This girl loves Volley Ball!
She has been playing since 3rd grade or since she was about 8/9 years old. She loved playing the 3 years she playing while we lived in Alton. When we moved to Hurricane it was a little different. They didn't practice every single day. She was always on a team with girls who had never played before and it drove both her and I crazy!
This year was a big year. She played on the cities team last year both Spring and Fall. Then she played club during the summer. She wanted to try out for the highschool team but was afraid she wouldn't make it so she almost didn't try out! The Lacrosse team was begging for players, there would be no cuts and so she was thinking about switching sports. But in the end with lots of encouragement she decided to try out anyways. There were over 20 girls who tried out and only 12 made the team. This girl tried her best and she made it! I think we both shed a few tears of joy. I don't remember the last time I was so nervous for one of my kids.
These girls were the champs! They won every single game. There were definetly some close calls but they pulled through and won them all.
There were only 3 Sophmores on the Sophmore Team.
The other members were Freshman and played up.
After the last game played came Regents. This is where on one Saturday every Highschool team in our region (every school we alread played and beat) comes together and plays again in a tournament.
Talk about pressure. Having just beat every school and then being asked to play again for regents championship. Talk about the pressure. But these girls DID IT!
Desert Hills is known to be the best of the best. They are known to be the winners of every sport. But this year we beat them! I was not impressed with their coach. He doesn't take defeat well and kept calling time outs and complaining to the ref's. There was one time the ref just walked away from him shaking her head. He was being plain stupid and showing everyone what a poor sport he really is. I really felt bad for his team. Despite all the time outs, all the fouls he tried and sometimes succeeded in calling on our team and the extra serve he got we still beat him! The anxiety during that last game was something I have never felt before. The gym was packed and most was rooting for our team. No one likes Desert Hils. Hahahaha.
I still can't believe these cute girls did it!
My little champion right there!
These girls can be so so silly!
I'm not going to miss the daily practice's or even the Friday 5am practices or the 2x a week games.
But I know this girl is going to miss it all. So happy for the friendships these girls have with one another. They are the best!
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