Spartans spike it in home tournament

Justin Seward
Times Reporter

 

The Strathmore High School Spartans annual home tournament saw a lot of great teams and competition and the host teams saw progression in their compete levels on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1.
Girls Coach Randy Moncks really liked what he saw from his team in this tournament; there were some vast improvements.
“Our tournament went very well. The Spartan girls placed third in their pool and showed that they compete with the top teams but lack consistency to maintain the pressure on their opposition,” said Moncks.
Moncks is noticing the progression made by the team to play a longer transition game during sets.
“What I was most happy with was our ability to finally transition the ball more than once in a long rally and our setters are finally involving our middle hitters in that transition,” said Moncks.
There are still simple errors that the team is making that need to be addressed for the team to win games.
“The mental toughness is a goal we need to continue to work on. We create a lot of unforced errors, our serving continues to be an issue,” said Moncks.
“We give the opposition so many easy points.”
As for the boys’ team, they were not able to make it to the playoff round as hosts, but showed that they could compete.
“The tournament was another opportunity for the guys to learn how to compete.
Our setting and middle blocking has gotten more consistent, which allows our team to be more competitive,” said Coach Cole Hintz. We need to improve on our attacking and play our system.”