps we take next.”

Alvarez has been sidelined for nearly two months. The injury was initially diagnosed as a muscle strain, but when Alvarez felt pain again while hitting in late May, imaging revealed a small fracture.

The 28-year-old outfielder, who has hit 31 homers or more in each of the past four seasons, had been eyeing a return as soon as this weekend at the Los Angeles Dodgers. Now it's uncertain when he'll play.

“We felt like he was close because he had felt so good of late,” Brown said, “but this is certainly news that we didn't want.”

You can watch Brown discuss the setback in the video below.

Also Tuesday, the Astros officially placed shortstop Jeremy Peña on the 10-day injured list with a fractured rib and recalled infielder Shay Whitcomb from Triple-A Sugar Land.

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