McKenna's team really struggled today. We started the season so strong, but I think the two weeks of practice Gebo had the girls doing before the public schools started really paid off! There were a handful of girls in the public schools who didn't play volleyball last year, but decided to play this year. These girls are very athletic kids, but didn't have volleyball "down" yet.
The first game we played was against OLL, which we expected to win - and did. I walked away from that game thinking - maybe this season won't be so painful... and LONG! The second game, however, was...rough. It was against the team that ended up being the 1st seed... three of our girls were gone and we got SPANKED! I went back to thinking... oh, no... maybe this season won't be better after all!
After that, we went on to win every game until one of the last games of the season when we lost again... we went into the tournament as the 2nd seed with a bye... AND ENDED UP WINNING! The first championship volleyball team to come out of Holy Spirit! YAY!
The kids at Holy Spirit often discount themselves because we scrape together a team (five 8th graders and three 7th graders) and then play the public schools who get to choose two A teams out of lots of kids. We often walk in thinking we won't "play" with these kids, but... NOT TRUE!
McKenna's class has consistently fielded GOOD teams, and have grown so much as athletes! What a fun group of girls to watch!
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