Crowther senior volleyball teams play with passion

Justin Seward

Times Reporter

 

Crowther Memorial Junior High School’s senior volleyball teams learned a lot about team positioning on the court and their ability to maintain a positive attitude through each game was enough encouragement for the coaches to see.
The girls finished fourth as hosts but coach Lindsay Hall said the players had exceptional positioning and were able to pass the ball around effectively.
“The girls really knew where they were supposed to be on the court, and that made a huge difference in our gameplay,” said Hall.
“We were able to pass and dig balls well because we were in position. The girls were passionate and never let a ball hit the floor.”
With the team playing a lot of games over the weekend, Hall felt their stamina could have been better to go longer in matches but gave the girls credit for working hard to get results.
“We even had some great comebacks, they never gave up and kept trying,” said Hall.
Brad Huntley felt his boys team played better through the tournament than their 0-6 record indicated as he saw a lot of positives on the court.
“Some of the great highlights were watching my shorter guys make some amazing blocks and kill shots,” said Huntley.
“I had a few kids that played like they were one to two feet taller than they actually were. It was a great learning experience for the kids, even though we lost.”
He added they were in every game and one point here and one point there could have easily made their team’s weekend more successful.
“We were almost in all the games,” said Huntley.
“At one point, one of my players said to the team ‘I know we’re 0-6 in games right now, but if we had only a few points go our way in each game we could just as easily be 5-1.'”
Overall, what Huntley was most impressed was the attitude of the kids and how they supported each other through the games.