Girls Varsity Volleyball Team's Motivation To Go Big Or Go Home

interviewed, Coach Zamorski said “the girls worked hard and bonded well all year”. Seniors Sam Salvador and Alaina Murphy were “a crucial part to our team.” Their batting helped them win close games and the leadership they brought gave an example to follow for all players. The team preached to watch your body

A timeless sport filled with -- rapid movements, sweat, anxiety, and team cheering -- volleyball is a sport that many underestimate. There are countless people that say “Volleyball is a girl sport” or “volleyball is not even that hard”. Also you may come across an egotistical varsity football team that refuse to attend any volleyball games, because they are mad that varsity volleyball made it to state championships and they did not. However, volleyball is a sport that requires intense drills, training, and a strong team bond. For instance if you do not dive right when hitting the floor you can seriously injure yourself. I have had torn a ligament in my shoulder diving for the ball, because as a volleyball player you are taught to always chase after a ball even if it means running into a wall. But the best and the greatest experience of all time is when it is a game day, or even better yet the last game that can determine your title in Norcal Championships. Norcal Championship finals is the game that all 14 teams strive for during the

Volleyball season had started, and that means six o’clock practices bright and early. Practice was two hours long before school. I could feel the anxiety in the gym that day; everyone was nervous, thinking about what was to come. We did not play the best that day, to say the least. We kept seeing people walking past the gym, wishing they were anywhere else. The whole team was waiting for the clock to read eight so we could rush upstairs to change. At last, Coach let us take down the nets and go get ready. Our excitement led us to break record time taking down the nets.

On October 9 the Lady Bulldog's softball team played against the Lady Bearcats from Cairo. Although they fell short with the close score of 3-2, their classmates cheered them on from the bleachers. Along with many of the student body, Abigail Parton, 12, participates in the chants that filled the night sky. Parton states that her favorite part about pep squad is,"getting dressed up , but also supporting and encouraging the

The Coach of the middle school volleyball team decided that the team should go to a really fun camp. The camp was 3 days and 2 nights. We were all excited to go, but not to excited to be at PCA at 6:00am to leave to go to the camp. A lot of people when in the van, but some people road with Coach Rachel. Kendall, Mckenize, Dasha, an I road with Coach.

Within our softball team, so many friendships and memories were made, allowing us to still keep in touch to this day although a few years have passed since we have gotten the opportunity to see everyone. In high school, Chandler attended one of the more elite private schools here in Tuscaloosa, American Christian Academy, impressing many people and continuously excelling. “Many of our accomplishments such as winning the area tournament and placing in the state tournament, would not have been possible without the leadership, grit and determination of Chandler Wyatt.” says Hanna Sartain, a longtime friend and teammate of mine as well as

Our hearts pounding and stomachs filled with excitement and nerves as we step into Georgian Court University’s gym. The day has finally come The Shore Conference Championship for girl’s volleyball! The gym is huge nothing like we are used to, you could practically see yourself in the hardwood floors. We are the first team to arrive so we get a feel for the gym before anyone else gets there. Including ourselves there are four teams that will have the chance to play in the final to win The Shore Conference. The first game is the semi-finals our opponent is the team Barnegat. Barnegat is known for there tall middles who like to hit the short corners, so knowing this we had to make adjustments that we are not so familiar with.

We start with the stretches. The seniors move to the middle in order for the younger volleyball prospects to see the exercises clearly. To teach them about Union’s school spirit early on, we chant U-N-I-O-N twice for every exercise. Then we lace up and hit the track. Run a lap, get low, run a lap, high knees, run a lap, butt kicks, run a lap, karaoke, then sprint for the finish. After our brief water break, we head up to the bleachers and a sense of dread fills the group of one hundred and fifty girls. “How many will they make us run today?” we ask each other. Three, four, five? It always fluctuates, so it is good to guess. As usual, the seniors start up the bleachers first and we shout out our names as we step a single foot on the first bleacher. By the end of the first round of bleaches, I am sweating profusely in the unforgiving August heat and praying for mercy. I look in the faces of other prospectivevolleyball players and share a look of exhaustion, while the sweat drips off my forehead and down my back. After the bleacher exercises are finished, we head into the gym and start tryouts. That is how it has been for the last

SHREVEPORT, La. – It is a critical weekend for the Centenary softball team (10-16, 7-5 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference) when it welcomes Southwestern (15-9, 8-2 SCAC) for a four-game set Saturday and Sunday, April 8-9. It is the final home games for the Ladies, and the team will celebrate senior day after the doubleheader Saturday

This weekend the Rams traveled to Atlantic, Iowa for the Trojan Varsity Volleyball Tournament. Glenwood went 3-2 on the day while Brielle Smith, Cameron Rounds and Elle Scarborough made the All-Tournament Team. St. Albert won the tournament after going 5-0 on the day. The second place team (Treynor) finished 4-1.

“We have good leadership with a lot of talent in our six seniors on the team,” Vanis said. “Our setter went out but we have some depth, not as much as in previous years, but we have players who want to go out and play volleyball.”

The girls swim team faced off at B-champs. They earned fourth place in the 400 yard freestyle and sixth place in the 200 years medley relay. "Working as a team helped to divide the task and multiply the success," Sophomore LisaMarie Minissale says about the teams relays.

Her team won the first set, lost the second set, won the third set by twelve, and won the fourth set by two, so her team made it to state. At state they won the first set by eight, but lost the next three sets, so they did not advance further. Although they only got seventh place, this experience made her more confident because she knew that she had tried her hardest and did well. She made lots of memories during this volleyball tournament because her best friends are also on her volleyball

The 2016-2017 JV and Varsity PRHS Girls Soccer Team is composed of 31 young student-athletes that tried out for the teams, endured a disorganized and unfair elimination/selection process, only to find out that was just the beginning of that was to be what some players describe as a "miserable" season. Although most players maintain their commitment and focus, attended their practices, and showed up to their games determined to play their best, their head coach did NOT. The answers to the questions in this survey, describe an egotistical head coach who is lazy, immature, and bickers with his players. Such leadership is not based on respect and mutual trust, unfortunately, it led to moments of chaos, and discontent within the team, in which poor

Kari played on the girls volleyball team her freshman and sophomore years. Although she had never played volleyball prior to high school she spent a lot of time learning the game and practicing. She worked hard and made the Freshman and then JV teams. I think the she learned that when she put her mind to something that she could accomplish her goals. I also believe that being on the team she learned to deal with different personalities and still maintain who she